Great Debate: The Comedy versus The Action Genre

My most frequented genres of film and television are comedy and action/adventure because each has its own taste that I love. It is comparable to the five food groups or Food Pyramid, with artistic value or merit being comparable to all the healthy parts of the pyramid. The Comedy is at the top of the pyramid; a sugary sweet genre that lacks true artistic merit. The Action Movie a more major "food" group for the avid movie goer as it is meatier and occasionally a good action movie does display a great amount of artistic expression. After placing my favorite movie genres in their respective "food" groups, I can evaluate that I have a very unhealthy movie diet which lacks any of the deep profound movie food groups. Despite this introspection, the focus of this post is to decide, once and for all, which movie food group is better, the meaty and macho action genre or the sweet and sour comedy.

I watch all types of comedies, from witty and highbrow to crude and downright nasty. I recently started watching Arrested Development and its appeal lies mostly within the witty and quirky category as subtle jokes are the constant flow which is occasionally punctuated by a raunchy, laugh out loud joke. Some of the most shamelessly sick humor I have ever seen occurred in one of my favorite shows Blue Mountain State. This show ditches any hope of high brow elitist humor by constantly focusing on the vices of life such as sex, drugs, and partying. In every episode, these three vices get the main characters into some hopeless situations which they always wiggle their way out of, usually by doing something unforgivably nasty or depraved. 

     

Their is truly only one type of action movie or show. Sure their are slight variations like action mystery, action thriller, etc., but when you watch an action film, you know what you are getting. EXPLOSIONS, GUN FIGHTS, PUNCHING, MURDERING MORE BAD GUYS THAN THE POPULATION OF BHUTAN! Action movies stick to their bases and never really vary. Even though there are different types of meats, they are all still meat and fulfill the same nutritional needs, just as different types of action movies feed the same essential movie goer need; the need to witness a spectacle of utter obliteration at the hands of one or a few bad ass men that are seemingly invincible. 

So which one is better. Well after carefully evaluating both I realized that they are dead even, but additionally I realized that I don't even need to be writing a post on this topic because Expendables 2 merged the two genres perfectly and made God's Gift to man. Therefore, If the Dear Lord has already granted me a movie that fulfills both of my movie food group favorites, why am I even trying to discern which genre is better. I will never watch a movie of one or the other genre again, I have Expendables 2 and that is all I need. 

What more do you need?

However, I understand that you, my dear reader, may not see it this way. Well luckily for you, I gave you skinny on both genres in this post so you could make a educated choice on which one is better. Sound off in the comments.