Napoleon dynamite

Hapa_Haole · 01-8-2005, 11:27 PM

I personally think this movie is really good I laughed ALOT. what do you people think about it?

QreepyBORIS · 01-8-2005, 11:28 PM

You ought to add a "I have not seen it." option to the poll.

I have not seen it.

UWSTopGun · 01-8-2005, 11:30 PM

Havn't seen it, don't think I will either.

Anticrombie0909 · 01-8-2005, 11:30 PM

Dumbest movie in the history of time. It is in no way, shape or form a good movie. You fail at life, the universe, and everything. 42.

What you should have asked is if it was a 'funny' movie. Then I'd be inclined to say yes.

Hapa_Haole · 01-8-2005, 11:32 PM

You ought to add a "I have not seen it." option to the poll. [/qoute]

yeah I tried that I dont know why it didnt come up

UWSTopGun · 01-8-2005, 11:33 PM

Lol, try again?

Hapa_Haole · 01-8-2005, 11:34 PM

dangit oh well you know what im trying to do

Hapa_Haole · 01-8-2005, 11:38 PM

is there any way to just delete this whole topic thing and just start over

UWSTopGun · 01-8-2005, 11:39 PM

Edit your first post...

jewpinthethird · 01-8-2005, 11:57 PM

I added the "havent seen it option."

Though I have seen it. Twice infact. In my opinion, it is a good movie. But, like anything remotely funny, it gets ruined. Take The Dave Chapelle Show for example. It is funny, however, it lost its funny after everyone decided to quote it.

**lightdarkness** · 01-9-2005, 12:28 AM

I'm rick james, bitch.

jewpinthethird · 01-9-2005, 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lightdarkness

I'm rick james, bitch.

Dear Year 2004,

How are you? Guess what? George Bush gets re-elected, and then a tsunami kills hundreds of thousands of people.

Love,

Year 2005

**zajac** · 01-9-2005, 01:47 AM

...I downloaded ND about 2 months ago before it came out on dvd and such through less than legal means... Actually... Before friggin damn suprnova decided to start charging....... bastards......

**Squeek** · 01-9-2005, 01:54 AM

No condoning illegality on the boards.

I thought the movie was poor. Extremely poor. However, it was quite hilarious.

It sucked.

~Squeek

ThEclipse · 01-9-2005, 02:03 AM

I liked it....

until every single fucking person in the school whored quotes from it

seriously, every class period I hear quotes from this movie

every day

Hayden can vouch for me

**zajac** · 01-9-2005, 02:16 AM

...My buddies and I used to stick stuff on a string out of a bus everyday for about a year before the movie came out... Then the movie came out and people say we are copying the movie... Funny how we live in Boise and the movie was made in a small city about a mere hour or less away... Who knows... The writers might have gotten the idea from seeing us doing that on the bus or something? ~shrug~

banditcom · 01-9-2005, 02:24 AM

I loved the movie. It could have EASILY been a very shitty movie, but the people cast for it and their deliveries were spot on.

It's a love-it or hate-it movie though.

flypie743 · 01-9-2005, 08:12 AM

I liked it. But it wasn't like the best movie I have ever seen...

hydrojakep · 01-9-2005, 08:15 AM

It was funny. I was expecting napoleans brother's online girlfriend to be like, a 40 year old man or something though.

01-9-2005, 12:49 PM

This movie sucked. Hard. Harder than any movie I've ever seen. In fact, it fails on a moral level. Here we have the "bully movie," the movie which gives us the awkward kid to laugh at so we can relive our junior high and high school days, when many of us were either laughing at awkward kids or being the awkward kid ourselves. (No prizes for guessing which category I fell under.)

Are we supposed to love Napoleon, or laugh at him? The movie gives us no reason to love him, and since it doesn't give us Napoleon doing anything particularly funny, if we laugh at him, we are laughing at him because he's a socially inept little urchin, oblivious to the world around him. We laugh at him not because of what he does, but who he is. We lower ourselves to the level of common bullies to find humor in this.

By the end of the movie, is Napoleon supposed to be considered a hero? Are we honestly supposed to believe that Pedro would win the election, or that Napoleon would suddenly become accepted and popular by his classmates? Is this the movie's attempt to bring some closure to a hopeless tale doomed from the first moment of screentime?

Or is the movie's ending meant to make the viewer not feel so bad that he has spent 90 minutes in mean-spirited laughter towards a kid (albeit a fictitious one) who never did anything wrong to begin with? In truth, we should pity Napoleon for never being taught social graces. Roger Ebert got it right. The audience should be watching in stunned silence.

View Poll Results: Is Napoleon Dynamite a good movie?
Yes	18	52.94%
No	9	26.47%
Haven't seen it.	7	20.59%
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01-8-2005, 11:27 PM	#1
Hapa_Haole FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Blue Springs Posts: 32	Napoleon dynamite I personally think this movie is really good I laughed ALOT. what do you people think about it?

01-8-2005, 11:28 PM	#2
QreepyBORIS FFR Player Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: It is a mystery. Age: 33 Posts: 7,454	RE: Napoleon dynamite You ought to add a "I have not seen it." option to the poll. I have not seen it. __________________ Signature subject to change. THE ZERRRRRG.

01-8-2005, 11:30 PM	#3
UWSTopGun Banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 668	RE: Napoleon dynamite Havn't seen it, don't think I will either.

01-8-2005, 11:30 PM	#4
Anticrombie0909 FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4,683	RE: Napoleon dynamite Dumbest movie in the history of time. It is in no way, shape or form a good movie. You fail at life, the universe, and everything. 42. What you should have asked is if it was a 'funny' movie. Then I'd be inclined to say yes.

01-8-2005, 11:32 PM	#5
Hapa_Haole FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Blue Springs Posts: 32	RE: Napoleon dynamite You ought to add a "I have not seen it." option to the poll. [/qoute] yeah I tried that I dont know why it didnt come up

01-8-2005, 11:33 PM	#6
UWSTopGun Banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 668	RE: Napoleon dynamite Lol, try again?

01-8-2005, 11:34 PM	#7
Hapa_Haole FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Blue Springs Posts: 32	RE: Napoleon dynamite dangit oh well you know what im trying to do

01-8-2005, 11:38 PM	#8
Hapa_Haole FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Blue Springs Posts: 32	RE: Napoleon dynamite is there any way to just delete this whole topic thing and just start over

01-8-2005, 11:39 PM	#9
UWSTopGun Banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 668	RE: Napoleon dynamite Edit your first post...

01-8-2005, 11:57 PM	#10
jewpinthethird (The Fat's Sabobah) Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Palm Springs, California Posts: 11,711	RE: Napoleon dynamite I added the "havent seen it option." Though I have seen it. Twice infact. In my opinion, it is a good movie. But, like anything remotely funny, it gets ruined. Take The Dave Chapelle Show for example. It is funny, however, it lost its funny after everyone decided to quote it.

01-9-2005, 12:28 AM	#11
lightdarkness Summer!! Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: New York Age: 35 Posts: 11,308	RE: Napoleon dynamite I'm rick james, bitch. __________________

01-9-2005, 01:54 AM	#14
Squeek let it snow~ Join Date: Jan 2004 Age: 37 Posts: 14,444	RE: Re: RE: Napoleon dynamite No condoning illegality on the boards. I thought the movie was poor. Extremely poor. However, it was quite hilarious. It sucked. ~Squeek

01-9-2005, 02:03 AM	#15
ThEclipse FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: i did it all for the nookie Posts: 1,641	RE: Re: RE: Napoleon dynamite I liked it.... until every single fucking person in the school whored quotes from it seriously, every class period I hear quotes from this movie every day Hayden can vouch for me

01-9-2005, 02:24 AM	#17
banditcom FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Willimantic, CT Age: 41 Posts: 6,243	RE: Re: RE: Napoleon dynamite I loved the movie. It could have EASILY been a very shitty movie, but the people cast for it and their deliveries were spot on. It's a love-it or hate-it movie though.

01-9-2005, 08:12 AM	#18
flypie743 FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: fairyland Posts: 3,210	RE: Re: RE: Napoleon dynamite I liked it. But it wasn't like the best movie I have ever seen... __________________ IF YOU ARE THE BOMB YOU WILL CLICK THIS and if you dont, you suck.

01-9-2005, 08:15 AM	#19
hydrojakep FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Earth. Age: 32 Posts: 2,293	RE: Re: RE: Napoleon dynamite It was funny. I was expecting napoleans brother's online girlfriend to be like, a 40 year old man or something though. __________________

01-9-2005, 12:49 PM	#20
User6773 Guest Posts: n/a	RE: Re: RE: Napoleon dynamite This movie sucked. Hard. Harder than any movie I've ever seen. In fact, it fails on a moral level. Here we have the "bully movie," the movie which gives us the awkward kid to laugh at so we can relive our junior high and high school days, when many of us were either laughing at awkward kids or being the awkward kid ourselves. (No prizes for guessing which category I fell under.) Are we supposed to love Napoleon, or laugh at him? The movie gives us no reason to love him, and since it doesn't give us Napoleon doing anything particularly funny, if we laugh at him, we are laughing at him because he's a socially inept little urchin, oblivious to the world around him. We laugh at him not because of what he does, but who he is. We lower ourselves to the level of common bullies to find humor in this. By the end of the movie, is Napoleon supposed to be considered a hero? Are we honestly supposed to believe that Pedro would win the election, or that Napoleon would suddenly become accepted and popular by his classmates? Is this the movie's attempt to bring some closure to a hopeless tale doomed from the first moment of screentime? Or is the movie's ending meant to make the viewer not feel so bad that he has spent 90 minutes in mean-spirited laughter towards a kid (albeit a fictitious one) who never did anything wrong to begin with? In truth, we should pity Napoleon for never being taught social graces. Roger Ebert got it right. The audience should be watching in stunned silence.

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