What are you gonna do today, Napoleon?

[mondo joe]

Whatever I feel like I wanna do, gosh!

[loafie]

1. What's a liger?

It's pretty much my favorite animal. It's a mix between a lion and a tiger, bred for its skils in magic.

[AngryAmish]

22. Justin Liger?

[AbbeyRoad]

2. Hey, Napoleon. What did you do last summer again?

I told you! I spent it with my uncle in Alaska hunting wolverines!

[mondo joe]

3. They kept trying to attack my cousins...

They kept trying to attack my cousins, what the heck would you do in a situation like that?

[AbbeyRoad]

4. What kind of gun did you use?

A freakin' 12-gauge, what do you think?

[WindRavenX]

5. I'm Rex, founder of the Rex Kwan Do self-defense system!

After one week with me in my dojo, you'll be prepared to defend yourself with the strength of a grizzly, the reflexes of a puma, and the wisdom of a man.

[Maddy McCall]

30. BOW TO YOUR SENSEI!!!

;-)

[mondo joe]

40. You think anybody thinks I'm a failure because I go home to Starla

You think anybody thinks I'm a failure because I go home to Starla at night?

[Tweed]

6. Deleted because mondo joe didn't approve

[WindRavenX]

7. what the hell are you talking about?

"we think their behavior is beneath us" ?
What the hell? Napoleon is freakin' hilarious!
:wtf:

[Tweed]

10. Deleted because mondo joe didn't approve

[WindRavenX]

12. mean-spirited?

Oh please. It's supposed to be a goddamn comedy :eyes:
I suppose "Old School" is too low brow for you too?

[Tweed]

15. No, Old School is hilarious

The comedy is great in that movie. The characters act like jerks and they pay for it in the end. I didn't say that Napleon Dynamite was all bad, just that the majority of the comedy was mean-spirited.

[mondo joe]

13. You couldn't be more wrong.

The writer/director based much of it on his own experiences and family - he loves them and the characters in ND.

If you think it's mean it's probably because you're projecting.

[Tweed]

20. I think I could be much more wrong

[AZCat]

34. That's subjective mediums for you...

:shrug:

And yes, you probably shouldn't have said anything. But this is a message board, and if we all followed that rule there wouldn't be quite so much to post about. :)

[Tweed]

36. Well apparently some people can't handle a difference of opinion

without jumping down someone's throat. I thought only Republicans did that.

[mondo joe]

38. Your opinion about the movie is fine. Your opinion about the people

Your opinion about the movie is fine. Your opinion about the people who like it (that they are LAUGHING AT HARDSHIP) is an insult.

Learn to embrace your inner Napoleon and abandon your shame.

[Maddy McCall]

39. I don't think anyone has a problem with your difference of opinion...

But they do have a problem with you assuming that the only reason they find humor in this movie is because you think that they feel that Napoleon is beneath them.

I love the movie, am watching it right now, and am laughing my butt off. Why? Because I was an awkward, gawky teenager in the eighties and I completely identify with Napoleon. Indeed, I would wager that most if not all of the people who have posted in this thread identify with Napoleon and aren't making fun of him, but are empathizing with him, with growing up an awkward teen. It has nothing to do with just rural America. It's more about being the "nerd" or "geek" in highschool and sharing Napoleon's experiences, and finally being able not only to laugh at Napoleon, but also at one's self.

At least that is my experience.

[mondo joe]

8. You must be projecting your own feelings of superiority

No one I know who loves Naploeon Dynamite does so because they think any behavior in it is BENEATH them.

[AZCat]

11. Heck no!

I (and my friends) laugh because we recognize the same behaviors in ourselves - that's partly why it's so funny (at least to us).

[mondo joe]

14. Bingo.

It's even better after listening to the director's commentary - his brother DID call to be picked up because his lips hurt and asked for chapstick.

Sometimes I think everyone comes from a crazy family, but some of us try to hide it and some of us put it front and center.

Being from a front and center crazy family I saw immediately that Napoleon Dynamite is a work of love, not mean spiritedness.

[Maddy McCall]

21. Besides, I know deadly ninja moves.

;-)

[AZCat]

28. 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.

[Tweed]

17. Deleted because mondo joe didn't approve

[mondo joe]

24. Why is your lack of superiority limited to "rural America"?

You say you "don't feel superior to anyone who lives in rural America and tries to make a decent leaving".

Sp to whom DO you feel superior?

Computer geeks?

Urbanites?

Dude, YOU are the one who said people are laughing at behavior they feel is "BENEATH" them.

And those who love it are saying they IDENTIFY with it.

So you tell ME who thinks behaviors are beneath them.

[Tweed]

32. I said that because that's where the movie takes place....

I was targeting the area that movie takes place in. Dude, whatever, I'm not going to argue about why I was entertained by a movie less than other people. I never should have said anything because apparently it's wrong to have a different opinion than mondo joe. Apparently it's not okay to feel superior unless you have an opinion about a movie. This is one of the dumbest arguments I've ever got into and it's over.

[mondo joe]

35. Dude, you are the one projecting imagined feelings on others

First you accuse people who like the movie of feeling some behaviors are BENEATH them.

Then you say we're laughing at HARDSHIP.

Then you say "apparently it's wrong to have a different opinion than mondo joe".

GOSH!

Get over whatever SHAME you are carrying around with you and learn to love your inner Napoleon.

[mondo joe]

9. Give me some of your tots.

No, I'm freakin' starving! I didn't get to eat anything today.

[loafie]

16. 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.

[Maddy McCall]

18. What kind of bike do you have?

Pedro: It's a Sledgehammer.

Napoleon: Dang! It's got shocks, pegs. Lucky! Ever take it off any sweet jumps?

[JohnKleeb]

19. Ya know I need to see that movie

[Maddy McCall]

23. I bought it Saturday. Well worth the $20

The boys and I have laughed incessantly. Now all we do is talk in Napoleon lingo. :-)

[JohnKleeb]

25. My dad and brother saw it and this kid I know

but hardly see supposely compared me to him, I dont know if it was a good or bad thing. Ya think I should rent it? I got a pretty good sense of humor.

[Maddy McCall]

29. YES. Rent it.

[JohnKleeb]

31. I will, we got this good deal from blockbuster

I'll ask the old man to rent it tommorow.

[mondo joe]

27. Did you watch the deleted scenes? They are GREAT.

I really wish all the deleted scenes were IN the movie. They each add something.

The "holy chips" is my favorite.

[Maddy McCall]

33. The kickball scene was bar none my fave.

Yes, watched them all. The kickball "deadly ninja" scene in which Napoleon bitch-slapped the blonde prep-guy and then ran away was funny.

[mondo joe]

37. Yes yes - I really wish they'd all been left in the movie.

You get to learn where Napoleon get the $ for the suit, why Pedro was sick, where the bass came from...

[Maddy McCall]

26. Tina, you fat lard, come get some dinner!

[Maddy McCall]

41. Uncle: Kip, I reckon you know al ot about cyberspace...

you ever come across anything about time travel?

Kip: Easy! I've already looked into it for my self.

Uncle: Right on! Right on!