When you hate McDonagh but will happily invoke his name if it drives traffic to your website.

Hmm not sure I agree that it becomes more sophisticated, but I do see and respect your opinion. This sounds more like a difference in preferences as I generally prefer more atmospheric and internal fear and you prefer more external physical frights. I'm usually a big chicken when it comes to jump scares, but I usually prefer less mainly because they make the story feel like it's on the back burner (and I'm a big horror story fan).

I thought that the Smile jump scares were kind of predictable though, no? >!I can only remember the unpredictable ones being the demon at the bday party or the patient through the car window. Although they all still got me lol even though I saw them coming.!<

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Zack Snyders Justice. I really enjoyed this film while it won't be continued I love how the story concluded and Batman's renewed hope was a relatable plot. Plus it just looks epic lol

Tired of them too, in all movies—cheap gag

I walked out of Everything Everywhere after the daughter chick started swinging dildos. That pretty much told me what to expect with the rest of the movie.

Watch it in one go

Scream is both my all-time favorite horror film and all-time favorite comedy!

I would argue that often you see the villain win in horror movies than other genres.

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Definitely need to rewatch that one. The first time I watched was in a science fiction class, in 20-minute intervals which were days apart, so the whole thing felt a bit clunky.

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Any movie that cuts out its jump scares is a lesser movie. Smile is much more intense and unsafe and atmospheric because the jump scares could come at any time. Each time there is a jumpscare, the atmosphere redoubles in terror and gives me physical fright and a yell. It becomes a more sophisticated psychological horror, and removing the jump scares is what would cheapen it, and make it shit.

How is Forrest Gump and Catch Me If You Can the films you consider the best? Methinks you should watch more movies.

There’s literally a link to the comparison video posted by OP in the description under the headline.

I turned off the human centipede

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City lights.

In the mood for love.

Two movies that I thought were absolutely amazing, but may never watch again: Grave of Fireflies and Black Swan.

The emotional gut punch of both of them can't be overstated. If you haven't seen either, you need to, but one watch is enough. They are horrible and beautiful and hurt you so goddamn much, in two very different ways.

Honorable mentions are Requiem for a Dream and American History X, for similar reasons.

Arrival(2016). I loved the flow of non linear storytelling in it. The subtle tension and the unfolding of events captivated me.

Everybody Wants Some. Probably the last movie I bought because it’s never streaming

Annette Bennington and Michael Douglas in An American President. So much chemistry!

My most favorite Hollywood film is Baby's Day Out.