Slumdog Millionaire

well i could definitely see how it could go over like gangbusters in the US. it's "different" (brown people speaking english) yet it still has the type of drama everyone here craves.

  Charles Nelson Reilly said:

favorite part though was

 

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when he had to jump into the shit pile to get amitabh's signature

that was a fuckng lol. plus a little reference to trainspotting too maybe. same with the running from the cops after cricket scene

we won the soundtrack in some before screening trivia. we knew danny boyles first film. some dumbass said '28 days later'

i'm sorry but i didn't think the chick was that hot. don't get me wrong, she was ok but nothing to write home about... and i tend to like brown women so i dunno :confused:

i've seen her on letterman and the SAG awards and she is at least twice as hot as herself than she is in the film

  Fred McGriff said:

she looked ridiculous in HD at the sag awards last night. i was like, wtf? that's ridicluous! (i actually said it as "ridicluous")

unbelievably "fiiii-i-i-i-ne" or was she lookin weirdz?... nevermind just saw your latest post

anyway yah the diving into shit to get the autograph was by far the greatest part of the movie

My man-juice was all over the place when they cut her cheek

I thought it was really fun to watch, like a music video. I think 'crowd-pleaser' really sums it up.

I wished I knew more about the historical and cultural context, because I didn't have much of an idea of what events exactly I was seeing depicted, what in the history he was referencing.

To me, that girl is not just hot but beautiful, in the sense that you almost feel she deserves you do something reverent like say a little prayer before you rub one out to her.

she's going to be a superstar in the US. she handles herself like an indian julia roberts

now excuse me while i go handle myself like a pubescent chimp on speed

does she has a latino name?

  Benedict Cumberbatch said:

does she has a latino name?

La Chica Don Juan

This was crap from start to finish.

Well there is a surprise.

fucking hated this film, seriously, danny boyle has done so much better and now this is the film he gets the acclaim for? bullshit. it's entirely unoriginal and hackneyed. also the ending blew

alright film; not sure about best of the year. i still find the wrestler pretty hard to beat, but i haven't seen let the right one in yet.

Squalor of India + HD photography + MIA in the soundtrack does not = good.

Quite simply, you can't get more ridiculous or loltastic than the ending, either.

Nobody here found this to be utterly patronizing? It doesn't help that the film crew treated the locals like shit and didn't even fucking pay them.

This film was Born Into Brothels meets Generic Hollywood Formula. Guild-ridden centrist liberal nonsense!

*guilt

Mirezzi, if they wanted to show the slums of India, and made it a total depressing super indie film, than they'd only be talking to the people who've already seen it.

It makes a lot of sense really to put in bullshit like MIA to appeal to the mass audience, it's worth it to get that chance to also show the poverty. Not to mention it's following it's own geographical tradition of bollywood.

  Mirezzi said:

Squalor of India + HD photography + MIA in the soundtrack does not = good.

 

Quite simply, you can't get more ridiculous or loltastic than the ending, either.

 

Nobody here found this to be utterly patronizing? It doesn't help that the film crew treated the locals like shit and didn't even fucking pay them.

 

This film was Born Into Brothels meets Generic Hollywood Formula. Guild-ridden centrist liberal nonsense!

yeah man spot on, entirely condescending tripe through and through. people who think this is acceptable cinema should go watch shallow grave and remember how great danny boyle used to be (except the beach)

also, i like your avatar dude, i just wrote an article on the shining last week :grin:

You guys seriously couldn't find this?

[illegal torrent link removed]

maybe this thread is old...

yep, it's old....

I have a tendency to start new threads about movies once they're out on DVD and I assume most people find that annoying.

Anyhow, Slumdog far exceeded my expectations that it would be terrible.

so you hated it like I did?

  Atop said:

so you hated it like I did?

Probably more. I really just thought it was a fucking mess...an incredibly disingenuous one at that.

It must be said, however, that the script was the worst part of the movie. As much as I blame Boyle for its shortcomings, it's not like I'd want any filmmaker to take on this script.

never have I like Boyle, have seen Trainspotting one and a half times...

and almost everything at an average of a half watching.....

when given the choice I have turned most of his films off towards the middle....