“I’ve read that it’s terrible.” Well, me too. But when it comes to cinema, TV shows, and music, not paying attention to bad reviews has often brought me nice surprises.

I’ve finished watching Squid Game 2 (I won’t spoil anything), and I’m surprised because I liked it so much. Yet, the only three opinions I saw on Instagram stories were about how much they hated it or had to stop watching. As a Steam user, I’m used to reading very negative reviews of video games I enjoy, and I know that most of the people who like something don’t express it too often on the internet. Or if they do, their opinion is not as intense as the negative ones.

Last year, one of the times when I didn’t pay attention to bad reviews, I was, in fact, in disbelief that such a movie made it to the cinemas. It happened with Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis. Watching it is an experience difficult to explain. It gives the impression that the filming must have been a headache for everyone except the director. But I won’t tell you not to watch it. It’s an experience like no other. And at least I can say, “I watched it in the cinema,” when it becomes a cult film. That’s something I wish I could say about The Room by Tommy Wiseau, named one of the worst films ever made. It didn’t even make it to theaters in Spain, but I watched it at home and can say it made me feel things: nervous laughter, second-hand embarrassment, and a desire to recommend it to anyone who, like me, enjoys trash culture.