7. Saving Private Ryan
When your friend groaned upon seeing the American flag in the first shot, you knew you were in for an excruciating treatthe cinematic equivalent of passing a kidney stone. Luckily you were saved from a long-winded diatribe about the flaws of movie patriotism thanks to Steven Spielbergs skill of holding viewers attention spans. But when that old man first made his appearance a few more seconds into the movie, you couldnt evade your friends insensitive shout (through his tears created by the drama of the old man) of WOW! This is so predictable. That is totally Private Ryan, followed by the next phase of his movie routine which consists of leaping over to IMDb to confirm his suspicions. But since your friend doesnt believe in knowing too much about his movies futures, he was back without delay to make sure he was there in time to make other key predictions, like how 99% of the group was assuredly going to die, that someone was without a doubt going to pick a fight with Tom Hanks before having a heart-to-heart talk, that people were probably going to interrupt each other a lot because its a Steven Spielberg movie, that the Nazi was going to come back to shoot them, and that the old mans wife was going to console him. Then the beach scene happened. To your friends credit, at least he made the carnage less stressful to watch by narrating to you his speculations about how all of the special effects were achieved in addition to his customary sporadic protests of Come on!