Sunday, April 29, 2007
16. Ninja Scroll v 17. Napoleon Dynamite

Jeff, look past your petty prejudices, you shallow, elitist bastard. You don't like the Napoleon t-shirts. You don't like the Napoleon gift card section at Target. I can understand that. But just because the mainstream liked it, does that make it any less indie? Well, yes. But it didn't start out that way! John Heder got paid $1000 to play the part. It was edited on one guy's personal computer. (Yeah. That's right. I can look up facts on imdb.com.) It hurts, because Ninja Scroll is one of the best action anime movies out there, up there with Akira and Ghost in the Shell, and better than Evangelion, Cowboy Beebop, Princess Mononoke, and Last Exile. I know Dwight will never talk to me again after this. But here's the thing. Ninja Scroll is good like G.I.Joe is good. About as much subtlety as being sliced into tiny pieces by a thousand razor-sharp threads.
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Karl,
You don't have to be elitist to hate Napolean Dynamite; you just need to be slightly more mature than your average 16 year old. Then you may realize there isn't one funny moment in this movie. Not one. You better pray I don't get this movie because if I do, it's getting axed faster than you can say some stupid phrase from this stupid pile of crap.
(on second thought, this does sound elistist, doesn't it?)
You don't have to be elitist to hate Napolean Dynamite; you just need to be slightly more mature than your average 16 year old. Then you may realize there isn't one funny moment in this movie. Not one. You better pray I don't get this movie because if I do, it's getting axed faster than you can say some stupid phrase from this stupid pile of crap.
(on second thought, this does sound elistist, doesn't it?)
Wait, are you saying both Zwarts dislike Napoloeon Dynamite? Actually, I'm not surprised. Those genes run pretty similar in the Zwart males. I heard a rumor that Jeff was cloned when Andrew was young in case Andrew ever needed a major organ transplant.
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