I never watched the TV show. But that’s not why.
I can go to the movie for free. But I won’t.
I think that as hard as it is to drop the ball on a project with such low expectations, ball has hit floor.
Jessica Simpson. Seriously, what the fuck?
This woman is not attractive to me. And I’m desperate and a hooters man, so how hard does that have to be? But her stupidity and ugly hairdos are not endearing.
Dumb can be endearing. That one chick on WWE Raw who plays like she’s really fuckin’ dumb is attractive as hell, and I’d hit that, even if she really were that moronic (though it looks like an act).
The line Jessica says in the trailer about getting something caught in her undercarriage is horribly delivered. Jessica has a natural Southern accent, so why is she faking a broader one? When you can’t convincingly play a dumb Southern blonde even though you are one, it’s time to go.
I like redneck humor. Jim Varney is a genius, and some of the Ernest movies rank among the greatest movies ever in my book. Jeff Foxworthy makes me laugh (Bill Engvall, however, does not). Billy Bob Thornton’s direct-to-DVD “Daddy and Them” made me laugh myself into great pain (Justin Stone was present and can testify to that).
But did they give the Dukes movie to Billy Bob, or Varney pal John Cherry to direct? No. They gave it to the Broken Lizard troupe, of Super Troopers and Club Dread “fame.” I will not see another Broken Lizard movie unless I am well paid to do so.
Not rednecks. Not funny. Word is a couple of the Super Troopers cops actually appear in the Dukes movie.
This may sound racist, but so be it: A movie about rednecks should not be directed by someone named “Jay Chandrasekhar.” Billy Bob Thornton, yes.
It takes someone who’s from the South to do a Southern comedy right. Southerners have no problem getting the piss ripped out of them provided they can tell that someone involved is doing it knowingly and not coming off as a superior outsider. The Ernest movies were always a hit in Sylva, NC.
I’d love to see a movie in which Willie Nelson’s two nephews raise hell in the Bible belt by driving fast cars and drinking beer. Just not this one.
I’m not that familiar with the show, but I’m hard-pressed to think “family values” from something that seems to encourage reckless driving.
Mostly, the raging libido aspect seems unlikely if Jesse’s a pothead like Willie Nelson. Though there is that urban legend about him doing it for 9 hours straight one time.
Hey, that forking was kinda neat. It took a bit to get used to the lack of sound, but I followed it pretty well, even though Quicktime has a pretty small windw…
there’s a real bevy of wild & dynamic student films like forking made in that era by our crew. some of them truly deserve to get out there at some point, perhaps on dvd. there’s some i can think of off the top of my head that the world needs to see like a cat needs catnip.