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Napoleon Dynamite: The Complete Quote Book: Based on the Hit Film from Fox Searchlight Pictures

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This is the first officially published Napoleon Dynamite book by the Fox studio, but they should publish something much better and in-depth for this awesome movie.

This book is exactly what the title claims it is, a book full of quotes from the film. But since fans of the movie ALREADY have all of the best quotes memorized and in daily use, this book is best used by casual fans who might remember some amusing moments, but they didn't get into the film enough to trade quotes with their friends at work, school, or around the house, on a regular basis. Unfortunately, casual fans probably don't care enough to purchase a Napoleon Dynamite book. "Idiots!"

This book could have been better with more photos, bigger photos, photos of Summer Wheatley, (there are NO photos of Summer!), printed larger on the page. The text is mostly large headline text that takes up most of the page, on most of the pages.

The book takes about 15 minutes to read its 92 pages.

The only thing new that I learned is that Corinna is the name of the girl who answers the phone at Pedro's house, and Vern is the name of the little boy on the bus who asks Napoleon what he is going to do today.

This book is not TOO expensive, for what you get, so hardcore fans of the movie might as well buy it for their home libraries, or to leave sitting around as a conversation piece.

What we really need is an official MAKING OF Napoleon Dynamite book! With an infinity of sweet photography of behind the scenes stuff, and a detailed account of how the movie got made. Maybe throw in some interviews and commentary from the ensemble cast, etc.

There is an UNofficial Napoleon Dynamite book out, called "Taming a Liger: Unexpected Spiritual Lessons from Napoleon Dynamite," by Jeff Dunn and Adam Palmer, which is a pretty good read. That book has more insightful observations to consider, for the hardcore Napoleon movie fans.

This book is NOT a rip-off, because it is exactly what it says it is, a quote book. It's just not a very useful book, and a higher quality, more encompassing effort is yet to be officially published.

While I bought this for my thirteen year-old daughter, everyone who loves the movie has gushed over it. It is a silly piece of fluff, and great fun. We have laughed over it, played "who said this?" and generally lost 15 IQ points discussing it. My wife thinks there is something wrong with us, but then she hasn't seen the movie.

Nothing new to this book - just quotes from the movie. If you're a big fan of the movie, you probably already memorized most of the quotes. If you have friends who are big fans and you're feeling left out and want to be able to use some of the sweet quotes they're using, then the book would be good for that.

If you liked the movie, then you'll like this book. The book is perfect for this movie too as there are many quotable lines from the movie. There are also many still photograph and illustrations from the movie and it's all put together well.

The book is redundant in that it is a book of quotes from, yes, the movie with the same name. And probably most people who are interested in the book will own the movie. Or will have seen it so many times that they can already quote it. I like the book, though. It's funny, everyone gets a kick out of it, and you just can't get enough of Napolean.

Purchased this for a friend as a gift, ended up reading it too. Fun for any fan of the film. Gosh, just buy it already.
VOTE FOR PEDRO!
Buy it with the film, to make a great gift-pack as well.

I really enjoyed this book. I originally said it was for my 10 year old son, but let's be honest, it was really for me. This is one of the funniest movies ever and now all the great quotes are right here in 1 book.

Very funny. Great reminder of the highlights in the movie. I bought this for my wife as she is a fan of the movie, and she read it cover to cover and laughed loud and often.

For those who can never get enough of ND or ND quotes -- not that they're all here (that would be the entire script) but a lot of my favorites are. Of course, to do them justice you have to do your best impersonations of Napoleon, Pedro, Uncle Rico, Kip, etc. Great fun even if you aren't ready for prime time.

I bought this book two weeks ago, the book is as good as the movie for the price being paid.
The shipping is great too, I received it 3 days after I ordered.