"Jaws.
You could sit there with a notepad and write down every shot or word that doesn’t forward the story or character development and be left with an empty notepad when the credits roll. I adore it and think the problems when making it led to an ingenuity to overcome that CGI has removed from modern films because it’s always so easy to fix things in post-production."
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The Return of the King
and many others...
As much as I loved The Return of the King there area a lot of places it could be cut down. It is looooooong and can't figure out when to end. It feels like they are just tacking on more scenes instead of a coherent finish
For me The Big Lebowski is perfect along with Se7en and Fight Club