Napoleon Dynamite

I saw it because my teenage nephews couldn't stop talking about it. They saw it 3 or 4 times at the theater.

I enjoyed it, but it's very low-tech, low-budget and decidedly odd - many people will hate it. The plot is far-fetched and the characters are bizarre and mostly unlikeable. It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea.

hmm very interesting... people say the same thing about "the village" but even though it wasnt quite what i thought it was going to be i thought it was a great movie...

thanks for the input...

I saw it, mostly due to Netflix and teenagers. I personally didn't like it, but my wife did. Pretty lowbrow stuff IMO.

I thought it was the most awkward set of characters I have seen. That alone was interesting.

I liked it, Napoleon Dynamite is something people too far removed might not get.

Roger Ebert characterized it as humor only for those who enjoy laughing down on others.

He doesn't get it, Napoleon might have been a nerd, geek or what have you, but his self confidence made him cool, he wore his geekiness well.

I liked it because it was different. I would put it in the same category with films like PECKER, and WELCOME TO THE DOLL HOUSE.

That's an understatement!



Um, I'm scared. I got it.

Daughter (15) bought it the other day. She and our 14 year old son had been talking about what they had heard about it and had wanted to see it for a while.

We thought it was hilarious, but we tend to be people watchers. Bear wasn't impressed. I didn't find humor in laughing down at the characters. The humor, to me, was more in the constant surprise of their actions / reactions - or lack of. Things you would expect to get a big reaction, get none. (shooting a cow) Grandma having a boyfriend is made into as big a deal as they make of anything.

I wouldn't have paid $7.50 per for all of us to see it at the theater, but it's worth a $3.99 rental, IMHO.

(Yes, we are repeating the lines any time we can fit them into the conversation around here.)

"What are you gonna do today?"

"Anything I want to do. Gosh!"

hmmm very nice... i must see this now... i must...

You'll have to let us know when you have. There are scenes I want to talk about and can't... I can't stand ruining movies for others.

I also think the "soundtrack" was brilliant in setting the tone. It just fit so perfectly.

will do ma'am... i hate it too... so thanks for not ruining it

The defining film of the new lowered expectations Unites States and its youth...

Yeah? Well, your mother goes to college!

I like to consider myself someone with thoughtful, discerning taste -- but I have to disagree with you. I just watched this film earlier today with my under-the-weather significant other, and we loved it. Having been adolescents in the 80s, we identified with soooo many of the details -- and were both howling throughout the entirety of the film. Priceless! We also watched Anchorman and Dodgeball -- which I also liked but on a silly level -- but would totally diss as "fine" feature films. However, Napolean Dynamite is brilliant! Just brilliant! (imho)

Don't mind Bear, Nancy.

I know it by heart after my daughter watching it every day for a month! Still makes me laugh.

Welcome to A2K!

They are cringingly awkward geeks, and they are endearing.

I was cheering right along with the crowd after Napoleon busts a move for his friend, Pedro.

I concur, the movie is brilliant.

Yes! And, I loved the view from the door to his bedroom when he first got the dance tape.

And the drawing he did of the girl he took to the dance.

There were so many favorite parts, I couldn't possibly choose just one.

If you are 35-39 or a teenager, you probably liked this movie. If you are over 40, you likly got up and left the room.

If you liked this movie, you probably also prefer Metallica over, say, Nugent.

But that's your problem.

I'm 47 and hate both Metallica and Nugent but loved
Napoleon Dynamite. I like films where the nerds triumph!!

Wow, Bill Gates actually posts here under an alias. Who knew?

I'm pushing 42, and prefer Elton and Billy Joel over Metallica or Nugent. I had that preference in the 80's as well.

Does that make me weird, or something?