If a movie is quotable...

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If you don't know, I did not like Napoleon Dynamite. This causes great concern among quite a few of my good friends at Tulsa. How could I not like the randomness that is Napoleon Dynamite, one of the ten greatest movies of all time? I admit it has its funny moments. But the movie as a whole just fell flat with me, although its adherents are claiming that they will convert me at another showing of Napoleon Dynamite.

Of course, I made an outlandish standment in argument. Just because a movie is quotable does not make it funny. But then the argument became if a movie is quotable, then it must be good. At that moment I couldn't quite come up with a bad movie that's quotable. Okay, so I don't see a lot of movies. So, I ask you, my faithful readers:

If a movie is quotable, then must that be a good movie?

Comments

[kimmaline.livejournal.com]

D, I needed to come out and tell you that I so incredibly totally completely agree with you about ND. I am usually one that enjoys the "random" in my movies...but I just basically thought it sucked.

Here is another thing for you. I adore Kevin Smith. Really I do. But honestly, aside from Dogma and Chasing Amy, his movies are shit. Even then...I only truly liked Chasing Amy because of my personal life experiences.

But they can be, in the right crowd, some of the most quotable movies in the history of the universe.

Another example for you...I don't particularly like the Austin Powers movies. As a matter of fact, I turned the first one off the first time a friend tried to get me to watch it. And, IMHO, those movies get WORSE the more people quote them.

[greybeta.livejournal.com]

K, it's good to have friends like you. :)

[kimmaline.livejournal.com]

Right back at ya, babe.

On the subject of being friends...I wanted to tell you this but never got around to it. I made you cookies a couple of weeks ago. I was a little bored, and wanted to do it...but they came out terribly. (Which I am sure you figure out by now, since you have no cookies!)

I swore of sugar for a while for New Years...so once I am stronger in that and not so inclined to have a taste, I will attempt them again. Ordinarily I am a very good baker...but these were horrid. :)

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I could have had cookies... :(

[kimmaline.livejournal.com]

I'll try again. PROMISE!!!!