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Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
"rushmore" for idiot frat boys
Such a worthless, self-parodic knockoff of Wes Anderson that it barely deserves the words here. Suffice it to say that this movie trades in horrible clichés, deep-seeded self-hatred (by the filmmaker) put on show purely for commerce, & more dead space than you could fit in Death Valley.
Seriously, you could cut this movie down to a 10 minute short, not lose a thing & at least gain 60 minutes of your life back. "Napoleon" is about as "indie" as Starbucks (or MTV, who tellingly produced this) with half the soul (if that's possible).
If you're under 35 & haven't seen this, let me point out that Kurt Loder (the wizened old troll/huckster of MTV News & Rolling Stone magazine) loved this movie. If that doesn't scare you off, then you'll probably love this crap.
Otherwise, just rent "Rushmore" again & thank jah that you never pledged a frat in college.
Ned Kelly (1970)
Incromprehensible nonsense. The remake can only improve it.
Deadly dull junk, poorly made, with Jagger seemingly on heavy quaaludes during the entire production. Ugly to look at to make matters worse, and the actors all seem to affect Irish accents, rather than Australian as the real Ned Kelly was.
If a Heath Ledger/Orlando Bloom remake can only improve things, then you know the original is awful.
Postscript: if you loved "21 grams," then you're just the sort of pompous yuppie who goes for this sort of thing. In that case, by all means rent "Ned Kelly". "Six Feet Under" & "The West Wing" are bound to be a re-run once in a while, right?