Definition: Two or three characters (who need not actually be men) just getting up to mad shit and being great friends either before or as a result of the journey. Not entirely unlike a buddy cop movie but no need for cops.
Examples: Princess Bride, Road to El Dorado, Emperor’s New Groove, Three Musketeers
This micro-genre is absolutely predicated on the quality of it’s dialogue but it’s some of the best out there.
Favorite movie is The Princess Bride, second is Life Is Beautiful.
Favorite genre is “space western”.
I’m going to carry that weight.
I’d like to propose a micro-genre: Bromance films
Definition: Two or three characters (who need not actually be men) just getting up to mad shit and being great friends either before or as a result of the journey. Not entirely unlike a buddy cop movie but no need for cops.
Examples: Princess Bride, Road to El Dorado, Emperor’s New Groove, Three Musketeers
This micro-genre is absolutely predicated on the quality of it’s dialogue but it’s some of the best out there.
I think those are called “buddy comedies”, if you’d include things like Wedding Crashers.
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