Our Class' Favorite Movies

(Group work by Case Cain, Parker Dickson, Madison Fuerst)

Among the picks from our classmates, we started by observing concentrations in genre. We found that most of the movies fell into two genres: action movies and character-driven dramas. For example, Inception and Rushmore for character-driven dramas (Estrada) (Cain), and Deadpool and Zombieland for action films (Fuerst) (Gore). We then moved on to when the films were created. Aside from a few slightly older, classic films, such as Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (Zitka), most of the films were made in the range of 5-10 years ago, like The Shawshank Redemption.

We did notice the repetition of films by one director, Christopher Nolan. Parker Dickson tweeted “My favorite movie is the Dark Knight, because of its intense action scenes centered around an incredible story w/ the best villian portrail” and Nicarao Astrada, who tweeted “My favorite my movie of all time is inception, it is a metaphor for manipulation and being lost in one's own world.” The majority of the films picked by our peers, we noticed, all had some sort of romance aspect as part of the story. Certain words, such as "story" and "funny" also appeared in tweets multiple times, notably by Caroline Cavitt: “My favorite movie is 13 Going on 30 because it's hilarious, has great music, and is such a cuuuuute romance story!! #thirtyflirtyandthriving”.

What can we deduce from this data? In summary, our class consists of fans of films with good stories with action and romance, with a preference towards films made within the last 10 years. There’s at least two people who enjoy films directed by Christopher Nolan, and a sizeable majority of those who enjoy movies that give them a laugh or two.