Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle

what the hell is wrong with you people...politics, religion, over a movie! if you don't like it, do something about it, not talk about it especially on here. just do it!!! like P.K. don't yap about it do something!
 
I have not seen this movie but the trailer looks fantastic. I have to agree with those who said it looked like film (though it didn't matter if it did or not). In regards to the camera used how comparable is it with the Red camera?


...hopefully this question changes the subject...
 
Ian-T said:
I have not seen this movie but the trailer looks fantastic. I have to agree with those who said it looked like film (though it didn't matter if it did or not). In regards to the camera used how comparable is it with the Red camera?


...hopefully this question changes the subject...
Click to expand...

I bet the camera cost more than what the child actors were paid!:evil:
 
Sorry but this film was really disappointing for me!
It somehow remembers me Scott's film The Gladiator just because I don't see why the Academy still nominates this kind of movies!!!

It's one of the most cliché boy meets girl film that I remember seeing in this last few years, with a ridiculous narrative technique of constant Flashback/forward motion, with a even more ridiculous story of an adolescent that can unimaginably respond to all the questions on a Quiz Show just because... And that's plain stupid, he just passed through the right experiences of life to know the answers!!!!

Ahhh... Common! Everybody knows that coincidence never worked on film (Like to take some of the few exception here, and this is definitely not one of them).

But what the hell... I'm European, so I guess I don't understand it!!

On the other hand... Two US films blew me away this year: The amazing return of Mickey in the astonishing The Wrestler, and the double team Penn/Van Sant in Milk.
 
Last edited:
If Benjamin Button is Forrest Gump without "soul", then Slumdog Millionaire is City of God mixing Bollywood and Hollywood magic. Its a feel good film, very well shot. It will probably win best director. It will be, however, though to see if this goes all the way and "wins" the final prize. We are in a year of depression, of crisis, and maybe, just maybe, this factor will be enough to give Slumdog that extra push among the other contestants...
 
spidey said:
the movie is about destiny.
Click to expand...

It's about destiny when it comes to the contrived love story. Is it about destiny when slum villagers are slaughtered off incidentally, though? The films strikes different philosophies to suit different moments and different characters. It is one cliche after another. By the time the 3 Musketeers question happened, even my wife was scoffing at the amateur plot treatment.
 
Last edited:
hey it was a book first, blame the publisher.

also if you go by certain cultures, destiny/fate a huge part of they lives. Where in western belief, I quote terminator 2 for this: there is no fate, but what you make.

So those innocence bystanders being killed off help further his destiny, which prompt two thing his love story and to be the first person to win who wants to be a millionaire. Were they destiny to die? perhaps not everyone is predestined for anything but things can be rewritten before they happen, laws of Karma... but perhaps some people are destined for great things and to be great people or to have great romances.

I dunno. yes the story had been done but it was interesting fun. and the cliche yes they have all been done before. Come up with a new thing that hasn't been done and you'll be consider out of the norm or eventual a cliche if other tend to do it. That's where the writer has control and if they don't make "head in the box" type of story, then they don't.
 
Last edited:
spidey said:
also if you go by certain cultures, destiny/fate a huge part of they lives. Where in western belief, I quote terminator 2 for this: there is no fate, but what you make.
Click to expand...

The problem is that one idea is conducive to good drama, and the other is not. Drama is based on the choices characters make when confronted by conflict. Taking away the element of choice, and basing every plot turn on fate or destiny or chance or coincidence, makes for poor storytelling.
 
SPOILERS

Well, one could argue that he chose his own path- he fought for what he believed. He believed in his love for Latika. This drove him to get back to his hometown to find her- which also made his brother chose his fate- Jamal's actions where moved by love, not because he believed in destiny- he didn't care about winning the contest. When he heard Latika's voice on the other side of the line, he just didn't care about the money anymore. Remember, he was "given" B by the host, and he chose D because that's what life has tought him, not fate. If he believed in destiny, or fate, he would've chosen B.

EDIT- and as for the plot, sincerely, I really liked watching more a, well "romanticized" story of contemporary India then watch a soulless Forrest Gump telling a story of contemporary USA with the added chapter of Katrina. Between Benjamin and this, most certainly Slumdog. Today I'll see Frost/Nixon and Milk. Unfortunately I have no chance to see The Reader... And I'll be talking at the local radio on the Oscar's broadcast! BAD RESEARCH! :)
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top