The Dukes of Hazzard getting dismal reviews...

[edbermac]

From the Rotten Tomatoes site 38 out of 51 reviews are negative. (13 positive??!!)

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dukes_of_hazzard/

And I love this review by Roger Ebert...

"The movie stars Johnny Knoxville, from 'Jackass,' Seann William Scott, from 'American Wedding,' and Jessica Simpson, from Mars. Judging by her recent conversation on TV with Dean Richards, Simpson is so remarkably uninformed that she should sue the public schools of Abilene, Texas, or maybe they should sue her. On the day he won his seventh Tour de France, not many people could say, as she did, that they had no idea who Lance Armstrong was."

Of course it'll probably gross $50 million this weekend...:puke:

[redqueen]

1. Oooh there's a shock!

[tigereye]

32. you took the words right out of my mouth RQ

the promos caused me to unleash a sarcastic tirade so fierce that my 9 year old shushed me in the theater.

;)

[supernova]

2. The very idea of the movie was stupid to start with

What a colossal waste of everyone's time.

[JVS]

3. Yeeehaawww!

[Hugin]

4. Once again... DU was there first!

Thanks Plaid Adder.

[4_Legs_Good]

5. Really???? Unbelievable!!!

Who would have thought???

I'm watching Smallville now, and I think John Schneider has come a long way.

Someday the mountain just might get 'em...

david

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[edbermac]

8. Well I wanted to go see it for for one reason...

But I think I'll pass and watch Hugh Hefner's reality show instead, after all it's free...

[CottonBear]

12. A request from this Southern lady: please, no Southern bashing today.

Unfortunately, there are uneducated, ill-educated and bigoted individuals living in all areas of the country.

[edbermac]

16. I would never stoop to insult a Southern Belle...

;)

[Doctor_J]

37. is that redqueen?

looks familiar

[Salviati]

17. Tis true...

But, likewise, as evidenced by DU's fine southern members, there are also intellegent, caring individuals living in all areas of the country as well.

:grouphug:

[no name no slogan]

18. Damn straight-- this yankee totally agrees

i've got redneck relatives in the northwoods of Minnesota who are ten times as ignorant as any 'southern' redneck you can produce. and i got court cases to prove it.

ignorance knows no boundaries. nor does redneck-ism, unfortunately.

[CottonBear]

24. Very true! Good and bad live side by side across the land! n/t

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[Deja Q]

7. Ebert would make $500 for writing the words "it stinks" on toilet paper.

That aside he's 100% correct and I'd have said the same thing too. :D

[Shell Beau]

9. Getting dismal reviews? No way!

:sarcasm:

[Connie_Corleone]

10. Let's face it.

Only people who want to see Jessica Simpson will go see this movie.

Why watch a movie based on a television show when you can watch the original show for free on TV?

[dr.strangelove]

11. Damn, that was my Oscar pool pick

[youspeakmylanguage]

13. Totally miscast, horrible script, inappropriate dialogue...

...the list goes on and on. But the casting was the worst part. It was absolutely atrocious.

Willy Nelson as Uncle Jessie? BURT F!@$#%!ING REYNOLDS as BOSS HOGG? Who was smoking with Willie when they came up with that one?

[CitrusLib]

14. I loved the review on NPR this morning. It was called a non-movie

because there was absolutely nothing there. A 'black hole of celluloid' or something to that effect.

I'd have laid down $10,000 bucks the minute I heard it was being made that it would suck wind.

[WoodrowFan]

15. my favorite bad review

(I forget the source) "I could eat a can of film and PUKE a better movie."

[Hugin]

23. "Feed film to a bull and it could sh*t a better movie."

Ack... Gotta fix my make up.

:yoiks:

[AlGore-08.com]

19. MrCranky's on form about the Dukes as well...

http://www.mrcranky.com/movies/dukesofhazzard.html

The film is so obviously lacking in any positive quality that even discussing it makes me feel like I'm soiling myself.

(snip)

The only thing resembling acting in "The Dukes of Hazzard" is the occasional eyebrow raise. Whenever a character has to convey a strong emotional reaction, inevitably an eyebrow goes up. Given that this film's cast is a veritable support group for the untalented, it's not five minutes into the movie before eyebrows start to fly. The worst offender is Reynolds, who looks like he's celebrating the fact that the Botox wore off from his last remake, "The Longest Yard."

(more... )

[CottonBear]

25. LOL! Oh, that is a really bad review!

:rofl:

[alarimer]

21. It was the dumbest TV show ever

so it is no surprise that the movie sucks.

[NoPasaran]

22. Huh. An old TV show made into a movie SUCKS

That so rarely happens. Who could have imagined such a thing?

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

26. gee, I'm soooo suprised hahaha

[Ron Mexico]

27. The 13 positive is what amazes me.

I know it's bullshit to judge a movie without seeing it, but in this case I'm going to allow myself to do just that. The show sucked so badly that anything based on it MUST suck.

[Felix Mala]

28. Gene Shalet says: "I wet myself twice watching Dukes

and you will too.

Joel Segal raves: "If you like flying Dodge Chargers, hick accents and girls in short shorts, you'll be standing in line for Duke of Hazard."

[tedoll78]

29. No surprise. But Sean William Scott is sooo damn hottt...

:P

[Merrick]

30. But what about the cool car stunts?

I bet they jump over things and skid out in circles and stuff. That's what I'M going to pay my $10 to see. Not.

[Technowitch]

31. A bad movie remake of a submoronic TV show from '79

Someday, people are gonna rent the DVD, make popcorn, get very drunk on tequilla, and riff on it like Joel and the 'bots on MST3K.

The subject for intoxicated debate will be "Does this rise to the sheer level of awfulness of the seminal "Plan Nine From Outer Space" by Ed Wood, or is it merely an homage to bad and utterly pointless filmmaking? And will the "stars" leave it off their resumes?"

Meanwhile, somewhere, somebody will start a fan club, while in Hollywood, there will be talk of a sequel.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

33. I just saw it at 12 in NYC

my hubby loved the TV show. I had never seen it. I lived in NC for 15 years. He's lived in NC from age 10 to age 36 (when we moved to NYC).

I too had read the reviews. I personally have seen many many more movies that were much much worse. While not an Oscar contender by any means, it was not as bad as the reviews made it out to be. Let's put it this way... I'd rather see this movie again than be subjected to "The English Patient" again.

I didn't find that the movie in any way glorified the South. It was just a popcorn movie. I'd give it a C-. My hubby enjoyed it. Jessica Simpson may have a nice body, but her face looks like a man's.

My favorite line: "You couldn't win an election even if your brother were the governor and fixed it for you!"

[AlGore-08.com]

34. "You couldn't win an election even if your brother were the governor... "

"... and fixed it for you!"

Dang... Guess the movie does have at least one redeeming value.

[tjdee]

36. They're not looking at her face, LOL.

:hide:

I totally agree. She's man faced if ever there was a man faced sort. Jennifer Aniston, another manface. Shave the hair, remove the make up....it's a man, man!





I kind of have a manface myself, LOL--just keepin' it real.

[okieinpain]

35. god that is just the way the repugs like them, sexy and dumb.

wow, she just keeps them coming, I do have to say she is one beautiful woman. but you would probably have to kill yourself after a couple of days with her.

damn.

[Doctor_J]

38. Every reason for seeing that movie

is available in Jessica's video