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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

OT: Movie you MUST see: Slumdog Millionaire

I thought the brother's redemption was very predictable, and as Brandon said, it was staged in a ludicrous manner.... in a bathtub full of cash? Other scenes, like the girl using her hand to lower the gun, seemed pulled right out of Braveheart. I thought the "tip" in the bathroom was also predictable, because that host kept treating the kid with contempt and mocking him with degrading names, etc, so why would he suddenly help the kid? Everything having to do with the girl was predictable. The use of MIA's Paper Planes was really sort of trite and tired. Maybe if I hadn't been bombarded with that song on every station in LA for the last year it might have worked.

Again, IMO, it's a good film, but by no means a great film.
 
Disagreeing is fun.

I hated "Titanic." Talking about predictable... :-)
 
Kevin Wild said:
Disagreeing is fun.

I hated "Titanic." Talking about predictable... :-)
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lol

Obviously Tom appreciated the flick more than I, but it's nice to know someone is at least partially on my side :)

EDIT: BTW, I love Straight Story.
 
Okay, I think what we need next is a "Titanic vs Slumdog" thread...hahahaha. :)
 
Tom said:
Okay, I think what we need next is a "Titanic vs Slumdog" thread...hahahaha. :)
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To be honest I've been meaning to revisit Titanic for the last year or two. I'll have to get on that and get back to you :)

Interesting tid bit, while researching something else, I happened upon the fact that in D.C. there is a memorial statue for those who died on the Titanic. It's a figure posed it's arms out. The scene where Leo lifts Kate at the front of the ship is meant to evoke that statue. Knowing that makes the scene seem just a lad less silly :)

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Tom said:
Okay, I think what we need next is a "Titanic vs Slumdog" thread
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Maybe on a double bill with the "Godzilla vs. Mothra" thread?

Questions of quality aside, this film is a great case study in book adaptation, for those interested in the matter. The screenwriter took the premise and the flashback structure from the novel, but changed virtually all the details. The book, in general, is much darker. For example, the reason he gets tortured by the police in the novel isn't because the game show host despises him, but only because the show's promoter, a white, non-Indian, doesn't have the prize money and is looking for a way to weasel out of paying.

Anyway, the adaptation is highly instructive, if you're looking to make a commercially successful movie from a despairing source.
 
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