Ridiculous Six Sociology

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Watching Adam Sandler movies is becoming more of a chore with each passing day – and that’s coming from someone that, for better or worse, usually defends whatever nonsensical concoction comes out of his mind.

With that said, it’s clearly getting harder and harder to defend him or his movies – you know, since each new attempt seems to be worse than the last. After a while, you’d think he couldn’t get any lower than films like The Cobbler, Pixels, and Blended – here comes an Adam Sandler western.

Directed by Frank Coraci (Blended, Click), The Ridiculous Six stars Adam Sandler as Tommy Stockburn aka White Knife. After his mother was murdered in front of him at a young age, Tommy was adopted by a group of Indians. Now grown, he intends to …show more content…
At the same time, it’s hard to throw too much of a fuss about this viewing experience – seeing as how the movie is titled The Ridiculous Six. So – to be frank, if you see the title of the film and willingly convince yourself that it’s worth a try, you aren’t allowed to complain about it, whatsoever. You can’t criticize the poor attempts at humor, unbearable acting, lackluster plot progression, or even that scene that depicts the creation of baseball (assuming you make it that far into the movie). The movie is called The Ridiculous Six for crying out loud! What else could it possibly be but painfully terrible? In the end, though – there is a case to be made that it’s worth viewing. Adam Sandler has a die-hard following – otherwise he wouldn’t be as successful as he is. So – as a Sandler fan, myself, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t laugh or find a smidgen of enjoy viewing this film. It’s horrible. I know that. Everyone else knows it, too. But, it’s horrible because it wants to be – and you know what, I’m okay with that. And, if you have any commonsense whatsoever, you already know whether or not this film is worth your time before you decide to start
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