I could not understand why each and every one has a view and an angle to farthest of topics that he/she may be referring to. But then people try to make statements that gains conformist applauds. If Boyle had done that to India, You yourself are doing the same to gain 314 replies and comments to your blog. (Just check if you have got any Non-Indian comments..)

What I mean is if any sequence of events mentioned in the movie not related to the actual scenario here (but ofcourse were not far from actual scenario as well), if it is earning bucks for the welfare of people at Dharavi and other slums at India ( India have seen lot of funds pouring in from other countries after movie gt a hit) I see nothing wrong in it.

Though I do agree SM was a big marketing stunt. It has comparatively done lesser harm to India’s perspective than benefited the slums in India.
So am Happy..atleast the movie gained money for needy..awards for deserving..and bright future of out-of-the-blue stars in the movie.

In the theater I noticed people were really into the movie, the woman next to me especially kept making noises, and at points was clapping her hands. I spent the rest of the movie trying to figure out what the big deal was, when I started to realize how absolutely brilliant the film is; heres is why:

Basically the movie does the following things:

1. It gives fat rich Americans another reason to feel their way of life is above all the best. It evokes that perfect blend of pity, and self righteousness that I get from people who are trying to convert me into their churches.

2. The questions on the quiz show were so ridiculously easy, that it justified the feelings of the audience by making them feel smarter than they actually are.

3. It blended all of these things into a story of total and absolute fantastical hope. The basic American dream, that one will reach their destiny despite what there life holds because thats whats meant to happen.

… it sells Americans on this, while at the same time depicting them as totally stupid and unaware! It’s amazing, when I left the movie I actually thought that the scene where the kids are duping the American tourists was just symbolism for what the movie was doing to me. What the movie has done to America. Evoked the same sort of emotion that those boys did to dupe the Americans, and take their money, in order to take ours.

i don’t know if that was the intention of the movie, but I hope so. I guess it’s just better than the alternative.

Any thoughts on this?

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City of God Has One Vital Thing Slumdog Millionaire Does Not, 30 January 2009
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Author: alexkolokotronis from Queens, New York

Slumdog Millionaire is one of the most critically acclaimed movies of 2008 but the hype surrounding it is a bit undeserved. Don’t get me wrong, this is at the very least a good movie and is quite a terrific movie 3/4 the way through.

The acting all around was very good particularly from Dev Patel and the small kids. There performance are probably the only thing that is overlooked in this film. Without much of these very good performances the movie would not have been at the level it was at.

The directing of Danny Boyle was his best yet. The look of the film was amazing and many screen shots of India were breathtaking. The musical score was very fitting to the style of the movie. It was one of the best scores of 2008. Where this film fell apart was at the writing. Towards the end its withdrew into a standard romance. It was no longer the great and amazing adventure we had witnessed for most of the movie. It had plateaued and didn’t deliver the way I had hoped it would this largely in part by the failure of the screenplay.

Many people have compared this film to City of God because the film are actually similar in many ways. Yet City of God has something Slumdog Millionaire does not have which is depth and character motivations. These things are vital to these kind of movies being successful. City of God seemed to have a more plausible story because the story was more linear. Events took place as a result of other events. This did not happen in Slumdog Millionaire, the story was more chopped up and too many of the events just seemed to pop up out of no where. Slumdog Millionaire did take a very ambitious approach in the way it was made which is commendable. Is this a 1st rate movie though? The answer to that is no.

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