'how was napoleon dynamite' you ask? quite possibly the worst movie of all time. end of story.
not.
ok.
so now you might be asking: 'how was napoleon dynamite?' ill tell you.
it was grand. awesome. stupendous. all 3 combined even. why was is all
of the above?
- storyline: there is no storyline. well, kindof. a high school guy
in idaho. hes got a crazy family that include: a 32 year old brother
into looking for soulmates on the internet, a grandma who hangs with
those way to young for her age (one of those 'im young at heart' type
of grandmas), an uncle who is a strait up jerk but probably the nicest
most niiave jerk ever. probably the only thing you can get out of the
movie that is plot-related is that napoleon and his friend pedro, who
is running for school president, help to win the election.
- originality: have you seen the movie? have you ever seen a movie
like it? i doubt it. this is the filmed movie version of 'The Real
World: Idaho, 1980s or 90s (im not sure)..Featuring:
Napoleon!
Grandma!
Kip!
Uncle Rico!
Debb!
Tina!
and...
Pedro!'
lets think about what action moments there are in this movie:
hmm...uncle rico tackles napoleon to the ground because he through some
sort of citrical fruit at his van (which is an AWESOME van)
lets think about what romantic moments there are in this movie: there
is a school dance, but noone freak dances and they all are at least a
foot apart. what the heck? its high school.
lets think about the comedic moments in this film: to be honest this
thing would be sooo long. ill just say go see the movie. - the low budget that domintated the box office film: i have seen
the movie three times. each time ith a different person and each time
over a week from the last. first time: 100% full, people were sitting
on the ground second time: 95%, an open seat here and there, people
sitting on the ground. third time, 70% full, the first few rows were
open, and the back was packed. this is at bella botega each time,
during prime showings, 755, 755 and 1010. low budget? they dont need
anyone doing stunts, (well there was 1 actually) they hardly need to
rent any cool automobiles, no planes, no helicopters, just a bus for a
scene, and a school bus for a few scenes, and this kickass retro van
that i could buy for 500 dollars.
- advertisements: i hate it when movies ruin themselves by putting
the funniest parts in the advertisements. youve got napoleon up there
just talking, which makes me laugh, and everyone else i bet. what more
could you ask for. i saw the commercial, and he said like 'go see my
movie' i just started breakin the fudge out in laughter because it was
so funny. i guess after i saw the movie once or twice i did see a
commercial that had a few scenes in it, but there were to many in the
actual movie to ruin it just in the advertisement.
- a solo dance by napoleon: this made the theatre go crazy. hes not
sexy, good looking, he was a good dancer tho. the actor looked like he
had some sort of professional training. oh man, the crowd in the
theatre lit of with laughter, including myself. even after the third
time i saw the movie, i was still laughing, not as thoroughly, but i
was. no doubt. anyways, to sum it up, go see the movie or something. 8)
jon