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League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is a bad movie that is curiously extremely entertaining IMO.

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This makes sense if you consider 'quality' and 'enjoyability' on two separate axes:

- High quality and enjoyable? A classic.

- Low quality but enjoyable? A personal favourite.

- High quality but boring? Critics choice that no one watches.

- Low quality but boring? Obvious trash.

What if someone recognizes that Steven Seagal movies are utter garbage but enjoys them anyway as a guilty pleasure? Asking for a friend

That's category2 - personal favorite.

So long as he is wearing a giant leather trenchcoat, shooting people while sitting in a chair, saying "this is a little mutherfucking thing called justice", and letting someone younger fight for him.

“American History X”: I think that was amazing, and I hope I never see it again.

For an example of the polar opposite, I thought Drive[0] was exceptionally high quality, yet not even remotely entertaining.

It made for some nice screencap wallpapers, though.

[0]: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780504/

Drive was made purely for the ambiance and aesthetic. Basically a music video for vaporware soundtrack, or the b roll you see behind the lyrics on a kareoke machine

I enjoyed it

> Drive was made purely for the ambiance and aesthetic.

Exactly what I mean :) it's a deliberate B-movie but with amazing cinematography.

> I enjoyed it

As did I, but from a (former) media studies geek/student POV.

The design of the Nautilus and Nemo's car are all I remember about it. That was some extraordinarily good work.

Somehow I always remember it as being good escapist fun, but it isn't really. But I'll probably watch it again in a couple of years' time.

So is Megashark vs Octogator

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