Who is Pedro, and why should I vote for him?
 

Sounds like something a 73 year old man would say huh? :P In the past few months, I've seen notebooks, T-shirts, maybe even bumper stickers that read "Vote For Pedro". I know this fad will be in the same box as cars with tail fins, power bracelets, pokemon cards, and the "WHAZZUP!!" guys (I miss them) in a few months, but who started this? What's the origin of this new pop culture fad?
-Joe

Napoleon Dynamite

I need to see that movie, I heard its pretty funny.

Napoleon befriends a new kid in school...a Hispanic kid named Pedro. Together they decide to launch a school presidential campaign against the popular blond who is also running. (Vote for Pedro).

Napoleon's dance routine in the "talent" portion of the campaign is what sends Pedro over with the popular votes that get him elected.

I lost the grasp of reality the first time I saw the movie, but found it hilarious the second time around...

G-benz: uh, you like totally ruined the whole flippin' movie for him. God!

I had to suffer thru a large part of that movie on a bus trip with about 35 kids. I just kept thinking how much nicer it would have been to be sitting in the dentist's chair. One of the worst movies I ever saw.

Booooo! ND is a GREAT movie!!! Coming-of-age in the 80's, I knew too many kids like that. The moon boots, the applique t-shirts, etc... Napoleon reminded me of a kid I met in HS (freshman year). No one would talk to the guy, so I would try to say hello every day in class. That kid wore a fake Members Only jacket EVERY DAY, regardless of the weather. Anyway, he turned me on to U2, and some other great bands. He always wore headphones and, it turns out, really knew his stuff musically. Oddball, though, that's for sure.

I second cscmc1's Boooo...

ND is a great movie on so many levels. I have seen it 11 times now, 7 times with my kids and the rest by myself. One of the nice aspects about this film - no sex, no violence, no foul language and it's still funny as hell.

If you look at www.rottentomatoes.com you'll find people either loved it or hated it. Perhaps you never knew any characters like those portrayed in ND and therefore can't relate, or perhaps it's just not your kind of movie - but to say it's one of thw worst movies you ever saw and that you'd rather spend time in a dentists chair (!) makes me think you just don't get it.

-g

been meaning to see this :)

Mrs. Azimyth made me sit through this movie. She bribed me with ice cream and affection. I slept through the bulk of it. The second time she made me see it (because I slept through the first showing) was funnier. One has to approach the film with a certain loopy attitude. I voluntarily watched it a third time with the younger Azimyths. That time it was pretty amusing. I suppose one must develope an affection for the charachters to fully appreciate the elements of the story line.

I still think I'd vote for Summer Wheatley.....were it a secret ballot :D

"grab my arm." "the other arm." "MY other other arm" :D

My 11 year old is way ahead of you. She seems to have enjoyed it her first time through as much as you did your third time. I have only seen the few bits and blurbs that my dentist would allow.

Then this should amuse you. After I saw the show the last time, out of puerile curiousity I looked for a time machine on ebay. They had one listed complete with crystals! I flagged the auction and apparently it sold (Though I forget for how much).



Some people will buy anything.....kinda like liberalism :D



I'm only teasing.

You should vote for Pedro because he will make all your dreams come true.

have you taken it off any sweet jumps?

LOL

The first time I watched the movie I said "what the hell" the second time I laughed mt A-- off. If your the type that needes to get something other than entertainment out of a movie its not for you but the Dumb and Dumber crowd loves it.

Generally I hate movies. When I gave this one a shot, it made me laugh. I cackle at the lines now.

I see you are drinking 1%. Is that because you think you're fat? because you're not. You could be drinking whole milk if you wanted to.

ya need skillz.

"Teenah"

"Eat"

I like when Lyle shoots the cow right as the school bus full of kids pulls up and they all scream at the horror of massacre.

"It's a liger, bred for it's skills in magic"

Theres more where that came from.

Don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day.

Man I forgot that one!

I want that boat.

Besides, everyone knows I'm training to become a cage fighter.

If you take my class you can dress like me.

Rex - Napoleon Dynamite Quotes
Rex At Rex Kwan Do, we use the buddy system. No more flying solo. You need somebody watching your back at all times. Second off, you're gonna learn to discipline your image. You think I got where I am today because I dressed like Peter Pan over here?[while pointing to Napoleon]

You think somebody wants to take a roundhouse to the face while I'm wearing these bad boys? I don't think so!

BTW -- buy the soundtrack. All the music in in there, AND they load it up with dialogue from the film between tracks.

I caught you a delicious bass.

I also think Dumb and Dumber was truth in advertising. Sorry gang, I have a limit for how much boring stupidity I can stomach. I have to work with clueless people, I don't want to watch them in movies.

I'm sorry you feel that way about the characters and the film. I have found it to be very enjoyable, quotable, and fun to share with others. The movie makes me laugh, and while being funnny and more than a little goofy, it is sweet at the same time.

Sure beats the pants off of "Stealth" and "The Island" and the rest of the crap Hollywood tried to shove down our throats this year.

-g

I'm a 4th year english major, so I may be analyzing this movie when it should not even be analyzed, but did anyone notice that Napoleon's parents are completely absent from the movie? Could this be a commentary on the changing definition of family and parent in modern America?

cscmc1: Is the movie actually supposed to take place in the 80's? I believe it is supposed to be late 90's, in a "less hip" town in middle America. It was written by 2 college students about their experiences, and I don't think they grew up in the 80's. The cynical part of me thinks that's why it is so popular, "look at this backward town in the middle of nowhere. Isn't that cute."

Anyone notice that Napoleon lies through his teeth through the whole movie, yet comes off as a completely genuine and sincere character.

Also, the actor who plays uncle Rico is actually a vegetarian. In all those scenes where he is eating steak, he spits it out in between takes!

Dead-on. ND may not have the staying power of, say, Amelie, but it's a welcome stand-in for the BS "action" crap that is normally spoon-fed to the moviegoing public. I spend more time advising myself of the numerous inaccuracies in those flicks than I do enjoying them. There are good action films, too, of course (read: Ronin, The Bourne Identity, etc...), but the typical "punch an alien's lights out and then may a coy remark" genre does absolutely nothing for me.

Okay, Ya'll are cracking me up :D



"Last week, Japanese scientists explaced - placed explosive detonators at the bottom of Lake Loch Ness to blow nessie out of the water. Sir Curt Godfrey of the Nessie Alliance summond the help of Scotland's local wizards to cast a protective spell over the lake and it's local residents and all theose who seek for the peaceful existence of our underwater ally." :sun_smile

But my lips hurt REAL BAD.

Stay home and eat all the frikkin' nachos, Kip.

Words of wisdom
 

"You know, like numchuck skills, bowhunting skills, computer hacking skills... Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills."

He's a tender little guy... he still wets the bed and all.

How much you wanna bet I could throw a football over them mountains?

Anyone else noted that this movie is really era-nonspecific? Just when you think it's set in the early 80's, Uncle Rico answers a cell phone. ???

Just part of the charm, I guess...

Will the real Napoleon please stand up? :D

Heck yes I will!

Yeah, that and Kip is on the Internet chatting it up with babes...

Exactly... chat rooms. It's weird, but doesn't distract.

That's Mrs. Azimyth's favorite line.... :D

Do the chickens have large talons?

"I don't understand a word you just said..."

The only scene I would qualify as "nasty" was when they were drinking that Egg drink and eating egg sandwiches... yuuccchhh.

"Well, when I came home from school, my head started to get really hot. So I drank some water, but it didn't do nothing. So I laid in the bath tub for awhile...So then I realized it was my hair that was making my head hot. So I went into the kitchen and I shaved it all off. I don't want to see anyone."

I laughed real hard when Napoleon sniffed his finger and winced when his hand touched the chicken's posterior while putting it in the cage. That was fairly nasty :eek: