Rate Dukes of Hazzard

[Dark Jezter]

Alrighty folks, you know the drill. 1 is low, 10 is high.

I gave the movie a 9. It's some of the most fun I've had at a movie this year, great car chases, several great comedy moments, and it stayed very true to the spirit of the classic TV show. Highly recommended unless you're a snob who can't view a movie without analyzing its "artistic merit" or a politically correct whiner who objects to the confederate flag on painted on the roof of the General Lee.

 

[DM_Matt]

Meh, not so good.

Speaking of overanalysis, though, I don't get what's up with the moonshine business in the movie...

1. Does it take place in an alternate timeline where prohibition was never repealed? It CLEARLY takes place in present or near-present times.
2. If not, what's the point of making illegal moonshine, and more importantly, who the h-e-double-hocky-sticks is buying it. Between the economics of scale and the risk of being caught, I don't see why any tavern would want the stuff.
3. Also, if that were the case, why not just get a license to make the stuff legally?

 

[Ankh-Morpork Guard]

I haven't, and won't, see this...but it should be mentioned that people DO still make illegal moonshine and people DO buy it. So that's not all that out there, or even surprising.

 

[BiggusGeekus]

1. Does it take place in an alternate timeline where prohibition was never repealed? It CLEARLY takes place in present or near-present times.
2. If not, what's the point of making illegal moonshine, and more importantly, who the h-e-double-hocky-sticks is buying it. Between the economics of scale and the risk of being caught, I don't see why any tavern would want the stuff.
3. Also, if that were the case, why not just get a license to make the stuff legally?

1) It's still illegal.
2) To make booze without paying the state a dime. People who want cheap, but potentially toxic, booze.
3) You get to keep all the money.

There was an article about it in the Washington City Paper several years ago. People still make it. People still buy it. People still get arrested for it.

You'd have to go to the ATF for any real details.

 

[DM_Matt]

1) It's still illegal.
2) To make booze without paying the state a dime. People who want cheap, but potentially toxic, booze.
3) You get to keep all the money.

There was an article about it in the Washington City Paper several years ago. People still make it. People still buy it. People still get arrested for it.

You'd have to go to the ATF for any real details.

And I have now learned something.

 

[haiiro]

This seems OT, as it's not a fantasy or sci-fi movie -- perhaps this thread should be shuttled over to the OT forum?

 

[CrusaderX]

This seems OT, as it's not a fantasy or sci-fi movie -- perhaps this thread should be shuttled over to the OT forum?

That car flying through the air is pure fantasy.

 

[Digital M@]

If a movie with Jessica Simpson in tiny shorts is not a fantasy, then I do not know what is

 

[Darth K'Trava]

I'm not sure if I'll see it or not.... I'm still too familiar with the TV show, having watched it on a regular basis when it was on originally, to not be making comparisons between it and the movie.

 

[Aust Diamondew]

I went in with very low expectations. But I thought it was a great, very fun entertaining movie.