Napoleon Dynamite - thoughts?
Added 2025-06-23 23:58:30 +0000 UTCHi everyone! And welcome new patrons <3 as we ramp up for the next Youtube video (which is going to be about whether or not it's possible to make an "anti" war film ), I'm also working on the next Patreon exclusive. It's gonna be about Napoleon Dynamite and the impact it had on the "indie" film as we knew it! So I'm curious to hear your thoughts about the movie, and maybe I can incorporate some of them into the video :)
Also... do you think it's possible to make an "anti" war film?
Comments
Hot Take (perhaps): Napoleon Dynamite is one of the best films of the 21st century There's a humor in this movie that I feel is very rare. It tends to humanize characters (through humor) that we would get in heated arguments or look down upon in real life. King of the Hill has that same type of humor. We totally disagree with Hank on a lot of things, but also.... Love him?
John West
2025-07-02 16:04:18 +0000 UTCI’m so excited for the “anti” war film video. The only film, in my opinion, that feels truly anti war is The Grave of the Fireflies. As someone who grew up with a Dad in the military, he would frequently talk about his favourite war films and I find that the war films he referenced all seem to focus on the camaraderie of the soldiers which is in its own way inherently pro-military even if not meaning to be pro-war. Grave of the fireflies felt like because it didn’t centre the soldiers it landed much more as an anti war film 🤷♀️ cannot wait to hear your thoughts and analysis
Jessica Rolland
2025-06-28 13:58:46 +0000 UTC
