Firstly, no matter how bad the film — say, When In Rome — if it stars hot celebrities and follows a familiar story line (romantic comedy, of course, is easiest), people will go see it. Do you know how much money Death At a Funeral has made? Almost $35 million dollars. The profit of these cliche, “bad” films is too hard for some film executives to pass up. The actors don’t generally mind, either, all the time. Think about Nic Cage — he’s crazy bankrupt, so I understand why he’s coming out with a vampire movie later this year.

Also, some people that are a little different than you and me enjoy these “bad movies.” As a movie critic and writer, it makes me cringe thinking that someone actually wrote the film Furry Vengance and was proud enough to put their name on it. Then I cringe at the casting director who put two of theworst actors of the generation, Brooke Shields and Brendan Fraser, in a movie. Still, a good friend of mine claims she likes these movies because they are by-the-book “feel-goods.” She wants to “go to the movies to escape from all the sh*t” in her life. Why would she “want to watch more sh*t and feel worse” about her life? I don’t think that’s a good enough reason to suffer through 92 minutes of Brendan Fraser in a too-tight suit, but it’s her perogative!

Maybe for the possibility of profit, maybe because people just get bored.