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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Monday, August 23, 2004 - 9:34 pm
I just saw this movie tonight without knowing anything about it ahead of time. What a riot! It is hilarious. ALL the characters are losers and very quirky yet I'm sure we can all idenitify or know someone a little bit like them. The actors are newcomers to me and that is part of its charm. It's a great character study movie and has little plot; just follows the lives of these nerdy people. I'd love to hear some others on this board comment about their impressions. I truly enjoyed myself and found myself chuckling long afterwards. Uncle Rico was one of my favorite characters!
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Friday, September 03, 2004 - 9:15 am
I can't believe that no one out there but me has seen this film! Anyone? I'm just really curious to hear what others thought about this unique, original, bizarre film. Thanks. This will be my last post to bring this up.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Friday, September 03, 2004 - 9:30 am
Honestly, Auntimike I hadn't really even heard of it. I'm not sure if it's playing here (Vancouver, Canada). But it sounds fantastic, and I'll be on the lookout for it!
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Fabnsab
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 12:48 am
You're not alone. We saw it and loved it. It was quirky and cute. My husband and I go around and say,"lucky!" in Napoleons voice almost daily.
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Jen
Member
07-27-2003
| Saturday, September 25, 2004 - 11:12 pm
Saw the movie tonight. It was funny! The brother killed me, and their voices are what really made the movie work. I recommend it, but be ready for a different kind of movie!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, September 26, 2004 - 7:46 am
My ds and a friend went to see it Friday. DS had already seen it. He loved it. He said it was 'stupid funny'.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 8:20 am
This is BY FAR my favourite movie of the year. I saw it a couple of months ago, and have forced many others to go see it, only for THEM to fall in love with it, and force THEIR friends to go see it. DVD comes out just in time for Xmas. I went to the fox searchlight movie website, and I downloaded the sounds and converted them to wav files. Now I have my computer set up to have Kip say "Peace Out" when I turn off my computer. And Napoleon says "What!" when it's confirming a decision. AND when I make a critical error, it goes "IDIOT!!" It's a ton of fun!! Oh and when I get a new email notification on my computer, it goes "LUCKY." And when my boyfriend logs on to MSN (he just moved to a different city a month ago to play for our national rugby team), Napoleon goes "SWEET!!"
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Sunday, October 10, 2004 - 2:38 pm
Yeah, another convert. I'd like to get the DVD when it comes out and watch it a few more times. I must say, Eeyoreslament, you sure embrace this one fully! LOL
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Friday, October 15, 2004 - 9:55 pm
Auntiemike - I could see it again if I had someone to go with!! What was your favourite scene? I have so many!! I love the part where he asks for the button, and then throws it. I love the dance scene - of course!! It's funny, the FIRST time I went to see it, I HAD to go to the bathroom just before the dance scenes, so I didn't KNOW he got the tape to teach him to dance, and didn't know he was training to dance, which made the dance scene SOOOOO much funnier, because I didn't see it coming!! Bwahahahahahahaha!! I like the scene where he calls home for chapstick!! That killed me. I have a wav file with him saying "but my lips hurt real bad!" I'm getting the DVD the MOMENT it comes out!! hahaha!! I think once my exams are over, I may just catch the matinee again. Never enough Napoleon!!
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Friday, October 15, 2004 - 9:56 pm
Yankee- it's playing at Tinseltown if you haven't seen it yet!! It's one of the few theatres that still has cheap matinees, and cheap Tuesdays.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 12:35 am
Egbob and I saw this movie on DVD tonight. Thumbs up! It made us both LOL at least 50 times, if not more! I was so impressed with the acting....especially the actor who played Napoleon....swwweeeeeeeT!! My two favorite parts were when Kip told Napoleon that he needed a "pull into town" and when the bus load of schoolkids passed the field with the farmer and the cow!!!! If any of you watch this film, be sure to watch all the credits to the end and a little beyond....
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Melfie1222
Member
07-29-2002
| Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 11:51 pm
My little brother gave me this DVD for my birthday/Christmas... I had no idea what it was about but had heard of it. Loved it! It seems very simple, very odd, but is very funny.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 10:24 am
I am so bummed. The DVD sold out citywide here in only a few hours. The night before it went on sale, I worked until 5am. I didn't think that it would be so popular, so it never crossed my mind that I should stay up til stores open to be the first one to get my copy! *sigh*
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Hippyt
Member
06-15-2001
| Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 11:25 am
I'm really wanting to see this now,you guys have me curious.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 1:07 pm
loved it! my son bought the dvd. i think we watched it 3 times through in two days when ds was home for a few days over the holiday. the chapstick part made me laugh...but my family all says "quesadilla" as "damn kessadillah" now, with the short "e" rather than a long "a" in "que" and the L's as L's, not a "y" sound in 'dilla'......and we use that expression about 10 times a day. if someone dares to say they are hungry or ask what's for dinner or what they might snack on, they get the 'damn kessadillah' line! i needed my "chapstick" because my "lip hurts" from laughing so hard!
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Spygirl
Moderator
04-23-2001
| Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 1:26 pm
My brother raved about this movie when we spoke on the phone Christmas morning. I believe it was made by some students from BYU, so it is relatively clean and - according to him (and you guys) absolutely hilarious. I'll look for a copy to pick up for myself.
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Melfie1222
Member
07-29-2002
| Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 9:08 pm
Spy, it is pretty clean - the common swear words are "heck" and "gosh", except for those damn kessadillas. .
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Fabnsab
Member
08-07-2000
| Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 11:56 pm
The dvd sold 1.4 million copies in its first day. That is a staggering amount for a movie like this. One of the critics in Entertainment Weekly put it on their worst 10 of the year list. I can't imagine someone judging this hysterical movie so harshly. It was meant to be stupid.
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 8:04 pm
that critic is an <nd> lol although, this was a bit slow-moving, the kid just cracks me up. what's a liger? haha! and "that's pretty much the worst video ever made". LOL GOSH!
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 9:34 pm
Jbean: "How could you even KNOW that?" (quote about worst video ever made) Fab: EW critic obviously has no taste. Probably loved Phone Booth and couldn't notice the Irish accent coming through in Farrell's forced NY accent. The critic probably also thinks real comedy is stuff like The Nutty Professor. 
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Jbean
Member
01-05-2002
| Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 9:40 pm
"can i try it really quick?"
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 10:18 pm
Well, I'll join the <nd> EW critic in saying it was one of the year's worst. It didn't aim high, though, so it wasn't a huge disappointment. It was just run-of-the mill bad direction and acting IMO, not spectacularly awful like "Catwoman" or "Stepford Wives."
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 12:26 am
I'm sure it's not a film for everyone, however, while watching it with my dh, it made us laugh and kid around with each other about the dumb things that were said in this film. Also, last night when we were with our friends, the topic of the movie came up and amazingly, everyone in the house had seen it and we all had a good laugh once again. As for the acting, I'll stand by my original thoughts...the acting was impressive, especially since these people and the llama are basically unknowns.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 12:38 am
One of the seven signs of the apocalypse: I actually don't agree with something Tishala has written. Never thought I'd see the day. I guess I just like quirky films. 
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 12:41 am
It really WAS a breakout film for Tina.
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