Did I watch the right Slumdog Millionaire?

[Tsaico]

Originally posted by: nace186

Originally posted by: dmw16
Didn't see it.

But No Country For Old Men was also a hyped up piece of shit.

Agree.

I think Grand Torino was better than slumdog.

I agree with the above. I liked Slumdog, and No Country for Old Men, in the overall scheme, but Gran Torino really was a much better movie then these two. As for Wall-E? Decent flick, but also not too sad they didn't get a nod.

 

[weflyhigh]

Originally posted by: cheezy321
Sounds like OP is a hater.

"I hate all movies which were mega-popular just because they were mega-popular! I still have the mindset of a 12 year old!"

The way you break down the movie really makes me see the true mediocrity in it. Thanks for that deep review of the film....:roll:

rofl are you retarded?
I said in my OP that I loved:
No Country for Old Men
Crash
and I clearly said I had nothing against:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
A Beautiful Mind
Gladiator
Braveheart
(previous winners)

Oh wait, those aren't mega-popular films... you're right.. they're underground indy movies, so I loved them

rofl

 

[AmdInside]

Never watched No Country for Old Men but OMG, Crash was the dumbest movie to win best picture since Chicago. Seriously, movies lately really suck. However, I did like Slumdog. The only other movies that were nominated that I watched were Milk and Benjamin Button and I feel Slumdog were much better than both of them. Maybe I'm a little partial though since I've traveled to India for a business trip in the past though.

 

[Gothgar]

Departed was awesome


Slumdog was terrible, I thought I had seen the wrong film too

 

[mchammer187]

Originally posted by: weflyhigh

Originally posted by: cheezy321
Sounds like OP is a hater.

"I hate all movies which were mega-popular just because they were mega-popular! I still have the mindset of a 12 year old!"

The way you break down the movie really makes me see the true mediocrity in it. Thanks for that deep review of the film....:roll:

rofl are you retarded?
I said in my OP that I loved:
No Country for Old Men
Crash
and I clearly said I had nothing against:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
A Beautiful Mind
Gladiator
Braveheart
(previous winners)

Oh wait, those aren't mega-popular films... you're right.. they're underground indy movies, so I loved them

rofl

You loved Crash but think Slumdog was overhyped

 

[Passions]

Originally posted by: FallenHero

Originally posted by: AndroidVageta

Originally posted by: weflyhigh
just finished watching it and it was definitely mediocre at best
really? he won the money? they get back together? the brother says sorry? wow awesome
love that symbolize of the money bath at the end. so deep.

No Country for Old Men and Crash were definitely twice as good, I guess 2008 sucks (haven't seen the Departed)
looking at past best pictures, this might be the worst except for the couple I didnt see and Million Dollar Baby (which sucked)

maybe I need to watch it again? haha

Despite all the big names, you arent missing much by not having seen the Departed yet...medicore at best.

Get out

I laugh at all the ignorant Scorsese sackriders who think The Departed was a great film.

It's mediocre at best and holds very little weight against the original, Infernal Affairs.

If you want to watch a powerful and emotional movie, try to use your brain and view the original.

 

[lokiju]

I thought the Departed was a pretty damn entertaining movie.

 

[NaOH]

Originally posted by: mchammer187

Originally posted by: weflyhigh

Originally posted by: cheezy321
Sounds like OP is a hater.

"I hate all movies which were mega-popular just because they were mega-popular! I still have the mindset of a 12 year old!"

The way you break down the movie really makes me see the true mediocrity in it. Thanks for that deep review of the film....:roll:

rofl are you retarded?
I said in my OP that I loved:
No Country for Old Men
Crash
and I clearly said I had nothing against:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
A Beautiful Mind
Gladiator
Braveheart
(previous winners)

Oh wait, those aren't mega-popular films... you're right.. they're underground indy movies, so I loved them

rofl

You loved Crash but think Slumdog was overhyped

QFT

 

[Chunkee]

Originally posted by: SSSnail
I lasted through 10 minutes of that hype fest.

Your middle name is Robby isnt it?

 

[cheezy321]

Originally posted by: weflyhigh

Originally posted by: cheezy321
Sounds like OP is a hater.

"I hate all movies which were mega-popular just because they were mega-popular! I still have the mindset of a 12 year old!"

The way you break down the movie really makes me see the true mediocrity in it. Thanks for that deep review of the film....:roll:

rofl are you retarded?
I said in my OP that I loved:
No Country for Old Men
Crash
and I clearly said I had nothing against:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
A Beautiful Mind
Gladiator
Braveheart
(previous winners)

Oh wait, those aren't mega-popular films... you're right.. they're underground indy movies, so I loved them

rofl

So which movie do you think should have won instead of Slumdog? To say that it is mediocre and not deserving of "best picture" would mean that you found one of the other nominations better.

So which one wasn't as mediocre as slumdog? I thought all the other nominations were FAR WORSE.

 

[cheezy321]

Originally posted by: mchammer187

Originally posted by: weflyhigh

Originally posted by: cheezy321
Sounds like OP is a hater.

"I hate all movies which were mega-popular just because they were mega-popular! I still have the mindset of a 12 year old!"

The way you break down the movie really makes me see the true mediocrity in it. Thanks for that deep review of the film....:roll:

rofl are you retarded?
I said in my OP that I loved:
No Country for Old Men
Crash
and I clearly said I had nothing against:
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
A Beautiful Mind
Gladiator
Braveheart
(previous winners)

Oh wait, those aren't mega-popular films... you're right.. they're underground indy movies, so I loved them

rofl

You loved Crash but think Slumdog was overhyped

What is so ironic is I thought Crash and Slumdog were eerily similar. In the way the storyline played out, and the way the characters developed.

Guess OP doesnt see that....

 

[imported_Imp]

Loved Slumdog. Actually paid to see it twice. Overall, it's an entertaining, feel good movie with very good cinematography and music.

The Departed is ok, I don't know how it own best picture.

 

[NaOH]

Originally posted by: foghorn67

Originally posted by: Snapster

Originally posted by: DaWhim

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
The Departed was just about the most emotionally wrenching movie I've ever seen. I wanted to kill Matt Damon from the very beginning of it.

you know, the departed is actually a remake of a HK film.

Although The Departed is good, it's not as good as Infernal Affairs.

No way. Only azn fanboi's think that.

Yup, I can't stand in most movies the overdramatic scenes

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: dmw16
Didn't see it.

But No Country For Old Men was also a hyped up piece of shit.

FAIL.

 

[zinfamous]

Originally posted by: foghorn67

Originally posted by: Snapster

Originally posted by: DaWhim

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
The Departed was just about the most emotionally wrenching movie I've ever seen. I wanted to kill Matt Damon from the very beginning of it.

you know, the departed is actually a remake of a HK film.

Although The Departed is good, it's not as good as Infernal Affairs.

No way. Only azn fanboi's think that.

:thumbsup:

 

[Joemonkey]

finally got around to seeing this last night, and while the story wasn't super terrific, the camera work and sound was fan-fucking-tastic

 

[polarbear6]

slum dog millionaire ...........
great just make a film on brown people and it wins oscar
the oscar judges are so racist
and who the fk wrote slum dog millionaires story
probably some westerner or some non indian

 

[polarbear6]

Originally posted by: nace186

Originally posted by: dmw16
Didn't see it.

But No Country For Old Men was also a hyped up piece of shit.

Agree.

I think Grand Torino was better than slumdog.

i say slum dog is over hyped cause iam a indian soo i knw it well

 

[dabuddha]

Originally posted by: ganesh1
slum dog millionaire ...........
great just make a film on brown people and it wins oscar
the oscar judges are so racist
and who the fk wrote slum dog millionaires story
probably some westerner or some non indian

Guess again

 

[Firsttime]

Meh it was ok. Movies this decade in general have been somewhat lacking in the awesomeness department. Of the recent best picture winners I only really enjoyed the Departed, but it isn't like an awesome end all movie. Slumdog was insanely predictable, visually is was awesome, but beyond that slightly lacking. Gran Torino on the other hand was good, better then Slumdog anyway. Frig sakes, Iron Man had a better plot then Slumdog. I've had to content myself lately with going back to the 80's and 90's and watching movies I missed the first time around. This year has promise, they better not screw it up.

 

[ghostman]

Originally posted by: Snapster

Originally posted by: DaWhim

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
The Departed was just about the most emotionally wrenching movie I've ever seen. I wanted to kill Matt Damon from the very beginning of it.

you know, the departed is actually a remake of a HK film.

Although The Departed is good, it's not as good as Infernal Affairs.

Agreed. For the most part, The Departed seemed to more or less just translate Infernal Affairs for the English-speaking audience. And in my opinion, a lot was lost in translation.

 

[dainthomas]

Originally posted by: AstroManLuca

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: nace186

Originally posted by: dmw16
Didn't see it.

But No Country For Old Men was also a hyped up piece of shit.

Agree.

I think Grand Torino was better than slumdog.

Agree, and agree. No Country for Old Men just didn't do anything for me.

I sort of liked No Country for Old Men but I'll admit I'm a wimp who hates downer endings. I would have liked to see something like Chigurh getting killed in a car accident before he got to Llewellyn's wife or something (though obviously people would have hated that since I'm certain that's not how it went down in the book).

Just the idea that the big bad serial killer destroyed everything good and is going to keep on doing so bothered the hell out of me.

Chigurh was Death. He can't be killed.

 

[thereds]

Originally posted by: ganesh1
slum dog millionaire ...........
great just make a film on brown people and it wins oscar
the oscar judges are so racist
and who the fk wrote slum dog millionaires story
probably some westerner or some non indian

Hey dumbass, Slumdog Millionaire was based on a book written by an Indian named Vikas Swarup. The book is called Q & A.

 

[thereds]

Originally posted by: ganesh1

Originally posted by: nace186

Originally posted by: dmw16
Didn't see it.

But No Country For Old Men was also a hyped up piece of shit.

Agree.

I think Grand Torino was better than slumdog.

i say slum dog is over hyped cause iam a indian soo i knw it well

What? You know what well because you're Indian? The movie?

 

[torpid]

WTF... how can anyone think that slumdog was cliche but Gran Torino wasn't and therefore was better?