ok... Slumdog millionaire is a decent movie. Especially if you watch it the day after watching TDTESS (read the previous post), it may even look like the movie of the millennium. But it is definitely not worth the reviews it received. The US and the western world in general likes to see India (read: All the third world countries) as a country where you don't find anything good. They like to see people shitting on the road, forcing children into begging and prostitution, devising innovative plans to con foreigners. That is exactly what the movie show. Agreed, the child artists in the movie are really amusing and fun to watch. But the picture of India that is being portrayed is not something I would like to see on the celluloid. I just get the feeling that this portrayal has a lot to do with most of those (except Rehman's) golden globes nominations. Because second of the movie is nothing but good old (predictable) hindi cinema. And what the hell is Anil Kapoor doing there ? His character is simply incomprehensible (to me).
I am not saying that the movie is bad. It is nice movie to watch and everyone should watch it. It's some good fun but it's definitely not up to the reviews/nominations it has received.
P.S. In all these negative things, I must not forget to mention how superb job Rehman has done in the movie. Really nice soundtrack!
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Well, I've not seen Slumdog, but then the India it shows appears to be (from what you say) the India we all see everyday. You can also idealize and never show reality.. and then you end up with RNBDJ :) Its a choice you make.. it may not be awesome, but then the question is whether it captures India.
As far as TDTESS goes, I'm not sure anyone liked it. The '51 version was revolutionary for its time, but thats about it. One more of those movies remade to blow up some extra cash the producers have lying around.
yes agreed,
but the concern i have is there are movies which show a decent mix of good and bad and they are really nice movies. but unfortunately they never get the recognition (outside india) they deserve).
as far as i remember only movies (about india) that are internationally recognized are the ones that show the bad side.
well....its not just for india alone...most of the oscar worthy movies are the depressing variety(there are of curs sum exceptions)...prob to justify to ppl that..."look you think ur lives suck...thats not true...there are others whose lives suck even more than yours..."
n slumdog kickd ass just for the fact that I could see the entire amru crowd sitting after the mov just for the song-dance routine....pretty much the only ppl who wer standing up were us desis...cos v have seen the same song-dance routines a million times b4.....
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