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Hey, it's Friday night, I'm in a (somewhat rare) fun mood, and I hope you are too!
For me, When Harry Met Sally was formulaic and predictable. The lady I saw it with agreed.
Pretty much everything by David Lynch, our most orrated director.
Fight Club. Even with the twist, it was a dumb movie.
The Usual Suspects. This film didn't even have a twist, as the situation was obvious less then 30 minutes in.
My favorite genre is horror, where there is no shortage of glorified dreck:
The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
The Grudge Japanese woman does amazing crocodile impression!
Nightmare on Elm Street Franchise. Saw the first movie, learned Freddy was a child-molester, never saw another one!
THE SHINING: Absolutely, positively the most overrated movie of my lifetime! Stephen King's novel was fantastic Stanley Kubrick's mutilation of it was nothing short of reprehensible! Another "Great Director" from the same abusive mold of Hitchcock, Polanski, the aforementioned Lynch, and Allen. Just ask Shellry Duvall, if she can still speak!
And the number of WORDS WASTED, in books, film "documentaries," magazine articles and college theses trying to "analyze" this ultimate cinematic equivalent of The Emperor's New Clothes is APPALLING!
My personal analysis of The Shining is brief, concise, to the point:
It's a shit movie. Ignore it!
And absolutely, feel free to share your own examples, horror or non.