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Title: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Koopaslaya on January 28, 2005, 08:24:14 PM
The movie "Napoleon Dynamite" has taken the US by surprise. Its odd ball characters and outrageous themes make it the perfect movie for anyone. We all, cool or geek, root for Napoleon throughout the movie.

No surprise, unforgetable lines such as "I see your drinking 1%, is that cuz you think your fat? Cuz your not." have spawned from this hillarious movie.

Many hate it with a firery passion. I do not understand why.

What are your thoughts on the newest movie on my top 10 funniest movie list?

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Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Vidgmchtr on January 28, 2005, 08:36:25 PM
Lord, how I HATE THAT MOVIE....

How do people think it is actually funny?
Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: TEM on January 28, 2005, 09:46:37 PM
That is one of the best movies I have ever seen, not just in the sense of it being funny, but it's just a really good movie. Some people, such as Vid, just don't get it.

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Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Chupperson Weird on January 28, 2005, 10:33:03 PM
I totally need to see it.

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Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on January 28, 2005, 10:38:35 PM
How can you not like this movie? It's so "Flippin" hilarous and "Sweet". The movie has a flippin cult following along with merchandise at Hot Topic. How can you hate Napolean, Pedro, Deb, Kip, Uncle Rico, Lafawnduh, and Summer? They're all so funny and weirdly interesting that you can't possibly think they're boring. Look at these flippin' quotes:

"Napolean, gimme some of your Tots!"

"Whatcha gonna do today, Napolean?"
"Whatever I feel like doing, gosh!"

"Girls only want boys with skills, like nunchuck skills, bike jumping skills, computer hacking skills."

"Napolean, don't be jealous that I've been chatting with hot babes all day"

There's a lot more and the movie doesn't depend on drugs and sex humor to be entertaining. The only people who could possibly hate this movie are probably the ones who thought, Soul Plane, Catwomen, and You Got Served were good. I very well enjoyed this movie, by the way. thus, ends my flippin rant, GOSH!

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Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Nameneko on January 28, 2005, 11:07:37 PM
I saw Napoleon Dynamite on DVD at a friend's house.  All I can say is that I didn't laugh once thoughout the whole movie.  The only thing that I thought was funny is how little effort seemed to have been put into making it.

By the way, I didn't even THINK about seeing Soul Plane, Catwoman, or You Got Served because they all seemed to be horrible movies.
Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: stupidmonkey on January 28, 2005, 11:56:15 PM
I'm serious when I say this :Best,Movie,Ever

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Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: stupidmonkey on January 28, 2005, 11:57:54 PM
My fav character is Pedro.

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Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Markio on January 28, 2005, 11:59:03 PM
I liked Napoleon Dynamite.  If you watch it more than once, it makes more sense, like why that cow was shot.  There really weren't random scenes, but I thought there was the first time I saw it, which was late one night with my brother and his friend.
I also like the moral.  It was about following your heart and not caring what other people think about you, or changing the way you are dramatically for others.  I don't want to cite specific sources, or that'll give away parts of the movie.

I also want to know how to make those boondoggle keychains!

Edited by - Markio on 1/28/2005 10:03:19 PM
Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: TEM on January 29, 2005, 06:32:05 AM
*cringes away from misquotes*

Time slowed and Reality bent.
But on and on the Eggman went.
Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Luigison on January 29, 2005, 10:04:47 AM
It was/is so big at my high school that we (the teachers) are discussing possible having a Napoleon Dynamite theme or at least a skit(sic?).  A lot of student had "Vote for Pedro" shirts during the week of our homecoming election.  I missed the movie at the theater, and plan to buy the DVD, but Columbia House doesn't have it yet.  I hate how they push their own movies, but wait weeks or months to sale other movies.  After I buy ND I will cancel my membership.
Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Deezer on January 29, 2005, 11:26:02 AM
I watched it with my parents, and everyone enjoyed it. After <spoiler>Pedro got a wig</spoiler>, just the sight of him would make me lose it.


Six thumbs up.

Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Lizard Dude on January 29, 2005, 01:26:22 PM
It is the best movie.

I have to give it seven thumbs up.

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Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Red Paratroopa on January 29, 2005, 02:16:03 PM
Actually, a lot of the movie is based on the director's childhood/teenhood. If something in the movie didn't happen to him, it happened to someone he knew.

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Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Markio on January 29, 2005, 03:40:59 PM
They have Napoleon Dynamite merchandise?  Are there any shirts with dragons on them?

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Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Watoad on January 29, 2005, 06:37:43 PM
Deezer, the last sentence in your post took me by surprise and made me bust out laughing.

My favorite line from this groovy movie is obvious.

“Hey, lemme borrow your bike. C’mon, I’ll give you some chips.”
Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Popple on January 29, 2005, 06:49:28 PM
I thought it was a good movie. The only complaint I had about it was that it could have been much, much funnier. I enjoyed all of those parts you guys have mentioned, but only while they were on the commercials, which, at that point were taken out of context, making them less funny, and then seeing those scenes again during the movie was not funny at all, because by then they were old hat. That's the way I process things, I guess, because I have a really good long term memory, and nothing is ever funny to me the second time around, except for the funniest things I've seen, in my own little world, like Melido Perez The Santa Lobster, or this image from Late Night with Conan Obrien:

My relatives can't seem to find the humor in them, but they still crack me up.

Edited by - Popple on 1/29/2005 4:50:47 PM

Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on January 29, 2005, 08:10:03 PM
Sorry TEM, I have a bad memory when it comes to quotes, and I couldn't see it again to get the quotes right due to the fact that i lent it to my cousin.

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Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 01, 2005, 01:45:15 AM
Napoleon Dynamite Megamix


Napoleon Dynamite Soundboard



“I’m a stupid fatty and I love to play with my Easy Bake oven.”

Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Watoad on February 01, 2005, 02:32:24 AM
Those are great, Señor Dude! The first one is a bit too repetitive for me, but I still got a kick out of it, anyway. And at the second one I'm glad to see that my fave character Randy wasn't left out completely. Click "Come'on Napoleon, Give me some of your tots!" and "No go find your own!" to hear one of Randy's few lines over and over again. Once you get tired of it, watch the movie again so that you can relive everything he says and does and find the deeper meaning that hides within this deep and mysterious character.

. . . And I just sent them an e-mail suggesting that they add the rest of Randy's lines.

“Hey, lemme borrow your bike. C’mon, I’ll give you some chips.”
Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Black Mage on February 01, 2005, 11:34:56 AM
 I enjoyed the movie, as well as the short, short film it was based on.

 I also was surprised how there was no cursing at all, throughout the movie. Quite irregular in the box office these days.

 All in all, it was worth every second.
Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Watoad on February 01, 2005, 12:02:29 PM
I just rode back from my Japanese language lecture. In class 太田先生 (Ohta sensei) said something that brought Napoleon's "Why don't you go eat a decroded piece of crap?!" line to my mind. I couldn't help it and just started laughing. No one else in the room was, of course, so I bit my lip to stop as fast as I could. But that didn't work very well because the line just keep playing over and over again in my head.



So I focused really hard on some Japanese characters (I think 質問) that were on the projector screens, trying to empty my mind of everything else. I managed to get that line out of there, but it game right back five or so minutes later when class ended. Then I smiled and laughed myself through a lot of the uphill, hard-breathing bike ride back to my room.



The lack of profanity in the movie can be explained, I think, by the fact that this movie was made by Mormons. However, I personally consider the "c"-word in the quote above and the "p"-word used by Kip at one point to be swear words and avoid using them myself. (But that doesn't mean I don't find them funny. X)



“Hey, lemme borrow your bike. C’mon, I’ll give you some chips.”

Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Markio on February 01, 2005, 05:13:27 PM
Wow, Japanese people must have good eyesight, I can't distinguish those japanese figures from one another, they all look like squares.(jk)

Napoleon Dynamite is a happy movie.  It makes me happy.  If something can do that, it's gotta be worth something.  After all, you all are too.

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Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Watoad on February 20, 2005, 09:59:24 PM
You must love this character, then: 蠍. It means "scorpion."



Here are some characters that you might actually like:



任天堂



When they're arranged in that order, those three characters are pronounced Nintendoo (にんてんどう).



Why "e3"??

Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Nameneko on February 20, 2005, 10:08:47 PM
*nintendo(u)

Just a little correction.  :)

PS: I loathe kanji.
Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Lizard Dude on February 20, 2005, 11:10:17 PM
What you have to see here is that...

Watoad didn't realize that Markio was joking that all the kanji were squares because he had no Japanese font and they really did all appear as squares.

Nameneko didn't realize that you can romanize double vowels like that. I know because that's the only rooma-ji style I ever learned.

I think.

“I’m a stupid fatty and I love to play with my Easy Bake oven.”
Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: TEM on February 20, 2005, 11:23:43 PM
I think, too. It helps the time go by.

Time slowed and Reality bent.
But on and on the Eggman went.
Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Watoad on February 20, 2005, 11:27:24 PM
I could off about romanization of Japanese because there's actually more to it than you might think. But I loathe it as Nameneko does kanji, so I won't. At least not right now.



Suffice it to say, Nintendoo and Nintendou are both correct, but the latter is more common. The former, however, is generally easier for people without knowledge of Japanese to pronounce correctly.



Poor Markio. :(



Why "e3"??

Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Markio on February 20, 2005, 11:35:17 PM
You don't have to feel sorry for me unless I feel bad.  And I don't, so there's no need to worry.

I also heard a rumor that the guy that played Napoleon Dynamite died.  I don't believe that.

Edited by - Markio on 2/20/2005 9:35:43 PM
Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on February 22, 2005, 12:49:46 PM
Ninjapirate started that rumor. How can anyone believe what he says? I mean, the guy said he crashed on the side of the road after Bambi streaked across the road and people still believed him? Retards.

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Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: WarpRattler on March 05, 2005, 07:52:20 PM
I finally saw the movie. Vidgmchtr is a freakin' idiot for hating it. It was awesome. In fact, right now I'm watching it again. The deleted scenes are great. Like the kickball one. And the extended thrift store one (the first one, when he got the suit).

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Edited by - donotcare95 on 3/8/2005 7:33:45 PM
Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Luigison on March 05, 2005, 08:44:24 PM
Napoleon isn't dead.  He had dynamite explode in his hand.  That's why so many of the pictures of him show his forearm in his shirt.
</stupity>

I watched the movie last weekend, and thought it was funny, but not that funny.  My wife didn't care for it.  (Am I the only married person on these forums?  If so, is that sad?)
Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on March 05, 2005, 11:18:28 PM
Luigison's a man?!

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Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Watoad on March 06, 2005, 01:48:14 AM
No, Luigison, it is not sad that you're married. It is simply really nice that you spend some of your time to talk with us.

If anyone here should be sad, it should be people like Deezer, Mß, David, me, Lizard, Sapph, Chup, etc. who are of legal marriage age but are as unmarried as a lone sloth floating on the Adriatic Sea.

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Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Vidgmchtr on March 06, 2005, 11:56:51 AM
Donotcare/o_0/Warprattler/Whatever, I never said it sucked.

I said I hated it, I never insulted the movie, I was giving my personal opinion on it. We can all have our opinions. Saying someone is an idiot for his opinions is just stupid.
Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: mariosassitant on March 18, 2005, 09:13:49 AM
Napolean Dynamite is one of the dumbest, orignal movies Ive seen in a long while and its awesome in its own way.

my fat is better than yours
Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Toddathon on March 18, 2005, 11:36:34 AM
I thought the movie was very boring.  Sure it had a few funny parts, but overall I almost fell asleep.

Actually the deleted scenes were better than the actual movie.

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Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Luigison on March 18, 2005, 08:07:47 PM
The video for our teacher act at Mock Rock this year had the teacher's names done in the Napoleon Dynamite credit style.  
Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Ambulance Y on March 19, 2005, 11:15:38 AM
you can actually buy "Vote for Pedro" shirts, and "tots" at some stores.

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Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Luigison on March 19, 2005, 11:18:08 AM
In our Mock Rock we had our Napoleon Dynamite (the band director) do the Pedro skit dance in an official "Vote for Pedro" t-shirt.
Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Ambulance Y on March 19, 2005, 11:24:04 AM
at my school during a talent show, some kids did the same thing where one kid was pedro and did a speech, then a kid who looked like Napoleon did a dance in a vote 4 pedro shirt.

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Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: Suffix on March 19, 2005, 12:38:11 PM
Two pep assemblies at my high school containted Napoleon themed skits.
Title: Re: Napoleon Dynamite
Post by: KinopioToad on March 19, 2005, 06:49:17 PM
...Hated that movie. Can't comprehend how it got so dang popular. But whatever.