A beloved film you hate, an under-rated gem and a guilty pleasure. Go!

Beloved/Hated

Shawshank Redemption. OMFG a hallmark card come to life, filled with sappy cliches. I hate this film. Hate hate hate! Admittedly it's been years since I saw it and maybe I should rewatch. Maybe it's not that bad. But I can't rewatch because I've invested so much of myself in hating it, so I'm going to stick with that.

Also in contention, Field of Dreams. Ugh.

Under-rated Gem:

Love Lies Bleeding. An absolute masterpiece in film noir and fantasy and passion and crime and all those good things. Right up there with Bound in terms of great female characters that are burning with life.

Guilty Pleasure

Armageddon. Bruce Willis flying to space to blow up an asteroid that's going to destory earth? LET'S GO!

Also anything with Sharks. Including Deep Blue Sea, about a beautiful scientist harvesting the brain tissue of DNA-altered sharks as a possible cure for Alzheimer's disease. What could go wrong?! Luckily, Sam Jackson comes to save the day. I loved it so much I dragged my entire family to see it. After there were like... why did you make us watch that?

Ingrates.

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