Dregs of the Netflix Queue, part III

I've been having a running conversation with the Ribald Storyteller (see photos below) about his rating of the bad 1980s movie "Six Pack." The Ribald Storyteller rated it one star out of 5, despite the fact that he recently paid to re-watch the movie. I argued that the fact that he was re-watching it meant that he should give it something around 2-3 stars.

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.