Katelynn Singleton, news editor

Ask anyone what they like to do in their free time, and they’ll probably tell you they like to watch movies. Movies have become a comfort to people, especially in recent years with nothing better to do than turn on a good movie and lose yourself in the characters and their issues. But I have a confession to make. I actually go out of my way to watch bad movies. I love bad movies, probably even more than good ones. Bangers such as “Old”, “Venom”, “He’s All That,” I could go on and on about how much I love these movies, even though they are terrible. 

Don’t get me wrong, I love good movies as well. There is just something about sitting down to watch a movie that you know is the worst thing ever that brings me joy. My friends and I gathered on the floor of my room, the projector behind us with my laptop’s fans going absolutely mad, knowing that whatever movie is in front of us, we are going to hate it. We cringe, facepalm, yell at the screen and make jokes as if we have a commentary channel on YouTube. When the movie’s over, we make fun of the poor acting and laugh so hard it hurts. 

Have you ever tried to watch a Marvel movie with someone who never watched one? Recently , every movie in theaters seems to require one to have seen three prequels to have even the vaguest idea of what’s happening. Either that or you are squinting through 90% of the movie to even see what’s happening because it’s so dark. With movies getting more and more complicated, it’s nice to be able to turn my brain off for ninety minutes and watch actors try their hardest to make sense of a terrible script. 

Movies are supposed to be fun, and now it seems like every movie coming out is some dramatic action dystopia where the government divides people based on personality (remember “Divergent”?). Bad movies are absurd and complete messes. They are silly, and most of them take themselves so seriously it makes them even dumber. Fortunately, making fun of these movies is encouraged and an absolute necessity. Look at M. Night Shyamalan’s recent movie “Old”. The beach turns people old! The beach! But wait, the nearby resort is actually a front to give people new medical drugs, and researchers are using the beach to test the effectiveness of those drugs? Seriously? The actors are forced to take the confusing plot and script seriously , which adds to how funny the entire movie is. 

These bad movies are best watched with a group of friends because without them, you’d probably turn the movie off in the first five minutes. So allow yourself to forget about the 20 assignments due next week, and take some time to sit down and watch some bad movies. What is a better form of bonding and relaxation than watching James Corden’s face CGI’d on a weird human-cat mutation?