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av8rdave

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115. I'm the first to admit that my taste in movies is weird

Sat Nov 29, 2025, 12:14 AM

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The ones that don’t do it for me:

Titanic. Come on, we all know what’s going to happen at the end.

Casablanca. Oh please. Campy script, wooden characters, predictable storyline. Yawn.

Mrs. Doubtfire. OK, this might have been good, but I was going through a divorce and custody battle at the time. It was hard to watch.

The Blair Witch Project. How did this dog ever make it to release? People freaking out over little bundles of sticks? Seriously? Really bad comedy at best.

Cold Mountain. A 25 minute story crammed into 2 1/2 hours.

I realize that most folks would disagree with this as much as they would a list of my favorite movies.

To each their own.

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