Well, I have all your equipment in my locker. You should probably come get it cause I can't fit my nunchucks in there anymore.
 
Napoleon Dynamite was awesome! Admittedly, it was a bit of a strange movie. But it iconified dorks superbly well. I proudly admit that I was a geek (and still am.) I more meekly admit that I was also a bit of a dork. But the key to my dorkiness, and the dorkiness in my friends, was that we were smart. Unfortunately for the characters in this movie they are 100% dorky and not so bright.  That's ok though. They're fun to watch. It's got that train wreck facination quality.
 
The strangest thing for me was trying to place what year the movie took place. Many of the clues pointed to 80's (style, music, etc.) But other things said it's modern times (Uncle Rico remembering the glory days of 1982, the internet, etc.) My verdict is we're talking about the middle/late 90's. That puts them a behind the fashion/music curve by 5-10 years and ahead of the internet curve a bit. But people in this, shall we say, social order, tend to be early adopters in the internet space so I can deal with that.
 
Warning: Only go see this movie if you want to watch a no plot character movie about some of the biggest dorks you can possibly imagine. Overall I found this to be a silly, pointless, and thoroughly entertaining movie. And just when you think it has no hope, a happy ending come along!
 
Pedro for President
 

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