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Wed Aug-10-05 09:49 AM
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am i the only one who thought 'napoleon dynamite' SUCKED? |
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Edited on Wed Aug-10-05 09:49 AM by unblock
everyone i know thinks it's a phenomenal movie.
mrs. unblock and i rented it and it was one of the very few movies we couldn't even bear to watch to the end.
we both thought it dragged and there was not a single funny thing at all.
can someone 'splain it to me? yes, i did grow up with people very much like napoleon (drawing ligers on their notebook and such, disgusted with everything, etc.) but i found nothing humorous about it.
and generally, we love many kinds of movies including comedies, but this one is just lost on us.
:shrug:
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Wed Aug-10-05 09:51 AM
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1. I thought it was absolutely hilarious! |
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I even bought my daughters "I voted for Pedro" tee-shirts.
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Wed Aug-10-05 09:53 AM
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4. i know plenty of people who find it hilarious. but no one can tell me WHY |
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maybe at the ripe old age of 41 i've crossed the generational divide?
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:03 AM
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24. No. It's not your age. |
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I have no idea why I thought it was funny.
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:05 AM
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30. I think it was because you were stone cold drunk. |
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That's the only thing I can come up with!
:P
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:07 AM
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31. Yeah. That must have been it. |
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Wed Aug-10-05 09:52 AM
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2. Nope...I thought it sucked, also. |
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I really didn't get what the big deal was about this movie. I didn't find it funny even once. I thought all of the characters, starting with the title character, were pretty much unlikable.
I wish someone would explain it to me, also.
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Wed Aug-10-05 09:53 AM
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3. No, I Thought It Sucked Too |
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But then, I thought movies were supposed to have a plot to them.
I guess the phenomenon lies in the one-liners, much like how "Wayne's World", "Tommy Boy" and "Clerks" became popular. But i guess the one-liners in "Napoleon" were too subtle for me because I found myself dozing off in the middle of watching the movie.
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Wed Aug-10-05 09:57 AM
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9. yeah, great one-liners like, 'tina, eat your food' |
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Wed Aug-10-05 09:54 AM
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5. I haven't even seen it and I think it sucks. |
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Wed Aug-10-05 09:55 AM
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6. Now, that's major suckage. |
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Wed Aug-10-05 09:58 AM
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Have I ever told you how much I like you? :hug:
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:01 AM
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19. Hi, Misunderestimator! |
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Yeah...and I always like hearing it from time to time. :-)
And I really like you, too. :hug:
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:03 AM
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22. There's a lot of "really like" going on around here. |
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Are you two hooking up or something?
:rofl:
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:05 AM
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29. Well, I like you kab... but I really like terry. |
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Wed Aug-10-05 09:55 AM
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7. I find it tends to be an age-related thing. |
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Most under-40 people I know like it. Most over 40 don't.
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Wed Aug-10-05 09:58 AM
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:00 AM
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17. Well, I DID say "most"... |
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:05 AM
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:hi: I don't know you didn't say all... I'm just making my self known and accounted for.
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:11 AM
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34. My observation doesn't seem to be holding true, does it? |
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:15 AM
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35. Well, no, but you're not horribly off either. |
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I do know a lot of people my age that liked it. And I know some people in their 30's that liked it too. I just don't think there's any accounting for (bad) taste. :yoiks:
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Wed Aug-10-05 09:56 AM
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8. Saw it, and it totally sucked. Guess it is a comment on how bad |
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most movies are now, if this one was a hit, just because it was different, not better, than other movies.
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Wed Aug-10-05 09:57 AM
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10. I am 27 and I thought it sucked as well. All my friends loved it! |
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Wed Aug-10-05 09:57 AM
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11. I posted on this about a month ago. |
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I agree - it sucked.
Although, now, I find the quotes kind of funny. But don't make me watch the movie again.
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Wed Aug-10-05 09:57 AM
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and I just can't work up the interest to, either.
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Wed Aug-10-05 09:58 AM
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13. I think it's a subtle message movie about getting over past hurts |
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I think it's a movie geared more toward people in their 20s and 30s, not teenagers.
It's warning you not to become an "Uncle Rico", who obsesses about what might have been, and lives totally in the past, and wants to return to the past to "right the wrongs".
But what the movie is trying to tell us is that no matter how bad or disappointing it was, it really wasn't THAT bad. Even if you felt like a geek or an outcast (like many of the characters) there were still friends, there were still moments of fun, new experiences and life lessons that were valuable and enriched you.
Life can be a delight, even for the misfits. Look at Chip, who keeps a (mostly) blissful state of Zen ignorance about his conditions, and he finds true love!
Anyway, that was how I saw the movie. YMMV
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Wed Aug-10-05 09:59 AM
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16. I got the message in the movie - but its delivery |
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:02 AM
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20. As Jane Austen wisely said, "Half the world cannot understand the |
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pleasures of the other."
To each his own and all that.
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:04 AM
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25. i always though she was referring to gender differences |
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not napolean dynamite, but i guess it might apply here as well....
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:08 AM
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32. No, it wasn't about gender at all. |
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It comes from her novel "Emma" where Emma's father is fussing about an activity enjoyed by other characters that he considers dangerous and can't understand why they would want to do it.
Emma is the one who actually utters the phrase trying to explain to her father that what he considers alarming and dangerous is fun for others.
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:21 AM
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37. ah, emma. one of those assigned readings that i bs'd my way through... |
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damn, i used to be so good at coming up with total bs essays about books i'd never read....
if only that had an ethical application outside of school....
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:04 AM
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26. But did you think it was funny? |
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:10 AM
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33. Yes, I thought it was hilarious. |
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But different people find different things funny.
I can understand why people maybe wouldn't find ND funny. If it's not your brand of humor.
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:03 AM
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21. a message does not a movie make |
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it's a nice plus, but there's a whole lot more to a good movie than just a message.
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:00 AM
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we turned it off about about 15-20 minutes and mailed it back to netflix. The only movie we watched for less time was the 2d Jim Carrey Ace Ventura crap.
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:03 AM
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23. No I thought it sucked too. |
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It really wasn't even all that clever. Just weird and uncomfortable. It had some funny moments, and I guess I didn't think it sucked THAT hard, but no where near as good as some people make it out to be.
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:05 AM
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28. The ND character is funny, but the movie was way overrated. |
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:15 AM
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36. I didn't hate it, but it was way overrated again. |
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I'd watch it again if there was nothing else around and I was bored.
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Wed Aug-10-05 10:37 AM
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38. I think I'm the only person who hasn't seen it yet. |
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Just can't bring myself to get that interested in it.
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