Napoleon Dynamite

I just bought this DVD at one of those stores where you trade your old dvds and cds -

i got mine for $10 - good deal

If you say so.I would've waited for 20 years and bought it at a thrift store bin for a buck.

This movie is Cult Classic all the way. Gosh, it's like my favorite movie now! Serious. I borrowed it form my best friend, and he's never going to get it back.

Originally posted by moonwalker741
Can somebody please tell me the synopsis of this movie? i dont get the trailer or tv spots one bit.....

have you seen it yet? if you have i wont bother explaining!!

but i have to say this is THE FUNNIEST MOVIE ever!!
when i was watching it i was kinda bored, but now i think about it i love it in_love its the coolest movie ever!!

Originally posted by Curl_Up&Dye
It really had no plot....but it didnt much matter because it was so funny!!!!!!!

I absolutely loved it!!! One of the best film festival movies ive ever seen!!

Enjoying it however, requires a certain caliber of humor. You have to really like stupid humor (dumb+dumber, beavis+butthead) to like this movie

mmm not really, i actually hate dumb and dumber, and beavis and butthead, theyre ok!!
this is a classic movie!!

I didnt find this funny at all. Aside from the dance sequence and the steak throwing bit, I was more depressed than entertained.
Dumb and Dumber, I felt was a much better movie.

It interesting to read people's thoughts on this movie. It seems like many people are split down the middle- either they love it or hate it. I personally enjoyed it quite a bit when I saw it in theaters. When I viewed it on DVD I still enjoyed it but not as much as I did the first time. It's interesting that people seem to have this intense hatred for it. It doesn't seem like the time of movie that people would really despise, unless the hatred is fueled by the fact that it was hyped so much.

Originally posted by moonwalker741
Can somebody please tell me the synopsis of this movie? i dont get the trailer or tv spots one bit.....

My pal gave that to me. No wonder you don't get the trailers. A camera follows a bloke around Idaho in the early 90's and.....that's it. There is no definate plot. Though some parts were funny...("Tina you fat lard, eat your caserole"😉 that one got me!
But, seriously, it's not about anything...just a dork with a dork friend and a dork brother and a dork girl and a prissy girl and a wannabe jock steroid-inflated (may or may not be true) uncle.

Green Day does rock!!!
💃

...But it was funny....

I loved Napoleon Dynamite...i thought it was funny..
But it gets annoying when everyone at school quotes the movie..

Originally posted by indie_rocks
It interesting to read people's thoughts on this movie. It seems like many people are split down the middle- either they love it or hate it. I personally enjoyed it quite a bit when I saw it in theaters. When I viewed it on DVD I still enjoyed it but not as much as I did the first time. It's interesting that people seem to have this intense hatred for it. It doesn't seem like the time of movie that people would really despise, unless the hatred is fueled by the fact that it was hyped so much.

I have an intense hatred for it because so many people liked it an it was horrible.I didnt think people where that easily amused until I heard them say the loved the movie with a retarded high schooler,a retarded mexican,and a weird girl.

So, you hate the movie because others liked it and you didn't? That's so goddamn ridiculously petty. Dislike the movie becaue you didn't like it, not just because it's en vogue to be anti-Napoleon.

Originally posted by Beastro
a retarded high schooler,a retarded mexican,and a weird girl.

Originally posted by BasketCase

But it gets annoying when everyone at school quotes the movie..

Originally posted by BasketCase
I loved Napoleon Dynamite...i thought it was funny..
But it gets annoying when everyone at school quotes the movie..

It's the same way here...

Don't get me wrong, the movie is hella awesome. But when people say how original it is, that's going a little far. You can tell that the plot of the movie was somewhat inspired by movies like Rushmore.

Originally posted by BoYs*BoYs*BoYs
i thought this movie was so freakin hilarious! there was no plot...which was exactly why i thought it was funny!!! my and my sister and pretty much everyone from my school quote it!! its soo freakin hilarious!!!

There was a plot, the plot was that it was a few days of Napoleon's life. Sort of like Seinfeld.

But Seinfeld is alot better.

There was no plot. Period. It was "a day in the life of...". What sets it apart is the surroundings, the rich characters, the score, and the simplicity.

But hey, of course there have been plenty of movies set in Idaho with a Latino exchange student running for class president, a boy who has a pet llama, a nerdy brother with an internet lover, a dirty old uncle who sells tupperware and bust enhancement pills, and uses absolutely NO cuss words whatsoever.

It's about as original as they come.

It was ok and I wasnt very impressed.