Slumdog Millionaire Options

[ReggieM]

Best movies Ive seen in a while beats gran torino 10/10. MUST SEE.

[dilligrout]

your sig is pretty effin awesome!

[salcha4u]

Neeeeeeeeeeeeeeed to seeeeeeeeeeeee ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[LittleMissSunshi...]

what is it about again?

[Rachel]

^Google and Imdb are your friends.

I need to see this movie ASAP. My boyfriend downloaded it so I gotta wait til the 16th or so :(

[Tung]

just finished watching this..ahh this movie was sooooooo good. and it's 2 hours long too. i love movies that are long AND good. rarely does that happen. but yeah this movie should rank higher in the box office. even yahoo is giving this movie an A rating, and yahoo is usually harsh on ratings. if this movie doesn't win best picture of the year at the oscars, then wow..

rarely do movies such as these come along. But movies that start out as independent films like this one such as My Big Fat Greek Wedding, or Juno, rarely comes along. I love this movie. The producer took a simple storyline of india's version of Who Wants to be a millionaire, and turned it into more than that. the movie was about friendship, gratitude, love, betrayal, poverty and hope. overall, I love who they chose to play the parts for the movie. the actors were amazing and didn't dissapoint. you would think they have an A or at least a B-list celebrity in the movie to make this a credible movie. but there were none of those kind of high profile name celebrities. that's what makes this movie even greater. the girl who played Latia (Freida Pinto) was so great in this movie. I've never found Indian girls hot until I saw this movie. I mean wow. She was gorgeous.

favorite line in the movie LOL
"chilly on his willy"

[ReggieM]

EPIC!

[NoSex]

holy shit is this movie a crock. nothing like filming poverty like a jeans commercial or a music video. f*ck this racist, pseudo-liberal-soothing, poverty-exploiting, thoughtless piece of filth. it's not good. it's incomprehensible @ best. omfg only a moron could think this is good.

read armond white's review.

[ReggieM]

who the f*ck is armond write.

[dosomethin888]

Is this movie on DVD or what?

[Rachel]

Is this movie on DVD or what?

*shakes head* NO.

A)GOOGLE
B)THE MOVIE HAS BARELY BEEN RELEASED

[Tung]

wee this movie won best picture.

anyways, uh it's no on dvd yet, but I do have the DVD screener ;) on my computer. it's not one of those shitty ass camera telesync quality pirated shit. the quality is DVD quality. man i love having access to screeners. and watching movies before it even release in theatres and watch it in HIGH QUALITY.

[dosomethin888]

*shakes head* NO.

A)GOOGLE
B)THE MOVIE HAS BARELY BEEN RELEASED

Thank you smart ass.

[Amaranthus]

^Did she not answer your question?

[NoSex]

who the f*ck is armond write.

obviously... a film critic? duh.

"Also uniquely British is the film’s blithe condescension about the dehumanizing conditions of the former colony. Slumdog absolves the white man’s burden with game-show flash and shrillness. Boyle’s response to poverty and degradation is to go pop: Dogme videographer Anthony Dod Mantle uses a festive range of colors that gives false vitality to the soul-deadening action. Teeming crowds, hustling con artists, smiley/treacherous child-abusers, ethnic rioters, outhouse jokes, chase scenes and gunplay are used for excitation and shock.

There hasn’t been a social drama this decadently over-hyped since City of God. Boyle plays the same game of pandering to liberal sensibilities while entertaining safe, middle-class distance."

http://www.nypress.com/article-18907-the-m...illionaire.html

[Joanne]

I respect your opinion and all Nate, but you calling anyone who likes this movie a moron isn't very nice.

[NoSex]

I respect your opinion and all Nate, but you calling anyone who likes this movie a moron isn't very nice.

yeah, i know. i'm sort of a jerk sometimes.
honestly, it isn't the worst movie in the world (far from it). or even the worst movie of 2008 (far from it). but, truly, it isn't good. and, i'm sick & tired of hearing how amazing it is. that was my mode of release.

SPEAKING GENERALLY TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
you're not a moron. you just need some learnin' or need to get off the MTV or something. not exactly. maybe you're into that sort of thing or something, iuhhhno. nonetheless, i highly encourage you to read FILM AS A SUBVERSIVE ART. alright, thank you, goodbye.

oops.

[dosomethin888]

^Did she not answer your question?

She answered it in a smart ass way, hence me calling her a smart ass.

[Rachel]

She answered it in a smart ass way, hence me calling her a smart ass.

Go suck another p33n. You were the dumbass, who, instead of simply googling, asked a stupid question. GTFO NAAAO.



Nate, you're always a jack ass

[NoSex]

Nate, you're always a jack ass

hey, at least i'm good at it.

[Joanne]

I was so set on watching this movie tonight!! I went all the way downtown and saw a longass lineup for tickets. When I was halfway through the line, they announced that it was sold out.

[NoSex]

I was so set on watching this movie tonight!! I went all the way downtown and saw a longass lineup for tickets. When I was halfway through the line, they announced that it was sold out.

see MAN ON WIRE or LET THE RIGHT ONE IN or THE WRESTLER or MILK or PARANOID PARK or MY WINNIPEG instead.

[Tung]

I've seen Man On Wire, Let the right one in, the wrestler, and milk, and paranoid park.

but i still think slumdog > than all of them.

although milk was pretty damn good. haven't watched my winninpeg yet.

[NoSex]

but i still think slumdog > than all of them.

don't you think this has a lot of legitimacy?

"Also uniquely British is the film’s blithe condescension about the dehumanizing conditions of the former colony. Slumdog absolves the white man’s burden with game-show flash and shrillness. Boyle’s response to poverty and degradation is to go pop: Dogme videographer Anthony Dod Mantle uses a festive range of colors that gives false vitality to the soul-deadening action. Teeming crowds, hustling con artists, smiley/treacherous child-abusers, ethnic rioters, outhouse jokes, chase scenes and gunplay are used for excitation and shock.

There hasn’t been a social drama this decadently over-hyped since City of God. Boyle plays the same game of pandering to liberal sensibilities while entertaining safe, middle-class distance."

http://www.nypress.com/article-18907-the-m...illionaire.html

don't you think the movie is reduced to a fairy-tale'd disney crock when it is completely engulfed by a love story? don't you think the movie looks like a jeans commercial? don't you think the entire thing is designed to be as easily digestible as possible? don't you think, when the film is pushed to its limits, it is not only nonsensical, but contrary?

i mean, it's a movie about poverty... and the success of the protagonist is characterized in the winning of money? didn't his brother die in a bathtub full of money? uhmmm?

[Joanne]

see MAN ON WIRE or LET THE RIGHT ONE IN or THE WRESTLER or MILK or PARANOID PARK or MY WINNIPEG instead.

The only other movies that were playing at that theatre were Doubt, The Reader, Valkyrie, Last Chance Harvey, Hotel of Dogs, Bride Wars, The Unborn, and Notorious (which was sold out before Slumdog Millionaire). So we ended up going home.

[Epona]

havent seen it yet, but dying to!
im indian, and there are places in india that look like the slums here, far wosre!
ive seen the traliers!

[salcha4u]

The movie was amaazing and Freida Pinto is beautiful. I'm so glad I saw this in theatres, totally worth the $10 even though they didn't even check for tickets when we went in

[salcha4u]

OMG Dev Patel is the same age as me (18)?

[emberfly]

http://tinyurl.com/6plo4b

[salcha4u]

Hey wanna stfu? I googled before I asked the question. It's called being SURPRISED

[Tung]

Lol, chill guys.

Emberfly, that wasn't a really witty thing to do. Everyone relax, and enjoy discussing this wonderful movie.

[Joanne]

I think emberfly posted that in response to shannlovin's question. Either way, kinda late.


I was thinking of watching the movie tomorrow night, but I most likely won't now because of the homework I have to do.

[Tung]

Joanne, I have the DVD of the movie if you want. I can send through AIM or something if you want. If not, watching it in theatres is worth it. But just in case college hasn't made you broke yet, and you wanna save money, then yeah..haha.

[salcha4u]

The pictures are amazing, you should see it in a theatre if you can

[Joanne]

Joanne, I have the DVD of the movie if you want. I can send through AIM or something if you want. If not, watching it in theatres is worth it. But just in case college hasn't made you broke yet, and you wanna save money, then yeah..haha.

Haha, nah I'm gonna try my best to watch it in theatres. I just don't know when...

But dude, I heard they play the trailer for Earth before the movie. That's f*cked up man. Now I'm gonna have to leave the theatre and come back 10 min later or something.

[carolannexbh]

I've been dying to see this movie.

[Rachel]

Nate, sometimes, even though you've been posting for a whie now, your pretentiousness still amazes me. Please, stop acting you're better than everyone else and that obviously, you are so anti-mainstream pop culture it pains you to know people have different tastes in movies than you.


I personally found this film beautiful; the cinematography was beautiful and I loved the cast. I thought they were all perfect and I loved that the kids they picked were actually believable when compared to the "adult" ones. I don't get why you, OR the critic, have so much hate for this movie?

[NoSex]

Nate, sometimes, even though you've been posting for a whie now, your pretentiousness still amazes me. Please, stop acting you're better than everyone else and that obviously, you are so anti-mainstream pop culture it pains you to know people have different tastes in movies than you.

"pretentiousness" is an anti-intellectual buzzword. you're a jerk for using it. it's not like i'm demanding some sort of undeserved importance or status, i'm making valid observations & displaying my frustration that no one else seems to see what is so obvious to so many other people. there is nothing "pretentious" about my opinion or my presentation of it, not really. it's a dissenting view, in the same sense, & from my position, maybe i should say you're being "pretentious." but, no, that would be granting your POPULACE ANALYSIS FAR TOO MUCH CREDIT.

p.s. it's not an act. i don't have to act. of course i hold myself in greater esteem than most of my peers. shit, it only makes sense. don't you? obviously.

I personally found this film beautiful; the cinematography was beautiful and I loved the cast. I thought they were all perfect and I loved that the kids they picked were actually believable when compared to the "adult" ones. I don't get why you, OR the critic, have so much hate for this movie?

wow, you're just like every other fourteen year old that saw this garbage.

instead of throwing around a bunch of buzzwords & turning egotism into a bad word, how about you actually ADDRESS THE CRITICISMS OF THE FILM! you know, actually engage in some sort of discourse rather than jerking yourself off:

don't you think the movie is reduced to a fairy-tale'd disney crock when it is completely engulfed by a love story? don't you think the movie looks like a jeans commercial? don't you think the entire thing is designed to be as easily digestible as possible? don't you think, when the film is pushed to its limits, it is not only nonsensical, but contrary?

i mean, it's a movie about poverty... and the success of the protagonist is characterized in the winning of money? didn't his brother die in a bathtub full of money? uhmmm?

or is actually thinking about the movie you watched too hard for you?

[goth-nina]

People have their own opinions, & i totally respect it, it's fine. I thought the movie's incredible. I liked how there was no big-named actors, the story, plot, screenplay & direction just captured everything. It has an excellent chance of winning more than 2 Oscars. Me & my dad are literally glued to the TV until Sunday's Academy Awards show. Can't wait~

Feb 24 2009
YES. Aren't you glad Slumdog won?! It won EIGHT Oscars. & to this Nate guy. I'm mature enough to respect your opinion, I can handle people like you, but it looks like you're just full of it. I respect yours, respect other peoples. & you're a Staff Alumni, set an example here.

[*BOSS*]

movie was nicely shot and all, but nothing surprised me, so much hype, good deliverance but all it did was present india as sort of some emo child who needed attention, of course nate's wikipedia lovin white supremist ass isn't help either, but hey, i have no room to judge

[NoSex]

movie was nicely shot and all, but nothing surprised me, so much hype, good deliverance but all it did was present india as sort of some emo child who needed attention, of course nate's wikipedia lovin white supremist ass isn't help either, but hey, i have no room to judge

you're a bumbling moron, whoever the hell you are.

[*BOSS*]

and you're reject child that will never succumb to anything but a desk job in hopes that your horrible music tastes might save your pathetic soul, whoever the hell you are

[fire]

I actually didn't like it. It started okay then I just got bored at the end.

[NoSex]

and you're reject child that will never succumb to anything but a desk job in hopes that your horrible music tastes might save your pathetic soul, whoever the hell you are

you're so clueless, whoever the hell you are.
hey, at least you know my name, eh? f*cking simpleton.

READ A BOOK.

[Rachel]

For f*cks sake Nate, you need to take your blown up head and get it out of your f*cking tight ass. You go around here acting like you're better than us all, well f*ck you. At least I am 21 and actually going to be graduating on time. We all have different opinions and yours my friend, IS NOT THE BEST. If anything, it's so far off base that it's laughable. You go around calling other people pretentious and what not, well f*ck, who do you think you are?! Honestly, you are usually not even worth responding to because I can guess what you are going to say; something insulting my intelligence and some bullshit about how I know nothing about the real world. Well mother f*cker, you can take me 3.8 GPA and suck a huge fat dick. I know plenty about the real world, perhaps more than you, I just don't feel the excessive need to be a prick. You used to be somewhat amusing, with your completely pointless rants about others stupidity, but now it's just obnoxious, like your replies. So please, do us a favor and GTFO. If you feel so superior to us all, why the f*ck do you keep coming back? You must have some sort of complex, you get off hardcore on being a douchebag who thinks he is smarter than us. Well sorry to say, but you are just douche. PEACE OUT MOTHER f*ckER, and no I am not going to reply to whatever extremely long and pointless shit you say to me.

[NoSex]

For f*cks sake Nate, you need to take your blown up head and get it out of your f*cking tight ass. You go around here acting like you're better than us all, well f*ck you. At least I am 21 and actually going to be graduating on time. We all have different opinions and yours my friend, IS NOT THE BEST. If anything, it's so far off base that it's laughable. You go around calling other people pretentious and what not, well f*ck, who do you think you are?! Honestly, you are usually not even worth responding to because I can guess what you are going to say; something insulting my intelligence and some bullshit about how I know nothing about the real world. Well mother f*cker, you can take me 3.8 GPA and suck a huge fat dick. I know plenty about the real world, perhaps more than you, I just don't feel the excessive need to be a prick. You used to be somewhat amusing, with your completely pointless rants about others stupidity, but now it's just obnoxious, like your replies. So please, do us a favor and GTFO. If you feel so superior to us all, why the f*ck do you keep coming back? You must have some sort of complex, you get off hardcore on being a douchebag who thinks he is smarter than us. Well sorry to say, but you are just douche. PEACE OUT MOTHER f*ckER, and no I am not going to reply to whatever extremely long and pointless shit you say to me.

what the f*ck are you talking about?
i didn't call anyone "pretentious", you did.
i didn't make any "extremely long and pointless" posts, you did.

at least i can formulate a legitimate argument, you're just attacking my character & letting us know that you have a 3.8 GPA (as if that meant anything @ all). you look like a complete fool & a hypocrite. i believe i made valid points... concerning the picture that is under discussion... you have ignored those points entirely. who is pointless & a jerk? oh, you. meanie head!

[preciousjewelrys...]

Slumdog was so good, very sentimental to funny and a great relief at the end. Such a rollercoaster of emotions, wonderful movie. I def. recommend!

[mipadi]

Salman Rushdie had a few interesting words to say about the film. The full quote can be found here, but his summary is provocative:

Boyle, when asked why he had chosen a project so different from his usual material, answered that he had never been to India and knew nothing about it, so he thought this project was a great opportunity. Listening to him, I imagined an Indian film director making a movie about New York low-life and saying that he had done so because he knew nothing about New York and had indeed never been there. He would have been torn limb from limb by critical opinion. But for a first world director to say that about the third world is considered praiseworthy, an indication of his artistic daring. The double standards of post-colonial attitudes have not yet wholly faded away.

[Joanne]

^ That really is a good point. Thanks for that Michael.

[Insurmountable]

I enjoyed the movie, its not something that I would go out of my way to tell people to watch. And I don't really think its full deserving of so many awards as well but whatever. It was good watch, if your bored pick it up.