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I felt relief after watching it.All the answers Jamal gives come from his bitter memories.
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quote: kittukumarb110
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Posted 05 March 2009 11:49 PM
I saw film of slumdog millionaire it is eligible for oscar great.
Your post is a little awkward because in addition to this movie being eligible (as many movies are eligible - having to be theatrical releases of a certain length and released in the United States by the end of the year in some primary market), this movie actually won the Best Picture and Director Oscar Awards this year (which I'm assuming you meant, but didn't clearly state). Personally I had other movies in mind for Best Picture and Director, but I can understand why this movie won and I'm not too disappointed or upset, though I would have rather seen any number of other movies having won. |
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| Posts: 1481 | Location: Utah, United States | Registered: 22 July 2005 | |
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So i've heard alot about this movie, but from what i hear, it doesn't sound too interesting. An indian slums kid wins alot of money off of a questionnaire contest...right on...
not that i'm racist or anything, it could be of any ethnicity, but that just isn't my taste? But it won oscars for a reason. Emotional content? Passion? plot?
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quote: enoch.
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Posted 10 March 2009 10:30 AM Hide Post
So i've heard alot about this movie, but from what i hear, it doesn't sound too interesting. An indian slums kid wins alot of money off of a questionnaire contest...right on...
not that i'm racist or anything, it could be of any ethnicity, but that just isn't my taste? But it won oscars for a reason. Emotional content? Passion? plot?
Personal tastes are so varied that there is no one movie that everybody will like. With Slumdog Millionaire, I had a rather unique experience for a movie and it was that for the first two-thirds of the movie, the movie was interesting if not thrilling, but by the last third of the movie, the romantic angle, the flashback connections to the gameshow and the build-up to winning were quite fascinating. The music is also catchy. There is a lot to like about this movie, especially if you like a gritty look at poverty, different cultures, ethnic-fusion music, and a rather tight ploy of tying the past and present together. |
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| Posts: 1481 | Location: Utah, United States | Registered: 22 July 2005 | |
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quote: Originally posted by tabuno: quote: enoch.
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Posted 10 March 2009 10:30 AM Hide Post
So i've heard alot about this movie, but from what i hear, it doesn't sound too interesting. An indian slums kid wins alot of money off of a questionnaire contest...right on...
not that i'm racist or anything, it could be of any ethnicity, but that just isn't my taste? But it won oscars for a reason. Emotional content? Passion? plot?
Personal tastes are so varied that there is no one movie that everybody will like. With Slumdog Millionaire, I had a rather unique experience for a movie and it was that for the first two-thirds of the movie, the movie was interesting if not thrilling, but by the last third of the movie, the romantic angle, the flashback connections to the gameshow and the build-up to winning were quite fascinating. The music is also catchy. There is a lot to like about this movie, especially if you like a gritty look at poverty, different cultures, ethnic-fusion music, and a rather tight ploy of tying the past and present together.
ah i see. See i thought the movie was simply about a contest with someone winning. But if it goes into the life of the mc, it should be more diverse. I guess i should check it out. |
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quote: Originally posted by oh! enoch.:
So i've heard alot about this movie, but from what i hear, it doesn't sound too interesting. An indian slums kid wins alot of money off of a questionnaire contest...right on...
not that i'm racist or anything, it could be of any ethnicity, but that just isn't my taste? But it won oscars for a reason. Emotional content? Passion? plot?
The way the story is constructed is pretty interesting. To say it's just about an Indian kid going on a game show simplifies it a lot. Jamal's appearance on the game show, and his subsequent arrest for suspicion of cheating serve as a framing device for his life story, growing up in the slums of Mumbai. Through each question, you discover how he knows the answer, despite being an uneducated kid from the slums. Everyone I know who's seen it pretty much loved it. It also runs the whole gamut of emotions. It's ultimately an uplifting story, but it's also heartbreaking, scary, and at times funny. I'd also add that it's probably the most visually stunning film I saw last year.
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| Posts: 5923 | Location: Michigan | Registered: 19 June 2005 | |
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quote: The way the story is constructed is pretty interesting. To say it's just about an Indian kid going on a game show simplifies it a lot. Jamal's appearance on the game show, and his subsequent arrest for suspicion of cheating serve as a framing device for his life story, growing up in the slums of Mumbai. Through each question, you discover how he knows the answer, despite being an uneducated kid from the slums.
most visually stunning. explain? |
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Great cinematography. Great editing. The way they did the subtitles is very cool.
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| Posts: 5923 | Location: Michigan | Registered: 19 June 2005 | |
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quote: EricG75
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Posted 10 March 2009 12:32 PM Hide Post
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Originally posted by oh! enoch.:
So i've heard alot about this movie, but from what i hear, it doesn't sound too interesting. An indian slums kid wins alot of money off of a questionnaire contest...right on...
not that i'm racist or anything, it could be of any ethnicity, but that just isn't my taste? But it won oscars for a reason. Emotional content? Passion? plot?
The way the story is constructed is pretty interesting. To say it's just about an Indian kid going on a game show simplifies it a lot. Jamal's appearance on the game show, and his subsequent arrest for suspicion of cheating serve as a framing device for his life story, growing up in the slums of Mumbai. Through each question, you discover how he knows the answer, despite being an uneducated kid from the slums.
Everyone I know who's seen it pretty much loved it. It also runs the whole gamut of emotions. It's ultimately an uplifting story, but it's also heartbreaking, scary, and at times funny. I'd also add that it's probably the most visually stunning film I saw last year.
 How come I can't learn to write so well? oh! enoch...just listen to EricG75 (usually  ). |
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| Posts: 1481 | Location: Utah, United States | Registered: 22 July 2005 | |
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quote: Originally posted by EricG75:
I'd also add that it's probably the most visually stunning film I saw last year.
Although I felt Slumdog deserved those great Oscars for editing and cinematography, the 'most visually stunning film' of last year was WALL*E.
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quote: FragileKidA
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Posted 10 March 2009 11:34 PM Hide Post
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Originally posted by EricG75:
I'd also add that it's probably the most visually stunning film I saw last year.
Although I felt Slumdog deserved those great Oscars for editing and cinematography, the 'most visually stunning film' of last year was WALL*E.
How does one compare/contrast the use of visuals between Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and the animated feature Wall*e (2008). It's like talking about flavors and whether I enjoy apples or oranges better. Each had their own delicious tastes. I'd really have to watch both movies again to be able to focus on the visuals to really give a reasonable response. Wall*e had a somewhat gimmicky but effective techique of playing on the futuristic commercial logos and products of today, having aged almost beyond comprehension. Slumdog Millionaire was filled with culturally brilliant, gorgeous colors of strange clutter of another kind...the backstreets of India. |
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| Posts: 1481 | Location: Utah, United States | Registered: 22 July 2005 | |
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so if were talking about editing and pacing, why wasn't The Dark Knight at least nominated? Or maybe i'm thinking of special effects.
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culturally brilliant
c mon guys, what was it that you found out about india through danny boyle's vision, that there are slums, that there are religious riots, buildings are being erected; he doesnt dive into much of anything except an easy love story where the main character just says "she is my destiny". Throw in some MIA because she is from south asia and she is popular here in the west and u have a film that rivals another attempt by hollywood to use an exotic country as its locale and dissect absolutely nothing.
he knows the answer about who has the most centuries in cricket because when he goes to get his love, her gangster boyfriend was watching india vs australia match...LOL!!!
btw i think this post was started for us to click on the two links in the main posts just like a bunch of other recently so watch out
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This thread was surely opened to promote spam but a discussion arose because of it, so it's OK to go with it. I think you are missing a lot of reasons why the movie was so special. These are things that have been happening in India for a long time but not many people are educated enough to know that. The same way WALL*E showed what will probably happen if we continue living the way we do. And just like Benjaming Button... showed how, oh wait, that's just weird. I am not sure how Button won make-up over The Dark Knight as Pitt's stuff was done with computers and not make-up. Visual Effects should have gone to Iron Man and Slumdog should have won sound editing as well. Just even the opening sequence with the kids running around and the music just blaring around them, that was enough to win it. quote: Originally posted by tabuno:
How does one compare/contrast the use of visuals between Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and the animated feature Wall*e (2008).
Well, I certainly didn't think that WALL*E was 'gimmicky' in any way. I was referring to the way the animators made both the world and outer space look. Not to mention the opening thirty minutes are all Wall*E walking around in his land. It just looked amazing.
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quote: FragileKidA
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Posted 11 March 2009 11:16 AM
I think you are missing a lot of reasons why the movie was so special. These are things that have been happening in India for a long time but not many people are educated enough to know that. The same way WALL*E showed what will probably happen if we continue living the way we do. And just like Benjaming Button... showed how, oh wait, that's just weird.
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Originally posted by tabuno:
How does one compare/contrast the use of visuals between Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and the animated feature Wall*e (2008).
Well, I certainly didn't think that WALL*E was 'gimmicky' in any way. I was referring to the way the animators made both the world and outer space look. Not to mention the opening thirty minutes are all Wall*E walking around in his land. It just looked amazing.
The point about missing reasons is spot on. As for "gimmicks" I was referring to the commerical logos and they are gimmicks by their very nature. It's how businesses market their wares and just the use of commercial names are designed to pull the audience's attention to them. |
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| Posts: 1481 | Location: Utah, United States | Registered: 22 July 2005 | |
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quote: Originally posted by FragileKidA:
I think you are missing a lot of reasons why the movie was so special.
what special things do u speak of? as for wall e the vision was brilliant, i agree that it was nt gimmicky but i think my spell of wall e broke as soon as captain of the ship started taking a bigger role in the film. |
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quote: Originally posted by FragileKidA:
Slumdog should have won sound editing as well. Just even the opening sequence with the kids running around and the music just blaring around them, that was enough to win it.
You're confusing sound editing and sound mixing. Sound Editing has nothing to do with music or dialogue. It's the creation of sound effects in the studio - sometimes it's referred to Sound Effects Editing or Foley Editing. Watch Blow Out. This is what John Travolta's character does for a living in the movie. And The Dark Knight was quite deserving of that win. The sound was really phenomenal in that movie.
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| Posts: 5923 | Location: Michigan | Registered: 19 June 2005 | |
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Benjamin Button shouldn't have won visual effects if it won make up. (i didn't even know that 'make-up' was a legitimate category for winning). Other movies like maybe an obvious one, the israelite movie about the bashir conflict (Dances with bashir?? shoot...) that was an animated documentary and easily conveyed the fear and regret of what happened in the past. Movies like that are really compelling and should have won something.
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