Anyone else see "Slumdog Millionaire"? Thoughts?

[CoffeeCat]

I hope it wins best picture.

I was very moved by this movie, and disturbed by the images. The exploitation
of children, as well as the bottomless poverty, corruption, lawlessness and violence--were very hard
to watch.

However, the movie was about hope--and I left the theater with feeling that I had
just seen an amazing piece of film making.

I thought the movie took the viewer into some really interesting places. Like the
inside of that call center. That was a real slice of life. It was eye-opening to
see how tourists were depicted.

I also read an interview with children in India who are real "slumdogs" and they
said that the movie depicted their lives and everything that goes on around them--
with incredible accuracy. Sad.

I told my husband that the images of children living that way, made me want to travel
there and rescue them all. He replied, "Well...about a half a billion people live
that way on this planet,so you've got a lot of rescuing to do."

[Lex]

1. One of the absolute best movies I've ever seen.

I was totally riveted the entire time. Even bought the soundtrack (2 of the songs are nominated for an Oscar).

[Captain Hilts]

2. Saw it last night. Like "The Constant Gardener" I was glad the picture was made.

You see hundreds of thousands of people living in a degree of poverty almost absent from this country. People living as stray dogs live.

[jwirr]

4. MSM will not tell us the truth but the movies have a way of getting it

out there anyhow. That is what I like in a movie. Maybe I will buy it.

[Captain Hilts]

7. Yes. This and the Constant Gardner weren't about how I felt about the movie, but rather...

how I felt about me having seen it. I'm glad they got made and financed.

The Constant Gardener was pretty much ignored for major awards, so it didn't have as wide a base as Slumdog Millionaire has.

[truedelphi]

10. I loved that book, TCG. really fabulous portrayal of life

Truth and science as determined by the multinationals. As an anti-pesticide, pro-vaccine safety activist, I felt a huge sense of satisfaction seeing this dilemna come to first print and then celluloid.

And I am eagerly awaiting the ability to see Slumdog Millionaire. Might have to wait till it's on DVD as our small rural area doesn't always get the cream of the movie crop.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

3. The "King of Beggars" was like a character out of a Grimm fairy tale.

I really liked this film. Even though I felt the plot resolution was completely predictable, it didn't detract from the film at all, due to the fact that the story was clearly a fairy tale.

I thought the moment when the hero encountered his old fellow beggar in the subway station was very poignant.

[screembloodymurder]

18. Yes, it wasn't about the outcome.

It was about how the tale unfolded.

[SoCalDem]

5. Children "live on the street" all over the world.. In countries that do not

value women for much more than the "ablility"/ obligation to reproduce, the individual "value" of each child gets less and less. At some point there are just too many mouths to feed.:(

[Autumn Colors]

6. 2 of the child "actors" were really picked off the street

The little girl and the boy who plays Jamal's brother as children are real street children from Mumbai. They are now in school and a trust fund has been set aside for them.

If you've never seen the movie "City of God", you really should. That's another film where many of the cast were real street kids. This one, however, is not a heartwarming story, has a lot of violence in it, and is based on a real person.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317248/

I loved "Slumdog Millionaire" -- especially the credits at the end. :)

[Captain Hilts]

8. Yes! I haven't seen "City of God." I must. nt

[lostnotforgotten]

9. Enjoyed The Movie Very Much

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[destinationunknown]

11. I, too, was disturbed by the images of poverty....However, in the end,

I didn't think it was as great as everyone said. In other words, it's a bit overhyped, IMO. I thought "Revolutionary Road" was magnificent and am appalled that it didn't get the nominations that "Slum Dog" did.

[CoffeeCat]

13. I went into "slumdog" without knowing...

...anything about it.

I loved it immensely.

I think when you hear all of the hype, it kinda ruins the experience.

[destinationunknown]

14. I am usually pretty skeptical of hype, but I knew the subject matter and thought it would be very

interesting. However, the subject matter, whether sympathetic or not, is not enough for me to automatically think it's a quality movie. This was a good movie but I was not as moved as some apparently were. I thought the love story (which probably hooked everyone) was a bit contrived and not based upon anything solid in the story.

Now, one movie which blew my socks off was "Once" (which I went to see twice). It was made on the cheap but was really, really evocative and touched me so very much. It also grew popular by word of mouth, which is a sign of a very good movie.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

16. So did I

I saw it as part of the Talk Cinema Series, which gives sneak previews of foreign and indie movies. The ending was very Hollywoodish, but I was fascinated by the way the children managed to survive against impossible odds. As a side benefit, it was like a travelogue of India, with its segments on the train and at the Taj Mahal.

[mnhtnbb]

15. I was very impressed with "Revolutionary Road", too. Slumdog was different.

Unique. Not Hollywood. But I identified with RR.

[oregonjen]

12. Question...Were the actor Jamal got the autograph from and the host

of "Who wants to be a Millionaire" one in the same?

Loved the movie and like another poster above, loved the ending credits!

[unapatriciated]

17. Next - watch Salaam Bombay...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytuN_-unCG4

[liberal1973]

19. It's a good film

The very end of the film is strange. The dancing at the train was strange.

I agree on the children living the way they did part.

For me I like Milk for best picture. I liked Revolutionary Road alot too.

[gblady]

20. I did not like it...

not the "feel good" flm it was advertised to be.
I do not like watching torture and child abuse.