Sentence:  It's always fun when something massive comes along and sweeps the board, giving everything else a thoroughly good <WSD>kicking</WSD> – think Titanic, The Silence of the Lambs, or Lord of the Rings. There's a sort of deranged, gluttonous feeling, a perverse glee in seeing so many dreams trampled on by a massive cultural juggernaut. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A great loss or defeat; licking.