... the movie that I didn't think was all that terrible at first but then everybody decided it was this unassailable masterpiece and the raves got so out of hand when the movie itself is only occasionally what it wants to be but is mostly just sloppy and it got so that I couldn't even think about the movie without getting annoyed anymore goes to:Slumdog Millionaire
I just now read a headline that said "Slumdog Millionaire: The First Film of the Obama Era." I might never stop puking. Ugh. I hope with all my being that The Obama Era has more heart and follow-through and conviction and substance than Slumdog ends up having.
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Yeah, I actually FINALLY saw it today. I feel like I'm gonna puke.
why is it that EVERYONE seems to dislike this movie?! Well I guess I respect the opinions of how people feel, but I just lament the massive film blog community hate against slumdog.
I am right in the middle. I didn't hate it, didn't love it, but people probably think I do hate it because I have the nerve to actually point out its flaws instead of blindly hail it as a masterpiece and a feelgood heartwarming torture movie!!
I kind of came down in the middle too. But I'm not sure if I agree with the idea that it can't be uplifting because there's so much violence in the movie. It's not like it didn't take the violence seriously. The fact that the story doesn't hold together as much as it needs to was my major problem. I don't know how you do a movie about the slums in Mumbai without showing that kind of violence.
Slumdog is terribly overrated. Millions of people are blindly bowing down to this movie that sucks.
It is an accessible feel good fantasy that comes right when people need it the most.
I am not saying it is a great movie, it is just what a lot of people need right now.
Shitdog Millionaire.
Thank you the Tap for that, it has never been so apt.
I completely disagree with the judgment given in the blog post. Rather than berating its success, it would be worthwhile to actually go deeper and analyze the reason why it succeeds despite its flaws - which are glaring and visible.
Perhaps if I thought it succeeded despite its glaring and obvious flaws I'd be willing to spend the time going deeper. But since I do not think it succeeded despite its glaring and obvious flaws I will leave that to someone who thinks so and is therefore willing to make such an argument. I don't think my arguing for its success would make much sense, since I think just the opposite. And anyway, there are plenty out there offering up their enthusiastic praise. I'm just requesting some breathing room.
Is there any hope that there will be a backlash after ballots get into the hands of the Academy? Except for the predictably good performance by Irfan Khan, nothing about this movie worked for me, particularly the self-conscious, self-congratulatory closing credits.
Well, I disagree. But to each his own and it IS your blog and award.
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