This brings up the question: How does one rate a bad movie that you watch specifically because it is bad?
Coincidentally, I later read in the New York Times that a re-make of Six Pack is in production, and will be directed by David Gordon Green.The article states, "Mr. Green speaks with admiration of the Billy Crystal-Gregory Hines action comedy “Running Scared” and reels off references to the Kurt Russell-Sylvester Stallone cop movie “Tango & Cash,” to “Surf Nazis Must Die” and Rowdy Roddy Piper in “They Live,” and to the entire output of Cannon Films (gems like “Missing in Action” and “Death Wish 3”), it becomes apparent that for him the late ’80s, a boom period for the kind of processed American cheese that has yet to be rehabilitated by critical re-evaluation, was formative."
I like that statement: that Six-Pack "has yet to be rehabilitated by critical evaluation." So what do you say, Ribald Storyteller--any chance of bumping the movie up a notch in your Netflix rating? If you need some coaxing, just watch this clip.
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While the "Tribute to Swifty" was enjoyable I just think Kenny Rogers is so damn lame that he can't even try to keep up with that 11 year old kid as an actor. Six Pack, is a poor Bad News Bears knock-off w/The Gambler starring instead of Walter Matthou. I have had hot dreams about Mathou and me in a threesome w/my 3rd grade teacher, and I have had lunch at Kenny Rogers restaurant. Kenny Rogers, you are no Walter Mathou! As fun as Swifty is and as much as I liked his character reincarnation as Walker and Texas Ranger, the child acting in this film lacks the talent of a Tatum Oneal which "The Bad News Bears" provided. Swifty didn't win an Oscar before his 10th birthday, did he?
As far as the remake is concerned, the BNB was recently remade, starring Billy Bob Thornton. It was unnecessary and it sucked. The Six Pack remake promises to be worse yet.
While this may actually be a 2-Star movie, Kenny Rogers in the starring role makes this a 1-Star flick. That A-hole never wrote a song or played an instrument either. One star indeed!
I think it was Henry Miller who said that the most important things in life are contradictions.
This whole thing started because I was shocked that you had: 1) recently chosen to watch Six Pack for the 3rd or 4th time, and 2) rated it only 1 star.
Personally, I've got a soft spot for bad '70s movies. Clint Eastwood was in a slew of them: Bronco Billy, Pink Cadillac, the Any Which Way You Can movies.
With the exception of Pink Cadillac, I'd probably rate the others 3 or more stars.
But I'm starting to wonder if giving high ratings to bad '70s movies might cause Netflix to recommend some real crap... Stay tuned for more on this.
So you would like to have an asterisk placed next to good ratings for bad movies? This could standardize ratings for a movie like The Brown Bunny. Obviously one of the worst films of all time, but spectacularly so. You gave it one star, while I gave it five. Would either of us say it is a good film? No, but it is a film that must be seen and discussed. Was William Hung a great singer? No, but was it great watching him sing? Definitely so. Maybe it should be possible to add a caveat to ratings. I think the real shame about netflix ratings is the inability on the part of the user to rate w/half stars.
For me, there is also the phenomenon of Flop Curiosity. Three films come to mind: Showgirls, Ishtar, and Heaven's Gate.
I'm considering watching these, to see if they might be better films now, compared to when they were released.
I recently tried watching Heavens Gate and it is truly shit. I have more than genuine interest in a western based in Wyoming history and set in this state starring Kris Kristofferson, but the thing is unwatchable. The film opens with a 20-minute Harvard graduation scene that is brutal and has little to do with the rest of the movie. Complete shit.
Ok, I'll take your advice and leave well enough alone. My informal poll shows that WY residents give it 1.5 stars on average. That, and the movie's length (it's been cut down to 3 hours from its original 4.5 hours). And you thought that the wedding scene in the Deer Hunter went on too long.
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