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[evil ways]

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Except it's funny, very popular and good. Hating it seems to be the "different" thing to do. Get a life and a sense of humor.

Oh no, a nerve was struck.

The movie's shit and that's that, no matter how much obscure shitty movie geeks want to deny it.

 

[Iceman]

Hi-frikken-larious movie. End of story.

Rex-Kwon-Do. We all know I'm training to become a cage fighter. That's what I'm talking about. How much you wanna bet I can throw a football over them mountains? It's a sledgehammer. Like 50 of em. It's sweet, amazing. It's pretty cool, I guess. It works Napoleon, you don't even know. Go get some pampers for you and your brother. How the heck are you going to do that? You think I got to where I am today because I dress like Peter Pan here? (flexing at the diner). Why do you love me? Peace out.

 

[Suerte]

Jon Heder is quite hot in real life.

 

[Pimpwerx]

Rushmore sucked. If ND is similar to that, then I'll pass. But the ads made it look pretty funny. PEACE.

 

[Iceman]

Jon Heder is quite hot in real life.

heterosexual +1

 

[Matlock]

Rex-Kwon-Do.

You hit my weak spot, Diedrich Bader.

Goddamn you.

 

[Chony]

The movie is hilarious, I am sorry you don't enjoy it.

 

[Ristamar]

I went in to the theater with few expectations, but I didn't find it very amusing at all, beyond some sparse funny moments. I, too, thought I was one of the few people that didn't like it, considering how rabidly most seemed to defend it in the original Napoleon Dynamite threads.

 

[bob_arctor]

You want an obscure geeky flick capturing teenage-dom perfectly? That's actually funny? And has Scarlett Johansson? Enid would think Napoleon Dynamite was trying way too hard as well.

 

[Matlock]

Bob, you're officially a good person.

 

[Brian Fellows]

You want an obscure geeky flick capturing teenage-dom perfectly? That's actually funny? And has Scarlett Johansson? Enid would think Napoleon Dynamite was trying way too hard as well.

Too bad Scarelt looks like shit in this one and that other fug faced bitch is as hideous as they come.

 

[evil ways]

Too bad Scarelt looks like shit in this one and that other fug faced bitch is as hideous as they come.

Big ass titties x 2!!

That's the medicine.

 

[SystemShark]

I think the movie is fantastic. I have a friend who is pretty much Napoleon. In fact, a lot of the stuff that goes on in the movie reminds me of growing up. I have two questions though, what's a bodaggit and what was up with the scene with Napoleon and Pedro doing the cow testing?

Bastards trying to blow up Nessie!

 

[Iceman]

The cow stuff is all like 4H stuff. Every year county fairs host these 4H contests and hand out blue ribbons for the best this and that. It's all primarily agricultural stuff for kids. Kids raising animals and making pies, etc. It's about discipline and gaining an expertise in something. I guess in Idaho they have something similar that isn't 4H. And for anyone that lives outside of agricultural communities, this kind of stuff is the epitome of geekdom.

 

[Brian Fellows]

I live in an agricultural area and its still not exactly the coolest thing to do heh. Most kids quit doing it when their farmer parents stop making them do it.

 

[MetatronM]

The whole movie exists solely for Napoleon to say ridiculous shit. No real point, but goofy enough for me to find it pretty damn funny.

 

[MrPing1000]

I saw Shaun of the Dead a few days ago. Didn't think it was as good as some people would lead me to believe. Was good, with the odd laugh but not a patch on spaced

 

[Bog]

I saw this last week. I'm not really sure why it even exists. It's just kind of... there. The only part I smiled at was the uncle showing the video.

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

you can't tell me this part didn't make you laugh.

 

[etiolate]

I enjoyed the movie, but I'm less cynical than the majority of internet zeitgeists. Most of my laughs in the movie came from laughing at myself and similiar experiences. If you were a dork at all in the late 80s or so then you could identify some. My main problem is they would break from staying in the period and play some late 90s music like Jamiroquai. I always knew kids like Napolean in elemantry school.

 

[Dilbert]

Too bad Scarelt looks like shit in this one and that other fug faced bitch is as hideous as they come.

oh no you didn't

 

[Shazapp]

Wait, what if I liked Rushmore, Ghost World AND Napoleon Dynamite?

I preferred Ghost World over the other two....and Napoleon Dynamite over Rushmore....but Rushmore didn't suck.

Oh, well.

 

[etiolate]

I didn't find Ghost World all that funny and rather pointless. I think I have to hand in my emo card now.

 

[karasu]

You want an obscure geeky flick capturing teenage-dom perfectly? That's actually funny? And has Scarlett Johansson? Enid would think Napoleon Dynamite was trying way too hard as well.

Who's teenage years did this capture? 0_o

 

[AstroLad]

Ghost World fucking rocks. And I don't think there's anything really "emo" about it (e.g., a shitty emo soundtrack, the Ghost World soundtrack is fucking incredible, fitting considering Zwigoff is a serious blues aficionado), it's just a good movie, and Steve Buscemi is fucking incredible in it. Johansson was ironically my least favorite part of it, but Birch made a surprisingly good Enid and thankfully Enid and Seymour were 90% of the movie.

 

[Cerebral Palsy]

I really liked Napoleon Dynamite. No real plot... But there doesn't need to be. Napoleon and Kip were hilarious enough to make me not care.


Napoleon: Stay home and eat all the freakin' chips, Kip.
Kip: Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.


:lol

 

[sefskillz]

Napoleon: Stay home and eat all the freakin' chips, Kip.
Kip: Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.

man this movie really seperates a lot of people. i don't find that funny at all. this is like sub snl, sub mad tv bad humor. what's funny about it?

"dude he thinks he's talking to babes on the internets, haha but they're probably all fat and ugly, what a moron!!!" seriously, shouldn't this joke have been played out 8 years ago?

 

[cubanb]

I need to see this movie. All my friends say I would really like it.

 

[Drey1082]

If you were a dork at all in the late 80s or so then you could identify some. My main problem is they would break from staying in the period and play some late 90s music like Jamiroquai. I always knew kids like Napolean in elemantry school.

The movie is set in modern day. The 80's look is mainly because it's an extremely small rural town in Idaho, and it's a story about nerds, who dress funny. I think kip's use of the internet gives away the fact that it's not an 80's movie.

 

[CavemanLawyer]

man this movie really seperates a lot of people. i don't find that funny at all. this is like sub snl, sub mad tv bad humor. what's funny about it?

"dude he thinks he's talking to babes on the internets, haha but they're probably all fat and ugly, what a moron!!!" seriously, shouldn't this joke have been played out 8 years ago?

It is all in the delivery...

 

[Brian Fellows]

Who's teenage years did this capture? 0_o

Yeah if I want a movie that captures my teenage years I'll just go watch Dazed and Confused. Thats pretty much what an average weekend around here was like. It was just a little harder Aquire the alchohol cuz I grew up in the late 90's and not the late 70's.

 

[etiolate]

The movie is set in modern day. The 80's look is mainly because it's an extremely small rural town in Idaho, and it's a story about nerds, who dress funny. I think kip's use of the internet gives away the fact that it's not an 80's movie.

That's true. Though they do talk about per-minute or per-hour charges for the internet, which is an older practice. I remember when I ran up the Prodigy bill to like $250 without knowing it.

 

[Desperado]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0374900/quotes

Don: [playing kickball] Hey, Napoleon. Did you wet the bed last night?
Napoleon Dynamite: Hey, Don, did you take a dump in your bed last night?
Don: I could kick your butt, Napoleon, so I'd shut up.
Napoleon Dynamite: Why don't you go tell your mom to shut up?
Don: What did you say?
Napoleon Dynamite: Whatever I feel like I wanna say.
Don: Did you say something about my mom?
Napoleon Dynamite: Maybe I did, maybe I didn't.
Don: Do you wanna die, Napoleon?
Napoleon Dynamite: Yeah right. Who's the only one here who knows the illegal ninja moves from the government?
Don: Step up, Napoleon.
Napoleon Dynamite: [slaps him and runs]

Jock No. 1: Hey, Napoleon. I hear you're in a club for girls.
Napoleon Dynamite: Shut up, I am not.
Jock No. 1: Yeah? Why are you in the Happy Hands Club then?
Napoleon Dynamite: Cause I didn't have a freakin' choice. All the other sweet clubs were filled up. GOSH!

Napoleon Dynamite: Where've you been?
Pedro: I got sick.
Napoleon Dynamite: How come?
Pedro: Two days ago, I went to my cousin's birthday party and they had all this food. So I started to eat this taco with lots of meat. It was like a carne asada taco. And all of a sudden, I started to feel real ill inside. So the next day, I just like laid in the bathtub for a couple of hours. And then I had to go to the hospital because my aunt Concha was having a baby. We had to wait a really long time in the lobby so I bought a little bag of corn tortillas from the vending machine. And right when I started eating them, I felt really good inside. The weird feeling I was having just like lifted out of me. It, like, evaporated into nothing.
[takes a bite of tortilla in flashback, looks up to heavens]
Pedro: So I dunno. I think they was like... holy chips or something.

Napoleon Dynamite: [walks into store] Hey, how's it goin'. Those egg rolls are looking pretty good. I might get me some later, I don't have any money right now. You know, I think I'm just gonna get me one of them lotto tickets. My wife says I gotta stop but I'm just feeling real positive today and I wanted to try out my luck and -
Cashier: Get out of here. I'm not selling lottery to a minor.
Napoleon Dynamite: I'm just gonna go get my ID.
[bumps into cooler]
Napoleon Dynamite: [outside gas station, to Pedro] Gosh! They wouldn't sell me one. I don't look old enough. Dang!
Pedro: Do you think I look old enough?
Pedro: [in store] Un lotto ticket por favor.
Cashier: [looks at Pedro's moustache, then sells ticket]
Napoleon Dynamite: [outside, to Pedro] Did you get one?
[scratches ticket]
Napoleon Dynamite: Yes! Three spuds! You picked a good one! That's ten dollars! Yes!

[Kip is singing to Lafawnduh after they are pronounced husband and wife]
Kip: Why do you love me? Why do you need me? Always and forever... We met in a chatroom, now our love can fully bloom... Sure the world wide web is great, but you, you make my salivate... I love technology, but not as much as you, you see... But I STILL love technology... Always and forever. Our love is like a flock of doves, flying up to heaven above... always and forever, always and forever... Why do you need me? Why do you love me? Always and forever...

[Napoleon rides up to Kip and LaFawnduh's wedding on a horse]
Napoleon Dynamite: Sorry I'm late. I just got done taming a wild honeymoon stallion for you guys.




I don't remember seeing these parts, and I watched it twice last night... WTF??

 

[thefit]

I like Kung Pow and have watched it many times, would you say I will fall in the love or hate camp?

 

[Fresh Prince]

[Kip is singing to Lafawnduh after they are pronounced husband and wife]
Kip: Why do you love me? Why do you need me? Always and forever... We met in a chatroom, now our love can fully bloom... Sure the world wide web is great, but you, you make my salivate... I love technology, but not as much as you, you see... But I STILL love technology... Always and forever. Our love is like a flock of doves, flying up to heaven above... always and forever, always and forever... Why do you need me? Why do you love me? Always and forever...

[Napoleon rides up to Kip and LaFawnduh's wedding on a horse]
Napoleon Dynamite: Sorry I'm late. I just got done taming a wild honeymoon stallion for you guys.


I don't remember seeing these parts, and I watched it twice last night... WTF??

These two are after the credits end. I think the rest are deleted scenes.

 

[Ford Prefect]

I don't remember seeing these parts, and I watched it twice last night... WTF??

Those are all deleted scenes. The kickball one was hilarious.

Kung Pow > All

EDIT: Yeah, the Kip singing and stallion parts were after the credits.

 

[The Abominable Snowman]

The funniest was when Lafawnduh got Kip to dress, and Napoleon picked up Q-won's dance tape and practiced. And Pedro's Protection. :lol

I loved that movie.

 

[Lil' Dice]

I don't care if you all hated this movie.....i loved it, and that's all that matters to me in the end.

 

[ZombieSupaStar]

awesome movie



but youll love it or hate it period.

 

[SystemShark]

So no one knows what a bodaggit is? Funniest quote from the movie, but I don't know what it means.

 

[Coin Return]

"How much you wanna bet I can throw a football over them mountains? Yeah... Coach woulda put me in fourth quarter, we would've been state champions. No doubt. No doubt in my mind."

 

[Sumidor]

To me, ND is a lot like Office Space.. Not in terms of story or anything like that. But more that there are some very long stretches of non-funny moments. And the good parts, are realllly good.

 

[Celicar]

I agree. ND was pretty useless. The only funny part was when he drew the picture of the girl and said it was probably the best thing he ever drew. Other than that, it was complete garbage.

 

[BuddyC]

/hops on the "Whoa Matlock Has Taste And Napoleon Dynamite Sucked" bandwagon.

But, to give credit where credit is due, the scene whereupon a

Spoiler

cow is executed in front of an entire bus of children

, well, that was good.

I personally found ND to be rather mediocre, and overhearing the dialog day after day after day after day at work, school, etc, only made it worse.

 

[demi]

I personally found ND to be rather mediocre, and the overhearing the dialog day after day after day after day at work, school, etc, only made it worse.

Gimme your tots!

 

[Ollie Pooch]

we didn't really get the "endless quoting" thing about this movie here - i still laugh at the scenes where kip reverses over the tupperware container, the time machine crystals and the effigy of summer being bashed on hte tree

vote for summer!

 

[demon]

Napoleon Dynamite was one of the funniest movies I've seen at the theater in a long time. The characters and dialogue are fucking hilarious. Loved it.

 

[B'z-chan]

Had this come out before Ghost World i might have actually found this movie funny. It did however strike a chord in me as i remember the 80's pretty well and i knew kids like them a lot. I did however find some parts of the movie to be enjoyable, Jon Greis' (hermit student in Real Genius) role as the uncle was just great. Overall i wouldnt want to own the movie but it was at least worth it to watch.

 

[Megafoo Chavez]

i thought it sucked

 

[op_ivy]

i thought it was quite funny.


was stoned at the time, i'm sure that had a lot to do with it