The Good, the Bad and the Good-Bad (Movie)

A good-bad movie has absurd or over-the-top elements but remains highly watchable, rewatchable, and emotionally resonant.

Volcano qualifies as good-bad because the leads stay clean near lava and the film awkwardly shoehorns in a racial tension metaphor.

Good-bad movies enable low-stakes debates and banter, filling a void left by the loss of a shared pop culture monoculture.

A movie is good if it makes you feel something and is memorable, regardless of its pedigree or provenance.

Good and bad movies are distinct categories, and a good-bad movie balances genuinely bad elements with compelling ones that drive rewatchability.

Nostalgia and personal memory are key ingredients in why people love good-bad movies.

Her affection for a good-bad movie is tied to the memory of driving alone to see it at age 17.

Grease 2 is a camp classic with corny, horny musical numbers that was doomed by competing with E.T. and other blockbusters.

Hackers is a vibes-forward time capsule whose fashion, music, and absurd hacking visuals capture 1995's misunderstanding of computers.

Face Off is a great bad movie that commits fully to its face-swap premise, operatic action, and Nicolas Cage's performance.

Face Off is a time capsule of a lost era when studios made bonkers movies for everyone.

After watching Face Off, she concludes it is just bad, not good-bad.