I just watched "Napoleon Dynamite" How about it?

[osaMABUSh]

I was reading a Starbucks coffee cup the other day and it said: "A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it." Roger Ebert

[Pale Blue Dot]

1. I have an almost pathological hatred of that movie

Mostly because I think it is extremely overrated. The plot is old hat, and I laughed maybe twice.

I am definitely in the minority with that opinion, though.

[jonnyblitz]

8. i probably liked it slightly more than you.

but not much. i was told i needed repeat viewings. :shrug:

[egoprofit]

23. no you're not in the minority...

many people hated that movie. i hate it. why? because it has POTENTIAL for humor but instead it's just stupid. why waste that much making a movie when they could spend it on feeding homeless people? or funding terrorists?

[osaMABUSh]

2. I only watched it because my 14 year old wanted to

Frankly, I didn't even know about the movie until last week so I wasn't aware of its popularity. Generally, when something is 'all the rage' I try to avoid it but since I didn't know I went along for the ride and enjoyed it.

It had a Repo Man meets Raising Arizona feel to it.

[ISUGRADIA]

3. It was OK and I give them cedit for making it on 500,000 but

it was no Heathers

[jonnyblitz]

9. definitely no Heathers.

:thumbsup:

[osaMABUSh]

4. Maybe it's just me but the feel was surreal

Just forget about what it was about (teenage angst) and watch how it was about it. The less real the better. A Mexican in Idaho, the nerdy brother meets a black chick from Detroit in a chat room, the 80's Uncle, Napoleon's enunciations...

If you are familiar with another movie in this style let me know, I'd like to see it.

BTW, if you didn't watch it past the credits there is an extremely surreal wedding scene with Napoleon on a horse.

[haele]

5. We just finished watching it -

With our 13 year old. Laz is watching it again with the commentary track.
I know some people didn't get it; I suspect very much that they weren't the outcast geeks in the 70's and 80's. It hits home a bit more for us, as Laz was very much like Napoleon (even looking very much like him)in a small town/farm country high school; and we both understood the alienation and fantasy world that hapless geeks survived high school with. (In a way, I was very much like Pedro - the outsider/geek that "moved in".)
I found the one very real insight was a rather cynical wallflower view while the track was playing "Forever Young" - it was pretty much the telling point in the movie; you can know that moment was probably the highlight of most of those "cool" kids lives in that small town; it was their fantasy world.
Anyway, not a movie for everyone; but for those of us who survived high school with our own brand of quirkiness, it resonates.

Oh, and the kidlet thought it was funny. Something for her to look forward to as she's starting to get ready for high school in a rural area...

Haele

[jonnyblitz]

12. oh i was a definite wierdo back then and I "got" the movie...

I just didnt find as funny as others did. I did like tina, though. :shrug:

[Biased Liberal Media]

6. I, for one, loved this movie

"Give me some tots Napoleon!"

"Whatever I feel like doing, GOSH!"

LOL...I could quote it all day.

[lazarus]

7. Sweet!

I love this film. And Ebert nailed it. It's how it is about it.

There really wasn't a plot. It was just a slice of life sort of thing. And a very interesting and surreal slice it was.

Very mise en scene or cinema verite.

Yes! Sweet!

[ThorsHammer]

10. Ok, but not up to the hype that my friends gave it

I found it funny, but was probably expecting too much and was a little disappointed. It might be one of those movies that gets funnier each time though.

[flamingyouth]

11. Freaking hilarious movie

Mostly because it reminds me so much of my mother's side of the family. :D I actually watched it three days in a row and then just broke down and bought the freaking thing on DVD while I was in Texas last week.

GOSH! :D

[mondo joe]

14. I bought it too! It's the family favoriite movie ever.

It's one of the few movies that everyone in the family loves - and we can't stop quoting it to each other.

[flamingyouth]

16. I can't stop quoting it with my boyfriend either

We can't help it - it just happens. :D

[mondo joe]

19. What are your most frequent quotes?

Ours keep changing, but "GOSH! IDIOT!" is in heavy rotation right now.

Also, "Come get your food you fat lard" is often said to Rudy the cat (who really IS a fat lard).

[underpants]

13. We're need steaks

I thought it was funny like "Rushmore" funny. It was a good movie and I thought it was very funny.

[flamingyouth]

17. That scene where Uncle Rico lobs the steak at Napoleon...

OMG :D

[bif]

15. My kids love that movie

I think they've seen it about 20 times already.

[MsAnthropy]

18. I LOVE that movie!

The director's commentary notes that alot of the comic bits actually happened to the two brothers who wrote the movie as they were growing up (the time machine, the farmer shooting the cow in front of a busload of kids). It also points out that the actor that had to eat steak through the whole movie is actually a vegetarian.

[Merope215]

20. I loved it

"Napoleon, like anyone could even know that."

I saw it in December with my boyfriend, and we can't stop quoting it...I have a friend who watches the dance scene (the one with Napoleon on stage) probably 3 times a day.

[mondo joe]

21. If you DID like the movie you should really see the deleted scenes

All the deleted scenes are as good as the rest of the movie - in fact they explain a lot.

The Holy Chips scene is particularly good.

[Wat_Tyler]

22. Meh. Bearable.

[Murphys_Unlawful]

24. Sound bits...

http://www.collegehumor.com/news/2005-01-20.napoleon.php