Napoleon Dynamite what do you think?

[LogicDonny]

MuchMusic showed Napoleon Dynamite this morning again. They showed it last night at 6pm then this morning at 9am and then again at 4pm today. I missed an half hour without realizing it was on but I did catch the Return to New York of TMNT this morning :D

This movie is actually pretty good. I like that dance he did. that song, Canned Heat, is on Elite Beat Agents!

[Spike Spiegel]

Jawanduh was HOT....

But seriously, great movie with a positive, fun message. It's like a classic teenage 80s movie that was released for the first time in the present day.

[Mr. Snackpants]

Terrible, terrible movie. The first time I watched it (when it first came out), I got a few chuckles outta it. But after it bacame so popular and everybody started to quote it and talk about it, I realized how bad this movie really is.

[VaughnMichael]

Terrible, terrible movie. The first time I watched it (when it first came out), I got a few chuckles outta it. But after it bacame so popular and everybody started to quote it and talk about it, I realized how bad this movie really is.
exactly I'd go as far as to say it's over rated just like Borat was...I mean they both have funny parts but either are hardly the funniest movie of the year the tv had been saying etc.

[GK Punk]

Incredibly over rated but enjoyable. If you dont listen to the hype surrounding it, it's an Ok movie.

[DrSpengler]

I found it more annoying than funny. I knew lots of kids like Napoleon in high school and absolutely couldn't stand them back then; I certainly don't want to watch a movie about one of em.

The only thing worse than the movie are the hordes of fans quoting lines in that stupid voice that makes them sound like they have Down's Syndrome.

[Mr. Snackpants]

exactly I'd go as far as to say it's over rated just like Borat was...I mean they both have funny parts but either are hardly the funniest movie of the year the tv had been saying etc.

I'd have to strongly disagree. Borat deserved the praise it got. I can't think of a funnier movie I've seen in the past year. Napoleon Dynamite was so overrated...I don't know a person over 14 years old that likes this movie. Jon Heder might be the worst actor Ive ever seen and I cant believe he's in a movie with Will Ferrell...this will be the first Will Ferrell I won't go see in theatres.

[VaughnMichael]

I'd have to strongly disagree. Borat deserved the praise it got. I can't think of a funnier movie I've seen in the past year. Napoleon Dynamite was so overrated...I don't know a person over 14 years old that likes this movie. Jon Heder might be the worst actor Ive ever seen and I cant believe he's in a movie with Will Ferrell...this will be the first Will Ferrell I won't go see in theatres.
it's all good but me I still find them to be one in the same...
I Did laugh my @ss off at the Borat movie I'll give him that but I found myself saying out whens this gonna end where is this going. Oh well it wasn't as bad as naopleon but I still think it's a bit over rated.
I enjoy the Ali G show allot more.

[Spitfire]

I didn't really like the movie. Not my cup of tea, I felt it wore thin about half way through. It wasn't supposed to have a plot and I got that but I like movies with more substance, and this is why I usually don't enjoy comedy or horror movies. Their all about style or laughs and they leave important things out like a good plot. Every comedy has the all to easy punch out happy ending and horror movies always have the cliff hanger.

Outside of my professional opinion the kids at my high school made this movie annoying and stopped me from wanting to view it until a year after it was out. I was about to choke the next person I saw with a "Vote for Pedro" shirt, pin, backpack, jacket, wrist band, shoe....and people constantly referencing it turned it into the Dave Chapelle show all over again.

[Ra]

I don't think it's really my thing. I mean, I can get behind things that are great but...Napoleon Dynamite doesn't seem like that to me. Besides, I got force fed so many refrences and comments from the movie that I just gave up all hope on it and tried to stay away from anything related to the movie with a ten foot pole *sighs*

[Jo Dawn]

Well, I'll say that the first time I saw this I hated it. It was sad.

After the second or so time, though... I saw the dark humor for what it was. I love this movie. I think it's funny. I love Kip.

And I met Pedro. He's so nice and he's tiny, hehe. I love him.

[Peanut]

It's definitely a decent movie, but not great or even good. I don't really care that people quote it a lot and all that crap, I'm not on any kind of high horse, where I need to hate something just because a ton of people love it. My friend over-hyped it prior to my viewing of it, though. Needless to say, once I finally watched it, I had a hard time figuring out why so many people loved it.

[Masked Ninja]

I know I enjoyed it... first viewing was kind of a "what the heck?!" experience, but after that the nerd humor sunk in and I started to love it. People who live/have lived in Idaho (or even Utah) also seem to get it a little more, as it's a little bit cultural with some of the humor.

It's funny because it is so bad. I don't think it was ever trying to be good - just random and funny. For me, it worked. For others... ehh, perhaps not. You just have to have the right sense of humor.

Heh, and Jon Heder (as well as his twin) both graduated from the animation major at my school. And somehow, Jon got his 15 minutes of fame in acting in a dumb movie. :P Go figure.

[Mr. Snackpants]

I didn't really like the movie. Not my cup of tea, I felt it wore thin about half way through. It wasn't supposed to have a plot and I got that but I like movies with more substance, and this is why I usually don't enjoy comedy or horror movies. Their all about style or laughs and they leave important things out like a good plot. Every comedy has the all to easy punch out happy ending and horror movies always have the cliff hanger.

Outside of my professional opinion the kids at my high school made this movie annoying and stopped me from wanting to view it until a year after it was out. I was about to choke the next person I saw with a "Vote for Pedro" shirt, pin, backpack, jacket, wrist band, shoe....and people constantly referencing it turned it into the Dave Chapelle show all over again.

Same thing at my high school. Constant quoting for a year. Then every middle schooler in town owned tshirts, backpacks, ect. It got so annoying and I realized how unfunny the movie actually was.

Oh, I don't even want to think about how many times I heard "Im Rick James, bitch!!!" in the hallways :x

[VaughnMichael]

Oh, I don't even want to think about how many times I heard "Im Rick James, bitch!!!" in the hallways :x

ugghhh *shivers* that alone made me hate dave chapplle

[majesty329]

I personally found Napoleon Dynamite to be unfunny and annoying.

[raphael_is_cool]

Well, I'll say that the first time I saw this I hated it. It was sad.

After the second or so time, though... I saw the dark humor for what it was. I love this movie.


That's exacty how I felt. My friend had said it was hilarious but on first viewing I was definitely not expecting what I saw.

But the second time around I had warmed to it and saw it's charming side. It's definitely not one of those crappy teen comedies you see all the time and it's not really fussed about having a tight structure/plot. It's good to be different.

I guess it's very much a type of humour you either love or hate. It's smarter than other films but also quite dumb and simple in a way. It's definitely made by the performances themselves in the same way the loose structure of Anchorman is held together by the great cast.

[jeff the cheff]

I saw it very early when it was still in theaters in limited release. Nobody I knew had seen it, and I never heard a review for it. I thought it was hilarious.

Everyone that saw it before it became popular thought it was funny. After it became popular and people started quoting it, everyone who saw it then didn't think it was funny.

So I really think that people saw it looking to hate it, because people with no opinion on it thought it was funny, and people who heard the quotes from people that weren't funny, ended up hating it.

[VaughnMichael]

I saw it very early when it was still in theaters in limited release. Nobody I knew had seen it, and I never heard a review for it. I thought it was hilarious.

Everyone that saw it before it became popular thought it was funny. After it became popular and people started quoting it, everyone who saw it then didn't think it was funny.

So I really think that people saw it looking to hate it, because people with no opinion on it thought it was funny, and people who heard the quotes from people that weren't funny, ended up hating it.
Yeah I saw an early independant film release of it also in texas before the hugeness of the movie hit theaters.
I ended up really wanting to like it personally but the stupid trailor for it killed it for me every single funny part of the movie was shown.
Had I not ever seen the trailor I'd prolly like it more but had I not seen it online I more than likely would have never even seen or heard of the movie till the major film release oh well can't win em all.

[KROW]

Seeing the previews for this film already had me avoiding it. Hell, I thought the word, "Dynamite" was a reference to being lit since everyone seemed to be on drugs. Then, about a year later, on an off-day, I watched it just to see what made it so impressionable. I could not figure it out; it wasn't funny or entertaining at all -- with the exception of Napoleon dancing on stage.

The entire film felt like a high school student film that had to be handed in the next day and got a D- for the effort.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Not a big fan of this movie. Didn't find it all that funny. I think as far as nerds in recent movies Elias from Clerks 2 is a much better representation.

[Drtooth]

I liked it myself, though I think the funniest part wasn't even IN the movie itself. I'm talking about the deleted scene in which Napoleon and Pedro try to buy a suit at Goodwill but have no money. And then they try to buy lottery tickets. That was funnier than anything else in the film.

Y'know... I had a chance to see this BEFORE everyone else did for free at a premiere... but somehow I didn't get the tickets and missed out. Funny thing... I expected Napoleon Dynamite to be African American... only cuz the name of the film sounds like a Blaxploitation film.

Anyway, as much as I enjoy that and the Office, I am sick to death opf all those stupid commercials that try so desperately to knock the dang film off in its humor. Those Skittle ones especially.

[Revan]

It so silly it cracks me up. Many people claim it has no plot but I thought the plot was Napoleon trying to help Pedro get elected to Student Body president.

[InsaneJediGirl]

I thought it was a great movie :) I didnt think it would be all too funny when I first watched it but I was suprised, "Tina you fat lard" :lol: I think its destined to become a cult classic of sorts.

[Jamboree]

I thought it was a great movie :) I didnt think it would be all too funny when I first watched it but I was suprised, "Tina you fat lard" :lol: I think its destined to become a cult classic of sorts.

I think this is right on. I thought it was hilarious is probably just a cult film of sorts. either you thought it was knee slapping funny or you were sitting there scratching your head. But I see a few people here are alittle more in the middle.
"Knock it off Napolean! Make yourself a dang quesadil-luh!" sorry:lol:

[Risawn]

I can attest that this is kind of a cultural thing. Especially if you live in Southern Idaho/Utah.

The first time I saw it, I was going 'huh?' with it, but it grew on me and now I love the movie. In fact, it get's funnier with repeat viewings (not very many movies are like that).

Fortunately for me, I was out of the country when it was really getting hyped up, so I didn't have it crammed down my throat every where I went. So I still liked it when I made it back to the states.

[Ninjinister]

Worst movie I've ever seen. At least "Manos", the Hands of Fate, was unintentionally funny (especially the MST3K version). NP wasn't funny. At all.