Hot take: Someone said 'Battlefield Earth' is just a bad movie, but they missed the whole point

A friend told me last year that the movie was just a mess of bad acting and weird camera angles, and I should stop defending it. But that criticism made me go back and watch it again, and I realized I like it *because* it feels like a comic book from the 90s come to life (you know, in a totally unhinged way). The over-the-top villain and the wild plot aren't mistakes, they're the whole fun of it. It's like a time capsule of a very specific, earnest kind of sci-fi that doesn't exist anymore. Has anyone else had a movie they love get ripped apart, only to have that make you like it more?

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xenagarcia1mo ago

Yeah, it's so bad it's good. That's the whole charm.

bens811mo ago

I've never really bought into that whole "so bad it's good" idea.

sean_johnson161mo ago

Used to feel the same way until I saw The Room at a midnight screening. The crowd yelling lines and throwing spoons made it a weird shared event. It's less about the movie being good and more about the fun of watching it with people who get the joke. That kind of thing won me over.