As we walk from the cinema smiling I wonder how good should we feel When everything feelgood was fairytale and everything nightmare was real . |
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this was short. but hit hard. great job.
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I just got back from seeing this movie. I thought it was great and your piece here really summed my thoughts up quite perfectly. excellent
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Your review of slumdog is spot on and eloquent.
I wonder if this is a criticism of the movie or praise. In other words, did the filmmaker want a syrupy ending to make us feel good or to question our ideas of capitalist style happy endings.
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Misinterpreted?
Hey Chicago. I reckon the movie has darker intent than it seems (and is therefore probably a better movie than it looks) and that it's been lauded by many for the wrong reasons. Good to hear from you. >W<
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hey Wind,i have seen the film,i sense the whole movie was deliberately exaggerated,the fairytale love,the nightmarish slums,the gameshow host,im wondering what/if anything the movie is really telling us about the rising Indian economy
you speak volumes in only a few words
kudos
bye
rhet
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Counsumerism
Hey R. I reckon he chose India because the contrasts were starker there than almost anywhere else. I don't reckon it's just about India either, I reckon it's about consumerism and the increasing levels of spiritual bankruptcy in the world. Ultimately I don't think it's an optimistic film at all. Thanks for entering the discussion. I enjoyed it. >W<
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Interesting Point W.
You say a lot in few words. For the countless impoverished "slumdogs" the "nightmare" of desperate survival is the only reality they know.I have yet to see the movie but have followed the debate emanating from India as to the voyeuristic aspect of the films focus on third world slums. Kudos to Danny Boyle for highlighting the everyday heroism involved in people with nothing becoming something - I m sure his intentions were good, but will this movie serve as another mere band-aid covering a cancerous tumour - an emotional salve to alleviate feelings of guilt and unrest as we all continue to allow the stark inequality of human vexistance to denigrate the value of life to such a vast degree?
Yeah. You know the answer.
Good work Windhover.
Regards
gG
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Sugarcoated
Hey gG. I reckon Mr Boyle knew just what he was doing when he made it and that it's a much better (and darker) movie, viewed in that light. He simply had the good sense to sugarcoat the pill. It's worth checking out. Great to hear from you. >W< -
New Capitalism
Hey gG. My suspicion is that Danny Boyle slipped a very bitter pill into a beautifully candy-coated shell for the world to swallow if it had the stomach. The emerging capitalist super-powers will bring a new dimension what sociologists call ' a sense of relative deprivation'. There's a storm coming I reckon, and I reckon so does Danny Boyle. Thanks for dropping by, mate. >W<
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I really liked how you captured the essence of the poem in such a brief way. It also speaks so true. i look foward to reading more of your work.
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Hey Blue, glad you liked it and thanks for stopping by. >W<
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Good point!
Excellent point and concisely stated...
I turned off the movie as I was tired of waiting for the nightmare bits to end behind my closed palms, and was annoyed by the graphics... all the interesting angles over done in my view!!
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Did he mean to upset us?
Hi Karuna and thanks for the comment here. I too was annoyed by the graphics and several other bits of the film but I deeply suspect the director was deliberately 'upsetting' the audience, perhaps trying to 'tip us off' that all was not sweetness and light about his message in the film. Just my thoughts. >W< -
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Windhover,
I see what you are saying, I hadnt thought that far into it, but if indeed he was it certainly worked on me!
I find it disturbing too to see a one of the little girls from the slums with an oscar in her hand on front of the tabloid newspaper today, I just wonder if there is any ongoing concern and interest for her welfare and how she will be when the hype of the film promotions is all over.
I pray there is a safe and ongoing integration for her.
Karuna
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hey john
i didn't see the film and now i don't have to feel guilty about not seein it. i agree with you in principal, feel good movies suck, the poem was good but it ain't winning no Oscar.
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No Oscar?
Awwwwwwwwwww! And I had my speech and my hankie all ready to go! You know I don't think it really was intended to be a feelgood movie. If you look at the 'feelgood' message as tongue-in-cheek,(as I suspect Danny Boyle intended) it makes it a much better movie than it looks. Thanks for the comment. >W<
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