Is there any benefits to using List.AddRange over a LINQ.ToList()?
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I was working through an MVC4 tutorial today and saw the user implemented a select in a different manner than I'm used to.  His code was:

    var GenreLst = new List<string>(); 
 
    var GenreQry = from d in db.Movies 
                   orderby d.Genre 
                   select d.Genre; 
    GenreLst.AddRange(GenreQry.Distinct()); 
    ViewBag.movieGenre = new SelectList(GenreLst); 

I looked at it and rewrote it in my own way as:

    var genres = db.Movies
                .OrderBy(m => m.Genre)
                .Select(m => m.Genre)
                .Distinct()
                .ToList();

    ViewBag.MovieGenre = new SelectList(genres);

His GenreList variable isn't used elsewhere, so I got rid of it.  My main question is how he uses the AddRange.  Is it any better to AddRange than ToList?  

Thanks for reading!
 