Comments on: Analyzing Slumdog Millionaire

By: Miss Martin

Miss Martin — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:36:20 +0000

regardless, it was still an awesome movie with a very sweet love story imbedded in it.

By: wouldn't you like to know?

wouldn't you like to know? — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:03:55 +0000

when jamal and salim reunited as young men, they were in an abandoned building looking down at their old slum. Mumbai, then, in the movie, were filled with high-rises and commercial businesses. so i think the director did capture how the slum has evolved. really, i think Boyle was trying to capture another side of the slum. the side that no one really wants to speak about. just like here in the ghetto, you have lots of grass-root movements, new housing, technologies, and blah blah blah, but we still have a lot of injustice, corruption, thieves, and murderers that run a muck. every ghetto has their dirty little secrets, and i think Boyle just wanted to put a telescope on Mumbai’s.

As far as the blind-child recognizing a 100 dollar bill by just touch and smell alone, that statement is false. i don’t know what movie Sengupta saw, but in the one i saw, the child took the money felt it, smelt it, then he asked jamal what kind of bill was it. jamal told him a $100 dollar bill, the boy then told him not to lie, and also to describe the picture on the bill. after jamal swore he wasn’t lying, and described the pic, that’s when the boy said “Benjamin Franklin”…

Personally, i absolutely loved the film. it truly resonated with me. why is it that a dewy complected, uneducated kid, from the slum can’t be articulate or intelligent??? to me, that was the basic message of this film. i loved how they twisted it, and turned it into a love story….i found it to be very touching and beautiful, and yes, i would see it again.

in my opinion, it deserved all the “hype”…

Doc, did you see the movie?? and if so, what’s YOUR opinion on it??

By: Miriam

Miriam — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:23:18 +0000

how do you feel it delivers a sham statement on social justice? curious.

By: Miriam

Miriam — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:16:17 +0000

the movie epitomizes everything that love and knowledge is: our experience, even if it is not understood (known). This is the best movie I have seen in my life (that’s to say the least) and needs to be shown in education classes for various reasons

This review is completely off and it is horrible. this movie is not a flick…it is a documentary about reality (personal, experienced, and only coincidentally shared [both in the script and in the theater]) disguised in philosophical cinematography. and it certainly does not ask you to understand, in fact it questions the way the west understands knowledge.

By: zak

zak — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:07:06 +0000

He does a good job in the lead role…he does no writing, I mean.

By: zak

zak — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:06:06 +0000

I like sad characters and good writing, and Mickey Rourke does a pretty good job. I’m a weeping vagina when it comes to shit like that. But it’s still a good flick.

By: DCI74

DCI74 — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:51:15 +0000

For real zak, The Wrestler was that good? I haven’t seen any of the Oscar flicks that received major buzz.

By: zak

zak — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:22:21 +0000

Still, a good movie. I enjoyed it. I watched the Wrestler after that…damn near cried…twice.

By: Byron

Byron — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:51:27 +0000

Watch ‘Slumdog’ with an open mind, with no expectations. Leave the hype and criticism behind and you will be moved beyond any film in recent history. The movie has changed my life for the better and I am sure you will gain some fresh perspective on what is really important in life as well.

By: DCI74

DCI74 — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:41:46 +0000

Interesting article. I haven’t seen the movie and I’m not sure after reading this if I’m less or more inclined to see it.