Slumdog Millionaire

[Grumpy_Jimbo]

Great Movie............................

Short and simple

[withahip]

"I think spectacles like this are a slap in the face of the poor, while those who can afford a movie ticket can celebrate cozily the ridiculous notion that love conquers all.

The movie tries very hard to be bittersweet but even its ironies are so obvious they hit you over the head with a hammer. Forget about subtlety, which it utterly lacks, just one true feeling, one real, dimensional human behavior, would have been welcome.
The story of a slum child in Mumbai who survives absolute horror to be the winner of Who Wants to Be A Millionaire for his one true love, could have been far more touching, truer and deeper, had anybody bothered writing something other than clichés. Ambitiously, through the adventures of Jamal and his brother Salim, the movie tries to depict India in a nutshell, from the orphan slum dwellers of Mumbai, to the telemarketing middle class kids of the new India, even with a necessary, picture postcard detour at the Taj Mahal."

[Frank The Bunny]

"I think spectacles like this are a slap in the face of the poor, while those who can afford a movie ticket can celebrate cozily the ridiculous notion that love conquers all.

The movie tries very hard to be bittersweet but even its ironies are so obvious they hit you over the head with a hammer. Forget about subtlety, which it utterly lacks, just one true feeling, one real, dimensional human behavior, would have been welcome.
The story of a slum child in Mumbai who survives absolute horror to be the winner of Who Wants to Be A Millionaire for his one true love, could have been far more touching, truer and deeper, had anybody bothered writing something other than clichés. Ambitiously, through the adventures of Jamal and his brother Salim, the movie tries to depict India in a nutshell, from the orphan slum dwellers of Mumbai, to the telemarketing middle class kids of the new India, even with a necessary, picture postcard detour at the Taj Mahal."

Did you see it yourself or are you just being a dick by quoting a negative review?

I can quote reviews, too: "Boyle’s most ambitious film to date is also his greatest. Simply put, Slumdog Millionaire in one of the best—if not the best—films of 2008, as teeming with life as the slums it depicts."

[withahip]

Did you see it yourself or are you just being a dick by quoting a negative review?

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Oh, bite me Frank.

When I see it, I will write back and report how wonderful it is like 99.9% of the population. The only negative review of that movie was by a blogger and I posted it because I found the views interesting. The entire world thinks this movie is wonderful.

I am suspect of a movie that everyone who has never been to a culture finds so inspiring and amazing. India has got to be one of the most depressing places I have ever seen and the review hit a chord.

http://grandenchilada.blogspot.com/2008 ... naire.html

[Frank The Bunny]

I haven't seen it. Don't care to see it.

Still, I do see your logic. I remember declaring my hatred for all things E.T. when that film came out, even though I hadn't seen it (still haven't). Everybody liked it, so I was sure I'd hate it. I was a rebel. An anarchist. A 16 year old anarchist rebel Boy Scout with a paper route.

[tonywojo]

I haven't seen it. Don't care to see it.

Still, I do see your logic. I remember declaring my hatred for all things E.T. when that film came out, even though I hadn't seen it (still haven't). Everybody liked it, so I was sure I'd hate it. I was a rebel. An anarchist. A 16 year old anarchist rebel Boy Scout with a paper route.

the review looked crap.

[withahip]

the review looked crap.

So you can read full sentences?

[tonywojo]

So you can read full sentences?

it was a tv review eejit

[JackT]

I haven't seen it. Don't care to see it.

Still, I do see your logic. I remember declaring my hatred for all things E.T. when that film came out, even though I hadn't seen it (still haven't). Everybody liked it, so I was sure I'd hate it. I was a rebel. An anarchist. A 16 year old anarchist rebel Boy Scout with a paper route.

I love that movie, btw.

[Grumpy_Jimbo]

Well I fecking saw it and enjoyed it.......

And the only critic I really care about is me, so don't be a tosser and quote reviews of a film you ain't seen...... I bet you buy your cd's on what the NME review says........

Oh and I've been to India.........

[withahip]

[withahip]

it was a tv review eejit

No, it was a blog review. I posted the link. Or are you also unable to use articles?

[withahip]

Slumdog Millionaire was named best film drama, one of four Golden Globes Danny Boyle's Mumbai-set movie received.