Alright so I know this movie is super old, but I watched it a few weeks ago with Slagathor and, and well this movie deserves some credit.
I mean, I sorta wanted to see it when I saw the posters for it way back in the day, but it never really became a big deal and so as with many other movies it falls back into the the recess of the mind until you see at your local independent movie rental store. Oh so since now that we love FotC, and we have to pick something or else we'll have to
Background information: I was super pumped for Napoleon Dynamite before it came out--I was on the bandwagon before there was any wagon at all nevermind a bandwagon. And I saw it when it came out on video, and it was pretty damn funny. Then a year later there were tools running amock with Vote Pedro shirts. I think about then I soured a little on the film. I mean, I'll probly watch it again, and I'll like it, but it's not funny anymore when bros like it. That's why I don't listen to Modest Mouse anymore. I know its elitist blah blah blah, but what fun is liking something weird if everyone likes it. Popular isn't weird.
Check out the reviews for the EvS. Yes, it is sorta like Napoleon Dynamite. Dead-pan oddness with lots of 8-year-old nerdisms. But unlike Napoleon, this movie actually does something.
And I mean it. Napoleon Dynamite was solely about its own oddity. All of the movie's humour is predicated upon the surrealness of the characters, and the arc of the movie (okay the semblence of an arc) is a bare thread of some sort of developing maturity (and I think this is lopping on a good dose of credit). EvS has characters that are real, with problems that are real, both which manage to even be relatable at times. Both the characters and the movie have arcs that make sense, and are heartwarming. Character move from socially incapable and emotionally stunted to characters that are adorably more socially capable and a little more mature.
It's also pretty damn funny. There are many lol moments as well as, for Slagathor and I, a few rofl moments. The end is also climactic where ND was a fizzle on a horse. Further, throughout the movie there are a handful of strange animated parts. They're a little fucked up, and the complete randomness of their inclusion makes me love the movie just a little more. (I even contemplated not mentioning them so that if you see the movie you can also have a wtf moment as well)
I know I've been vague in my review, but that's because its funnier not to know much about the movie beforehand. Also I'm lazy.
In conclusion: Fuck the lazy Napoleon Dynamite and see a movie that actually uses the deadpan oddity to a point. You know, what makes good movies.
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