it is objectively so bad, yet there is a part of me that cannot part from it, I have to rewatch it at least once a year, it is truly iconic. and hey, I can definitely tell you all the reasons why it is bad, both the movies and the books, but I think one can enjoy a piece of bad media while realizing how wacky it is. sometimes life is about fun too
good bad: twilight, for obvious reasons bad good: TAR. hot take i know. yeah cate blanchettes performance was good, but i just don’t believe that anyone ACTUALLY enjoyed this slog of a film
i know it's been said, but it bears repeating: you can enjoy something while simultaneously recognizing it's bad. i don't mean bad as in morally bad, i mean low quality or corny. you can watch a shitty movie, knowing it's a shitty movie, and still enjoy it. you can listen to catchy music even though you know it's cliche and unoriginal. you don't have to be embarrassed about it.
i recently watched that netflix movie "Carry-On" and it was fucking terrible, but... i had fun watching it. genuinely enjoyed it, even though it was essentially just poorly written pro-TSA / surveillance state propaganda. you don't have to exclusively enjoy things that you or people you look up to deem as high quality or tasteful. in fact, you can watch something and enjoy it because it's bad! i've watched several movies that were so bad, i just focused on how bad it was and thought about the bizarre choices the filmmaker made, and ended up having a great time. there are multiple ways to enjoy things!
it's objectively terrible and even maybe morally questionable but i still like it maybe my humor is not so refined bc this scene will never not be funny to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-J9nxpwehI
listening to music on a bus or on the train while alone and looking out the windows with some music in your ears is the closest thing to the poetic experience ever
