The Joy of a Mediocre Movie

I found a great article about the joys (and the frustrations) in watching a mediocre movie. I am ashamed to say that I too rented "Meet the Spartans" for mindless entertainment: http://www.avclub.com/articles/in-praise-of-mediocrity,24315/

Sometimes you just need to watch some bland badness. Tonight, I watched "Conspiracy Theory", that awful-great movie with Mel Gibson and Julia Roberts that plays on TNT all the time (that alone is a symbol of its mediocracy). Did I think it would make sense? NO! Did I think it would have a really clever ending? NO! But did I think it have some great Mel Gibson, yes, and it delivered. Did I think it would try to make Julia Roberts the smart young ingenue who breaks gender stereotypes (seems like thats all she used to do), YEAH, and it delivered. I don't expect to remember the details of the plot tomorrow, but I appreciate that they took the time to make that crappy film so I could spend 2 hours enjoying myself.

So heres to mediocracy. May you live forever and fill our extra hours with fake sugary goodness.