Week 8: The Best of The Bad

Welcome back to any and all who have returned for the final installment of this blog! It’s been a wild ride. We’ve seen some reeeaal bad movies. So let me first just go ahead and get this out of the way because I know you’re all wondering. The worst movie I have seen for this blog goes—by a landslide—to: Cats!!!! Great work, Cats, you have done something truly, truly awful by which I will be not only disappointed, but truly haunted, for years to come. Now that that’s out of the way, I wanted to conclude this blog by doing something just a little different. I’ve decided to bless you all, my loyal readers, with my ultimate master list of good bad movies. This list will be divided into two sub-categories: guilty pleasures and legitimately good. But regardless of my personal opinion, all of the following films have indeed been deemed downright trash by critics abound. Perhaps the information that I’m about to share will retroactively disqualify every opinion I have expressed over the course of this blog, as surely no one with even half-way decent taste could like these films. Or maybe you’ll agree with me! Who knows! So without further adieu, here you have it:

Movies I Like Even Though I Know They’re Bad (I’m sorry. I don’t know why either.):

Bride Wars (2009) – 11%
The First Time (2012) – 47%
Something Borrowed (2011) – 15%
The Watch (2012) – 17%
What’s Your Number (2011) – 24%

Movies I Think Critics Are Just Plain Wrong About:

First and foremost, Step Brothers (2008) – 55%
- Critics, y’all done fucked up.
This Is 40 (2012) – 52%
- Incredibly funny, accurate portrayal of a family that’s just a little fucked up (but aren’t all of ours?).
Stuck In Love (2013) – 57%
- Poignant commentary on how love can hurt.
How To Be Single (2016) – 47%
- A rom com about self-love!!
Aloha (2015) – 20%
- Okay, absolutely yes, Emma Stone’s casting as a character that is partially pacific islander is heavily problematic. But the cast is great, the ride is fun, and the wit is perfectly dry.
Comet (2014) – 42%
- A suuuper intriguing experiment with nonlinear storytelling.
Love, Rosie (2015) – 33%
- Right person, wrong time. Will break your heart and then put it back together.
As Above, So Below (2014) – 26%
- Incredibly original horror premise.
A Million Ways To Die In The West (2014) – 33%
- Not as good as Ted, but brilliantly clever nonetheless.
Dark Skies (2013) – 41%
- I’m a sucker for twist endings.
The Possession (2012) – 40%
- Scared the absolute shit out of me. Also, a curse that must be driven off by a rabbi instead of a priest? Fuck yeah! Inclusivity!
The Nanny Diaries (2007) – 34%
- Super touching lesson on why you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover and how parents are people too.
The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009) – 39%
- Not your average love story.
Love And Other Drugs (2010) – 48%
- Funny. Sad. Jake Gyllenhaal. The whole package.
Orphan (2009) – 56%
- So original. Pretty damn creepy. Will stick with you.
The Uninvited (2009) – 31%
- Another dope twist ending.
The House Bunny (2008) – 43%
- A classic. Anytime you think the movie seems stupid it’s just because the satire is too perfect.
The Ruins (2008) – 48%
- Straight up disturbing as fuck, but that’s the point.
Uptown Girls (2003) – 14%
- Almost couldn’t decide which list to include this film on, but fuck it! I think it’s good!

Maybe there are some movies on here that are new to you, in which case I hope you take the time to watch and perhaps even enjoy! There also might be a couple you are familiar with and for which you harbor strong opinions as to whether I am absolutely right or horribly wrong to have given them praise. Either way, please don’t hesitate to let me know in the comments! I want to hear your opinions!! You’ve already spent probably far too much time reading mine. But regardless, thanks for reading! Now go watch some movies!

Sources:

Critic scores: https://www.rottentomatoes.com

Movie covers in collage:

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