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8/10
Different from the show but not bad
5 September 2005
If you go into this movie expecting to see an hour and a half to two hours of the show prepare to be disappointed. However, if you go into this movie expecting to see a more modern take on the Dukes, you may be pleasantly surprised.

Whereas the show was sicky sweet (at the end at least), this is raunchy and in some ways more real. In the show, Bo and Luke would race to the rescue of anybody who needed help fighting the powers that be, in the movie they were reluctant hero's who wanted to save their farm and family and ended up saving the town.

Other reviewers have cried and moaned and practically begged readers not to see this. My advise is to see it and make your own judgement and not allow anyone else sway you based on their personal perceptions of what the movie should and should not be. If you like it, great, if not, at least you know.

Matt PS - For the record, lots of real Dukes fans like the movie when they don't divorce the movie from the show. They are two different works of art and to judge one on the merits of the other does a disservice to both.
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10/10
A must for any Waters/Floyd fan
14 March 2002
Bringing his famous "In the Flesh" tour to the live DVD market has got to be one of the most beloved thing Waters could do for his legion of fans. Packed with over 2 and 1/2 hours of sonic beauty, Waters over-views his entire musical tenure. Starting with Pink Floyd's "In the Flesh," Waters tips his hat to "The Wall" which then turns to the "Final Cut" and then "Animals" with one of the best versions of 'Dogs' since the late 1970's. Capping off his first set with numerous "Wish You Were Here" songs including 'Shine On you Crazy Diamond,' Waters gives Syd Barrett due credit.

His second set brings us back to 'Set the Controls' and then launches into a multi-song "Dark Side of the Moon" frenzy that includes songs that Waters, prior to 1999, hadn't ever played before. Going into solo mode, the band plays classics from "The Pros and Cons" and "Amused to Death" and finishes with "Brain Damage/ Eclipse."

After all of that, one who think the 57-year-old Waters would need a walker to get off stage. Proving us all wrong, Waters plays Floyd classic "Comfortably Numb" and then encores with a new song "Each Small Candle." Complete with a behind the scenes documentary and various pictures, Waters answers the question that he himself posed in the mid 70's: "Which One's Pink?"
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