tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post1299697845983001334..comments2023-10-28T11:09:18.671+05:30Comments on Cinemascope: Slumdog Millionaire [2008]Shubhajithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040495040897333606noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-6965507385376110182009-01-05T22:17:00.000+05:302009-01-05T22:17:00.000+05:30@Sitenoise - Thanks buddy. Though I'd heard a lot ...@Sitenoise - Thanks buddy. Though I'd heard a lot about the movie, most of the sources weren't from this part of the world. Consequently i was a tad skeptical. The reason being, as i mentioned in the review, the ridiculously filthy trend these days for what is known as slum tourism, where people actually pay heavy dough to visit slums, with Dharavi (the slum shown in the movie) being the destination of choice! But the fact that the human aspect of the story far outweighed any other parameter really gladdened my heart. And Danny Boyle being the director, one couldn't really hope but like the movie.<BR/><BR/>@Adrenaline - where there's a will, there's a way... wouldn't you agree?Shubhajithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040495040897333606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-2838359515442106082009-01-05T21:32:00.000+05:302009-01-05T21:32:00.000+05:30ahhh ... you already saw this,HOW???I'm impatientl...ahhh ... you already saw this,<BR/>HOW???<BR/>I'm impatiently awaiting it's release.Adrenaline and all that Jazzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15724146232711592068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-68989449803485009662009-01-05T21:30:00.000+05:302009-01-05T21:30:00.000+05:30This comment has been removed by the author.Adrenaline and all that Jazzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15724146232711592068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-36039358573464760012009-01-05T09:21:00.000+05:302009-01-05T09:21:00.000+05:30Spot on review, once again, my friend.I was curiou...Spot on review, once again, my friend.<BR/>I was curious as to what folks from India would make of this movie. Honestly, I was brought down by it a lot of the time and might not have been able to say I enjoyed it if it hadn't ended so wonderfully. It was with a ... uh ... an almost Jesuit rhetorical power, let's say, that the ending (even though one knew/hoped it was coming) seemed to bring all that preceded it back into a healthier light. I don't know. Something like that.sitenoisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14026224029440247436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-88475986409842877732009-01-04T23:08:00.000+05:302009-01-04T23:08:00.000+05:30You're right, the KJs and the YCs traverse a diffe...You're right, the KJs and the YCs traverse a different alley of Bombay altogether. And the problem with Madhur is that he tries a tad too much to make his movies seem 'real'. The reality must be natural and not forced.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, the child actors are indeed one of the USP of the film - they are so unbelievably natural. <BR/><BR/>The ending reminded you of American Beauty you say? Well, I don't know whether I'm on the same page with you on that one.Shubhajithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040495040897333606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-3160713564251576432009-01-04T22:45:00.000+05:302009-01-04T22:45:00.000+05:30The KJs and YCs of the industry can never take a l...The KJs and YCs of the industry can never take a leaf outta this film, try as they may, although Madhur should take some pointers!<BR/>The USP of the film surely had been the child-actor support, and the fairytale saga of the protagonist to reunite with his sweetheart; the ending strangely reminded me of the bleak, sudden end of American Beauty...Sthitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16578269449595378277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-18531651607902656082009-01-04T21:26:00.000+05:302009-01-04T21:26:00.000+05:30Yeah, I totally agree with you. I hope the Karan J...Yeah, I totally agree with you. I hope the Karan Johar-s and the Yash Chopra-s watch this movie...Shubhajithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040495040897333606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-66813957761349701102009-01-04T14:19:00.000+05:302009-01-04T14:19:00.000+05:30Although, I enjoyed the movie, but in the end it m...Although, I enjoyed the movie, but in the end it made me sad- " Why couldn't we come up with something like this"...and to read in papers and media about the glorification of the " Indian context" makes things even sadder. I guess history is the witness to such an event from Gandhi to Slumdog Millionaire.niteshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667299083541761990noreply@blogger.com