1. Wait What? Isn't This A Gangster Movie?
From what I'd heard about it, I thought it was a gangster movie too. That being said, I guess it did have some gangster-esque scenes, but for the most part, it was about as akin to Goodfellas as Mickey Mouse is to The Rats of Nimh. A little bit on the boring side of intense, as far as explosions and such go. Character Development? Pshaw. Shoot a guy in the head! That's quality entertainment.
2. Huh? What'd he just say?
I literally uttered that phrase dozens of times throughout the movie. Sorry if I'm crossing the race line for all you people living in denial, but Indian people have a heavy accent. And sometimes, when they something really intense, it just sounds downright hilarious. Shoot me. Of course, 1/8 of the dialogue was completely unintelligible to me. 5/8 had subtitles. So...yeah. Computer, afdkslj Cl fdasfdsaf Please.
3. Not enough sex.
There was a kissing scene, that's it. I know Slumdog speaks of prostitution and stuff like that, but it was very prudent. I respect it for that. Shows that it don't need boobies to entertain the masses, it's got plot. I know, weird right?
Anyways, if you haven't seen it, go see it. If you have...Why you hatin'?
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Not getting enough love? It won 8 Oscars for Christ's sake, including Best Picture. It's 42 on the IMBd Top 250. It's getting wayyyy more love than it deserves.
ReplyDeleteI take it you're one of the people not giving it love. =P Thanks for providing an example.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Anon. Slumdog was no doubt a good movie. Howevaaa - I think far too much emphasis was placed on it due to it being "culturally diverse" and its "exposure of Indian slums". We as westerners want to feel better about ourselves - so when we watch a movie about poverty, we feel that we are "giving" something to the world. Furthermore, in terms of bollywood films, Slumdog does not even make the cut.
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