Slumdog Millionaire
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I thought the picture was too grainy although I do accept that was a decision taken to give the film a raw visceral feel.
The direction was all over the place though veering from faux docu-drama to remedial Bollywood dance numbers.
The child actors were very good though although Danny Boyle had minimal input in their performances if scuttlebutt is to be believed.
The direction was all over the place though veering from faux docu-drama to remedial Bollywood dance numbers.
The child actors were very good though although Danny Boyle had minimal input in their performances if scuttlebutt is to be believed.
Sweet Daddy Dill
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Directed brilliantly, acted beautifully, mesmerising shots and sequences..and a excellent concept and storyline throughout.
Loved it.
Loved it.
harlequinromance345
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The US Bluray is out in the next week or two so snap it up and if its crap you can still sell it before the UK disc comes out
Thinboy, no offence mate, but the only thing thats 'daft' is your refusual to accept that some people just didn't like the film as much as you did. I think you need to get over it. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion. Attacking people for the crime of not enjoying it is a bit odd really, especially as people are giving full lists of reasons to back up their opinion, rather than just saying 'it sucks'.
Just accept that not everybody likes this movie - Life goes on
Just accept that not everybody likes this movie - Life goes on
Stefanie H
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What's your definition of a chick-flick???
real_shalom
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Refusal? I'm not a huge fan of the film, but I thought it was artistically good. The story wasn't particularly great but I thought it was a brilliantly made film. I don't mind people not liking the film, but to say it has plot holes and then list a series of artistic decisions (that you copied from IMDB) is silly - it's art, not reality. I'm not attacking your not enjoying it, but it was you who brought up the plot holes issue - I just wanted to know what you thought they were. It's called discussion. Without discussion there's little point to the thread really.
grayhalo13
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The film is a romantic fairy tale. So yes it is.
Ms. Sutton
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Have you seen it?
babie_blu1984
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I thought that as well, but I presumed that they beg around English speaking tourists, so over the years that pass they must pick up the worRAB.
wilsonsdad2003
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I loved it, it had me hooked from start to finish.
People have brought up what they think are plot holes and you've not addressed a single of them. Maybe you never intended to and are genuinely curious, but in that case, why try to 'defend' the film by saying that what people are posting is just copied from IMDB or aren't, in your opinion, plot holes? Regardless of whether you call them plot holes, inconsistencies, gaps in the narrative or whatever, they're things that just don't make sense and detract from the quality of the film. For eg. how Jamal learned English so well. Considering had he not, he'd never have even got on the show, let alone won it, that's quite important.
The so-called "plot holes" list was copied from IMDB by Jay Bigz own admission - look at his post - he says "Copy and pasted from an imdb review to save time. Here goes..." OK, I realise it might be his own review - I don't know whether it is or not; I think he should clarify this point.
None of them are plot holes; they are all artistic decisions taken probably either by the writers Vikas Swarup and Simon Beaufoy or the director Danny Boyle.
None of them are plot holes; they are all artistic decisions taken probably either by the writers Vikas Swarup and Simon Beaufoy or the director Danny Boyle.
Having the characters speaking in English was an artistic decision, and also probably a commercial decision - since western audiences would be less likely to see the film if it had been entriely foreign-language. It's not a plot hole because it would make absolutely no difference to the plot if the game show was in English or Hindi or Urdu or even Japanese.
And by saying that he couldn't have got on the show because he couldn't have spoken English you seem to be overlooking the point that he worked in a call centre dealing with English-speaking customers, and call centres train workers in English language.
Leaving out the questions between 6000 and 1000000 was an artistic decision - although I'm not familiar with the Indian version of the game and I don't know whether they have questions in that bracket. The point of the film was to use the Millionaire game show to as a macguffin to portray the kid's life. The film didn't purport to portray the actual Who Wants to be a Millionaire game show, which in India isn't even called Who Wants to be a Millionaire. The book and film are works of fiction. Ditto the show being a live broadcast. It's artistic licence.
I thought the kiRAB at the 3 ages were extremely well cast and believable in the depiction of ageing, so that third point is a matter of personal opinion and can't be cited as a plot hole.
Learning English - see Q1.
Why would having an abusive husband absolutely stop you learning how to drive?
Dying in a bathtub full of money was another example of an artistic decision, not a plot hole. And there could be a thousand reasons why he chose to go that way.
You answered your own question in number 7. He found the girl by following his brother. He was following his brother to find the girl.
Why did he need a plan for what happened after banging on the door? Maybe he was just a bit emotional?
We've already established that they could speak English, so the question about the Taj Mahal is not a plot hole but rather a plot consistency.
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And by saying that he couldn't have got on the show because he couldn't have spoken English you seem to be overlooking the point that he worked in a call centre dealing with English-speaking customers, and call centres train workers in English language.
Leaving out the questions between 6000 and 1000000 was an artistic decision - although I'm not familiar with the Indian version of the game and I don't know whether they have questions in that bracket. The point of the film was to use the Millionaire game show to as a macguffin to portray the kid's life. The film didn't purport to portray the actual Who Wants to be a Millionaire game show, which in India isn't even called Who Wants to be a Millionaire. The book and film are works of fiction. Ditto the show being a live broadcast. It's artistic licence.
I thought the kiRAB at the 3 ages were extremely well cast and believable in the depiction of ageing, so that third point is a matter of personal opinion and can't be cited as a plot hole.
Learning English - see Q1.
Why would having an abusive husband absolutely stop you learning how to drive?
Dying in a bathtub full of money was another example of an artistic decision, not a plot hole. And there could be a thousand reasons why he chose to go that way.
You answered your own question in number 7. He found the girl by following his brother. He was following his brother to find the girl.
Why did he need a plan for what happened after banging on the door? Maybe he was just a bit emotional?
We've already established that they could speak English, so the question about the Taj Mahal is not a plot hole but rather a plot consistency.
Why not tip with a
To answer gashead's "plot holes"
They're not plot holes, inconsistencies or gaps in the narrative.
- why did the WWTBAM host care that Jamal might win? It was hinted that maybe he didn't want Jamal to become as famous as he is, but why? Are we supposed to assume or know that the host is the most famous man in India or something and didn't want anything to threaten that?
Because he thought Jamal was cheating.
- why did the police care, and care enough to torture Jamal? Did the host in some way 'persuade' them to arrest and do it? I though maybe it was to get the money back for the TV company, but clearly not. Are we supposed to believe that's the Indian police's default questioning technique?
Because they were under the influence of a wealthy individual/organisation.
- what exactly did Manna (?) do to entice Jamal and Selim to his camp? Was the Coke drugged, or were they persuaded by talk of a better life? A bottle of Coke alone seems scant reason.
Wouldn't you prefer life in an orphanage to living in a tent on a landfill tip?
- considering Boyle didn't shy away from showing the horrible life these kiRAB live, why telegraph the fact even in the film trailers that nothing happens to Jamal or Latika in the camp? The moment where Salim helps his brother and Latika would have been much more effective if we didn't already know that they escape somehow (not really a plot hole, but made no sense narritively to me).
That's a criticism of the trailers and marketting, not a plot hole in the film. I didn't see any trailers and I wasn't exposed to any marketing so this wasn't a problem for me.
- what brought on Selim's 180 degree personality change to become a better man? Whilst it was always on the carRAB, we didn't see nearly enough of his boss to understand why he would kill him, knowing that it would lead to his death.
You answered your own question - we didn't see enough of his boss to know why.
Similarly, after all the nasty things he'd done to Latika, his sudden conversion to wanting to help her was too quick.
That's just an opinion. You can't say that someone's inner thoughts and motivations are a plot hole. And how do you know how quick it was?
Because he thought Jamal was cheating.
- why did the police care, and care enough to torture Jamal? Did the host in some way 'persuade' them to arrest and do it? I though maybe it was to get the money back for the TV company, but clearly not. Are we supposed to believe that's the Indian police's default questioning technique?
Because they were under the influence of a wealthy individual/organisation.
- what exactly did Manna (?) do to entice Jamal and Selim to his camp? Was the Coke drugged, or were they persuaded by talk of a better life? A bottle of Coke alone seems scant reason.
Wouldn't you prefer life in an orphanage to living in a tent on a landfill tip?
- considering Boyle didn't shy away from showing the horrible life these kiRAB live, why telegraph the fact even in the film trailers that nothing happens to Jamal or Latika in the camp? The moment where Salim helps his brother and Latika would have been much more effective if we didn't already know that they escape somehow (not really a plot hole, but made no sense narritively to me).
That's a criticism of the trailers and marketting, not a plot hole in the film. I didn't see any trailers and I wasn't exposed to any marketing so this wasn't a problem for me.
- what brought on Selim's 180 degree personality change to become a better man? Whilst it was always on the carRAB, we didn't see nearly enough of his boss to understand why he would kill him, knowing that it would lead to his death.
You answered your own question - we didn't see enough of his boss to know why.
Similarly, after all the nasty things he'd done to Latika, his sudden conversion to wanting to help her was too quick.
That's just an opinion. You can't say that someone's inner thoughts and motivations are a plot hole. And how do you know how quick it was?
They're not plot holes, inconsistencies or gaps in the narrative.
asiudfhwie
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A romantic fairy story.
That's all this, no more no less.
A beautiful one to look at, granted, but then so was Enchanted.
That's all this, no more no less.
A beautiful one to look at, granted, but then so was Enchanted.
highperactive
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In what way was it a fairy story? Are you saying it's the same genre as Enchanted?
BTW, I looked in the chick-flicks section of Tesco's DVD department today and it wasn't there.
BTW, I looked in the chick-flicks section of Tesco's DVD department today and it wasn't there.