Wal-Mart is still open? They have a huge bean bag I've been wanting to buy. Perhaps I should attempt to venture out into the cold.
Awesome movie, instantly became one of my all-time favorites. Wasn't aware that it was getting any hype though, until I saw a ton of ads recently on tv. This is bound to attract the wrong kind of viewer (drapg, apparently) ... IMO this is more of a cult movie, like Office Space - they shouldn't try to make it mainstream.
You hate it because you don't have kids. I watched it with my kids (it's rated PG, how rare is that?), and they were laughing so hard that I had to laugh. I thought it was great.
Oh I love the fact that its PG too, I went into it thinking it was going to be stupid as well even though my friends were telling me it was awesome. I guess you either like it or you dont, I just havent ran into to many people who didnt like it
I just got this movie for Christmas a few minutes ago! Of course I've also seen it a handfull of times and laugh more and more each time, I LOVE IT. It probably helps that I have a rather random sense of humor myself. But I think what has made it so tremedously popular among my peers is how quotable it is. Earlier tonight my sister and I were just cracking up at the dinner table while everyone else just kinda stared on -- "Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting with hot babes on the computer ALL DAY...." "Yeah, things are getting pretty serious, we chatted online for like 4 hours the other day... but I'm, I'm just getting a lil T.O.'ed... she hasn't even sent me a full body shot yet..." I haven't quoted a movie this much since I was like 12 and first saw Ace Ventura!
dude are you guys kidding me? how old are you. it might be a case of a generation gap or something napoleon dynamite is the best comedy since office space. as napoleon would say "gosh"
the movie was okay when i saw it. but the aftermath is the best part about it...i find myself quoting it so much - just so many random lines in that movie that are AWESOME. "Well, I have all your equipment in my locker. You should probably come get it cause I can't fit my nunchucks in there anymore." "I see you're drinking 1% milk. Is that because you think you're fat? Because you're not. You could probably be drinking whole milk. " "Pedro: Do you think people will vote for me? Napoleon Dynamite: Heck yes! I'd vote for you. Pedro: Like what are my skills? Napoleon Dynamite: Well, you have a sweet bike. And you're really good at hooking up with chicks. Plus you're like the only guy at school who has a mustache." "Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills. You know, like nunchuck skills, bowhunting skills, computer hacking skills..." "You got like three feet of air that time."
I saw it for the first time tonight. I was expecting a little more, but I think that it's one of those movies that takes three times watching it to really appreciate much of the humor. The dance scene is great. I also like the last line, something like- (I don't know the exact quote) I caught you a tasty bass... Want to play me?
Ooooookkaaayyyy, I got through the first 30 minutes of it and I understand where the writng is coming from, but it's still amazingly slow. I'll finish it tomorrow. Instead, I stopped it and ended up watching Chris Rock on Comedy Central...with my parents, haha. I'll hope for a better view of it tomorrow once I finish it.
napolean dynamite is freaking hilarious but at the same time i can totally understand someone not liking it at all. it's definitely something that's gonna get quoted alot.
I thought it was good, but I can see how some folks won't 'get it'. That kind of humor is either understood and appreciated, or completely missed. Like someone said, the randomness of it is what attracted me - particularly through the dialogue - and the whole strange sense of time displacement throughout the movie.
After further review: Napoleon Dynamite, WTF??? I just...don't get it. There were some scenes where it appeared (after about 10 minutes of nothingness) that something funny might occur, but then it switches to something else. Yes, it was random, but extremely dry humor. It was more dry than the Sahara. I even watched the 'Peluca' that was like a pre-film. I have no understanding as to why anyone would want to make a full feature after that crap, but I'll let it slide. The only mildly funny parts were 1.) Kip's chatroom girlfriend-turned-wife that turned him into a gansta, 2.) the 2 cholos and their pimp-mobile, and 3.) the farmer killing the cow with the kids screaming, but the problem was that was actually funny. Why is that a problem? Well, it was so out of line for this movie that the rest of the film made no sense with zero "laugh out loud" moments. It's not that I'm not "in" with this movie, it's just that I did not find it funny, did not find it amusing, and did not care for it. I was sort of expecting something "hip" and funny, but not even. When I crapped on Wes Anderson in another movie thread, I felt his movies were the worst of the "I don't get it" variety. I think Napoleon Dynamite and these writers just created a new low. Now that I think about it, the funniest part of the DVD was the preview for Arrested Development's DVD.
Mr. Mooch, its just the little things in the movie that make it so funny. Cousin Rico screaming when his van gets hit with a melon. The martial arts instructor. Any outfit Napoleon Dynamite has on the entire move. The admiration of Pedro's bike. The list goes on....
