...who thought this movie was truly terrible. I saw Napoleon Dynamite on opening day and I thought it has NONE of the charm of Napoleon.
I had to skip through the movie because it was so awful. Adrian Grenier was alright I guess, but that's all relative since the rest of the movie was so bad.
According to rotten tomatoes, it's only received a 25% rating, so perhaps you're not alone. What a pity, considering the talent they have in the cast.
shareBest movie review ever...and it shows you are not the only one.
http://www.chud.com/articles/articles/13370/1/SUNDANCE-REVIEW-ADVENTURES-OF-POWER/Page1.html
No it wasn't very good at all. I am all for these kinds of comedy's, but this one was long and boring and not very funny.
shareI thought it was really bad as well, it was just plain boring. Like one review said, it's a cash movie...just imitate and milk the trend.
shareNo you just weren't in the right 'mood'. I've watched Napoleon Dynamite in a bad or blah mood and thought the very same thing. Interesting how that happens. Not that this was the best movie, but it's not near as bad as you guys are making it out to be. It was good!
shareI found the film absolutely painful, and while I don't quite share Devin's degree of venom, I otherwise agree. It's yet another try-hard, would-be "quirky" comedy, of the kind that has been polluting Sundance for the last few years. And I did like Napoleon Dynamite because it had some genuinely funny and memorable ideas (like the time machine), whereas this took one lame idea (air-drumming) and beat it to death for an hour and a half, and expected the audience to fall over laughing.
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You're wrong about that, I checked the IMDb rating and was quite excited to see it. I was expecting something funny, I could not tolerate the recycled jokes and the bad cinematography (it wasn't indie, it was just bad). Napoleon Dynamite wasn't as excellent as people say but it had character and was way better than this. I could not bear watching this to the end - at about 3/4 I started playing with my phone out of boredom and left. I love indie/small budget movies but this was just riding the trend, nasty.
shareIt seems the ratings speak for themselves, 6.7 ain't that bad.
shareGAWD am i glad i stumbled across this Thread Of REASON. After seeing/hearing the ad nauseum (and 'nauseating') comparisons to the truly hysterical 'napoleon dynamite' i just had to see 'power'. This evening, just minutes ago, ended the agonizing consecutive attempt #2 to sit thru this wretched piece of crap and this time made it to the hour mark before nearly committing suicide (and ending the movie). 'Quirky' is one thing, relentlessly, excruciatingly, criminally-unfunny is quite another. This is wrong on every conceivable level. I'm wondering why the h*ll michael mckean, jane lynch and steven williams (the black guy 'carlos' - recognize him from the blues brothers & recurring role in 'the equalizer'?) are associated with this garbage. What's next for these obviously-desperate actors after this bile? Rectal suppository infomercials? I think this and 'the expendables' are the absolute worst, offensively-bad movies i've seen in the last six month time period (sorry for the rambling rant here everybody). Run FAR away from this one.
shareNapolean Dynamite sucked. Get over your obsessions and live a little, Mr. I've got waay too much free time and have something lodged inside of my rectum. that's your head man. inside your rectum. :D
shareIt's spelled napole-O-n. I submit a perfectly VALID opinion on this exceptionally awful movie and receive unsolicited, puerile abuse in return that has literally nothing to do with the discussion in this thread. Enjoy your ongoing experiments with 'things that will fit inside my rectum'. Up next: defenseless gerbil(s).
sharei agree!!! when i first saw this movie, i thought it was ridiculous and stupid and it wasnt funny at all. I stared at the screen most of the time with a blank face..Adrian Grenier was alright, i think thats the only reason why i watched it for a few more minutes
shareI turned this off halfway through. There were basically zero funny moments. There were some jokes that had potential, but they seemed to fall flat. I will say that Ari Gold did a pretty good job of capturing a small New Mexico town (I speak from experience here). Other than though, I do not get what is funny about air drumming. Maybe it is because I am a female and I also lack musical talent, but is there some inside joke about air drumming that I am not getting?The joke was tired and old about 15 minutes into the movie. It just was not a joke or plot device that could carry an entire feature length movie. It was gag that could carry one episode of That 70s Show.
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