The Longest Yard (1974)

 

The original prison football movie starring Burt Reynolds. I'm glad they remade this, because it mostly sucked. Very few redeeming moments.

Rating: D-

Without A Paddle (2004)

Outside of an occasional laugh, the movie movie went where hundreds of films have gone before, only in a much less funny way. Lame lame lame.

Rating: F+

The Longest Yard (2005)

The original was ok, but I enjoyed this remake more. They chose to focus more on the comedy, rather than  trying to make a hardcore prison movie. Sandler and supporting cast do a decent job.

Rating: C

Dukes of Hazzard (2005)

This was worse than I thought it would be. Having watched the original program religiously when I was a kid, I was deeply dissatisfied with the update.

Jessica sucked as Daisy. She could have at least watched the shows to see how her character was supposed to act. Or maybe she just can't act... Same goes for Bo and Luke. The original characters were thrown out the window. The only thing that did stay true to the original show was the General Lee. Add that to an unfunny script and a boring plot, and you have a debacle of a remake.

Rating: D-

Driven (2001)

I'm not into Indy car racing or racing of any kind, but I enjoyed The Fast and the Furiuos, and I liked Driven. Gina Gershawn is hotter than ever. Skip the deleted scenes on the DVD... boring.

Rating: C

Citizen Ruth (1996)

Shows the quirky sides of both the pro and anti abortion movements. Pretty good movie but left me wondering what would happen to her at the end. Felt unsatisfied after watching it.

Rating: C