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Piranha 3D (2010)
Watchable, as long as you don't take any of it seriously.
I'm not going to call Piranha a terrible movie, but let's make it clear that you certainly shouldn't go with high expectations to this one...or really, any expectations at all. A reboot of an old franchise that nobody really wanted, Piranha is a shameless 88 minutes of blood, weak acting and of course, naked girls. Most of the scenes would honestly be more at home in a bad porno than what is supposed to be a scary movie (the underwater make-out scene is the pinnacle of this).
But Piranha fails as a 'horror' not only because of this but also due to the sheer ridiculousness of the whole premise; in terms of realism, it's in the same league as the later Rambo films. The piranha themselves are laughably bad, again about as believable as a five-headed alien monkey called Bob.
To be fair though, if you do just want a silly movie to laugh at and you can look past how stupid the whole thing is, Piranha is pretty fun, and definitely not the worst of recent movies. Even so, if you are in need of something casual that you can watch without any need to think, there are still a lot of better titles out there.
Fawlty Towers (1975)
The definitive British comedy.
Ask anyone what the best British comedy is, and this series will inevitably crop up before long. From the antics of Basil Fawlty to the hilarious mannerisms of the Major, British comedy has, despite the incompetence of the hotel, seldom been more at home than in Fawlty Towers. Consistently brilliant, there really is very little fault (if any) to be found across the two seasons.
It is a sign of a classic when it withstands multiple viewings and is still hilarious, a feat that comedies rarely achieve. Fawlty Towers also has more memorable scenes and lines than several other, longer comedies have combined; it is easily quotable for anyone who has seen even a few episodes ('don't mention the war!', 'he put Basil in the soup?!', the Waldorf salad fiasco).
In an interview from a few years back, John Cleese noted that they spent roughly six weeks on every single episode of the series. Clearly, it was well worth it, as every episode is comedic gold, and you have to appreciate the level of work that must have gone into making it what it is. Fawlty Towers has done much to achieve its status as one of the iconic British series. The best British sitcom ever to be produced, and maybe the best period.