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I saw a lot of reviews for this movie but - Page 2 - Movies, Music, Fashion, Sports - Posted: 26th Feb, 2009 - 6:57pm
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| I haven't seen the movie yet. I've heard it is very good. I'm curious though, is it a fun movie on a serious subject or a serious movie? |
This movie has a bit of everything: drama, comedy, a bit of action and most of all it has heart. The idea of Slumdog Millionaire is "Hope", it is the driving force of the movie. If you are the kind of person that is light minded or always looking for a joke in something serious then this movie may not appeal to you. Of course there is only one way to find out.
Concerning the movie's wins at the Oscars... I think it will make Indian film making go to new heights, but I do wonder, is just a few that are offended by this film or does the rest of the nation also thinks it does not describe the life of the Slumdogs in India?
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I must admit I have a particular taste on movies. I thought the movie was great but a bit overrated (8 Oscars? Hmmmm). No wonder Hollywood loved it, they love fairy tales with happy endings.
First of all, it was clearly a low-budget movie which I think is the whole reason for the hype, the fact that it reached so far. I don't have a problem with the story line but I do have a problem with the timing of the story. His constant flashbacks kill the rest of the movie, you KNOW what is going to happen next and that's something I do not like when I am watching a movie. I want to be surprised.
Overall, I thought the child actors did a terrific job. The scenes of horror and abuse these kids went through were beyond disturbing and very real.
I am a bit concerned at the fact they used two kids who live in extreme poverty for the movie, dress them in cute outfits, take them to a trip to LA to now have to return to this lifestyle, it's sad.
The title "slumdog" is offensive since these people are humans, not dogs and even though they're treated that way, I don't think promoting a name like that is beneficial for their dignity's sake.
The acting in general was great and the plot as well so my rate is 1 
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I see you've taken on the position of some of the Indians who protest this film on some of the points. The film is based on a book, not real events. I also want to point out that all the children have received accounts set up in their name so that when they are of age they can have a college education. How helpful that is for them now I do not know, but I have the feeling that they will not be forgotten. The name is set to grab you I think, because they are not synonymous, so it is purposeful.
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Glad to hear about this. Any housing is good compared to the conditions they live in:
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| MUMBAI (Reuters) - The two main child actors from "Slumdog Millionaire" are to receive new homes from the Indian authorities after the small-budget movie swept the Oscars, winning eight Academy Awards. The Mumbai homes will go to Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, who played the younger versions of the movie's central characters, Latika and Salim, in the rags-to-riches romance about a poor Indian boy competing for love and money on a TV game show. "These two children have brought laurels to the country, and we have been told that they live in slums, which cannot even be classified as housing," said Gautam Chatterjee, head of the state-run Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority. The movie, set in Mumbai, which is part of Maharashtra state, took home eight awards from the Oscars including best picture and best director for Britain's Danny Boyle. But in the lead-up to Sunday's Oscars, the movie's success around the globe was overshadowed by objections in India to its name, which some Indians find offensive; its depiction of the lives of impoverished Indians; and the treatment of the cast. There was an outcry after pictures emerged of the child stars living in squalor despite the $15 million movie earning about $100 million since its North American release in November.... |
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I just saw this on FNC and I honestly feel it is all about the 'pride of India', were it not so then ALL the kids would be rescued from such poverty and not those who got their faces plastered across the screen. The Indians were claiming that the producers were 'abusing' the children by paying them nothing (according to the father of one of the children). Somehow I do not buy that since they made the effort to highlight them and bring them all the way to Hollywood. Of course some will say it is a marketing tactic, even so they did not have to do that.
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Slumdog kids get rousing welcome on return to India
Six children who acted in the Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire returned from Hollywood to Mumbai on Thursday to cheers from fans lined up at the city's airport. Hundreds of family members, friends and fans thronged the airport to greet the children, shouting Jai Ho, the theme song from the movie which won two Oscars for Indian music composer AR Rahman among its eight awards in all. Ref. Source 5
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I saw a lot of reviews for this movie but is it in English or subtitles? I generally hate having to read the subtitles.
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