I think guilty pleasures, at least for me, is just a phrase. I don’t feel guilty about watching silly movies now and then, but I still call them a guilty pleasure. I actually usually have movie nights to watch my favorite “bad” movies, because I think there is something genuinly entertaining about them that is even MORE entertaining with a room full of people to laugh with.
Usually if I want a mindless but entertaining movie, I either grab a kids movie, such as Ernest Saves Christmas (perfect for this time of the year!) or some movie with some sort of giant crocodile or something chomping on some family. Despite being a non-violent person, I love watching “scary” movies with killer animals.
The only people who should feel guilty about the movies they say they like, are the ones who don’t genuinely like them but say they do based on what they think other people want to here.
