I think I may have seen about 50% of the first film on HBO.O.k., o.k. If even Jimmy owns the first 2 I shall place the first one on my wish list.
I haven't seen the movie yet. I don't know if I want to because to me the base of the story doesn't isn't credible. For those who havent' heard these comments here's what Salman Rushdie had to say about it.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/23/salman-rushdie-slumdog-fu_n_169068.html
Then Salmon Rushdie goes on my list of people who probably didn't like the film, are looking for things wrong and are on their way back to Sainsbury's to return some grapes he bought because they're off... It's A Wonderful Life features an angel who can traverse dimensions, but the premise and the conclusion are more important that the method. Just saying.But actually I'm making excuses when there isn't one needed. He wasn't paying attention and could actually be dismissed as a bit thick...Quote from: a thick bloke called Salmon Rushiecharacters wind up at the Taj Mahal _ 1,000 miles from the previous scene.I've only seen the film once. Maybe I'm wrong and have missed something and will apologise for calling him thick if so, but for now: The "previous scene" was one of several showing the young kids on trains, scamming the passengers in various ways. At one point they are almost caught and end up falling off the roof. They roll down a bank and when they get up... they're teenagers! A clever visual trick, implying a huge passing of time, the implication being they have spent years working the trains, or at least have kept coming back to them. Covering the whole of India would not have been implausible in such a conceit so finding themselves at the Taj Mahal? Doddle. And it leads to an intriguing moment where the two brothers are in awe of the building and have no idea what it is. Tourists know about the Taj Mahal, but the Indian children never knew it was there...EDIT: Reading some of the comments on that link, I see others have problems with it too. Mainly, I think they're failing to see which parts of the film are supposed to be pure fantasy, or to give them more credit, they do understand, but don't agree it should be presented that way. Well, ok. I addressed that above and I think it's important to watch this as an ode to life, and its setting is secondary. However, one comment caught my attention though because they were very offended that Boyle was presenting "an American romance" in a country whose culture would never accept it. That's interesting, because it's kind of the point and I think the film and probably the book was well aware of the irony. These kids have been abandoned by their country, so why should they follow the rules? They had no chance of being accepted in an arranged marriage. The film showed several times how they were trapped.
characters wind up at the Taj Mahal _ 1,000 miles from the previous scene.
It is important to note that Kathryn Bigelow, albeit with a short C.V. in this respect, is one of the action genres most important directors, not least because of her fascination with the male psyche; her characters are usually men addicted to danger, which makes her work a nice counter-point to her ex-husbands, whose speciality is strong women. Interesting that she released Point Break in the same summer as Cameron’s Terminator 2 and now steals the Oscar from Avatar. And really, while T2 is utterly superb and Avatar is a heck of a ride, which director has grown?
Quote from: Jon on March 13, 2010, 11:08:29 PMIt is important to note that Kathryn Bigelow, albeit with a short C.V. in this respect, is one of the action genres most important directors, not least because of her fascination with the male psyche; her characters are usually men addicted to danger, which makes her work a nice counter-point to her ex-husbands, whose speciality is strong women. Interesting that she released Point Break in the same summer as Cameron’s Terminator 2 and now steals the Oscar from Avatar. And really, while T2 is utterly superb and Avatar is a heck of a ride, which director has grown? Great point you make there. Although, it sounds like we're saying Cameron is stuck in a loop, which isn't exactly true either. Why "grow" if you like what you're doing and think you can still entertain people doing it. I mean, sometimes I wish Peter Jackson would "un-grow" a little and go back to his roots; same is true for others.I have liked all of Bigelow's films I have seen. I haven't seen her first and I avoided K-19 like the plague. I am looking forward to see The Hurt Locker soon, will order the Blu-ray later today. But then I also liked every one of Cameron's films, only not having seen his first (Piranha II ) and his documenty(/ies).
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