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JMO
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| Rusty Shackleford wrote: |
. Slumdog is a cute story but nothing special, just a City of God rip off really.
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Unless there is another city of god that was not set in Brazil then I have no idea what you are talking about. Both are set in third world slums. That is the only similarity. |
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tomwaits
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| Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:43 am Post subject: |
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JMO
maybe I came across wrong I am saying the nominees are politically correct shiite.
Gran Torino is a great film about the changing demographic of the West. It's not nominated because Clint is a heterosexual white male who is NOT a Holocaust victim. 4 strikes against him. Maybe Dirty Harry should have won something . What won that year? No doubt a film about a fruit.
Yes No Country deserved to win but that was the exception that proves the rule Oscars go to rubbish. |
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D.D.
Joined: 29 May 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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| JMO wrote: |
| Rusty Shackleford wrote: |
. Slumdog is a cute story but nothing special, just a City of God rip off really.
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Unless there is another city of god that was not set in Brazil then I have no idea what you are talking about. Both are set in third world slums. That is the only similarity. |
Another one was with the legend himself Patrick Swayze. Actually it was a very good movie about a yound American Dr who goes up against the Indian mob. He had become disturbed by the practice of medicine in the states and learned to share his gifts on India.
Not much similarity to Slumdog. |
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D.D.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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I watched a strange movie Called Max Payne. Still not sure what I thought about it.
all movies are free on watch-movies .net |
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rusty1983
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| Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 4:05 pm Post subject: |
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| JMO wrote: |
| Rusty Shackleford wrote: |
. Slumdog is a cute story but nothing special, just a City of God rip off really.
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Unless there is another city of god that was not set in Brazil then I have no idea what you are talking about. Both are set in third world slums. That is the only similarity. |
Someone said tonight that Slumdog was like City of God. How? There is about 20 mins in it where his brother slightly resembles Lil Zee, but after that, ther eis no resemblance.
Half an hour into Slumdog I thought I was watching the best film Id ever seen, but once the narative novelty had worn off, it wasnt as good as I was hoping.
It was still amazing though, and I was near tears by the end. |
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RobertX
Joined: 07 May 2006
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| Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:06 pm Post subject: movies |
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slumdog - very good - story told in an interesting manner
gran torino - very good - good story
changeling - good - bad guy was disturbing
button - average - forrest gump pretty boy
reader - good - i liked the way the story unfolded |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:22 pm Post subject: Re: movies |
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| RobertX wrote: |
| changeling - good - bad guy was disturbing |
very!
the acting was superb all around, the boy's fear fueling and fueled by the creepy guy... griping... like reading Capote's In Cold Blood |
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SHANE02
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| Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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ummmm
well both the movies the OP stated were not even nominated...
the nominees are
The reader
Milk
Nixon/frost
the curious case of benjamin button
slumdong millionaire
Im guessing...
the Curious case of benjamin button
2nd guess... Slumdog millionaire... |
Yes...my choices are not nominated. The nominations are allways screwed, have been for as long as I can remember. I agree with Tomwaits regarding the selection of movies.
The reader ...watched it last night...suprised how borring it was.
Nixon/frost...interesting in a political sense, and it got me to watch the orignal interviews.
the curious case of benjamin button...I can't why it's so "great." Burn After Reading" was Brad Pitt oscar performance. That movie was aswsome, but probably will get nothing.
slumdong millionaire...the only one that deseves nomination.
Changeling is great too. |
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NoExplode
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| Wall-E, hands down best movie this year, followed by Dark Knight. These dinosaurs that vote haven't a clue. The medium or genre shouldn't affect crediting the final product, but I guess it does. |
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Rusty Shackleford
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| Posted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 11:59 pm Post subject: |
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| rusty1983 wrote: |
| JMO wrote: |
| Rusty Shackleford wrote: |
. Slumdog is a cute story but nothing special, just a City of God rip off really.
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Unless there is another city of god that was not set in Brazil then I have no idea what you are talking about. Both are set in third world slums. That is the only similarity. |
Someone said tonight that Slumdog was like City of God. How? There is about 20 mins in it where his brother slightly resembles Lil Zee, but after that, ther eis no resemblance.
Half an hour into Slumdog I thought I was watching the best film Id ever seen, but once the narative novelty had worn off, it wasnt as good as I was hoping.
It was still amazing though, and I was near tears by the end. |
They both depict young kids growing up parent-less in third world countries. Both depict poverty. Both have scenes of extreme child endangerment. They both have many similar themes and motifs. Even a similar story arc, although City of God's is much more intricate and follows more characters. The story also cuts around in time in both movies. I don't see how you can't see they are very similar movies. I'm not really saying that is bad thing, there is nothing new under the sun, right?
The main similarity for me was the fast cut action scenes, where people are running around. They have very similar cinematography in general. Lot's of scenes of harsh sunlight, that then cut to much grimier dark interior shots. But the fast chase and action scenes in Slumdog definitely reminded me of City.
In general Slumdog is a very sweet film, certainly recommendable, but maybe over rated in my opinion. I can certainly say I enjoyed it but I feel some better movies were overlooked. If it were me I would drop Benjamin Button out of the list and put in either "In Bruges" or "Let the Right one in". Both are better than Button and at least as good as Slumdog. |
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JMO
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| Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:21 am Post subject: |
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I'm pretty sure the protagonist in City of God is not parent-less.
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| The main similarity for me was the fast cut action scenes, where people are running around. They have very similar cinematography in general. Lot's of scenes of harsh sunlight, that then cut to much grimier dark interior shots. But the fast chase and action scenes in Slumdog definitely reminded me of City. |
This is also present in Boyle's previous work, especially 28 days later which was released the same year as City of God. That could not be a rip off.
The other similarities are present in countless movies. I was mainly querying the 'rip-off' tag. I don't see City of God as a main influence on this movie. There are probably a crap load of bollywood movies that have influenced this..none of which I have seen.
Maybe I should watch it again..sometime one viewing isn't enough.
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| . If it were me I would drop Benjamin Button out of the list and put in either "In Bruges" or "Let the Right one in". Both are better than Button and at least as good as Slumdog. |
In Bruges was very slick, I would loved to have seen that get a nomination.Let the right one in was probably my favorite movie..very creepy. |
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D.D.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:11 am Post subject: |
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| Just watched In Bruges and loved it. I was laughing so hard in parts. |
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Neil
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| Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 3:48 am Post subject: |
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Slumdog was cool, don't see it as being put there because it's different or trendy....plot is pretty traditional, rags to riches, boy meets girl, boy loses girl and so on.
The Indian setting just makes it stand out more. |
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yingwenlaoshi
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| Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 4:35 am Post subject: |
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I liked "The Wrestler." Watched "Slumdog Millionaire" last night. Not too bad. "The Reader" wasn't bad. Not great.
Have yet to watch the other nominees and I'm not too enthusiastic about downloading them. |
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Rteacher
Joined: 23 May 2005
Location: Western MA, USA
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| Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:19 am Post subject: |
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Of the nominees, I've only seen two - "...Button" and "Slumdog..."
The first one I saw a while back and thought it was interesting and at least pretty good, and the latter I've just finished watching and thought was very good - and written, crafted, and acted well enough to merit multiple Oscars.
It's my pick so far, but I haven't seen the rest.
I did see The Wrestler, and thought that Mickey Rourke played his character so well that it seemed more like a documentary of a real person, and - from what I know of the pro wrestling scene - the situations and psychology were very authentic.
Of course, it may not have been that much of a stretch since Rourke has been a pro boxer. Reportedly, he took method acting to the extreme of actually cutting himself with a large blade for the obligatory show of blood in a hardcore match. |
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