Napoleon Dynamite (2004) HOW DID IT AGE? with
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Episode 5 of our Movie segment HOW DID IT AGE?
Ro Ramdin joins us to revisit the 2004 Cult Classic Comedy 'Napoleon Dynamite' Starring Jon Heder. Let us know what movie we should watch next!
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Fun fact: The actor who played the bully went on an anti-bullying campaign where he would speak at schools and show his clips from the movie. He went to my middle school a few months after release. I still got bullied though.
deserved as a hivemind fan
average hivemind fan
riley has a weird vince vaughn and justin long fetish so dodgeball seems like a pretty easy lock to see at some point this series
Who wouldn't have a Justin Long fetish? He's been in every Oscar winning movie ever
They should do a Tusk review
Doesn't fuck with him to Justin long way anymore
Dodgeball is one of my faves but bc of Ben Stiller. hes one of the best comedy actors from that time imo and kills every scene in that movie.
and someone else said it but yeah we dont fuck w Justin Long anymore he was having like parties where young girls were drinking (or smth of that nature)
i loved the hell out of that movie as a kid haha, definitely a classic
Bro I literally watched this last night and I'm not a Patreon or channel member or anything so I had no idea this movie would be covered. The timing is unreal.
Timing be crazy sometimes like that i was watching step brothers a few days before they dropped that vid
@@yeloe4479 I watched Talladega Nights right before the Step Brothers one dropped, but it was a literal coin flip between Step Brothers and Ricky Bobby that night. In an alternate timeline, I too watched Step Brothers right before the Hivemind video lol
So crazy when life syncs up like that🤙🏾
he knew he knew he knew he knew he knew he knew he knew
I was litteraly gonna warn JFK that he should watch out for an assasanation. The timing was unreal.
Need them to do superbad next, feels like the perfect movie for this series
PLEASEEEEE I NEED THIS!!!!! i love superbad (and michael cera) 😞
Would Zombieland be crazy for next?
dignan personally read this comment and granted your wish
guess what
@@tylersometimes truly honored
I'm boutta print out shirts that just say "Vote for Dignan" after watching this
"Your mom goes to college" has always been my favourite line
Heck yes
And then she immediately runs away leaving her stuff behind 😭
rex’s wife wasn’t trans?? she’s portrayed by a cis female bodybuilder
Yeah that was a very confusing segment. The movie only plays her for a laugh that she's actually more jacked than Rex is. Weird to have not even Googled to double check before dedicating that much time to talking about it.
Yea I didn't remember her as being or seeming trans either
That feels icky to me, like because she’s so buff she can’t be a “real woman” or something… just feels icky.
I thought I was crazy for a minute.
Yeah I had to look it up. The actor is Carmen Brady who is not trans. I think Ro might be misinterpreting. We trans folk get desperate for good representation lol
"I caught you a delicious bass" takes the cake for best line for me
Ligers walked so Fourphins Porpoises could run.
Hoping y’all would mention my favorite part where Kip is doing the Tupperware demonstration and attempts to run over one of the containers with Rico’s van. When it explodes, his simple and defeated of delivery of “Dang it” makes me cry laughing every time!!
And then he just drives off, presumably leaving behind that whole sale with that lady just standing in her yard xD
Yep, that wasn't actually supposed to explode and he improvised the "dang it" and driving off.
As a Mormon who is 25 and went to college in rural Idaho, this movie is such a landmark cultural piece for members of the church, it is quoted often and has been watched at many sleepovers.
And for the record that is 100% actually what Preston Idaho is still like, it feels like a portal to the past. everyone there is old, and it just doesn’t feel like a real place. They really captured the energy there it’s hilarious
This movie captures the weird rural west so well. People ask if it’s from the 70s but that’s just what Idaho/ Utah is like
For real, I grew up about 10 minutes away from Preston and the amount of shrines in houses and restaurants that they used in the movie is unreal 😂
Rexs wife isnt trans shes just a body builder
Carmen Brady is the actor.
Yeah that comment was weird. Feels oddly transphobic in a way to assume a woman with some masculine features must be a trans woman.
I absolutely love how Rico genuinely believes he could throw a football over the mountains in the distance. It is delivered with no sense of joking whatsoever, he's just so delusional about how good he was and he thinks it's bullshit that nobody believes him
Alright, I just hit 17:29, and I knew they were gonna miss it
How could you possibly ignore the best line delivery in all of cinema history when the farmer incoherently says "over there in that pigpen I found a couple of Shoshone arrowheads"
ro is giving us babushka realness with the floral today
I genuinely think this is my favorite series that Hivemind has ever done
I luv it when they get real serious about what they are talking about. I miss their album reviews.
I think we need one of the next episodes to be The Big Lebowski
Had the same thought. One of my favorite ever
Outstanding viewing experience, but only in the witching hours
Not really the vibe of the movies they've been watching but shore why not
The Big Lebowski and Idiocracy were the two that came to my mind first
Yes to both of these. Prob idiocracy is better for hivemind.
currently at the indy 500 in the pouring rain waiting for this to come so i can crawl under the bar table and watch all by my lonesome
Make sure a car doesn’t crash into you (I see you broski)
Rex's wife is not trans in the movie. Actress Carmen Brady is a cis woman.
I feel like Kip works as a "what a midwestern guy thinks is urban" because he's learning about it online and doesn't know how he should act. Not to say it didnt age weird haha
it’s an absolute classic and it’s aged amazingly
the scene where the camera was just rolling and they caught the one farmer talking about the arrowheads he found in the creek bed nearby is gold
I feel like Rose dresses ahead of our time. Like she's wearing what Gen Z will be wearing in 30 years
Had a horrible day today, seeing these legends collaborate was the exact pick me up I needed. Thank you
“I can’t do it” and “I want that” are still quoted by family constantly
riley is just jealous that lafawnduh matched kips freak
8:15, YES the delivery of "i want that" has been seared into my personal lexicon for 20 years
also, i don’t think rex’s wife is supposed to be transgender
Agree - she’s just built and supposed to be a caricature of an American gladiator.
I saw this millions of times when it came out and I have ZERO recollection of that aspect [edit: a word]
@@emmaseckso1870 yeah i was so confused when they said it so casually
She wasn't lmao they just saw a buff woman and assumed she was trans
Yeah I don’t know where they got that
ro is such a great fit for this show, I loved all the trivia about the movie she came in with!! cannot wait until she’s on the main channel
She's also hilarious. 27:51
being an ex-mormon turns this movie into a horror-comedy bc you relate too hard with the vibe of the goodwill clothes/furniture and midwest meals in the intro
i think the reason napoleon and pedro do the cow/milk testing thing is so that they can get cool looking jackets while campaigning
I want ro on every video from now on
NON-WIPERS STAND UP
Salamander Rick Heads Unite
Please sit back down and wipe
Proud day to be a non wiper
OMG HI SALAMANDER RICK IN THE WILD
If you watch the deleted scenes you can see Napoleon fishing in a small river
You guys NEED to do Rushmore, one of the funniest movies ever and I feel like it really aligns with yall's humor.
one of my favorite series you guys do! Shoutout Ro!
Omg literally watched this at lunch like a couple hours before this video comes out and had no idea you guys were going to cover it
I think it would be really funny if all of sudden you guys reviewed something like The English Patient after reviewing 2000’s comedies
i absolutely am obsessed with this series plz keep it going for ever
Sooooo when is hivemind covering Mean Girls
my 3rd fav movie of all time, please hivemind 🙏
We need some chick flicks in this bish
Guess what
@@Quonka chicken butt
Can someone confirm if Carmen Brady (the actor of Rex’s wife) is actually transgender or if the character was supposed to be so? Pretty sure she’s a woman who’s a bodybuilder
Shes not. She's just a body builder and it was really weird for them to assume it was a trans woman just because they were muscular
@@real96yeah it’s odd
one of my favorite movies and two of my favorite youtubers i’m literally crying
Two? What happened to Riley? Obviously it's not Graydon or Dignan missing, I learned long ago that neither of them can fall ill or die or even get injured. It's literally never happened! 😄
@@dolphone6748 Hivemind is a unit. Riley and Graydon and Dignan only exist in the context of this UA-cam channel and never individually. Look at the name of this channel. Really think about it. I hope this helped!
Most dap hungry guest only second to maybe quonk
good gravy i love when ro is on here, she has so much care and heart and curiosity and her humor is so sharp it's unreal
RO RAMDIN RO RAMDIN RO RAMDIN !!!!
literally my favorite movie ever! this episode of hdig was awesome! thanks yalllll
2nd fav movie of all time behind 'It's Such a Beautiful Day' by Don Hertzfeldt
I saw this when it came out and immediately fell in love with Jamiroquai
For years I was convinced Canned Heat was made for the film, I refused to believe it was a real song.
My favorite movie of all time, my most rewatched movie. It’s gotten to the point where every line delivered is comedy gold to me.
Lyle taking care of the meat problem is one of the funniest things in movie history.
Found this channel from copes making merch with you guys and been hooked since
I’m actually related to Jon heder and it’s always crazy to me to see how weirdly popular this movie has remained throughout the years
my number 1 comfort movie, my go-to when i just want something playing in the background to create a nice atmosphere... i've probably watched it 100+ times. the fucking best!
Napoleon dynamite is the blueprint for camp. Oh dear,,, Ro knows what tf is up 😂
LETS GOOOOOO RO AND MY FAVORITE MOVIE EVER
Napoleons uncle’s character made me laugh the most
I mean this so earnestly: this is my superbowl. I hope Ro wins and gets to go to Disneyland!!!
Also i don't think rex's wife is presented as trans, or that she was "played for laughs" or something
A female bodybuilder; they just assumed a muscular woman would be trans…
I don't think she was trans or played for laughs but he whole point was to point out how rex wasn't as strong as his wife, trying to have a macho look.
i know they've worked together already on scott pilgrim vs the world but i feel that recasting napoleon and kip as michael cera and kieran culkin respectively would be perfect
Ive been waiting for this How Did it Age ever since the indictment
Love watching these and then watching the movie with the added context. I’ve never seen napoleon dynamite, so this makes me pumped. ❤
roramdin is can’t miss too. So good.
lowkey wanna know their opinion on scott pilligrim
My guess is they’d agree the plot is outdated and doesn’t stand the test of time, but the directing and theme carry the film
Y’all need to watch one of David Lynch films. I’d recommend Blue Velvet. The Pabst Blue Ribbon line is the best in cinematic history
Graydon was in both of those so he will be biased
RO RAMDIN SURPRISE GUEST?!?! EARLY BIRTHDAY PRESENT!!
This movie is what I used to watch to fall asleep as a kid cuz the nostalgia it creates for a different time with my humor is just so amazing
I haven't even started the video yet but they better love this movie, it's literally my favorite movie of all time
I don’t think Riley knows what camp means lmao
Yeah LOL
@@jayceq5281campy and camp mean the same thing
camp doesn’t just mean gay, if that’s what you’re implying
@@GiveMeTheRice Idk even so i don’t think susan sontag would sign off on napoleon dynamite as camp yk. I think the movie is super stylish and charmingly independent, and I feel like riley got that mixed up with camp. It’s missing the audaciousness to me
Nah rileys completely right, sure camp aesthetics are associated with gay community but it’s an old ass term basically describing the aesthetic of something that’s purposely low budget for stylistic/ironic purposes
Even though this is an indie film, it never felt like some hidden gem that "if you knew it, I knew you had good taste." I was in middle school when this came out and it was like an instant hit with teens at that time. I remember Hot Topic would sell Napoleon merch.
I also cringed at the assumption that Rex Kwon Do's wife was trans. She's not. Its a cisgendered woman who is a bodybuilder.
Ya, I don't know what he is talking about. It was pretty much popular right when it was released.
roramdin was a really good guest for this. matched the vibe
please keep bringing in guests for this series :D
You guys gotta do the 2004 underrated gem “Without a Paddle”
Two things:
1. As a black man, I think the Lafawduh/Kip dynamic aged great. Obviously I don't speak for all black people, but it is comfortably offensive and hilarious. Kip doesn't say the n-word and Lafawnduh isn't overly sexualized nor made to seem ghetto. She's cool and out of Kip's league which is the joke. The fact that they can love each other while being so culturally different is both funny and endearing. While slightly offensive, it doesn't make me uncomfortable.
2. The bully wanting tots or chips is hilarious because Idaho is potato land. The license plate literally says "Famous Potatoes". That's a very minor, but funny detail.
Build her a cake or something was my go to whenever going to a potluck 😂
45:08 this was soo funny to me because the ladies who do that dance, one of them is my aunt and the rest of them are her friends. They really were just people who live in Preston, Idaho and happened to be friends of a friend of someone working on the film.
Finally reviewing the best movie of all time. Hope they don’t tear it apart 🙏
For a movie that aged bad in some areas and well in others, Scott pilgrim feels like it’s on the horizon
I literally went to a Napoleon dynamite fan event the other day in a full costume. this is my Super Bowl
I haven’t seen this since 7th grade because, for some reason, we watched it in Spanish class. And there was a guy in my class named Lafonda and everyone was making jokes at him whenever she came on screen
I still think that live action Cat in the Hat holds up
Ur right
It is quite literally one of my favourite movies of all time and I’m nearly 30 years old. I watched it so many times when I was younger that I had the whole thing memorized
I think the humor in Lafawnduh and Kip's dynamic is less that she's "making him act black", and more that Kip is kind of a tryhard/poser who is awkwardly trying to fit in with his new Girlfriend based on his own stereotypes and assumptions. Her buying him a chain is honestly kinda sweet, doesn't strike me as too mean or racist, maybe a little cheeky at most. But then again I think what makes it funny is less anything specifically about Lafawnduh's race and more that Kip is so incredibly white and nerdy on his own.
What do y'all think?
I’ve been meaning to go as Rex Kwon Do for Halloween for a few years now. The only reason I haven’t is that it’s surprisingly hard to find full US flag pants in Canada (depressing)
Love to see ro w hivemind, would be crazy to see the hivemind gang do haikus on a ro stream
As someone from Idaho, this movie holds a special place in my life. EVERYONE watched and cherished it and it was a big deal that it was filmed here. Preston, Idaho is only “touristy” for this movie - and that city really stinks
idk the lofonda and rex wife was handled well. their both lovely people. its just being incongruous as possible.
Ro watching the Mormonest movies of all time: these don’t strike me as very Mormon
u gotta do Wet Hot American Summer too at some point (maybe even talk abt the netflix miniseries if youve seen them, theyre are also pretty good)
I think it would be fun to do some even older movies in this series, like the blues brothers and etc.
i love ro!!!
Hivemind dictates what movies I watch now. Such a masterpiece to revisit.
I seriously watched this movie like 3-4 times a day for like 6 months
First time i watched this movie was while i was in the hospital in 2022. I was dealing with pancreatitis and alcohol withdrawals and hopped up on morphine. The reason why this movie hold a place in my heart is because it was the first time in a long time that i genuinely laughed. And maybe it was the morphine, maybe it was the movie, but the entire thing was so strange that even through hallucinations, pain etc, i still sat through the entire thing giggling away.
I was hoping Ro Ramdin would just only communicate in sound effects.
Glad they finally got Ro on the show!!
Speaking of John Waters, I’d love to hear Riley and Graydon’s thoughts on Serial Mom. Hope we get an episode on that one day.
Hey Hivemind and Ro, love ur content and this is my favorite movie ever but it does feel a little weird to assume that Carmen Brady (who plays Starla) is a trans woman. I think that trans rights & representation are incredibly important but I looked into whether or not Brady is trans and there is no evidence to suggest that (she’s also a huge MAGA trumper so she’s probably not). She totally could be a transgender woman but it’s really her business and it just felt a bit strange to see yall assume that based on her physique. Either way tho still a great video, yall really tapped into what makes the movie so special
oops my bad lol, my brain is always in trans mode and i just assumed that the pot/chest stuff was alluding to top surgery. totally my fumble.
@@roramdin no worries at all, I get it, plus like you said there’s definitely a chance they were trying to play it for laughs in that way (in which case it’s good to have a discussion about it)
I would love to see yall do this for Waiting
31:25 as a fellow seattleite i can confirm ro did raise seabiscuit, i think i used to see her at the stables sometimes. seabiscuit was a good horse but he could never compare to my beautiful boy william billiam "fast runner" mcjohnson. you never heard his name at the seattle kentucky derby but oh boy did he leave his mark in many a heart. and some scars on my arm but i did cover it in oats that day so that one's kind of on me.
Fun fact, I went to that actual high school and grew up in that town. Even worked at the chicken farm.