Hope it hasn't been done yet
Napoleon Dynamite. Seriously, fuck this movie. Fuck it's fans. Fuck it's merchandise. Fuck the filmmakers. Fuck anyone who had even a tiny part in it.

A horrible movie is one thing, but a horrible movie with legions of fans and a rabid cult following makes me want to shoot myself because Earth obviously isn't for me any more. When I first started at the videos tore this was the number one movie and there was a barely a teenager who wouldn't delight in giving me heaps of quotes while renting the damn thing for the 15th time.

I finally watched it and was amazingly underwhelmed. Pedro has a few funny bits but overall it's just a turd that seems designed to appeal to EXACTLY the kind of people who would bully Napoleon if he went to their school. All the teens I served definately would've given ND a wedgie so I could never work out why they like the movie so much. Does it release their inner bully?

Speaking of bullies, I also can't see the appeal in anything that Sacha Baron Cohen has done since Ali G. Borat was funny the first few times, but after the element of surprise has worn off there's a shortage of genuine laffs (same thing with Jackass, tho I still like the first movie), and I think I'm going to get the same thing with Bruno. His approach is so mean-spirited as well, whereas Ali G made me laugh because everyone could tell he was a goof even if they weren't in on the joke. Andy Kaufman he ain't. Plus people quoted Borat constantly around the store when it came out and Bruno's due out soon...that's gunna suck.

Also:
New Family Guy - it's become more about being offensive than being funny
Hannah Montana
Lost
24
Kings of Leon
Muse
heaps more I can't think of right now

Whoa, long entry. No apologies, it'll break up the tedium.
(ElGranto, Sat 17 Oct 2009, 21:42, 10 replies)

I'm sad that you don't get Muse or Lost. I love both of those things with all of my heart.

I agree with you on everything else though. Especially recent Family Guy. The first episode of Season 8 was great, but they seem to have lost the spark that made it a work of genius.
(Purple_Monkey_Jingles Purple Monkeys need love too, Sat 17 Oct 2009, 22:03, closed)

i'm sorry to be such a pedant, but...
how can you love 2 things with all your heart?
surely you could only love two things with half a heart?
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Sat 17 Oct 2009, 23:20, closed)

...
couldn't agree more... sounds like what it is... sheeeeeite! And Muse were such shit when my band supported them way back in the days they couldn't get a gig outside of cornwall, just like Skunk Anansie, stupid screamy naff mohawked lesbeen... Rarrr :0p
(hengushrh is found at the Dole office every second thursday, Sat 17 Oct 2009, 22:29, closed)

i clicked for Napoleon Dynamite
then read the rest - pish!

i want to unclick
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Sat 17 Oct 2009, 23:10, closed)

Too late!
MWAHAHA
(ElGranto, Sun 18 Oct 2009, 19:31, closed)

I've never seen Napoleon Dynamite and don't plan to - ever.
Muse are ok, as just another band, but I really don't get the obsession, and while I quite liked Kings of Leon, I now hate them for what they said at Reading Festival - everyone around me was dancing! I also agree on the rest completely!
(deadly_sinners, Sun 18 Oct 2009, 1:04, closed)

How the mighty can fall
I used to quite like KOL before they released their third album - even saw them at a festival and had a great time. It's when they become more poppy and slickly produced that I got bored and decided that they were doing it just for the girls. Plus, "On Call" makes me and my friend think of Simply Red and "Sex on Fire" is lyrically retarded.
(ElGranto, Sun 18 Oct 2009, 19:30, closed)

I
turned it off after the first 10 minutes. From that I could tell exactly what it was, and what was going to happen.

In fact, the same could be said about "The Invention of Lying" - don't bother. If you think you can predict the (very predictable and tired) formulaic script; you can.

bloke *invents* lying|bloke meets girl|They get on fine|They fall out|He/She does something to make it all better.|Roll credits.

It's just not worth getting a numb arse for in a cinema.
(dchurch bah, Sun 18 Oct 2009, 7:39, closed)

Bummer
I had high hopes for that movie too.
(ElGranto, Sun 18 Oct 2009, 19:31, closed)

I didnt get ND either..
Maybe I'm just too old..

I'm not saying its a bad film, or a good one either, I just did'nt get it.
(danniekavanagh did nothing constructive on, Sun 18 Oct 2009, 11:28, closed)