I'm a boring guy, but I have my world - Commentary on "Napoleon the Great"

Vallie 2022-03-15 09:01:03

If you talk about American campus youth comedies, anyone who has been influenced by Hollywood movies can name a few at will. There are many of the "American Pie" series, "Mean Girls", "Miss is Hot", etc. The first-line stars on the screen were also mixed out of such films, Rachel McAdams, Jason Biggs and so on. Probably this kind of film is very entertaining and has no depth. As long as you are young and beautiful, you can start from here. As for acting, even if it is a natural performance, you can play whatever you want to go to school, and the plot is basically the same. , Adolescence is restless, using various gimmicks to express family, friendship, love, sex, handsome guys, bad guys, beautiful girls, all of them are like taking drugs, full of energy, lively, dry wood and fire, lively staged picking up girls, chasing girls Compulsory courses for adolescents such as children, cohabitation, etc. The openness and avant-garde of Americans are vividly displayed in these films. Of course, there are also many ideological themes with American characteristics that complement each other, such as freedom (there is very little interference from teachers and parents in campus life), humanity (no matter how ugly the bad brother can follow. to school flower) and so on. Let those of us who have spent the student days under the pressure of further studies and examinations cannot help but ask: We are also in school, why is there such a big gap between people~~~! If you read more, you will inevitably have doubts about some details. Is it true that students in the United States are really so vibrant, are they only interested in sexual issues related to the opposite sex or the same sex at this age? If the youth in the United States are all Such youth, then I would rather choose my boring student time, at least this kind of life is still pure youth.

Of course, the reality of life is not performed. The American youth comedy is just a genre movie that deliberately creates a youthful genre. The real life is far less rich and "sexy" than the movie, and the same youth comedy is not It's all like this. For example, this "Big Shot Napoleon" is diametrically opposed to "American Pie". The protagonist is a typical boring guy, dull-headed, clumsy, listless, has no ideals, and has no exciting life. But it is such a boring guy, but he has his own character, his own persistence, and even a little bit of humble success that ordinary people have. I am a boring guy, but I have my world.

Napoleon is an average high school student living in Princeton, Idaho, with shaggy red hair, clumsy hiking boots, and some special skills that are not appreciated, and he also has the same confusion as others. The same troubles as adolescent boys. Napoleon lives with his grandmother and his unemployed brother, Cap, who is 30 years old and idles around and spends his days searching for love in online chat rooms. One day, grandma injured herself while running in the yard in the morning, so inexplicably, an uncle Li Kao appeared from afar, and he came to this remote town to take care of the two brothers. Napoleon hit it off with the alumnus Pedro he had just met. When he learned that Pedro was running for the school's student council president, and he was facing a very powerful opponent, Wheatley, who he hated, he decided to Temporarily put aside the work at hand, do your best to help your friends. At the same time, Napoleon also remembered to feed his grandma's fat pet cat and try to avoid getting involved with his bad uncle and the breast enhancement herbs he was recommending door to door. With their enthusiasm and hard work, Pedro won in the end.

People like Napoleon may live anywhere around us, maybe we are such a boring person, life is like the rhythm of a movie, slow, boring, dull, but as ordinary people, there are a few ups and downs that can be experienced Ups and downs, twists and turns, the toss of narrow escape. The lives of Napoleon and several protagonists in the film seem quite boring, uninteresting, and meaningless: the uncle who has always dreamed of becoming a football quarterback, spared no effort to sell all kinds of products, has a dull-eyed look, and uses his own cakes to make it. The Mexican friend Pedro who invited the dance partner, the 32-year-old brother who was online all day long to find true love, finally found the coquettish black girlfriend for him, and the door-to-door sales of bracelets would scare Debbie who ran away. And the life of ordinary people is actually like this. No matter how boring and ridiculous it seems to others, we still insist on what we think is wonderful. As for the meaning, it is completely given by ourselves. When those who are keen on variety shows are pouring out all their feelings, enthusiasm and passion for "Super Girl", "Dream China", "Avenue of Stars", "Family Mobilization" and other star-making machines, have you ever thought about such a thing? What's the point of things? It's a long-term concern for these people who don't know each other and who won't do them any good after winning, spend their blood and hard-earned money sending text messages, and follow the players' progress and sorrow, but they don't know how dark it is. , Does this tossing make sense? For them, it is nothing more than a way of living, how to live is not to live.

But Napoleon's spirit doesn't stop there. Although Napoleon is boring in the United States, he has more ego. The reason for choosing his only friend to be the president of the student union is simply "Pedro has a very handsome bicycle and the only one in the school. "beard", not for how much benefit he can get when his friend becomes chairman, the motivation is very "self". During the election process, I used my low IQ to try my best to canvass votes for my friends, doing an "impossible task" and "never give up". The most admirable thing is when Napoleon became famous at the election site , did not disrupt his boring life, still played mentally handicapped games, still interacted with Debbie, a girl who was also not good, did not devote himself to the "entertainment draft" because of his little talent, and did not use himself. Popularity at this time to pursue more beautiful girls. I can vaguely see Forrest Gump's shadow on Napoleon's body. He has an expressionless face and a dull demeanor. A person, stick to their own beliefs. In comparison, the young students in China may be exposed to too many things, they are supreme, they think too much, they can sing if they want, they have too many idols, and they have become fans of famous flowers and masters. Their lives It is wonderful and lively, and none of them are boring. But these people live for their own idols, live in other people's worlds, have no self, and don't care what the real side of the people they adore is. Anyway, it's the bastard's heart that has been weighed down, what is this? I don't think they're as stupid as stupid.
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Napoleon Dynamite quotes

  • [Napoleon has snuck tator tots out of the lunch room and is eating them during class out of his pants pocket]

    Randy: Napoleon, give me some of your tots.

    Napoleon Dynamite: No, go find your own.

    Randy: Come on, give me some of your tots.

    Napoleon Dynamite: No, I'm freakin' starving! I didn't get to eat *anything* today.

    Randy: [Kicks the pocket with the tots, crushing them]

    Napoleon Dynamite: Ugh! Gross! Freakin' idiot!

  • Kip: I'm just really trying to raise a few bucks now so I can bring her out for a few days.

    Uncle Rico: Yeah, well what does she look like?

    Kip: She's uh... she's got sandy blonde hair. She's uh... pretty good looking face, but I'm just getting really... just kinda T.O.'d because... I mean she hasn't even sent me a full body shot yet.