Captain Tagon
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I thought it was pretty good as a film, but definately not a great comedy if that makes sense. To me the humor was more cute than funny, but the film as a whole was solid.
Napoleon Dynamite
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Quasqueton
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I had heard about this movie many times over the past year or so (mostly hearing/seeing quotes from it), but I didn't really know anything about it (story, plot, characters, etc.). So I rented it a week or so ago.
Actually, what got me to rent this was a coworker has a Napoleon Dynamite poster up in her office -- "He's out to prove he's got nothing to prove." That line was the seller to me.
Good god, but the acting is atrocious. The writing was great, but the presentation through acting was absolutely horrible. I can't remember when I've seen such terrible acting. Really. It was like watching something filmed and acted out by a bad middle school drama club. (I actually wonder if the bad acting was on purpose -- it was that bad.)
I could only stand about 30 minutes of this movie, and had to just give up on it. I'd probably love reading the script, without the actors killing it.
Can someone tell me the story of the movie? I saw up to where Napoleon gives the girl back her boxes of "crafts".
Have these actors done anything else? Are they just bad actors?
Quasqueton
Actually, what got me to rent this was a coworker has a Napoleon Dynamite poster up in her office -- "He's out to prove he's got nothing to prove." That line was the seller to me.
Good god, but the acting is atrocious. The writing was great, but the presentation through acting was absolutely horrible. I can't remember when I've seen such terrible acting. Really. It was like watching something filmed and acted out by a bad middle school drama club. (I actually wonder if the bad acting was on purpose -- it was that bad.)
I could only stand about 30 minutes of this movie, and had to just give up on it. I'd probably love reading the script, without the actors killing it.
Can someone tell me the story of the movie? I saw up to where Napoleon gives the girl back her boxes of "crafts".
Have these actors done anything else? Are they just bad actors?
Quasqueton
I am pretty sure the actors were trying to portray awkward, stilted behavior and of being out of place even in their own lives.
It looks like you interpreted it as the actors being awkward and of poor quality. Admittedly they are not premium actors, but I would not call them terrible.
I am more often annoyed at actors who act so smooth and pull out witty comments like it is cotton stuffed into a pill bottle. (Vote here for worst analogy ever!) I have never met someone who actually is how many actors act in a comedy movie.
BTW I love Napoleon's boots. I had a pair exactly like them. They were the most comfortable boots I have ever owned. Though I didn't wear them all the time like Napoleon did.
It looks like you interpreted it as the actors being awkward and of poor quality. Admittedly they are not premium actors, but I would not call them terrible.
I am more often annoyed at actors who act so smooth and pull out witty comments like it is cotton stuffed into a pill bottle. (Vote here for worst analogy ever!) I have never met someone who actually is how many actors act in a comedy movie.
BTW I love Napoleon's boots. I had a pair exactly like them. They were the most comfortable boots I have ever owned. Though I didn't wear them all the time like Napoleon did.
Fast Learner
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I agree that the characters were purposefully stilted, and would argue that the directing and cinematography was intended to provide an uncomfortable feeling.
I, however, didn't laugh much because Napolean's life was way to similar to my own, and so laughing at his pain was pretty unlikely.
I, however, didn't laugh much because Napolean's life was way to similar to my own, and so laughing at his pain was pretty unlikely.
Quasqueton
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But even the most awkward people are not stilted when interacting with their own mothers and brothers.
Like the Gilmore Girls. I hate how everyone in that family and town are such smooth talkers, with witty banter thrown around like rose petals. Even the "awkward" moments are smooth and the dialogue just flows. Not realistic.
But in ND, everthing everyone says in all situations has that stilted bad acting. Say your line, wait for the other to finish his line, look at that prop, say your line. The side characters, with only one or two lines, were better than the main characters.
The TV show Freaks and Geeks did the "awkward teenagers growing up in the 80s" much better -- the acting was good.
What gift? Or are you teasing?
Quasqueton
Mean Eyed Cat
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And now people can buy Napoleon Dynamite - Like, the Best Special Edition Ever!. It just came out!
[I know my son is really excited]
[I know my son is really excited]
Fast Learner
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He's not teasing. The gift does not become apparent in the first 30 minutes.Quasqueton said:
And no, that made it even more depressing, since there's no way he'll use it in life.
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