While I do like a couple of these movies, Mike's criticisms are pretty well-founded, I thought.
1.
Diner. No opinion from me -- but Mike continues the vendetta against Ruth Gordon, equating her with an orangutan as he did in
Megacheese, presumably because he was once forced to imagine the aged Gordon consummating her relationship with the cherubic Bud Cort. Though some readers might not like Gordon either and think "Huge slam on orangutans, out of nowhere!"
2.
Being John Malkovich Found this one to rely too much on its gimmicky premise, and just seems overly-pleased with itself. Some critic called it "creativity for dummies." Huge slam on the Dummies series of books, out of nowhere.
3.
Dr. Strangelove Agree that this is a well-acted, landmark movie that does in fact have some boring bomber sequences. Great movie, though.
4.
Annie Hall A very funny movie, that Mike criticizes not for its lack of laughs but for its Woody creep factor. As someone who also married his ex-girlfriend's adopted daughter, I do not find that so unsettling, I'm sorry.
5.
Rushmore Mike finds this more 'weird' than funny. The word I would have used is 'precious.' There is probably only one 'joke' in the movie, the one about O.R. scrubs (oh, are they?") However I did find the movie engaging, though I was also grateful that the main kid Max Fisher is provided with some checks on his personality (bullies, teachers, friends), because he does make you want to punch him in the nose sometimes.
And
Smilin Jack, your defense of
Rushmore was well-said. Comedy snobs, unite!
