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Ya'll remember the cultural phenomenon that was Napoleon Dynamite (2004)? Does it hold up after all these years?
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I still love this movie. The filmakers also made Nacho Libre, another goofy classic.
I hated this when it came out. Middle school was just hearing this movie quoted hourly. I think this movie made people obsessed with tater tots. I think watching it today, it's a time capsule and worth a watch. Is it funny? Not to me, feels too insincere and the comedy isn't too bizarre to get a surprise chuckle for me.
The director had another movie about an author who steals a science fiction book idea from the protagonist, that was pretty bad.
The director had another movie about an author who steals a science fiction book idea from the protagonist, that was pretty bad.
...I never knew they made an animated series.
Also, I still need to watch this movie.
Movie is a comedy masterpiece. I love it.
someone brought up Garden State here, that movie truly sucks.
someone brought up Garden State here, that movie truly sucks.
Right?? Could not compare two more unlike movies. Just because they both vaguely qualify as "indie" films?
I saw it knowing nothing at a free screening when they were hyping it up and it was such a fun experience.
There was really nothing quite like this before, and no way to know what you were getting into when you saw it for the first time. When you took a friend to see it, you couldn't tell them what it was like, you just had to say "trust me."
If it didn't gel with you, it was a total dud. But if it did, then it was something you couldn't stop talking about.
So many one-liners with such great and utterly unique delivery, it was like it was made to be quoted nonstop.
If it didn't gel with you, it was a total dud. But if it did, then it was something you couldn't stop talking about.
So many one-liners with such great and utterly unique delivery, it was like it was made to be quoted nonstop.
Haven't seen this in a while but it's still a hilarious movie to me. I really should watch it again soon...
Fuck me its been 16 years since the film came out. I was in middle school when I first rented it to see what all the hype was about. Ended up laughing my ass off. The bizarreness of it along with a laugh line like every minute. I did hear the animated series was terrible. The original film was made for under half a million and grossed almost $50 million.
I kinda cringed when I rewatched the trailer. It was only 90 seconds long and it was rough sit. I see all of the obnoxious shit I hate in quirky indie comedies right here in this trailer.
What does ERA think of Napoleon Dynamite?
It didn't hold up when it came out in 2004, let alone in 2020.
Yeah they're nothing alike. Garden State thinks it's deeper than it actually is and comes off as super-cringy.
Did not care for it at all.
The whole time I was watching it I felt like I wanted to be anywhere else.
The whole time I was watching it I felt like I wanted to be anywhere else.
I didn't like it too much when it came out, but I swear every time I watch it, I find more and more of it funnier and funnier. Several of my friends feel the same way about it. I don't know if that's because the constant references at school ruined my view of the movie at the time of release, or because it takes more than one viewing to really sink into the strange delivery of some jokes and general cringe humor. All I know is that somehow, it's managed to become one of my favorite comedies over the years.
I'd say it holds up very well, more than most comedies in fact.
I'd say it holds up very well, more than most comedies in fact.
This and Nacho Libre are my two ultimate feel good movies. Plus the atmosphere hits home with the small town Midwestern vibe.
very seminal film that so many comedies these days reference or are derivitive from in some way. id go even farther to say that, in general, it helped paved the way for the sarcastic/ironic tone thats prevalent in so much media and memes nowadays
also everybody in my high school had a "vote for pedro" shirt
also everybody in my high school had a "vote for pedro" shirt
Yeah, this movie is very polarizing. At first I didn't care for it, but subsequent viewings changed my opinion.
A bunch of kids in my class convinced our teacher to play this for us in middle school and I hated it. But I feel like I might like it at least a bit better now cause I've grown to like this kinda weird shit.
Yes, it absolutely holds up.
The opening credits with the White Stripes "We're Going to be Friends" is one of my favorite openings ever in film.
I watched it with my daughters a few years ago when they were 9 & 10yrs old and they fucking loved it. They still quote it. I couldn't believe it. They were so happy when Kip got on the bus at the end with LaFonda!
There must have been a weird resurgence thanks to parents showing it to their kids because seemingly out of nowhere last Halloween I saw 3 or 4 random kids dressed up as characters from the movie. A friend of my oldest daughter dressed as Deb in a super accurate costume. Her mother told me that her daughter insisted. Her mom didn't think anyone would get the obscure character reference but was shocked that other parents and even classmates immediately recognized her costume. I mean, she looked *just* like her lol.
I think the time travel machine from ebay is one of my favorite, less talked about parts of the movie.
The opening credits with the White Stripes "We're Going to be Friends" is one of my favorite openings ever in film.
I watched it with my daughters a few years ago when they were 9 & 10yrs old and they fucking loved it. They still quote it. I couldn't believe it. They were so happy when Kip got on the bus at the end with LaFonda!
There must have been a weird resurgence thanks to parents showing it to their kids because seemingly out of nowhere last Halloween I saw 3 or 4 random kids dressed up as characters from the movie. A friend of my oldest daughter dressed as Deb in a super accurate costume. Her mother told me that her daughter insisted. Her mom didn't think anyone would get the obscure character reference but was shocked that other parents and even classmates immediately recognized her costume. I mean, she looked *just* like her lol.
I think the time travel machine from ebay is one of my favorite, less talked about parts of the movie.
Never got why it became a cultural phenomenom for the MTV generation but I really like it. I rewatched it last year and the uncle is still a fantastic character.
If you didn't see it at the time I could understand why it wouldn't hit for you now, because it helped inspire a lot of shitty indie movies that tried to copy the same aesthetic or comedy style and failed.
It didn't create the style, but it was part of popularizing it and now the style is just overused and mostly not done well.
It didn't create the style, but it was part of popularizing it and now the style is just overused and mostly not done well.
Man was this movie everywhere. I remember vote for Pedro stickers everywhere.
I cried laughing when I first saw it. I can't think of a movie that was more in tune with my humor as a kid than this.
I cried laughing when I first saw it. I can't think of a movie that was more in tune with my humor as a kid than this.
I know how you feel. Everyone says it's even funnier going back to it, so I'm gonna check it out again.
