Originally posted by Sado22
slumdog was overrated as hell really. the fact that the movie is indian technically and that 1/6th of the world population happens to be indians seems to explain a lot of it......if not all of it.~Sado
Yay someone that agrees with me! It was so undeserving of the praise it got, which caused Milk to be almost overlooked sadly.
... it's not a Bollywood movie. It's 'Bollywood-inspired'. The director, Danny Boyle, is English and the production itself is labeled 'English'. However, he used a Bollywood director as his co-director in order to have a better grasp of the scenes shot in Hindi and, of course, India's culture.
Seriously, people. Get your facts straight.
Originally posted by Sado22
yes. the story was weak and like any other indian movie you can watch. nor was the direction or dialogues any great. it was a regular Bollywood movie.
Honestly, you're just stupid. Like Crimzon said, it's not an Indian movie. The direction WAS great, but I doubt you'd know anything about that. And again, it wasn't Bollywood; Bollywood movies are actually far different (they don't show the slums/poverty, oftentimes they aren't even filmed in India). And let me just point out how ridiculous you sound: "nor was the dialogues any great." I'd argue against that, but I'm afraid you wouldn't understand my retort.
Originally posted by celestialdemon
Which is unfair because if an animated movie is good enough, it should be nominated for Best Picture.
So really, Wall-E is that good? I haven't seen it, but I swear, the last 20 animated/cartoon/Pixar movies I've seen were so formulaic, I want to vomit all over the screen. I'm like, "I've seen this before--but with a bear as the main character instead of a robot (or a cow, or a horse, or a toy, etc...)!!!!"
Originally posted by botankus
Beauty and the Beast and Babe (slightly animated) were both nominated for Best Picture.So really, Wall-E is that good? I haven't seen it, but I swear, the last 20 animated/cartoon/Pixar movies I've seen were so formulaic, I want to vomit all over the screen. I'm like, "I've seen this before--but with a bear as the main character instead of a robot (or a cow, or a horse, or a toy, etc...)!!!!"
... it's not a Bollywood movie. It's 'Bollywood-inspired'. The director, Danny Boyle, is English and the production itself is labeled 'English'. However, he used a Bollywood director as his co-director in order to have a better grasp of the scenes shot in Hindi and, of course, India's culture. Seriously, people. Get your facts straight.
yes. the story was weak and like any other indian movie you can watch. nor was the direction or dialogues any great. it was a regular Bollywood movie.
Honestly, you're just stupid. Like Crimzon said, it's not an Indian movie. The direction WAS great, but I doubt you'd know anything about that. And again, it wasn't Bollywood; Bollywood movies are actually far different (they don't show the slums/poverty, oftentimes they aren't even filmed in India). And let me just point out how ridiculous you sound: "nor was the dialogues any great." I'd argue against that, but I'm afraid you wouldn't understand my retort.
Yes, everyone who enjoyed Slumdog is Indian.
~Sado
Originally posted by Sado22
slums and poverty were vastly portrayed in indian movies before but have since stopped. in fact, Amitabh Bachan (the robert deniro of bollywood if you may) often acted as a downtrodden angry man from the slums. go watch a bollywood movie before you talk. Amar Akbar Anthony, Lawaris, and several others were of that type with him acting like the local town's "bhai" (gangster) and these were the movies that made him the icon he is. i'd know because i've always been a big fan of his and have seen practically every movie he did in his prime. and again, i've been following bollywood movies for a long time stopped a few years back due to its cliches and refusal to come up with something new (kinda like present day hollywood).
and next time, dont' come down to flaming someone just cuz they disagree with you or did a grammer mistake in a forum. grow up.are you stoned? cuz, damn...
it was mediocre movie, needlessly overhyped with the most cliched plot in the world. just another "bollywood movie".~Sado
When you say things like "it's just another bollywood movie" or "it's like any other Indian movie" or "the direction's not anything great," how am I supposed to not call you stupid? Especially the last statement; have you even seen the film?
No I'm not stoned, it's sarcasm.
If you think it was a mediocre movie, fine, I'm totally okay with that. It just bugs me when people give shit (sometimes altogether false) reasons as to why they disliked something. I mean, come on, your claims aren't even legitimate.
Sado, when you claim a movie is 'just a regular Bollywood movie', that would make the implication that you think it is a Bollywood movie. If you knew it wasn't, you should say something along the lines of 'it's just like a regular Bollywood movie', the 'just like' making the implication that it actually isn't one. See?
Honestly, I was just correcting you on the facts. I have no problem with you disliking the film.
Sado, when you claim a movie is 'just a regular Bollywood movie', that would make the implication that you think it is a Bollywood movie. If you knew it wasn't, you should say something along the lines of 'it's just like a regular Bollywood movie', the 'just like' making the implication that it actually isn't one. See? Honestly, I was just correcting you on the facts. I have no problem with you disliking the film.
When you say things like "it's just another bollywood movie" or "it's like any other Indian movie" or "the direction's not anything great," how am I supposed to not call you stupid? Especially the last statement; have you even seen the film?
No I'm not stoned, it's sarcasm. If you think it was a mediocre movie, fine, I'm totally okay with that. It just bugs me when people give shit (sometimes altogether false) reasons as to why they disliked something. I mean, come on, your claims aren't even legitimate.
~Sado