Slumdog Millionaire

[Kal]

you guys are fucking out of touch with reality at this point... i read this board and i dont know what the hell people will say... this is shit but then everyone is fucking excited for harold and kumar... who the fuck understands you all.

anyways this is an amazing film. its fucking great. you can argue how thousands of films have the same storylines, but they can still be different. love stories are different because of how they are told, and everything else around it. the music here is terrific, the editing too, and the performances are amazing considering that nobody knows any of the actors... it shows how you dont need fucking phil hoffman or cate blanchet to have a great film, you need vision and an unbelievably good script. 

[cinemanarchist]

you guys are fucking out of touch with reality at this point... i read this board and i dont know what the hell people will say... this is shit but then everyone is fucking excited for harold and kumar... who the fuck understands you all.

anyways this is an amazing film. its fucking great. you can argue how thousands of films have the same storylines, but they can still be different. love stories are different because of how they are told, and everything else around it. the music here is terrific, the editing too, and the performances are amazing considering that nobody knows any of the actors... it shows how you dont need fucking phil hoffman or cate blanchet to have a great film, you need vision and an unbelievably good script. 

Just because you loved a movie we didn't doesn't make us out of touch. You are totally correct about there only being a couple stories to tell and how it basically boils down to how the story is told but in this case I didn't feel the story was told in a way that brought anything new or interesting to the table. On top of that, for being a love story I felt zero connection between the two leads and by the end I just didn't care. That Bollywood dance number also seemed really out of place and tacky.

[hedwig]

who was excited for harold and kumar?

EDIT: the correct answer is NOBODY.

[Kal]

who was excited for harold and kumar?

probably pubrick and stefen.

[Stefen]

You're the one who DVR's Grey's Anatomy and thought Godard was dead, but sure, I guess Pubrick and I are the ones who are out of touch and don't know good/intelligent/hard to comprehend shit if it hit us on the head.

Also, I haven't even posted in this thread and Pubrick hasn't even posted this year, so stop calling is out.

Also, nice Sopranos av, dude. Quality and difficult to grasp entertainment right dere.

[hedwig]

andykal, i'm gonna buy you a punching bag for hanukkah.

[john]

Good or bad, still not interested.

And I like Danny Boyle, too.

I'd go as far as to say, I'd much rather see Bedtime Stories, than this - if only given those two options. Seems equally self congratulatory and somehow less shameless about it's feel good intentions.

Not that I'm saying there is ANYTHING wrong with you intentions being wholly to make an audience feel good.

Nevermind... I'll probably end up recanting all of this when I actually see it.

Point is: Sandler makes candy rain. What the fuck can this kid do?

[picolas]

Point is: Sandler makes candy rain. What the fuck can this kid do?

win lots of prestigious awards and great reviews.

[Stefen]

Sandler has worked with PTA, though.......

[picolas]

but i'm talking about bedtime stories, which looks on par with click. not sandler's career.

[Ravi]

SPOILER






This was a good film more for the feel of the city than anything else.  The story itself isn't all that great, but man is there some serious atmosphere.  If you've ever been to India, this is what its like.  Its how this story is told that made this film entertaining.  However, the second half was not as good as the first half, where it settled into a groove and even got ridiculous, with the game show host having the kid tortured.

[cinemanarchist]

I want an American remake with Regis whacking some kid in the nuts ala Casino Royale.

[bonanzataz]

This was a good film more for the feel of the city than anything else.  The story itself isn't all that great, but man is there some serious atmosphere. 

yeah, i appreciated the movie for that, but by the time the atmosphere had been established, what i really wanted was a story that made me feel like sitting there for another 45 minutes. if you want to do a movie that's about establishing place and aesthetic instead of character and story, make a short and save me an hour.

[jtm]

i think Kal sucks.

that is all.

[Stefen]

It was pretty good. Any other year and I don't think it would have gotten as much mileage, but this year has been mad shitty for flicks.

When I first started watching it and saw the rating was R, I was kind of caught off guard. I thought it was going to be something light and kind hearted, and it was I guess. Boyle did a good job juggling violent situations and characters with the kind hearted stuff. In a lesser filmmakers hands it would have been a mess unable to find it's identity.

I really liked the way the story was told through how he learned the answers to each question. That was very creative and really kept the movie fresh as I started to get restless. It was very atmospheric as others have mentioned.

Good film, but not great. Jamal was kind of a pussy and you'd think the years of living on the streets would have hardened him. You can be a hardass with a conscience. Look at D'Angelo Barksdale. I also didn't think Latika and Jamal had any kind of connection. Jamal seemed to care about her only because she was really hot. At least that's the impression I got.

7.1/10.