I had the great misfortune of attending college just as several obviously bad movies – Clerks, Napoleon Dynamite, National Lampoon’s Van Wilder – inexplicably achieved cult status. The worst of the bunch, however, was The Boondock Saints, which, for reasons unknown, has just spawned a sequel.
Will
Will writes from Washington, D.C. (well, Arlington, Virginia). You can reach him at willblogcorrespondence at gmail dot com.
Devcat is watching over, but if you notice any problems contact the editors and Devcat will be notified and deployed immediately.
on Weekend Plans Post: On a Plane to IcelandHrm. I always felt like the experience was an epiphenomenon of the deeper quest for a dinner jacket… on Weekend Plans Post: On a Plane to IcelandYou did good.
on Weekend Plans Post: On a Plane to IcelandIt's more of an 'experience'. The old way was a sales-guy talking about the fabric/color/style and t…
on Paper: Inflation and the 2024 US Presidential ElectionEdward Bennett Williams, probably the greatest trial lawyer of the generation before mine, said that… on Weekend Plans Post: On a Plane to IcelandWe have seen the lava. My buddy's eyes are better than mine, he claims to have seen the spouts from… on Weekend Plans Post: On a Plane to IcelandThe last time I got a sport coat ("It's not a blazer, sir"), I was blessed to have a chubby tailor e… on Open Mic for the week of 11/18/2024Withdrawing from the treaty wouldn't prohibit other countries from taking actions; the treaty is sel… on Weekend Plans Post: On a Plane to IcelandYeah, it turns out that the dark green suit I was interested in was 'last year's' style and all they…
on Open Mic for the week of 11/18/2024I am relatively hawkish on Ukraine since they proved their willingness to fight for their independen… on ICC Follows Through on Arrest Warrants for Israeli PM Netanyahu & OthersOn the government, no... I'm more wondering about the citizens.
November 23, 2024
November 22, 2024
November 21, 2024
November 20, 2024
on Open Mic for the week of 11/18/2024 on Paper: Inflation and the 2024 US Presidential Election on ICC Follows Through on Arrest Warrants for Israeli PM Netanyahu & Others
on ICC Follows Through on Arrest Warrants for Israeli PM Netanyahu & Others on ICC Follows Through on Arrest Warrants for Israeli PM Netanyahu & Others
on Weekend Plans Post: On a Plane to Iceland on Weekend Plans Post: On a Plane to Iceland
on Weekend Plans Post: On a Plane to Iceland
on Open Mic for the week of 11/18/2024 on ICC Follows Through on Arrest Warrants for Israeli PM Netanyahu & Others
on All the President’s Nominees: The Legion of Groom
on Paper: Inflation and the 2024 US Presidential Election on Open Mic for the week of 11/18/2024 on ICC Follows Through on Arrest Warrants for Israeli PM Netanyahu & Others
on The Mandate That Wasn’t
Dude, Clerks achieved cult status before Napolean Dynamite had ever been imagined.Report
It’s also in no way a “bad movie”. It’s a cheap, goofy, and occasionally obscene movie, but unlike its sequels, not bad. It’s still pretty hilarious, and what it does it does brilliantly.Report
Agreed. I like Clerks, though it’s not the sort of movie I can really watch over and over again…Report
I liked, but didn’t love, Boondock Saints. And I like Napoleon Dynamite a good amount, but I’m not willing to go to the mat for it. Van Wilder was pretty worthless.
But you’re going to go after Clerks? Them’s fightin’ words. That movie got me through years of working behind the register in the mid-to-late ’90s.Report
I know, seriously. I get not liking its legacy (six Jay & Silent Bob movies, really?), but Clerks itself is still great.
I had roommates that were Van Wilder fans though, and was forced to put up with it because they put their TV near the kitchen. I loathe it so.Report
It seems I should be very, very grateful that my college days were over before Van Wilder hit.Report
I’m right there with you on Boondock Saints. It’s like there’s a national bit of performance art going on, by which people claim they would take a bullet for this crappy movie, much to the vexation of guys like me not in on the gag.Report
Clerks: 1994
Boondock Saints: 1999
Van Wilder: 2002
Napoleon Dynamite: 2004
How long were you in college?Report
Movies often find cult followings years after they were released. If I remember correctly, Napoleon Dynamite came out either my freshman or sophomore year.Report
Napoleon Dynamite is one of those love-it-or-hate-it films—the film equivalent of olives. Hopefuls in Netflix’s open-source challenge—improve its Recommendation Engine by 10%—were frequently monkey wrenches in the algorithm. It was impossible to determine whether someone would like the movie or not based on past rentals.Report