Napolean Dynamite = (almost?) WORST MOVIE EVAR!!!!

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Conky

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May 9, 2001
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I can understand why some people don't like this movie.

It doesn't really have any point which might bother people. It also tends to move a bit slowly at certain points. It's does have some really bizarre comical moments which redeemed it for me.

It's humor is not for everybody and there are some drawn-out parts of the movie that just aren't all that funny but overall I gotta give it a thumbsup for being something different than the "cookie cutter" movies from Hollywood.
 

drum

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Feb 1, 2003
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Originally posted by: SampSon
You either love it or hate it.

as with just about any other movie.
I saw it in the thearter twice and LMFAO both times
 

Feldenak

Lifer
Jan 31, 2003
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I agree. The movie was just bad. Almost funny in a couple places but it was just a horrible fvcking movie.
 

knyghtbyte

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havnt seen it yet, if its better than Terminator 3 then it has a chance of being watchable...lol
 

Allio

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Originally posted by: purbeast0
the movie was not even funny one bit, it was sad if anything. the movie has absolutely no point at all. nothing happens in the movie at all. the napolean guy is the biggest geeky retard stupid character i have ever seen.

words cannot describe how bad this movie is ... DO NOT SEE IT IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT ALREADY AND PLAN ON WATCHING IT!!! IT IS A WASTE OF TIME!!!

Wow, someone likes having humour minced up and forced down their throat. Can you laugh at something if it's not a glib little one liner or someone tripping over?

I bet you like Friends.
 

xSauronx

Lifer
Jul 14, 2000
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movie was kinda funny, got a bit too slow at a couple of points and it was really annoying, but it had some great laughs too.
 

DrumminBoy

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Mar 10, 2002
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I loved it, the part where he's on the phone with kip and wants to come home from school because he has chapped lips is classic.
 

SWScorch

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May 13, 2001
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I haven't seen it, and have absolutely no intention of ever doing so. My gf saw it and said it was horrible. The previews look ridiculous as well. So, I'll take your advice to heart, unless I'm feeling particularly masochistic one day
 

purbeast0

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Sep 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: jtusa4
Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
you're just jealous cause you don't have nunchuck skills

Or bowstaff skills.

okay im at work now so i can reply :p

and neither did he have any of those skills.
 

purbeast0

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Sep 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: tangent1138

i saw Matt Groening speak a few years back. he said that, as a whole, no one on the internet wants to hear a middle ground opinion. In order to be heard you need to have an extreme opinion-- love it or hate it. this was the genesis of Comic Book Guy's "Worst Episode Ever!"


personally, i liked the idea of the character and the acting but i hated that it had no story. nothing really happened! he had no goal, no plan.



thank you, you hit it on the ball there. i mean the movie started out with me getting chuckles every now and then, and i laughed at how stupid he was and some of the stuff he did, and the uncle too was also a pretty funny character, but i guess the thing that made me the most angry about the movie is that NOTHING happened at all in the movie ... AT ALL. it was just some ATOTer walking around living his daily life.

it did have SOME funny parts, but the humor quickly gets old since there is no story at all.

so i guess i take back my saying that there are SOME funny parts in it because it did get some chuckles out of me, but i will never watch this movie ever again in my life.
 

purbeast0

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Sep 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: eelw
Is this movie just as stupid as Freddy Got Finger? I only managed to watch like 20 minutes of Freddy before I turned the channel on the dish. Based on the TV commericial of Napolean Dynamite DVD, I feel it ranks as just as low.

i would say its just as bad. i have seen that movie in whole as well, they are both equally as sucky.
 

purbeast0

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Originally posted by: GonzoCircus
"How much you wanna make a bet I can throw a football over them mountains?"

hahaha yea that line got me laughing probably the most in the entire movie. as i said in a few other posts and my edited OP, the uncle was a great character. his video he showed them at the beginning was the best.
 

purbeast0

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Sep 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: Allio
Originally posted by: purbeast0
the movie was not even funny one bit, it was sad if anything. the movie has absolutely no point at all. nothing happens in the movie at all. the napolean guy is the biggest geeky retard stupid character i have ever seen.

words cannot describe how bad this movie is ... DO NOT SEE IT IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT ALREADY AND PLAN ON WATCHING IT!!! IT IS A WASTE OF TIME!!!

Wow, someone likes having humour minced up and forced down their throat. Can you laugh at something if it's not a glib little one liner or someone tripping over?

I bet you like Friends.

sorry, i voted for seinfeld.

but yes, i do like friends.
 

purbeast0

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Sep 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: SWScorch
I haven't seen it, and have absolutely no intention of ever doing so. My gf saw it and said it was horrible. The previews look ridiculous as well. So, I'll take your advice to heart, unless I'm feeling particularly masochistic one day

yes i watched it w/my gf as well and we both were like WTF?!? we both had the same reaction afterwards. i would have turned it off after 30 minutes, but i was waiting for something better to happen. aside from a few more laughs, nothing happened :(
 

preslove

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Sep 10, 2003
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Dude, calm down. Just accept the fact that you are closed minded and have no taste in movies. Movies don't HAVE to have a strong narrative. In fact, a lot of good movies are forsaking narratives for characterization, random humor, strong themes, or even symbolism (Hero). This may annoy you, but that's just you, the moron who can't deal with MODERN (postmodern?) STORYTELLING (entertainment, no story).
 

preslove

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Sep 10, 2003
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Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: Allio
Originally posted by: purbeast0
the movie was not even funny one bit, it was sad if anything. the movie has absolutely no point at all. nothing happens in the movie at all. the napolean guy is the biggest geeky retard stupid character i have ever seen.

words cannot describe how bad this movie is ... DO NOT SEE IT IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT ALREADY AND PLAN ON WATCHING IT!!! IT IS A WASTE OF TIME!!!

Wow, someone likes having humour minced up and forced down their throat. Can you laugh at something if it's not a glib little one liner or someone tripping over?

I bet you like Friends.

sorry, i voted for seinfeld.

but yes, i do like friends.

I should amend my previous post from, "You have no taste in movies," to "you have no taste." :p
 

purbeast0

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Sep 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: preslove
Dude, calm down. Just accept the fact that you are closed minded and have no taste in movies. Movies don't HAVE to have a strong narrative. In fact, a lot of good movies are forsaking narratives for characterization, random humor, strong themes, or even symbolism (Hero). This may annoy you, but that's just you, the moron who can't deal with MODERN (postmodern?) STORYTELLING (entertainment, no story).

lol DUDE just accept the fact that my opinion isn't the same as the majority of ATOT when it comes to this movie. calm down.

and btw, hero sucked ass as well.
 

purbeast0

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Sep 13, 2001
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Originally posted by: preslove
Originally posted by: purbeast0
Originally posted by: Allio
Originally posted by: purbeast0
the movie was not even funny one bit, it was sad if anything. the movie has absolutely no point at all. nothing happens in the movie at all. the napolean guy is the biggest geeky retard stupid character i have ever seen.

words cannot describe how bad this movie is ... DO NOT SEE IT IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IT ALREADY AND PLAN ON WATCHING IT!!! IT IS A WASTE OF TIME!!!

Wow, someone likes having humour minced up and forced down their throat. Can you laugh at something if it's not a glib little one liner or someone tripping over?

I bet you like Friends.

sorry, i voted for seinfeld.

but yes, i do like friends.

I should amend my previous post from, "You have no taste in movies," to "you have no taste." :p

I like a comedy show you don't like, yet millions of other people do, yet you call me narrow minded ... :roll: