So, I just watched Napoleon Dynamite...

Gimme_Shelter · Post by **Gimme_Shelter** » 10/16/2005, 4:15 pm

your making me cry more now

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 10/16/2005, 4:19 pm

Lando wrote:This is like saying you don't get the movie Dumb and Dumber. The only thing is, Dumb and Dumber had a minor sub-plot. Two guys trying to return a briefcase to a woman that one of them fell in love with. None of that really mattered though, because that's not what the movie was trying to showcase.

With Napoleon Dynamite, the movie is about High School, specificially Napopleon, a loner. With a look at his life, both at school and his family life. The Sub plot for this movie is really just character driven. It's the people around him. His uncle's past, his older brother and his internet girlfriend etc... It's just a movie about small town high school life. No major plot to follow.

EXACTLY

don't ask why · Post by **don't ask why** » 10/16/2005, 4:23 pm

I still don't understand.

Lando · Post by **Lando** » 10/16/2005, 4:44 pm

Then don't watch it like it's a movie. Imagine you're watching a documentary based on small town high school and it's following around this loner kid, Napoleon Dynamite. It's a satirical look at different types of people and high school in small town America. Sure there are stereotypes thrown in there, but to a degree you just know that every one of the characters could easily be exactly like a real person out there.

Waiting to Exist · Post by **Waiting to Exist** » 10/16/2005, 4:49 pm

I hated this movie. I was so bored by it. I got the jokes but they were just so unfunny

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Maybe it's my fault. My friends just sort of dragged me into the theater without giving me any sort of information about the movie, beyond me seeing the poster on our way in.

EDIT: Okay, I'll admit I smiled a bit at some of the internet girlfriend stuff. But that's all.

afealicious · Post by **afealicious** » 10/16/2005, 4:52 pm

LA-FAWN-DUH

:lol:

pit_girl1 · Post by **pit_girl1** » 10/16/2005, 5:00 pm

I think the movie is completely and totally dumb, but I also find it hilarious. I'm not sure why. I actually think to myself while I'm watching it, "this is so stupid - why is it funny?" but for some reason it just is...I dunno...

Lando · Post by **Lando** » 10/16/2005, 5:03 pm

Because you knew people or know people similar to the characters?

pit_girl1 · Post by **pit_girl1** » 10/16/2005, 5:16 pm

No, not so much...maybe because I like random spontaneous humor, a la Monty Python or Strong Bad. Not that I'm comparing ND to the two of them, it's just a somewhat similar sense of randomness...

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 10/16/2005, 7:14 pm

pst. i havent even seen it. altho i want to.

its4am_isanybodyhome · Post by **its4am_isanybodyhome** » 10/16/2005, 7:16 pm

nah i love strong bad! and of course, who doesn't like monty python?

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 10/16/2005, 7:23 pm

I don't get how someone can not find this movie funny.

afealicious · Post by **afealicious** » 10/16/2005, 7:55 pm

i don't know...i only find myself laughing at it because it's so out of the ordinary. a kind of cognitive dissonance--i think that's how it's supposed to work on you.

Henrietta · Post by **Henrietta** » 10/16/2005, 8:18 pm

I don't think it's as funny as everyone made it out to be. It's all about who you're with and how they react. I do like it though, I'm not sure how you could think it's not funny AT ALL. I heard they are making a sequel at my school...but I don't know if that is true or not.

afealicious · Post by **afealicious** » 10/16/2005, 8:29 pm

yeah, i only found myself laughing when there were other people around. pretty cool. there's a science behind it :GASP:

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 10/16/2005, 8:45 pm

I hate this movie. And people say I look like Napolean...and it's a lie! GOSH! IDIOTS!

pit_girl1 · Post by **pit_girl1** » 10/16/2005, 8:51 pm

Rusty wrote:I hate this movie. And people say I look like Napolean...and it's a lie! GOSH! IDIOTS!

Let's see a picture, then we can decide

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 10/16/2005, 9:00 pm

I don't have any recent pictures of me...

afealicious · Post by **afealicious** » 10/16/2005, 9:11 pm

post the "oh god" picture of you.

after that, she will never ask for pictures again.