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The Geeks Do Good God Darnit!
So, I spend most of today doing paper work... and I hate paper work. Not only because I'm crap at it, but it just seems to take so long to do, and that it usually involves paying out money, money and more money. It's a good job that I only do it once a month otherwise I think I might go insane.
I do finally get through most of it... so it's all clear for another 30 odd days which is most gratifying.
With the boring stuff done, I do some baking... brownies today, one of Phil's favourites, and since I think he probably deserves a treat I make them as a surprise for him. Though it has to be said I'm not that nice really because I did make him hunt for them when he got home :) hehehe
Tonight we watch Napoleon Dynamite which I can quite categorically say is perhaps the most bizarre film I've watched since Donnie Darko. Whilst the story line is pretty kitsch it's pleasant enough (the tales of geeks do good so to speak) and it can't have been that bad since it passed Phil's 10 minute boredom test. I think my favourite part of the entire film would have been the dance scene (and if you've watched the movie you'll know what I'm on about) - I've not seen a bloke dance like that for a long time... let me think, oh yes, that would be it... the last time I saw someone dance like that was my gay buddy at his sisters wedding.
Very impressive!
Posted by Abi on the August 4, 2005 9:47 PM
My kids absolutely loved this movie. I didn't think it was THAT funny. Maybe I was expecting too much. I definitely would have liked to see Grandma in more scenes. She cracked me up!
Napolean Dynamite is the most bizarre and weirdest film you've seen since Donnie Darko? To me, ND was just bad indie --indie for the sake of being indie, like a bad imitation of Ghost World. DD, on the other hand, had a lot more depth and thought behind it, and much better executed dialogue and sequences. But weirdest film I have seen? Oh no. For the average filmgoer, that award goes to just about any David Lynch pic --including Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, and Blue Velvet. Some may go with John Waters of Serial Mom fame among many other film titles. The film student would go with Kenneth Anger for his avante garde films. Avante garde is the synonym for weird. Or maybe Fassbinder. I'd go with Herzog for bizarre and weird. But if you could explain to me why Napolean Dynamite was such a big hit with audiences, I'd love to read it on your blog. I just didn't get it.