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Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Monday, August 23, 2004 - 9:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Auntiemike a private message Print Post    
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!

Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Friday, September 03, 2004 - 9:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Auntiemike a private message Print Post    
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.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Friday, September 03, 2004 - 9:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
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!

Fabnsab
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08-07-2000

Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 12:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fabnsab a private message Print Post    
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.

Jen
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07-27-2003

Saturday, September 25, 2004 - 11:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jen a private message Print Post    
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!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Sunday, September 26, 2004 - 7:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
My ds and a friend went to see it Friday. DS had already seen it. He loved it. He said it was 'stupid funny'.

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Saturday, October 09, 2004 - 8:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
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!!"



Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Sunday, October 10, 2004 - 2:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Auntiemike a private message Print Post    
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

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Friday, October 15, 2004 - 9:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
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!!

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Friday, October 15, 2004 - 9:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
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.

Egbok
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07-13-2000

Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 12:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Egbok a private message Print Post    
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....


Melfie1222
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07-29-2002

Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 11:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Melfie1222 a private message Print Post    
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.

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 10:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
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*

Hippyt
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06-15-2001

Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hippyt a private message Print Post    
I'm really wanting to see this now,you guys have me curious.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 1:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
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!


Spygirl
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04-23-2001

Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 1:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spygirl a private message Print Post    
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.

Melfie1222
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07-29-2002

Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 9:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Melfie1222 a private message Print Post    
Spy, it is pretty clean - the common swear words are "heck" and "gosh", except for those damn kessadillas. .

Fabnsab
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08-07-2000

Thursday, December 30, 2004 - 11:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fabnsab a private message Print Post    
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.

Jbean
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01-05-2002

Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 8:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jbean a private message Print Post    
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!


Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 9:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
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.

Jbean
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01-05-2002

Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 9:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jbean a private message Print Post    
"can i try it really quick?"

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 10:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
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."

Egbok
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07-13-2000

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 12:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Egbok a private message Print Post    
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.


Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 12:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
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.

Eeyoreslament
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07-20-2003

Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 12:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Eeyoreslament a private message Print Post    
It really WAS a breakout film for Tina.