We all have movies, TV shows, or books that we absolutely love, especially from when we were kids. We often say that when we look at kid shows nowadays, they're trash and the shows we grew up watching were so much better because they were perfect and nothing can touch them. While that may be true, there's also a good chance nostalgia is clouding your judgement. Some people love something so much that they won't even acknowledge when something has flaws.
Well, I'm here to tell you that it's okay to love something, no matter how flawed it may be. Because the truth is that nothing is ever truly perfect. Some hide their flaws better than others, but I promise every movie or show has them, and you don't have to feel ashamed for loving something just because it has a lot of flaws or isn't considered a "great" piece of art.
One of my favorite TV shows of all time is "Once Upon a Time." As much as I love it, even I can see its many flaws. The show suffered from starting off really strong in the early seasons, then the writing got weird as the show kept going. But hey, it kept a bunch of people in a job for seven years, so that's a positive thing. That still doesn't change the fact that the writing got weaker, the timelines became a mess, there were several plot holes, writers didn't know what to do with certain character, and they kind of glossed over the fact that a character was technically sexually assaulted (it doesn't help that said character was killed off and their attacker lived to see the series finale).
Despite all that, I still love the show and will continue to re-watch it, and read the fan fictions. Even when the plot lines got weird, I kept watching because it was my escapism every Sunday night, and I was attached to the characters. Most important, the show made me happy. I don't care if the show is just "a soap opera with fairy-tale characters," I'm gonna keep re-watching it.
Another example is the "Harry Potter" series, which is one of my all time favorite series (both the books and movies). I read the books for the first time when I was twelve, and because of them I fell in love with reading, and am currently an English major in college. Since I have so much nostalgia attached to it, it can be hard not to try and defend the series when someone says they didn't like a certain thing, or another thing didn't make sense. The series is basically a modern classic and does deserve all the praise it gets. But it still doesn't change the fact that it lacks serious diversity, like ninety nine percent of the characters are straight and white (though I am willing to look past everyone getting paired off, despite how unrealistic that is, I'll let it slide because I love most of the couples and it's fiction).
So yeah, don't ever feel ashamed for the things that make you happy. If we fixate too much on the flaws in movies or tv shows, we'll never have time to enjoy anything.
