Imagine a world where Napoleon Dynamite was the biggest movie of all time and it inspired Hollywood to make more slice of life, nostalgic comedy americana instead of endless superhero slop

>>211399676 (OP)
Ok done, what's next?

>>211399676 (OP)
Then I would just hate nostalgic comedy americana instead of superhero slop.

>>211399676 (OP)
>slice of life, nostalgic comedy
so basically woody allen films? sounds jewish.

It is completely irrelevant outside US. Do you think Chinese or Indian kids growing up on a farm give a shit about your flyover states suburb rich white teenager shenanigans?

>>211399738
Nahhhh Woody Allen films are pretentious and unfunny as fuck. Slice of Life doesn't mean no story, it means everyday life stories, I hate Woody Allen movies because they're so out of touch, the opposite of Americana.

>>211399676 (OP)
The best film ever made about autism

>>211399676 (OP)
There were a million "quirky" indie films inspired by napoleon dynamite and they all sucked

>>211399676 (OP)
Hated that movie, extremely one note, comedy with a single punchline - cringe

>>211399676 (OP)
The movie did amazingly well for the budget and did lead to a bit of a quirky indie boom.
The big problem is that the movie really thrived on DVD sales, which are dead, and almost no one is that excited to drop $13+ on a movie ticket for themselves and others to watch this kind of movie in a theater anymore. And streaming barely breaks even.
Superhero movies did well because people see effects driven films as worth paying theater. Only for.

It was really successful anyway

>>211399676 (OP)
I still dont get what was this movie about. I thought it would be about bullying but it was just a nerdy looking guy living his normal days at his small town school. Literally nothing really happens beside his surprise presentation at the talent show or whatever. I dont remember much of it it been quite a while since I watched. I do remember the colors tho. Very colorful movie that gives a comfy vibe

Did I lose something?

>>211403284
It was just a slice of life movie about a nerdy kid living in small town America.

The ending is pure kino too
https://youtu.be/azSxYbFovWo?si=9wCvBE3p25Fn3_5c

>>211401720
There was a whole quirked up white people genre back then, but it predated Napoleon Dynamite and went after it. This movie was simply part of that trend, but it differed in that it had broad pop culture appeal and it leaned into being silly and fun more so than being moody and tragicomedy like most other movies in that genre did.

It was basically a rural, small town working class take on a more suburban/urban upper middle class genre of film. It was also genuinely quirky instead of trying to be quirky. Napoleon is unapologetically the way he is as a character and isnt trying to impress anyone with how he acts compared to a lot of other characters in this genre who feel like their putting on a sort of Holden Caulfield act to seem mysterious and/or cool.

>>211399676 (OP)
is there a more perfect example of 'midwest comedy'?

>>211399676 (OP)
>flyover town cinematic universe

>>211400140
allen doesnt pretend to represent the average american in his movies, it's a clear premise that he's showing the life of intellectual upper-middle class NY jews.

>>211403540
4 or 5 of those movies are actually really good (No, the Wes Anderson shit isn't one of them)

>>211399909
I wish we could go back to the days of not caring or catering to what 3rd world brownshit hole countries consumed. Sad to think that was reality only 20 years ago

>>211403340
Best ending of all time? Perhaps.