I liked Napoleon Dynamite, but I think whether you liked it or not comes from background/experience. I went to a small (500 student) high school in Texas. We were on the edge of suburbia and the sticks. Malls and civilization in one direction and cow towns in the other. The biggest club in our high school was Future Farmers of America.
Some people had to deal with jocks. I had to cope with farmboys and jocks--often in the same package. So I got the atmosphere of the school and the FHS contest part of the film. And as for his awkwardness, I guess I identified with being a geek/outsider in that kind of environment, where if you're anyway different, you really stand out and EVERYONE knows about you. There's a reason I moved to the East Coast the minute I graduated.
So I guess where you stand on the film depends entirely on your outlook.
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Date: 2008-09-25 05:53 pm (UTC)Some people had to deal with jocks. I had to cope with farmboys and jocks--often in the same package. So I got the atmosphere of the school and the FHS contest part of the film. And as for his awkwardness, I guess I identified with being a geek/outsider in that kind of environment, where if you're anyway different, you really stand out and EVERYONE knows about you. There's a reason I moved to the East Coast the minute I graduated.
So I guess where you stand on the film depends entirely on your outlook.