That's Bullshit! Bullshit!

I enjoy analyzing the ratings given to movies by the fine folks at Comcast. (How are these ratings determined? Is there one guy? A woman? A team of people? Maybe a leader and interns. Do they argue? Are there legendary debates and arguments about certain movies? Love affairs? Hatreds? I imagine it so, although I have been watching a hell of a lot of House recently.) Anyway, the ratings. Of course, I notice them most often when I disagree with the rating. For some reason I feel a fair amount of outrage when a movie receives a ranking lower than what I think it deserves. Yes, this is what I save my outrage for. I recognize that this makes me a poor human.

Why are we here today? What is my current outrage? Before we get to that, let me reach back to last week. It's a Wonderful Life was given four stars. Fine. Not my favorite movie, but I recognize it's a Christmas classic beloved by millions. I feel the same way about Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz. However, somehow A Christmas Story was deemed unworthy of four stars, being relegated to three star status. Return of the Jedi status. This is wrong.

Red Dawn. Red Motherfucking Dawn. How many stars? Not the greatest movie in the world, sure, but a genuine 1984 classic. I was looking for three stars, would have accepted two stars, because it's pretty, well, not great. You know where I am going. One star. How in the name of Siskel do you give Red Dawn one star? The fact that is still being shown 24 years after it came out, by definition, gives it classic status.

Alright, Match Game is on. My rage subsides.