I dunno, I feel like "mediocre" is best reserved for movies that don't try hard enough to be good, but aren't eye-poppingly bad either. Tepid movies, inoffensive movies, movies that can't even generate enough emotion in the audience to merit popcorn-throwing.
I enjoy SyFy original movies that are entertainingly bad (usually due to plot, terrible dialogue, or poor acting), but some are just... mediocre. The acting is bad, but not hilariously so; the dialogue is bad, but not memorable or quotable in its badness. They rarely cause a cathartic "What?! What the HECK was that???" reaction, or horrified amusement. At best, they might make us feel a sort of regret or sympathetic cringing.
I can understand what you're getting at, though. Hilariously bad movies at least have SOME entertainment value, whereas mediocre bad movies (and, I'd argue, bad comedies) don't even give you that.
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Date: 2011-05-13 08:55 pm (UTC)I enjoy SyFy original movies that are entertainingly bad (usually due to plot, terrible dialogue, or poor acting), but some are just... mediocre. The acting is bad, but not hilariously so; the dialogue is bad, but not memorable or quotable in its badness. They rarely cause a cathartic "What?! What the HECK was that???" reaction, or horrified amusement. At best, they might make us feel a sort of regret or sympathetic cringing.
I can understand what you're getting at, though. Hilariously bad movies at least have SOME entertainment value, whereas mediocre bad movies (and, I'd argue, bad comedies) don't even give you that.