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December 28, 2004
Napoleon Dynamite on DVD, 12/27/04
Here's another movie that seemed very funny, yet wasn't very good. It did really seem like a reason to mock people that the director or screenwriter wanted us to feel sorry for them. I'm not sure why we should feel much when it's so unclear why any of this is going on. Why does Napoleon live with his much older brother? Why is his grandmother going on dates? Why does his uncle seem to be trying so hard to make money? And where did his brother get all this hiphop gear and attitude. It's not a bad movie, but the joke I loved the most is Napoleon's failure to get over a bike ramp. Wish they hadn't underplayed everything because it made these characters seem retarded. Wish Napoleon didn't seem so disconnected from reality. Really wish he didn't have the tetherball ending with that girl.
Posted by deaconmf at December 28, 2004 01:52 PM
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