Mysteries of the Action Genre and IMDb's insistence on rejecting my contributions

@Fran​ Thanks for dealing with the Sasquatch Sunset situation correctly, I guess. It was a long time coming.

I'm astonished and disappointed about the response to Seven Samurai. I never thought I would actually have to explain this. Seven Samurai is not just an action film, it's a landmark of the genre. Removing the action genre is as much of a headscratcher as it would be if someone removed Mystery from Citizen Kane, or Film-Noir from The Maltese Falcon. It would be like if someone took the Comedy off of Some Like It Hot, or Western from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. One might as well remove Drama from Schindler's List, or Adventure from Raiders of the Lost Ark. While they're at it, they might as well remove Crime from The Godfather, Horror from Frankenstein and Sci-Fi from Star Wars. I hope I will never be compelled to write short little essays trying to prove all of those genres are valid and need to be put back.

Since you were apparently unable to find evidence or information about Seven Samurai, I will now provide some:

Here's an article lauding Seven Samurai as the greatest action film of all time: https://theconversation.com/seven-samurai-at-70-the-greatest-action-film-of-all-time-234825

Here it is at #7 on Rotten Tomatoes' Top 100 Action/Adventure list: https://web.archive.org/web/20150408005844/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/top/bestofrt/top_100_action__adventure_movies/?category=1

Here it is on IMDb's own help page listed as one of the two prime examples of the samurai-action subgenre: https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/titles/keywords/GXQ22G5Y72TH8MJ5#

Here, have a gander at the film's poster:

Notice the raised swords. The running. The war cries. The men on horseback. The rearing horse. The chaotic energy emanating from the artwork. Everything about this poster just screams, "Action!"

The film is famous for its action set pieces. The battle scenes. The adrenaline rush. The epic feel of it all. It's been a top 250 movie on IMDb since IMDb's inception, which is why I'm honestly shocked to be asked to provide more evidence for what kind of movie this is. I thought that it was common knowledge.

I've severely edited this comment to make it less insulting and condescending. If you're curious about what my initial gut reaction was, you can find the unneutered original version of this comment copied word-for-word in the contribution I resubmitted below:

#241213-175305-726000

If it still comes back as unable to verify, I'll be at a loss for what to do next. I strongly believe that a) the genre should never have been removed b) that its validity should be common knowledge to anyone whose job requires them to have basic awareness of film history and c) that this information was not hard to find and that IMDb shouldn't pawn off so much of the work maintaining this database on unpaid contributors that they can't compel themselves to do a quick Google search. These are the reasons why my original comment was so angry.

Anyway, that's all I have to say for now. THE END

Hi @majfoalbkeopaza​ -

Thanks for sharing the information and your recent submission reference number.  The Action genre has now been approved for the title and should be listed live on the site shortly.

Cheers!