Sunday, February 20, 2005
Excessive Hype
I've just spent the evening watching Napoleon Dynamite and Garden State. I have wanted to see Garden State since I first saw previews for it. Napoleon Dynamite I mostly didn't want to see but everyone said that it was oh so funny. It was hysterical. Blah blah blah. Either I'm in a really crappy mood and no amount of comedy can pull me out of it (entirely possible actually) or I was expecting more. I didn't find most of it funny at all. There were 2 or 3 laugh out loud parts, but as a whole... not so much. I will say I did love the gangsta cousins. Garden State I liked, but I think I needed to pay more attention to it. I was watching it while doing something else and I think I may have missed something about it.
Um, I want to see both of those movies. If we weren't going to the zoo in less than ten hours I'd be so mad at you.
ReplyDeleteI have Garden State on my Netflix queue but I haven't even heard about the other....I have been out of the movie loop for some time now....sad to say.
ReplyDeleteThat's funny, I rented those two movies at the same time, too. You should give ND another chance when you're in a better mood.
ReplyDeleteI can certainly appreciate where you are coming from. The first time I saw both of those, I only laughed a few times and thought there were decent second run flicks, but not great.
ReplyDeleteHowever, after seeing them both again [in theatres] I liked them a lot more. You have to maintain low expectations and focus on the flow. They're both low-key fare without a lot of pomp and circumstance to "entertain".
Don't listen to CL. I was in a good mood when I watched ND and I didn't think it was that great either. Having already seen GS, I rented ND with The Anchorman.
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