Part of the problem is there’s no distinction for a movie that KNOWS it’s bad. Cheesy horror or action flicks are the biggest victims.
Take Sharknado. It’s got a 3.3/10 on IMDB, and if it were trying to be a serious action/disaster movie, that rating would be reasonable. But it’s not. It’s a movie about a tornado full of sharks. It was always going to be goofy, over the top, and filled with cheese. If you go in with that expectation, it’s a fun movie. Maybe not award winning, but definitely not 3.3/10.
Part of the problem is there’s no distinction for a movie that KNOWS it’s bad. Cheesy horror or action flicks are the biggest victims.
Take Sharknado. It’s got a 3.3/10 on IMDB, and if it were trying to be a serious action/disaster movie, that rating would be reasonable. But it’s not. It’s a movie about a tornado full of sharks. It was always going to be goofy, over the top, and filled with cheese. If you go in with that expectation, it’s a fun movie. Maybe not award winning, but definitely not 3.3/10.