Post by moviemouth on Jul 31, 2017 20:55:13 GMT
That is because you are taking the term too literally.
Nobody actually feels guilty or ashamed of liking any movie (I hope), the term is usually applied to movies a person knows are bad but likes anyways.
I can understand thinking it's a stupid term, but it comes in handy if someone asks you how you could like a certain movie that most people think sucks.
You say "guilty pleasure" and the person knows what you mean immediately.
You are overthinking it.
I would say it describes a movie that isn't good in the traditional sense. I never use the term to describe poorly received movies that I actually consider good movies, but to describe a movie like Anaconda.