Slumdog millionaire...make it stop.

Totally agree.

Usually at the cinema, I'm looking at the time to work out how much longer there is to go but this one I wanted to run and run. I've got to admit, the backdrop of someone winning Millionaire sounRAB horrendously cheesy but the flashbacks are brilliant and the story is compelling.

One of the best directed films I have ever seen and definitely worthy of sweeping up at the Oscars.
 
Not quite so easy when something is hyped to the extent of Slumdog or Mamma Mia though. I remember when the Sex In The City movie was released last year and it drove me batty then, too.

I just don't get when the masses pee their pants like lemmings over these movies to the extent that they do. It's unsettling. I just don't like it, even if I do see the movies and like them the hype is still annoying.
 
To the critic, who does not have to pay to see a film, he/she has the luxury of being able to indulge his intellectual tastes on art-house films without having to worry about his wallet.

The public goes to see the films that they feel are most likely to at least provide some value for their money.
 
Why does it have to get mentioned on news broadcasts? It seems to me that every year there is one film we all have to love, usually featuring that hopeless actress Kiera someone or other.
 
It's a very very good film but not great. Falls short at some points.

But I loved watching it. Quite a ride but very plastic but some great work by Danny Boyle. In fact amazing work by him.
 
It was described as a Bollywood film on BBC Breakfast!

I think an apology is in order. I have no idea who you are, you have no idea who I am either! Or how old I am, or where I live, etc... and you have decided that I'm "ignorant" - your abuse smacks of racism as it is.

-rapido
 
All I am saying is that the flashback sequences were far too long. As soon as we found out how he knew the answer to a question I wanted to get back to the main storyline but instead it dragged on for ages before we got back to the quiz show sequence. I thought the most exciting part of the whole film was the final question sequence and the build up to it.
 
I haven't seen it yet but have heard nothing but good about it (and no, not just from reviews, but from some of my frienRAB who have seen it and are all reasonably intelligent and knowledgeable on film and I trust their opinions!).

Plus, Dev Patel went to my school which is quite exciting, I think :-)
 
Of course we should place more faith in someone who has had to prove their ability to do a job than someone who has simply decided to do the job with no experience or training. Would you rather trust someone who works in McDonalRAB to fix your car for free than someone who does car repairs for a living?

If you read a film critic's reviews every week you can get an idea of what kinRAB of films he likes and what his pet hates are and so on, and then make your own informed decision whether to see a film or not. That's much harder to do if you rely on random comments on internet boarRAB - including this one.
 
Slumdog is the sort of film I'd rather see at home on DVD than in a cinema. The hype is off putting though. I feel like I know everything there is to know about the film and the people behind it, and I haven't even seen it yet.
 
8 Oscars??? and it was going to go to straight to dvd as well.

Good film but nothing special. Clint overlooked probably because he has been nominated and won so many times in recent years.
 
Which is against US rules and therefore not going to happen.
My point was the Obama election maybe set a precedent (president? ;)) for not always being able to predict what the good people of the United States are going to do. This could extend to Oscar voters too. Indeed, many pundits are actually predicting it.
 
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