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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 09:18 PM
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Watched Napoleon Dynamite for the first
time and LOVED it! OMG what a great movie!
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 09:19 PM
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1. About damn time someone else around here liked it
Though I didn't like it until my second viewing. Damn funny movie though.
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 09:22 PM
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2. I confessed my love of the movie to a co-worker
and she said she thought it sucked but that her daughter loves it and is constantly quoting it. I don't know it well enough to quote but it's a cute movie.

I mean c'mon, Napoleon is a geek, what is there not to like?
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 09:25 PM
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6. Haha, yeah, my brother got the dvd for xmas
So we both have a tendency to walk around quoting it, haha. It's just fun, GOSH!
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NeoConsSuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 09:22 PM
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3. I loved it too...
and I'm over 50 years old!! Most underrated movie of 2004.
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wallwriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 09:24 PM
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4. Genius. Pure genius.
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 09:24 PM
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5. Absolutely. I think it will stand the test of time
that Ferris Bueller and Breakfast Club have.
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SouthoftheBorderPaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 09:27 PM
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8. I think it's hilarious
but I think some people get put off by the fact that it's so hyped. People keep hearing how funny it is from people who have seen it half a dozen times. They watch the movie and think it's okay but aren't thrilled. I think it's much better upon repeat viewings and with a few friends over too.

My two cents...for what it's worth.
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 09:25 PM
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7. I loved it too..
....and my other recent fave is Bad Santa :)

ND is an original, and you can almost never say that about any new movie any more.

In fact, it's about time for my mom to watch it :)
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 09:30 PM
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9. Bad Santa ROCKS! I watched that with my nephew
and almost wet my pants I was laughing so hard. I love the dwarf! I'm laughing just thinking about that movie!


I hope they don't ruin Napoleon Dynamite by doing a sequel. What made it good is that it was unique and to franchise it will just make it another movie.
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SouthoftheBorderPaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 09:31 PM
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10. My two cents again...
Bad Santa made me wanna kill myself. What a depressing movie. God everyone is just completely despicable and unlikable. Sorry to be a party pooper.
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 09:33 PM
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11. There is more than one way..
.... to look at these characters. As pathetic, awful people - or as fallen angels looking to get back to the nearest cloud.

For certain, the dwarf's wife was beyond redemption. :)
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 09:34 PM
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12. But at the end the kid gets up the courage to stand up
for himself and that may have never happened without the help from Billy Bob Thornton.
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SouthoftheBorderPaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 09:35 PM
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13. I hate kids and I hate courage.
Um....well. Kinda. Just not really my kind of movie. :)
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sendero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 09:50 PM
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15. Who could forget this great exchange:
Santa: "I think I've turned a corner"
Dwaft: "What, you're fucking petites now?"

Side splitting :)
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 09:37 PM
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14. I thought it was very different, and entertaining!
I can't really say why. They were just goofs! Vote for Pedro!
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 09:51 PM
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16. I just saw it Friday - fucking LOVED it! Hilarious!!
I'm training to be a cage wrestler.
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tjdee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 09:59 PM
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17. Did you watch through to the last scene?
I have to buy that movie. It was soooooooooo funny.

And I missed Kip's last scene!! :(
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 10:02 PM
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19. I saw that....
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youthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-12-05 10:01 PM
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18. LUCKY!
Gosh!!
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