Movie Review: The Dukes of Hazzard
Neither of us are big movie watchers. Well, at least, I’m not. And Annie’s not as a result, I suppose.
Occasionally, though, we do rent a movie. And sometimes we’re pleased with our pick.
Not so with this movie. I won’t even begin to describe my disappointment. The Dukes were staples of my youth - I had a Dukes playhouse for Jebussakes. This movie ruined it for me.
I didn’t mind Sean William Scott, Johnny Knoxville, or Jessica Simpson. I think they did a pretty good rendition of Bo, Luke, and Daisy.
Burt Reynolds as Boss Hogg? The man isn’t fat. He was never once eating anything. He was hardly going bald. The original JD Hogg character was not only unscrupulous - he was a HOG! That was part of his character. Not so in the movie.
Willie Nelson as Uncle Jesse? Sorry, I didn’t buy that one either. They made Uncle Jesse into a dirty mouthed hippie country music singer who smoked a little pot and made a little moonshine. In other words, Willie Nelson played himself, not Uncle Jessee.
And Rosco P Coltrane? He was an idiot in the TV show, and had that “GEH-GEH” noise he always made. The movie didn’t recreate that at all.
Aside from these fallacies, I’d still rate the movie an F. The stupid college scene where they walk in on all sorts of girls topless wasn’t even funny.
10 minutes into it we were bored. 40 minutes in and Annie pushed the time button on the remote to see how much time was left … slightly over an hour it seemed. I really wish I had that hour and forty minutes back.