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Old 12-27-2008, 05:15 PM   #1
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This movie was sick, I highly recommend it.
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    might have to see it. now what else do we talk about.../thread.
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    Yep, amazing movie. Hope it gets recognition at the Oscars, even though I generally don't care about them.
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    To anyone who hasn't seen it, try not to look for any clips of it. One of the officially released ones gives away part of the ending and will ruin part of the experience for you.

    Great movie by the way. Second favorite behind WALL-E.
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    Overrated as all hell.
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    Love the movie. I think my favorite movie of the year so far. Great story
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    In what way is it overrated?
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    Old 12-28-2008, 12:55 AM   #8
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    not overrated in the least...well worth the admission
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    Old 12-28-2008, 01:20 AM   #9
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    This film definitely doesn't deserve the level of praise it's getting, not by a long shot.
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    Old 12-28-2008, 01:22 AM   #10
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    This film isn't even close to deserving of the level of praise it's getting.
    Whats your top 5 movies of 08
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    Whats your top 5 movies of 08
    I haven't seen enough of the newer releases (Milk, Frost/Nixon, The Wrestler, Benjamin Button, Doubt, etc..) to lay down a proper top 5. Give me a week or so.
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    Old 12-28-2008, 01:42 AM   #12
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    Cool.
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    Old 12-28-2008, 09:07 AM   #13
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    I haven't seen enough of the newer releases (Milk, Frost/Nixon, The Wrestler, Benjamin Button, Doubt, etc..) to lay down a proper top 5. Give me a week or so.

    doubt is overrated
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    i thought it was much better than ben button.
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    I'm really not that intrigued by the trailer for Doubt, but since it's getting best picture hype, I figured I'd see it. Doubt I'll pay to see it though.
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    In what way is it overrated?
    It's been done before and done better. And its gimmicky Who Wants To Be A Millionaire premise is such an incredibly lazy storytelling device, not to mention it makes me root for the protagonist less, instead of more, in how it's executed. His success on the show was all based on fate and the fact that the questions asked were related to major events in his life, and none of it, through actual intelligence.

    Protagonists should earn their wants/needs, especially in their last resort effort. It makes them more likeable and the conflict more suspenseful.

    Seriously, if people want to see a superior version of Slumdog, watch Forrest Gump and City of God in a double feature.
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    It's been done before and done better. And its gimmicky Who Wants To Be A Millionaire premise is such an incredibly lazy storytelling device, not to mention it makes me root for the protagonist less, instead of more, in how it's executed. His success on the show was all based on fate and the fact that the questions asked were related to major events in his life, and none of it, through actual intelligence.

    Protagonists should earn their wants/needs, especially in their last resort effort. It makes them more likeable and the conflict more suspenseful.

    Seriously, if people want to see a superior version of Slumdog, watch Forrest Gump and City of God in a double feature.
    I do agree that it is slightly overrated, but I'm not sure I agree with this reason. This is the point of his winning, and the point of the movie/storytelling device. The film is done in a way that makes it seem silly that the questions all just happened to be based on things in his life, but really, it was just showing those specific points. Obviously there would be thousands of other things he knew, but we didn't need to know those because they had no point in the story.

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    I do agree that it is slightly overrated, but I'm not sure I agree with this reason. This is the point of his winning, and the point of the movie/storytelling device. The film is done in a way that makes it seem silly that the questions all just happened to be based on things in his life, but really, it was just showing those specific points. Obviously there would be thousands of other things he knew, but we didn't need to know those because they had no point in the story.

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    No, I haven't seen The Wrestler yet.

    And the storytelling device might be the point of his story and him winning, but it doesn't take away the fact that's it's lazy and forced.

    I would like to watch the movie again just to refresh my views on it, so I'm not continuously uttering illogical ramblings. All I know is that when walking out of the theatre, that the movie was totally underwhelming after hearing all the hype surrounding it.
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    No, I haven't seen The Wrestler yet.

    And the storytelling device might be the point of his story and him winning, but it doesn't take away the fact that's it's lazy and forced.

    I would like to watch the movie again just to refresh my views on it, so I'm not continuously uttering illogical ramblings. All I know is that when walking out of the theatre, that the movie was totally underwhelming after hearing all the hype surrounding it.
    Right, I mean, I guess what saved it for me was the fact that it didn't seem like they were trying NOT to be lazy and forced, like it was created fully knowing it was going to have to be made this way, if you know what I mean. So I agree it is sort of lazy storytelling but it was lazy from the get-go to the point where you just accept it as part of the feel-goodness of it hah.
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    Which, is essentially, why I can't accept it as being one of the best movies of the year. If people were to recognize it solely as a feel-good movie that doesn't really try that hard, then whatever. It's when people make it out to be some sort of triumph that the praise for this movie just goes completely over my head.
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    I thought the cinematography and direction were excellent. I thought it was a well told story and shows you a lot about the culture of India.

    the girl is also the hottest India girl I've ever seen.
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    loved this movie. going to see it again this weekend
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    Obnoxiously overrated. It barely makes my top 10 of the year. I mean, one of the most heavy handed movies since Crash. We get it, the movie is about destiny. Good movies about destiny don't say "hey, it's destiny!" This film used the word destiny 6 times, and euphemisms for it, such as "it is written", countless times, starting with the first frame. Just not really well done. If it wasn't for the cinematography and the non-American setting, no one would give a damn. Weak script, weaker acting.
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    I think the main thing pushing this movie up on the pedestal it has been put upon is the fact that it is one of the only good dramas that has a happy ending. Right now, everyone is pretty bummed out about life with the recession and shit. So when you have Doubt, Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, etc where you leave feeling pretty solemn (Button is sort of a glory of life story, but it's still a little sad), the film that you can't help but leave feeling good is Slumdog. And it has nothing to do with how well the film is done. I have issues with it, but if you say you didn't leave the movie grinning afterwards, if just for its ridiculousness, you are lying or have no heart. So I think the "happy factor" sort of puts it above the rest, not in film aspects, but in emotional aspects

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    Yeah, one of the other most hopeful movies of the year ends with the main character getting shot in the back of the head (Milk) So you may have a point. But if, god help us, it does win an Oscar, I think it'll definitely join a select group of films where you look back in a decade from now and go, really?
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    Yeah, one of the other most hopeful movies of the year ends with the main character getting shot in the back of the head (Milk) So you may have a point. But if, god help us, it does win an Oscar, I think it'll definitely join a select group of films where you look back in a decade from now and go, really?
    Definitely. It's gotten trendy to give a smaller/foreign film high praise when it remotely holds up to Hollywood blockbusters, which is definitely a feat not to be scoffed at. So some of that praise is rightly given. Slumdog is not a bad movie by any means, but it's sort of like pop music, in that the emotional aspect (a fun song) of it is more important than the art aspects (a well-written, creative song with substance). It sort of floats somewhere in between those two, I think, which is why it is getting such high praise.
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    really really liked this movie, on the note of new movies I just got done watching seven pounds with will smith and rosario dawson and wow... that is a fucked up movie... quite disturbing but still worth a watch
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    This is what I wrote the other day about it on another forum, extending on Brendan's point about how good movies about destiny don't spell that idea out for you.

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    Basically, what it comes down to, is that the movie is essentially a piece of fluff that is being blown way out of proportion. If people saw it as a piece of fluff and nothing more, and enjoyed it on that principle, then fine, whatever. But how people are seeing this as one of the best films of the year, and even some as one of their favorite movies of all-time is so completely beyond me in every respect.

    I think destiny is a great theme to play with and I believe in the idea that there are couples who are absolutely made for each other. And I think destiny playing a part in deciding the outcome of a story is a good concept, but when it relies completely around that idea, is exactly where Slumdog falls short. I used Eternal Sunshine before as an example in a past discussion, as that also uses the theme of destiny, but it executes the idea so much better than Slumdog ever did. Destiny brought the two characters together in Eternal Sunshine, but in the end it was their own actions, decisions, and interactions with each other that made them realize they are made for one another, and not what simply brought them together in the first place. In Slumdog, I never get a sense of actual love for one another, or any real feelings of true intimacy between these two supposed lovers.
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    And don't even get me started on the female lead running through the train station while highlights of the most dramatic scenes flash across the screen. Talk about overplaying your hand.
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    Meh movie, but the female lead was BANGIN!
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