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In Reply to: Napolean Dynamite posted by njjohn on December 26, 2004 at 20:30:28:
...this movie is currently the fave of my 14 year old daughter and her friends. They've seen it mulitple times ans think it's the "coolest move ever".It is essntially a meditation on late middle school and early high school years. Not much of a plot, just a series of pretty random events. Napoleon is so dorky - that he's very cool - a real individual. Especially compared to his family members. What makes him so cool is his attitude - he basks in his dorkiness and doesn't seem to care what anyone else thinks. Even the jocks that pound on him can't get Napoleon down.
This period in a young person's life is all about trying to fit in and be accepted - while your body and personality are going through many changes. It's a time of great insecurity and self-doubt.
At the end there's the scene where Napoleon blows away the whole school with his dancing skills - every young person's dream to do something so dramatic which makes them accepted, in spite of themselves.
I don't think it's much of a satire on America. If you listen to the director's commentary, the film is based on some real places and real events, albeit rural Idaho.
You just have to see it through the eyes of a 14 year old to really understand the movie. It's not for everyone.
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I'm a bit worried that I read too much into this movie. Like the Woody Allen movie that he directs blind. In the end, the French hail it as a masterpiece.It could be a satire from the director's unconscious.
I don 't care. I'm ready to buy it!! I want to see it again. It will be my poster child of aburdity of this culture.
Or maybe my birth certificate is wrong. Maybe I've been tricked and I'm really 14.
I liked it but not for the reasons that adolescents might. Even the dancing scene wasn't that dramatic. He was good for a change, but not great. That it changed the election outcome was really more of a satire on present day politics, where people win on song, dance, and personality.
> That it changed the election outcome was really more of a satire on present day politics, where people win on song, dance, and personality.>You're analyzing it and reading way too much into it. It's just a silly movie about a nerdy guy with a positive attitude and his redemption.
Every teenager I've talked to loves it. I'm back East now visiting family and have discussed it with my teenage neices and nephews - they have all seen it multiple times. It's a teenage cult film.
This is a simple 'coming of age' in the new millenium movie.
Yes, it satirizes contemporary american culture, but it is just a movie about some kids coming to grips with who they are and what they are about.I find the differences in dialogue and character portrayal of the protaganists compared to the others. Just the opposite of what one would expect...but it reminds me of Hal Hartley, who is one of my favorites.
I found it quite entertaining and everyone I have talked to liked it as well.
Later
D
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