Napoleon Dynamite: Discuss

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has anyone caught any of the previews for this yet? I checked it out last night with some friends and thought it was pretty great. I was a little confused about how to take it since despite it being hilarious, the characters are pretty one dimensional and basically wear the same expressions on their faces for the entire movie. You can also tell the movie was made by a bunch of kids from byu because there was no swearing, no sex humor, no raunch.

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

also "Napoleon Dynamite", I think, was one of Elvis Costello's pseudonyms from when he was good, so that kind of throws me off

― Morley Timmons (Donna Brown), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought the movie was really amusing, but ultimately kind of empty. Also, it was pretty smug. There were some hilarious moments though. Pretty much everything the uncle did and said was brilliant. I also have been using the phrase "What the Flip?" a lot more since seeing it.

― Scott CE (Scott CE), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 16:27 (twenty-two years ago)

i gots me some tickets to an advance screening when it comes to new orleans. the previews look great.

― Felonious Drunk (Felcher), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 17:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I've heard that it was a bit of a lame Rushmore rip off, but I haven't seen it yet.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

It looks a bit too "wacky". i fear it.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

unfortately they added a very obvious wes anderson rip off title sequence. i could kinda see the rushmore comparisons but its way more insane.. its also based in rural idaho.

i also noticed that its one of those 'mtv films,' too. so look forward to a continuance of their advertising blitz. i got a free tshirt last night, which was nice.

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 17:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I can tell by your lack of upper case that you are a PLANT (!!!)

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

You mean a stealth marketer?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 17:56 (twenty-two years ago)

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- Harry Knowles

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Dean otm. Most of the reviews on aicn now are such obvious shills.

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I ADMIT IT.

fox searchlight dragged me off the streets of hollywood, cleaned me up, gave me a free tshirt and told me to shill like theres no tomorrow.

ARE YOU PEOPLE HAPPY NOW???

perhaps you are just jealous of my tshirt..

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Dean, you are making me laugh a lot at the moment. Well done.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I saw a hush hush preview of the new David O. Russell film. It had Jason Schwarzman and Dustin Hoffman and Jude Law and Naomi Watts in it.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:07 (twenty-two years ago)

no HWAY

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:09 (twenty-two years ago)

doesn't three kings seem like a fart in the wind nowadays?

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:10 (twenty-two years ago)

CALL ME WHEN IT HAS THE WHITE STRIPES IN IT. PEACE.

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Dean, what are three of your favorite movies?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Recently or cumulatively?

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Either

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I posted this on an ILF thread a few months ago and it holds up:

2001
good fellas
a woman is a woman
annie hall
good morning
400 blows
vivre sa vie
gimme shelter
lost highway
aguirre
tokyo story
blue velvet
dead man
jules and jim
chungking express
julien donkey boy
instrument
in the mood for love
manhattan
fitzcarraldo

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:18 (twenty-two years ago)

What is "good morning"?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:20 (twenty-two years ago)

It's a really great Ozu film.

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0053134/

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I also didn't peg you for such a Woody Allen fan. Now that is interesting.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I've even read his books if you can believe that!

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)

dean does a KILLER woody allen impersonation

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:24 (twenty-two years ago)

I do. I do free association over noise.

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:25 (twenty-two years ago)

I do some observational comedy over static, but that doesn't work so well.

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:25 (twenty-two years ago)

This looks awful, from everything I've seen. The previews with the Napoleon kid practicing his dance moves, make me run in fear.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:26 (twenty-two years ago)

@d@ml, you should really look into Good Morning and Tokyo Story. There are some fairly decent Criterion versions that you should have no trouble finding.

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I will do that, dean.

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

http://festival.sundance.org/images/stills/F5770.jpg

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

I've even read his books if you can believe that!

without feathers is classic.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:33 (twenty-two years ago)

that pic is more proof this movie was made by mormons

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:35 (twenty-two years ago)

No wonder Fox Pictures snapped this Sundance crowd-pleaser up!

'Napoleon Dynamite' is a hysterical comedy about and awkward teen growing up in Idaho. With a chatroom-addicted older brother, a dune buggying grandmother, an uncle trying to recapture his past, a Mexico-born new (and only) best friend Pedro, and a llama, first-time director/writer Jared Hess has created a gem!

Did I forget to mention a great 80s soundtrack featuring Alphaville and When In Rome? Don't miss this film if you enjoy offbeat, quirky comedies... And don't forget to Vote For Pedro.

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:38 (twenty-two years ago)

this sounds so fucking feel-good, sterile and family oriented

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, maybe I won't go see this. It looked good and quirky ... but no profanity?

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Bill, you're not doing a very good job of shilling!

― deanomgwtf!!!p%3Fmsgid%3D4581997 (deangulberry), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:41 (twenty-two years ago)

The description on the imdb entry made it sound a lot like a "quirky character-driven" movie. I've already seen Pecker.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:42 (twenty-two years ago)

i cant help you out with the no-profanity thing. that fact blew my FUCKING mind.

― bill stevens (bscrubbins), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:46 (twenty-two years ago)

at least they say HAND JOB in rushmore

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:48 (twenty-two years ago)

This sounds so bad it's making Garden State look good in comparison. At least if Garden State sucks I can stare at Natalie Portman.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:58 (twenty-two years ago)

garden state trailer is quite nice.

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 18:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I hate that shot where his paisley shirt blends into the wallpaper. And the music isn't promising.

But I saw an Anatomy of the Scene on Sundance, and it looks like the actual film will be better and less twee.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 9 June 2004 19:20 (twenty-two years ago)

twenty years pass...

If you like this movie (better than people apparently did here 20 years ago), check out A Minecraft Movie… rven though Hess only directed (didn’t write), around half of it feels like a slightly slicker/updated ND, and it’s genuinely funny. (The straight-up video game half isn’t too bad, either!)

― uptight subreddit mod™ (morrisp), Monday, 7 April 2025 00:17 (one year ago)

i rewatched napoleon dynamite last week for the first time in like fifteen years and it holds up pretty well imo. so it's good!

― ava (aiva), Monday, 7 April 2025 07:28 (one year ago)

I don't think I've ever laughed more uproariously in a theater than during the Rex Kwan-do scene.

― Sam Weller, Monday, 7 April 2025 08:38 (one year ago)

The wife and I saw it on our honeymoon and we've watched it with both of our kids. It holds up very well.

― Cow_Art, Monday, 7 April 2025 11:44 (one year ago)

A friend of mine saw it 7 times in the theatre when this came out. That I don't quite understand but it has its moments and "The Promise" by When in Rome is in it which is always a positive.

― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 7 April 2025 14:52 (one year ago)

i really like the way that he says 'tina come get some ham!' and i can't really explain why but i've been thinking about it quite a bit lately

― ava (aiva), Tuesday, 8 April 2025 07:51 (one year ago)

lol that's my favorite part and I said it just last week. At the time I had a friend named Tina so it was a running joke for a long time.

― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 8 April 2025 08:51 (one year ago)

wild that "here's a weird guy" was a whole genre of comedy for a while, this kinda feels like the peak of that era, which I would say ended with Step Brothers a few years later

good movie though, glad it didn't get endless sequels and spin-offs, also it was my first time hearing "The Promise" which I immediately declared the best 80s song I'd ever heard

― frogbs, Tuesday, 8 April 2025 13:40 (one year ago)

If you like this and haven’t seen Gentlemen Broncos, give it a shot.

― o. nate, Tuesday, 8 April 2025 19:25 (one year ago)

gentlemen broncos = best film ever made

― massaman gai (front tea for two), Thursday, 10 April 2025 05:06 (one year ago)

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