Capt_Redneck

Saw the movie 2 times this weekend.......Haven't done that for a movie since I saw Raiders Of The Lost Ark when I was a little kid..... I think it was even better the second time around. I had my kids with me and it was my 2 1/2 year old son's FIRST movie. He was really good and even did a YEEHAAA once when he saw the General Lee in one the jumps. Then he fell asleep........But it was his first movie and an awesome one ..... One thing I loved - Uncle Jesse - . It reminded me of my father, he passed away when he was 73. The jokes and the way he was was almost like my dad. My dad told those kind of one -liners and was flirtatious in a good way, always complimenting the women in his own way. Except no "smokehouse" antics for my dad. I know it might sound dumb, but it really did hit home with me a bit with Willie as Uncle Jesse. The film rocked big time. I can't say enough about it. Probably will go one more time this week to see it again... It is well worth it... Darrell

Saw the movie 2 times this weekend.......Haven't done that for a movie since I saw Raiders Of The Lost Ark when I was little..... I think it was even better the second time around. I had my kids with me and it was my 2 1/2 year old son's FIRST movie. He was really good and even did a YEEHAAA once when he saw the General Lee in one the jumps. Then he fell asleep........But it was his first movie and an awesome one ..... Darrell

Saw the movie 2 times this weekend.......Haven't done that for a movie since I saw Raiders Of The Lost Ark when I was little..... I think it was even better the second time around. I had my kids with me and it was my 2 1/2 year old son's FIRST movie. He was really good and even did a YEEHAAA once when he saw the General Lee in one the jumps. Then he fell asleep........But it was his first movie and an awesome one ..... Darrell

Uncle Jesse's jokes were some of the funniest in the movie. They had the whole packed theater laughing out loud. I loved the stuff Uncle Jesse said. He made the character different. Actually reminded me of my late father, who was widowed and loved to tell oddball jokes and flirt. I can actually realter very well to Uncle Jesse and his style in the film. Uncle Jesse - What do you get when you cross a donkey with an onion? A piece of a$$ that will bring a tear to your eye....

Uncle Jesse's jokes were some of the funniest in the movie. They had the whole packed theater laughing out loud. I loved the stuff Uncle Jesse said. He made the character different. Actually reminded me of my late father, who was widowed and loved to tell oddball jokes and flirt. I can actually realter very well to Uncle Jesse and his style in the film. Uncle Jesse - What do you get when you cross a donkey with an onion? A piece of a$$ that will bring a tear to your eye....

"Smoke" Kisses The Bricks... Tony Stewart did it. He won at the Brickyard . Took the points lead ( not that it means that much now anyway ) . He realized a dream of winning at Indy. 250,000 + fans chanting "Tony ,Tony, Tony" after his win . Going over to his hometown fans and acknowledging them FIRST. Then getting his chance to kiss the Yard of Bricks at Indianapolis. When it was his turn, he lined up on his knees, surrounded by his mother, father and sister. Holding hands, they leaned over together for the kiss, celebrating the years of sacrifice it took to get Stewart here. Just awesome . Smoke is on one helluva roll. Won 4 out the last 6 with 6 top 5's..Not bad at all if I say so myself.... Poor Jr. , he probably won't make it to the so called "chase" . Ol' Gordo's not looking too good either for that. But at least didn't win this weekend. JJ took a hard hit and was out of the race. Kinda glad he wrecked out, but hope he is OK as he was transported to a local hospital for observations because of getting knocked out in the crash and not remembering he drove to his pit stall...I don't mind a few drivers I don't like wrecking, but I don't like them getting hurt.... Darrell

"Smoke" Kisses The Bricks... Tony Stewart did it. He won at the Brickyard . Took the points lead ( not that it means that much now anyway ) . He realized a dream of winning at Indy. 250,000 + fans chanting "Tony ,Tony, Tony" after his win . Going over to his hometown fans and acknowledging them FIRST. Then getting his chance to kiss the Yard of Bricks at Indianapolis. When it was his turn, he lined up on his knees, surrounded by his mother, father and sister. Holding hands, they leaned over together for the kiss, celebrating the years of sacrifice it took to get Stewart here. Just awesome . Smoke is on one helluva roll. Won 4 out the last 6 with 6 top 5's..Not bad at all if I say so myself.... Poor Jr. , he probably won't make it to the so called "chase" . Ol' Gordo's not looking too good either for that. But at least didn't win this weekend. JJ took a hard hit and was out of the race. Kinda glad he wrecked out, but hope he is OK as he was transported to a local hospital for observations because of getting knocked out in the crash and not remembering he drove to his pit stall...I don't mind a few drivers I don't like wrecking, but I don't like them getting hurt.... Darrell

There is already another poll on here about like/dislking the movie. Can we keep just one so we don't clutter up the board? http://www.hazzardnet.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2196 Darrell

There is already another poll on here about like/dislking the movie. Can we keep just one so we don't clutter up the board? http://www.hazzardnet.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2196 Darrell

It might have been a good looking car if Daimler /Chrysler would have taken a cue from Ford. Ford redesigned the Mustang that is more retro looking and looks like a modern version of the late 60's , mostably the 67 fastback Mustang ...... If the Charger came back as something like that with the Hemi..OH MAN...

It might have been a good looking car if Daimler /Chrysler would have taken a cue from Ford. Ford redesigned the Mustang that is more retro looking and looks like a modern version of the late 60's , mostably the 67 fastback Mustang ...... If the Charger came back as something like that with the Hemi..OH MAN...

34 , Male ......... HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!

34 , Male ......... HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!

-------Well Sparky, I`m just going by YOUR statement: " I have been preaching on here for the better part of a year to give this movie a chance. You know something , I did and the movie was better than what I expected. Hearing Waylon's Good Ol Boys in the opening I knew this would be a helluva good ride." .....That doesn`t sound too "openminded" to me, but more predisposed --or "Mind Made Up" if you prefer. Even from "the opening" you KNEW that this was going to be bla-bla-bla... My last word on the movie ..."YEEEEE---UCK !" Hey Goober, eh I mean PALADIN..........What is with calling me "Sparky" ?.....Just because you are a newbie on here and didn't like the movie, doesn't mean you do that.... Read into it what you want. But you are dead wrong buddy....I will not get into me explaining myself to you in this thread. Go back and read my posts about it for the past year...... I'm gone Darrell

-------Well Sparky, I`m just going by YOUR statement: " I have been preaching on here for the better part of a year to give this movie a chance. You know something , I did and the movie was better than what I expected. Hearing Waylon's Good Ol Boys in the opening I knew this would be a helluva good ride." .....That doesn`t sound too "openminded" to me, but more predisposed --or "Mind Made Up" if you prefer. Even from "the opening" you KNEW that this was going to be bla-bla-bla... My last word on the movie ..."YEEEEE---UCK !" Hey Goober, eh I mean PALADIN..........What is with calling me "Sparky" ?.....Just because you are a newbie on here and didn't like the movie, doesn't mean you do that.... Read into it what you want. But you are dead wrong buddy....I will not get into me explaining myself to you in this thread. Go back and read my posts about it for the past year...... I'm gone Darrell

What the heck are you talking about?

What the heck are you talking about?

Not me........read my review......

Not me........read my review......

----Seems to me that you talked yourself into liking it BEFORE you even saw it.... But then, many have just as well talked themselves into hating it the same way. Personally, I`ll just say that it could have been much better--and the series was not done Justice in any way --except the car stuntwork. The movie is enjoyable as long as you can pretend that the series never happened and that this is the movie that "Moonrunners' wanted to be --but did not have the budget for.[/quote] Sorry..........Don't think so about talking myself into liking it. I have been very openminded about it since the beginning.I have been excited about a Dukes movie since there was talk of it back around 2002. And as far as not doing the series justice, I think it did a great job of capturing the spitit of the original without being an exact copy of the old.... I can't figure out why a lot of folks can't just move past the original series and look at a fresh take on it. Did people want a carbon copy movie version of the TV series? I am glad they changed it up the way they did... Last thing I got to say about the movie...YEEEEEEHHHHAAAAAAAA Darrell

----Seems to me that you talked yourself into liking it BEFORE you even saw it.... But then, many have just as well talked themselves into hating it the same way. Personally, I`ll just say that it could have been much better--and the series was not done Justice in any way --except the car stuntwork. The movie is enjoyable as long as you can pretend that the series never happened and that this is the movie that "Moonrunners' wanted to be --but did not have the budget for.[/quote] Sorry..........Don't think so about talking myself into liking it. I have been very openminded about it since the beginning.I have been excited about a Dukes movie since there was talk of it back around 2002. And as far as not doing the series justice, I think it did a great job of capturing the spitit of the original without being an exact copy of the old.... I can't figure out why a lot of folks can't just move past the original series and look at a fresh take on it. Did people want a carbon copy movie version of the TV series? I am glad they changed it up the way they did... Last thing I got to say about the movie...YEEEEEEHHHHAAAAAAAA Darrell

One Helluva Ride I have been preaching on here for the better part of a year to give this movie a chance. You know something , I did and the movie was better than what I expected. Hearing Waylon's Good Ol Boys in the opening I knew this would be a helluva good ride. I think the "spirit" of the original Dukes was there. The basic elements of the show were there - plot, characters, balladeer, cars - but a bit modernized to 2005 not 1979. Think of it as Moonrunners meets the Dukes with some Smokey & The Bandit thrown in.. I have said in numerous threads that if Bo & Luke were played like modern day Good Ol' Boys but just a bit more wild that would be fine. Well folks that is what they were. Johnny Knoxville & SWS did a good job on the Duke cousins. I liked the way they were in the film. I liked the way Boss Hogg and Roscoe were. More ruthless and serious than in the show . It seemed like the reverse from the show with Boss & Roscoe being serious in the movie than in the show and the same for Bo & Luke - more "fun" in the movie than in the show. I loved and so did the packed theater , Uncle Jesse's one liners . Like the fact that he was more "colorful" in the movie. The drug references weren't as bad as I had read. The suggestive stuff was normal since this isn't 1980's TV, it was mild compared to stuff on TV today. The addition of Junior Brown(been a fan of his for a long time) as the Balladeer and where they cut in his parts were too perfect. The music in the movie rocked. It was like the perfect songs at the right time. That made the movie an even better ride, especially Waylon's Good Ol' Boys at the beginning. All in all , the movie was just plain AWESOME to me. Sure I wasn't happy with some of the casting but on the big screen it worked . I grew up with the Dukes since it came on back in 79. I didn't go in expecting this to be a copy of the original, but a fresh take on the Dukes. Right now I am on cloud 9 at how good it was. I understand that all Dukes fans will not like this and have their opinion . That is their God given right and I respect that. Can't wait for the DVD . Can't wait for the sequel..... Darrell

One Helluva Ride I have been preaching on here for the better part of a year to give this movie a chance. You know something , I did and the movie was better than what I expected. Hearing Waylon's Good Ol Boys in the opening I knew this would be a helluva good ride. I think the "spirit" of the original Dukes was there. The basic elements of the show were there - plot, characters, balladeer, cars - but a bit modernized to 2005 not 1979. Think of it as Moonrunners meets the Dukes with some Smokey & The Bandit thrown in.. I have said in numerous threads that if Bo & Luke were played like modern day Good Ol' Boys but just a bit more wild that would be fine. Well folks that is what they were. Johnny Knoxville & SWS did a good job on the Duke cousins. I liked the way they were in the film. I liked the way Boss Hogg and Roscoe were. More ruthless and serious than in the show . It seemed like the reverse from the show with Boss & Roscoe being serious in the movie than in the show and the same for Bo & Luke - more "fun" in the movie than in the show. I loved and so did the packed theater , Uncle Jesse's one liners . Like the fact that he was more "colorful" in the movie. The drug references weren't as bad as I had read. The suggestive stuff was normal since this isn't 1980's TV, it was mild compared to stuff on TV today. The addition of Junior Brown(been a fan of his for a long time) as the Balladeer and where they cut in his parts were too perfect. The music in the movie rocked. It was like the perfect songs at the right time. That made the movie an even better ride, especially Waylon's Good Ol' Boys at the beginning. All in all , the movie was just plain AWESOME to me. Sure I wasn't happy with some of the casting but on the big screen it worked . I grew up with the Dukes since it came on back in 79. I didn't go in expecting this to be a copy of the original, but a fresh take on the Dukes. Right now I am on cloud 9 at how good it was. I understand that all Dukes fans will not like this and have their opinion . That is their God given right and I respect that. Can't wait for the DVD . Can't wait for the sequel..... Darrell

One Helluva Ride I have been preaching on here for the better part of a year to give this movie a chance. You know something , I did and the movie was better than what I expected. Hearing Waylon's Good Ol Boys in the opening I knew this would be a helluva good ride. I think the "spirit" of the original Dukes was there. The basic elements of the show were there - plot, characters, balladeer, cars - but a bit modernized to 2005 not 1979. Think of it as Moonrunners meets the Dukes with some Smokey & The Bandit thrown in.. I have said in numerous threads that if Bo & Luke were played like modern day Good Ol' Boys but just a bit more wild that would be fine. Well folks that is what they were. Johnny Knoxville & SWS did a good job on the Duke cousins. I liked the way they were in the film. I liked the way Boss Hogg and Roscoe were. More ruthless and serious than in the show . It seemed like the reverse from the show with Boss & Roscoe being serious in the movie than in the show and the same for Bo & Luke - more "fun" in the movie than in the show. I loved and so did the packed theater , Uncle Jesse's one liners . Like the fact that he was more "colorful" in the movie. The drug references weren't as bad as I had read. The suggestive stuff was normal since this isn't 1980's TV, it was mild compared to stuff on TV today. The addition of Junior Brown(been a fan of his for a long time) as the Balladeer and where they cut in his parts were too perfect. The music in the movie rocked. It was like the perfect songs at the right time. That made the movie an even better ride, especially Waylon's Good Ol' Boys at the beginning. All in all , the movie was just plain AWESOME to me. Sure I wasn't happy with some of the casting but on the big screen it worked . I grew up with the Dukes since it came on back in 79. I didn't go in expecting this to be a copy of the original, but a fresh take on the Dukes. Right now I am on cloud 9 at how good it was. I understand that all Dukes fans will not like this and have their opinion . That is their God given right and I respect that. Can't wait for the DVD . Can't wait for the sequel..... Darrell

One Helluva Ride I have been preaching on here for the better part of a year to give this movie a chance. You know something , I did and the movie was better than what I expected. Hearing Waylon's Good Ol Boys in the opening I knew this would be a helluva good ride. I think the "spirit" of the original Dukes was there. The basic elements of the show were there - plot, characters, balladeer, cars - but a bit modernized to 2005 not 1979. Think of it as Moonrunners meets the Dukes with some Smokey & The Bandit thrown in.. I have said in numerous threads that if Bo & Luke were played like modern day Good Ol' Boys but just a bit more wild that would be fine. Well folks that is what they were. Johnny Knoxville & SWS did a good job on the Duke cousins. I liked the way they were in the film. I liked the way Boss Hogg and Roscoe were. More ruthless and serious than in the show . It seemed like the reverse from the show with Boss & Roscoe being serious in the movie than in the show and the same for Bo & Luke - more "fun" in the movie than in the show. I loved and so did the packed theater , Uncle Jesse's one liners . Like the fact that he was more "colorful" in the movie. The drug references weren't as bad as I had read. The suggestive stuff was normal since this isn't 1980's TV, it was mild compared to stuff on TV today. The addition of Junior Brown(been a fan of his for a long time) as the Balladeer and where they cut in his parts were too perfect. The music in the movie rocked. It was like the perfect songs at the right time. That made the movie an even better ride, especially Waylon's Good Ol' Boys at the beginning. All in all , the movie was just plain AWESOME to me. Sure I wasn't happy with some of the casting but on the big screen it worked . I grew up with the Dukes since it came on back in 79. I didn't go in expecting this to be a copy of the original, but a fresh take on the Dukes. Right now I am on cloud 9 at how good it was. I understand that all Dukes fans will not like this and have their opinion . That is their God given right and I respect that. Can't wait for the DVD . Can't wait for the sequel..... Darrell