An Unabashed Plug
Posted on December 18th, 2008 in Uncategorized | 8 Comments »
If you haven’t seen Slumdog Millionaire, it’s a wonderful, joyous, heartbreaking, inspiring romantic tragicomic love story. Absolutely not to be missed.
If you haven’t seen Slumdog Millionaire, it’s a wonderful, joyous, heartbreaking, inspiring romantic tragicomic love story. Absolutely not to be missed.
8 Responses
12/19/2008 10:14 pm
This movie was just rated as the second best movie of the year by Moviefone. #1 was Iron Man. #3 was Dark Knight. As much criticism as I rain down on you, again I am reminded that you constantly prove to be in touch with the heartbeat of America, which is why I read this blog. Just giving you your ‘just desserts’. ;)Happy Holidays, Richard Bradley! I hope it’s the best ever!
12/21/2008 2:56 am
I second your plug! Also know, the book it’s based on is fantastic as is the movie’s soundtrack. The movie gets even better with subsequent viewings & with input from someone who understands Eastern culture so you can pick up additional ironies
12/22/2008 8:29 am
Have not seen the movie yet (plan to) but the trailer reminds me of my time in India with the throngs of enthusiastic people and many hours spent riding on top of trains and busses.
12/22/2008 3:32 pm
Weird. My friends have been complaining about the movie’s gimmicky and cheesy aesthetic, more along the lines of this review:
http://www.indiewire.com/movies/2008/11/trivial_pursuit_1.html
Looking forward to seeing it, though, and seeing what the talk is about.
12/22/2008 3:41 pm
Beecham-I find that review mildly absurd. A little pretentious and just generally trying too hard. Anyone who can see that film and write a sarcastic line like “poverty can be so much fun,” even as a critique of the movie, has a profound issue with alienation.
Yes, of course, the narrative of the film is a conceit. But it’s a quite clever twisting together of the superficiality of pop culture and the depths of real life, and in the film, the two things come together to effect redemption in a very powerful way.
Well, but you’ll have to see the movie for yourself. Your reviewer writes about technique, but the film is about life.
12/22/2008 4:41 pm
Your reply made me laugh! yes, the review did seem a little pretentious and jaded, too. And as for those particular friends of mine . . . you’re probably not far off the mark-issues with alienation sounds about right.
I do think that movies that are especially moving to some are more likely to divide audiences.
12/22/2008 4:52 pm
Probably so. And I’m sure that your friends are right in some ways. It just seems to me that to focus on those issues is to miss the point.
12/23/2008 6:06 pm
Thanks for the movie suggestion. There are a few movies I’d like to see over Christmas and this was one of them. I always like to consult various sources before I go see a movie. Your movie review credibility just went up a few notches with me. I really enjoyed it - very eye opening with some of those slum scenes too.