toddly6666

sorry, I was just directing the "slumdog not being a bollywood film" comment to everyone. To you, I just wanted to let you know that there are very few good bollywood films (at least less than 10)...haha...When I grade Bollywood films, I also have to grade with a curve...

inri222

http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20090126...ionaire_1.html

Protests against 'Slumdog Millionaire' continue in Bihar capital
Mon, Jan 26 01:05 PM

Patna, Jan 26 (IANS) Slum dwellers in Bihar's capital continued to protest Monday against Oscar-nominated film 'Slumdog Millionaire', demanding the film's makers remove the word dog from the title.

The protesters said their sensibilities had been offended by the title, which they said was abusive of people who live in slums. The protests continued for the second day, even as Republic Day was being celebrated.

A group of slum dwellers protested against the showing of the film at Ashok cinema hall Sunday, while some protesters tore down posters and banners of the film.

The Jhuggi Jhonpdi Sanyukta Sangharsh Samiti (a group promoting the rights of slum dwellers) threatened to burn the film's director Danny Boyle in effigy.

'We will burn Danny Boyle in effigy in 56 slums here,' Tapeshwar Vishwakarma, general secretary of the group said.

Kishori Das, another activist, said slum dwellers will continue to protest till the film's director deletes the word dog from the title. 'We are in touch with like-minded organisations across India to take the issue on a large scale to put pressure,' Das said.

Vishwakarma filed a petition in the court of the chief judicial magistrate last Tuesday, charging the movie's music director A.R. Rahman, actor Anil Kapoor and other Indians associated with the film with abusing slum dwellers in the name of entertainment just to earn money and fame.

'Vishwakarma requested the court to protect the honour and respect of millions of slum dwellers across India,' his lawyer Shruti Singh said.

The first hearing of the petition is scheduled Feb 5.

A copy of the petition has been sent to the National Human Rights Commission, Bihar State Human Rights Commission and the Central Board of Film Certification.

Solid Snake

Am I the only one that finds this funny considering that SLUM dwellers are capable of suing?

tylergfoster

I can't believe these people are bothering to sue instead of just boycotting the film. There is no chance, no chance, NO CHANCE in the world that they're gonna get the title changed.

misterchimpy

FYI, Dev Patel is on the Daily Show tonight.

grrr

Irony is dead. Long live irony!

OldBoy

not sure if i've commented here, but this was a terrific film. storytelling at its best. wonderful performances all around and just about perfectly done.

1 question...with seemingly such limited schooling, how did the 3 kids know English so well?

Solid Snake

well it wasn't all that hot in the beginning with their English but....by the end they're pretty fluent.

Groucho

The main guy was played by a Brit, so that probably helped him out a bit.

Fooman

I FINALLY watched it last night in a half empty theater. I guess we were the minority of people who have yet to watch it since the buzz started about this movie.

I think I'm in the minority here, but I DIDN'T think it was that great of a picture. Yes, I thought it was good and I enjoyed it but I didn't find myself captured by any of the characters. I didn't care what happened to them and I found the whole "destiny" angle rather annoying. As a result, the parts that were supposed to be suspenseful fell rather flat for me.

The main character, Jamal, also looked constipated throughout the entire time he was sitting on the hotseat. He should have taken a pre-game dump. Taking one half way through the show is already too late.

SoSpacey

I absolutely loved this movie. Such a refreshing alternative to the typical movies Hollywood puts out who's purpose it is to try and win an Oscar.

I think some people either don't get it or they don't want to get it. Some of the criticisms I have heard sometimes make no sense. Some talk about his brother as his friend. If you didn't even know that was his brother, did you even pay attention? And if you didn't know, I think you missed half the point of the entire movie. Some talk about the fact that the ending was so easy to see coming. There were only 2 ways the ending could go. he either wins or he doesn't.



Someone mentioned no other "hot chicks"


As for the orphans


The movie was near perfect to me. It's 2 hour length felt like 20 minutes. I could have sat there for another 2 hours without even thinking about it. The plot was interesting without being confusing. Some scenes made you laugh and others broke your heart.

Whoever said this was similar to Sideways/Juno/Little Miss Sunshine wasn't watching the same movie I was. I know you didn't mean similar in style, but to say that this movie was put together into some formula to win an Oscar is absurd to me.

If anyone was ever trying to put together a formula to win an Oscar they would never rely so heavily on Indian actors and India as a setting, marketed to a country who knows so little about India and it's cultures. To me someone fell in love with this script and decided to make a movie in spite of knowing the public may not connect with a project like this. What happened was that they made a beautiful movie that people loved in spite of what it had going against it. When you can succeed at doing something like that, you deserve the accolades you are getting.

I still have a couple of other Oscar nominees to get through but I think it will be hard to top for me.

I can't wait to watch this movie a second time.

I give Slumdog an easy A.

RichC2

I don't get the hate for the destiny angle. The kid went through hell trying to fulfill what he believed was his destiny. Didn't think it was mentioned a ridiculous number of times either.

But ah well, to each their own.

SoSpacey

And the fact that his belief in this destiny was all he really had from the time he was a child.

marty888

I think a lot has to do with a lack of understanding about cultural and societal differences, an inability to acknowledge them, and a reluctance to learn about them.

My Other Self

I caught this last night and really enjoyed it. I've seen my share of Bollywood films, and I know this isn't the same, but the nods were definitely there.

Of all the nominations this year, I hope this snags the most awards then. I really liked it.

siddd5

how did he end up on 'millionaire'? did they ever explain it?

FinkPish

I assume he got on because he knew exactly when to call in, which they showed in that scene where he takes over that guys desk for a minute, then calls his brother. Also, it was written.

siddd5

kid actors were great

Numes

I haven't read any of this thread (the only reason being in general I don't want to know nothing about a movie before I watch it,) but I thought I'd just chime in and say that this movie was amazing. I didn't really have any specific expectations of this movie and I was pretty blown away. The more I think about the movie, the more I love it.

One of my best friends is from India and she went to the movie with me and was able to provide some unique insight into the movie that I wouldn't have known otherwise. That information wasn't key to the movie or the plot, but it did definitely help in the "experience" of the movie.

The structure was perfect and, my god, the soundtrack just blew me away. Unbelievable soundtrack. Danny Boyle, you rock!

fmian

What kind of things?
I've been to Pakistan and I know the parts about crippling kids to make them beg is a reality.

The only thing that took me out of the movie was Jamal's older brother sounding like he has a south african accent.

The Antipodean

Yes, definitely -- I actually walked out of the theatre and right across the mall and bought the soundtrack, I enjoyed the music so much. "Jai Ho" a wonderful way to end it.

Solid Snake

the one thing that surprised me, besides being so great, was that it was so positive. It literally made my day and I was happy for the rest of it.

Numes

These aren't profound, but they were all questions I had during or after the movie. Some of these aren't really spoilers, but I'm just going to spoiler tag everything.

sherm42

Seriously? Two hours of abject poverty, exploitation, stealing, beatings, torture, murder, and rape and you felt this was such a positive movie that left you with a smile on your face? I know it had a happy ending, but come on.

fmian

Apart from the scenes on the show, it felt like I was watching an Indian version of City of God.