Dick Montage Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I don't think it was over-hyped, as I didn't feel it was "hyped" all that much. A lot of people jumped on the bandwagon afterwards though. There are better movies in bollywood than slumdog. And? It's NOT a Bollywood movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo003 Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Agreed it's a "lolywood" movie. :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fix-this! Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 it's quite amazing what marketing can do! what marketing? i never saw one single commercial for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee31 Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 First of all it's not a bollywood film as another user pointed out. It's a british film. Secondly, it got 11 Oscars not "around 7" as the poster commented. Thirdly, it was hardly hyped at all in the UK. I can't comment about the hype it got in the US and else where but it was hardly ever mentioned in the UK until the days running up to the Oscars and I found it to be a great film and no where near over-rated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted March 24, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted March 24, 2009 it's quite amazing what marketing can do! It was going to be a direct to video release until it aired at the Toronto International Film Festival. Then it was given a limited theatrical release (that eventually widened). Little to no marketing was put into the movie because it was considered to be impossible to market without a major star. Yes, there are plenty of Oscar winners that are all about the marketing but this film wasn't one of them. I saw the film and I don't think it was overrated at all. Like others who have posted here, I will repeat that it wasn't a Bollywood movie. [Thread Moved from GD to Movie Ratings] [Threads Merged] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Rambo Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 And? It's NOT a Bollywood movie! Did i say its bollywood? :/ I know its british. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azcodemonkey Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 It was ok. I don't think it was groundbreaking in any way. It felt like a really long movie, which isn't a good thing. It was beautifully shot, though, and quite humorous in parts. 3 stars. I think Boyle has a poop fetish. ;) Maybe he directed 2 girls 1 cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Freeman Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Was an alright movie, but definitely not worth all the hype tons of oscars that it got. All that made me even somewhat hate the movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C++ Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Just watched it. Charming enough movie but seriously, it is not Oscar material. Any Oscar, let alone picture of the year. It seriously seems like any big studio film, no matter how entertaining, is scrutinized to death, while anything that smells like indie is given raving reviews even if there is nothing special about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.M.K Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 Just watched it. Charming enough movie but seriously, it is not Oscar material. Any Oscar, let alone picture of the year. It seriously seems like any big studio film, no matter how entertaining, is scrutinized to death, while anything that smells like indie is given raving reviews even if there is nothing special about it. Couldn't have put it better myself. I think my mistake was watching it after knowing the film had won a bucket load of awards. Because of all the hype it was a let down for me. 7/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dashel Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 This movie is City of God or Gomorrah's retarded, but not unattractive cousin. Bollytastic, still trying to figure out how this won anything. Its not a bad movie per se but it definitely isn't great and is quite average. A unique plot device never quite overcomes the flat characters, bad camera, and lukewarm acting by the adults. Plus, in hindsight I really fraking hate the tone of this movie, punctuated by the credit 'dance' at the end. To borrow from Walter Chaw, "[they could just as well have] made a happy-go-lucky triumph of the will piece starring the involuntary residents of Auschwitz in the world's most inappropriate game of "You Bet Your Life". It's the sort of film that wins awards this time of year because it's the sort of film that encourages audiences to applaud themselves for their tolerance of blacks/retards/Jews/homosexuals from the safety of a theatre full of people of the exact same socio-cultural strata." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golferjim Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 ..... Im speechless after watching this film. (In a good way) I was going to watch this film before and I was put off by it Im not to sure why now that I think back to it. But now seeing the film I wish I had watched it back then. Its absolutely amazing. I have heard something about it but nothing that made me want to watch it as such. The whole storyline and the cinematography was excellent... What a stunning film :D 10/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Canadian Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I saw this at TIFF in September, it was the Cadillac People's Choice Award Winner and they did it as a free screening so you didn't need to buy tickets for it; hopefully they'll do another free screening this year for the Cadillac People's Choice Award! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbba Posted April 29, 2009 Share Posted April 29, 2009 I read the book(called Q&A) long before I saw the film. The book was brilliant and is one of the best I've ever read. The film was a pretty good implementation with some beautiful and moving scenes. It also had a real energy to it in opening sections and the toilet scene was truly funny. Well deserved 9/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Canadian Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 I read the book(called Q&A) long before I saw the film. The book was brilliant and is one of the best I've ever read.The film was a pretty good implementation with some beautiful and moving scenes. It also had a real energy to it in opening sections and the toilet scene was truly funny. Well deserved 9/10 If you liked Q&A, here's another book that I think you'll enjoy, it's called: Such A Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry; it was also made into a movie...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanManIt Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 I really liked this movie, it is one of the best I have ever seen. I didn't pay attention to any of the hype so maybe that is why it wasn't ruined for me but I thought it was really great. 10/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonathanVP Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Its a good movie with typical feel good plot of boy meets girl, boys looses girl and finally boy gets girl.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duntkno Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 This movie was one of the best movies Ive ever seen, but I probably wouldnt watch it again... To me there are two types of great movies, the ones you see once and are glad to have seen it, cause it was just a great movie, usually drama type movies, but that you wouldn't necessarily watch again. And then there are great movies, that really either make you think, and you appreciate it, probably even speaks to you, like the shawshank redemption, in my case. and then there are really good funny movies, like wedding crashers, that id watch time and time again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Wizard Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 This is definately one of my favourite films :) Its so well made & the acting is great as well. Reading through this topic makes me want to watch it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bauhaus Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Not the best, but one of the best movies of 2008 which, in my opinion, is one of the best cinema years this decade, if not the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkol Posted May 12, 2009 Share Posted May 12, 2009 Overrated. **** FILM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macrosslover Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 just saw it...i liked it alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calla Posted May 17, 2009 Share Posted May 17, 2009 8/10 - it lost 2 points in my case because i felt it was predictable and the same old love story in it. Other than that superbly put together and flowed wonderfully. Kudos to the dance at the end credits, made me keep watching and let the story sink in for me a bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosidius Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Finished watching this one today. It was a good movie but it left me confused at bits. I had to actually use wikipedia to figure out in the beginning with the young boys were flashbacks. I also thought the movie could have moved a little bit faster, seemed slow. The ending though was very good(I actually expected him to answer the question wrong and have the girl come back to him just because she loves him). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comic Book Guy Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 I saw this at TIFF in September, it was the Cadillac People's Choice Award Winner and they did it as a free screening so you didn't need to buy tickets for it; hopefully they'll do another free screening this year for the Cadillac People's Choice Award! I saw it there as well, haven't seen it since then. If you liked Q&A, here's another book that I think you'll enjoy, it's called: Such A Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry; it was also made into a movie...! I remember taking a look at that book when I was in Chapters, didn't know it was made into a movie, now I'll have to get my hands on both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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