The moment I realized I was supposed to rewatch bad movies, not skip them

I've always been that person who defends terrible movies like The Room and Sharknado to anyone who listens. But last month I caught myself saying how much I love Birdemic and my buddy goes 'you've never actually seen the whole thing, have you?' He was right. I'd only watched the first 20 minutes and the last 10, then laughed at memes online. Now I make myself sit through every minute of these trainwrecks, and honestly the full experience makes them way better to defend. Has anyone else caught themselves faking it with a so-bad-it's-good classic?

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michaelchen28d ago

Four or five years ago I sat through all of The Room with my crew after a job and I gotta say it was a completely different movie when you don't skip around. The awkward silences and random subplots that make no sense actually hit harder when you're exhausted and committed. I think there's something to be said for just letting a bad movie wash over you instead of trying to curate it into something it's not.

the_margaret28d ago

30 minutes into The Room I was more invested in the spoon pictures than the plot, like cmon it's barely a movie, why are we pretending this is some deep experience?

rodriguez.diana14d ago

Oh PLEASE, wasting hours on trash just makes it WORSE not better.