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Napoleon Dynamite: Pro or Con?

So very, very, very con. It's part of that whole "My high school experience was a beautiful and unique snowflake and NOBODY HAS EVER MADE A FILM ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE" school of filmmaking that makes my teeth itch.

(Granted, it's my own fault for reading the director's statement before the movie started, but it was right there in the screening notes! There were words on a page and they were in front of me...I was helpless...)

Beej, that's awesome.

I am con-Napoleon Dynamite, just from the previews I've seen of it and being the bar while it's playing. It's just... aggravating for me.

Beej, that's wonderful!

I am con-Napoleon Dynamite without ever having actually seen it. The previews I've seen and what I've been told by friends leads me to believe that I would hate it, and probably want to smack everyone in the movie.

I think it's a very conventional film about an ugly duckling, but because of the deadpan narrative tone, kids saw it as hip and modern and took it to heart. It isn't special, but it's great fun. That being said, it has some fantastic lines, fun vignettes and I love the ending.

It isn't special, but it's great fun. That being said, it has some fantastic lines, fun vignettes and I love the ending.

I was surprised how much I enjoyed it, to be honest. And I definitely liked it better the second time I watched it. It's just very silly, and I have never read any of the director's thoughts on how special he is, so you know... Mac! That dude from Drew Carey! Tots! Um.

I've never seen it, and have some friends who adore it, but every single clip I've seen (except maybe the dancing) has made me not want to see it in a HUGE way.

Plus, it sounded like a movie that was trying its damndest to become a cult movie (and which it succeeded at, apparently) which is a bit of an irrational peeve of mine, though I'm sure several movies I love fall into that category for other people (THE BIG LEBOWSKI comes to mind, but, then, so does almost every Coen Bros. movie if I really think about it).

Napoleon Dynamite: Pro or Con?

I couldn't make myself watch more than about 20 minutes of it, despite more than one attempt, so I guess that makes me con.

Plus, it sounded like a movie that was trying it's damndest to become a cult movie (and which it succeeded at, apparently) which is a bit of an irrational peeve of mine

Go team irrational pet peeve!

(Though for that particular one, I'd lay the blame on MTV, who ran just about the most irritating marketing campaign in the history of marketing for it.)

I didn't like it, but I have issues from riding the little bus to school.