I find David Lynch to be a pretentious, self-indulgent hack who doesn't even understand the motifs or "metaphors" behind his own movies. I've seen nearly his entire catalog (sans shorts) and I still can't stand anything the man churns out.
I think Russell Crowe is a fantastic actor.
I like a lot of really cheesy end-of-the-world flicks (Armageddon, Dante's Peak, etc.) I even enjoyed The Day After Tomorrow and The Core to some extent, despite all their ludicrous scientific plot holes. Damnable, I know.