# What good things can I say about Napolean Dynamite?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 23, 2006, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-things-can-i-say-about-napolean-dynamite/341329 "2006-01-23T23:46:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-things-can-i-say-about-napolean-dynamite/341329/21 "2006-01-24T13:57:37Z")

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> [@Superdude](#):
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> Secondly, I suggest that you watch the movie again. I didn’t love it, either, the first time I saw it.

Ditto. I didn’t remotely understand the premise or the point the first time I saw it, then I watched it for the second time on Cinemax during one of the 348793978 times they’ve showed it and really got a kick out of it. Now I notice something new in the movie each time that makes me laugh.

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-things-can-i-say-about-napolean-dynamite/341329/22 "2006-01-24T14:21:16Z")

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Hard to believe that Jon Heder only got $1000 bucks for that, look who he’s working with now - Rufalo and Witherspoon - although I hear it sucked. Maybe he didn’t dance in it. Ha ha. Or maybe he didn’t get to shoot wolverines with a [ND] freakin’ 12 guage [/ND].

Boy didn’t those “Vote For Pedro” t-shirts spring up everywhere. I think I saw a Supreme Court Justice wearing one under his robes…you know the Hispanic looking one.

It’d be cool to learn Rex Kwan Do hey man? End up with the strength of a grizzly, the reflexes of a puma, and the wisdom of a man. Get, like nunchuck skills, bowhunting skills, computer hacking skills… Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills.

Really influenced me strongly.  
That should get you by. Try to deliver it without leaving openings for questions. Answer any with “What do you think?” through gritted teeth.

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**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-good-things-can-i-say-about-napolean-dynamite/341329/23 "2006-01-24T15:12:39Z")

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Simple… say “Sorry it wasn’t my cup of tea.”

If they start haranging you, just say, “Sorry, it **just** wasn’t my cup of tea”  
Then “Sorry, **that** just wasn’t my cup of tea”  
Then " Sorry"  
Then stone faced silence.

If they keep bugging you excuse yourself for a while, sneak home. Pick up the DVD, sneak back and then hand it to them saying “Not my cup of tea”

If they don’t get the hint hurl it at them Screaming “NOT MY TEA!”

If they finally stop good, if not jump up and down on the disc screamming “TEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!” at teh top of your lungs.

Eventually they’ll give up trying to convince you.

Sure you’ll lose friends but, damn, it was their fault.

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