Napoleon Dynamite

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  1. Pressed_Rat

    Pressed_Rat Do you even lift, bruh?

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    What are your feelings about this movie? Do you think it's a classic, a heaping pile of dog crap, or somewhere in between?

    Personally, I have watched the movie several times and I find it kind of kitschy and somewhat entertaining. It's not the greatest movie ever or anything like that, but I think it's a pretty likeable and funny movie The characters of Napoleon, Kip and Uncle Rico are pretty ingenious and well played, IMO.

    I also like the setting of the movie and the fact that he characters look like they're from the late 70s or early 80s, yet the movie was set in the then present day (2004) with things like the internet referenced.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZJrGuC92U8
     
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  2. StellarCoon

    StellarCoon Dr. Professor

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    I think it's fucking awesome. Very fun to watch. Not generic bullshit like most comedies.
     
  3. deepwoods

    deepwoods Members

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    I thought it was funny movie
     
  4. soulcompromise

    soulcompromise Member HipForums Supporter

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    No, but I do like your assessment. I think it's important for a movie to have cultural reference points (I don't know what this is called in the movie business!) such as cellular phones (90s-00s) or beepers (90s) and the Internet which for some reason didn't really get alot of mention in movies when it was first popularized in my opinion. I like when movies do little things like that to remind us we aren't in the dark ages, however subtle.
     
  5. SpacemanSpiff

    SpacemanSpiff Visitor

    it invented its own type of dry humour

    and it worked
     
  6. r0llinstoned

    r0llinstoned Gute Nacht, süßer Prinz

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    I've watched this movie 30+ times since it came out lol. It's hilarious. So many quoteable lines.
     
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  7. gentle_dissident

    gentle_dissident Members

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    I'm right there with you, Rat. This movie feels like home. I love the John Swihart score. I dance like Napoleon.
     
  8. guerillabedlam

    guerillabedlam _|=|-|=|_

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    Somewhere in between, I appreciated a lot of aspects of the movie but at the same time it didn't seem very organic to me, it had kind of a cartoonish quality about it. Kind of reminded me of like a Wes Anderson film aimed at youth.

    The only other comedies that I recall enjoying around that time were Old School and Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle. The vast majority of comedies around then were generic teen flicks, which I didn't care much for, so I acknowledge the appeal of this film.
     
  9. I'minmyunderwear

    I'minmyunderwear Newbie

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    i liked it at the time. i haven't seen it in years though, so i'm really not sure how well it would hold up now. i feel like it would still be good.
     
  10. NoHobo

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    Absolutely horrible movie.
     
  11. hotwater

    hotwater Senior Member Lifetime Supporter

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    Maybe in short 5 minute increments but to sit through an entire film - I'd rather pass a kidney stone


    Hotwater
     
  12. Mattekat

    Mattekat Ice Queen of The North

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    Heaping pile of dog crap sounds about right.
     
  13. themnax

    themnax Senior Member

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    i sort of remember there having been something on tv by that name. i don't remember the details. some sort of p.i./spy vs spy sitcom sort of thing, possibly inspired to compete for ratings against 'get smart'.
    i may have some part of that mixed up. sorry if i do. i don't think i was ever big on media crap to begin with.

    so they've made an even dumber movie about an old dumb tv show? like this is news?
     
  14. pensfan13

    pensfan13 Senior Member

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    Pretty much in agreement with you PR
     
  15. Pressed_Rat

    Pressed_Rat Do you even lift, bruh?

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    Perhaps you should ascertain what the fuck you're actually talking about before you waste your time replying to a thread.
     
  16. pensfan13

    pensfan13 Senior Member

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    I just realized I think he was talking about mission impossible because at the beginning there was a stick of dynamite lit. I wouldn't say it's anything like get Smart but one time my grandmother said they are the same thing.
     
  17. themnax

    themnax Senior Member

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    and why would that be? is that what i see anyone else doing?
     
  18. autophobe2e

    autophobe2e Senior Member

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    Overrated, but it had its moments.
     
  19. newbie-one

    newbie-one one with the newbiverse

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    You're over reacting a bit, aren't you?

    He said
    You don't need to bite his head off. Something a little milder like "sorry, you have no clue", or just ignoring the post would have been classier.
     
  20. Vanilla Gorilla

    Vanilla Gorilla Go Ape

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    2004, wow 12 years ago
     

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