tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597189.post9067617127269079798..comments2024-03-22T08:21:15.899+01:00Comments on MindBlogging: Slumdog Millionaire - The reaction reviewJayahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681823100044610529noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597189.post-43279105973922383412009-05-07T18:36:00.000+02:002009-05-07T18:36:00.000+02:00I enjoyed the movie. I saw it more than once and e...I enjoyed the movie. I saw it more than once and enjoyed it each time. Don't care who directed or produced it. It was a good "movie".Deepaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597189.post-13352933581137528372009-05-07T08:40:00.000+02:002009-05-07T08:40:00.000+02:00Mysticmelodiez -> I agree with everything that ...Mysticmelodiez -> I agree with everything that you've said. Obviously we are on the same page.<br /><br />Anon -> Hmm.. I have to disagree... you sound pretty cynical. Well, what was wrong with Jamal's character? Ok doe-eyed boy in love and all that. But as filmy as it was, I didn't think there was much wrong with him. And Latika was forced into the circumstances that she was...Jayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681823100044610529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597189.post-296578265049871562009-05-07T04:43:00.000+02:002009-05-07T04:43:00.000+02:00'I do not think any part of the movie was exaggera...'I do not think any part of the movie was exaggerated' No? If the compere of Kaun Banega Crorepathi, Big B or Shahrukh had poked fun at a contestant, calling him 'just a chaivala', that would have been the end of him and the show. There is a scene in the movie where one of the kids gets kicked for stealing something and he says something like 'this is the real India, now be real Americans and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597189.post-73766513742246987372009-05-07T01:52:00.000+02:002009-05-07T01:52:00.000+02:00Phew! Jaya sorry for all the space i'm takin up bu...Phew! Jaya sorry for all the space i'm takin up but feel pretty strongly abt what you've written hence I reiterate in an attempt to gain some closure for my convictions:<br />1. Its a movie celebrating the spirit and resilience of Indians who emerge victorious even in the worst of circumstances.<br />2. I'm glad positive attention has been drawn to certain burning issues like poverty and selling mysticmelodiezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00778443259742791400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597189.post-16507566566316492342009-05-06T20:11:00.000+02:002009-05-06T20:11:00.000+02:00Bala -> Thanks for the long n explicit comment....Bala -> Thanks for the long n explicit comment. But I think you missed something there. I didn't say I thought it was exploitation. i said that's what ticked off many other people... the ones who didn't like the movie for what it was. In fact when this discussion comes up, I always call it yeah, the "Indian movie"... and no I don't necessarily mean the movie based in Jayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681823100044610529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597189.post-23978638917437721522009-05-06T20:03:00.000+02:002009-05-06T20:03:00.000+02:00I think I am on a different page on this one. The ...I think I am on a different page on this one. The movie could not have been made without the active cooperation from several Indian artists and technicians. Obviously I have the faith that all of them ought to have had genuine passion to have made the movie, this successful. I know everyone credits this movie as a Boyle movie, but it is just as much a Rahman or a Pookutty or even an Azharuddin Ramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12816716465385536333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597189.post-21337027252566883922009-05-06T14:56:00.000+02:002009-05-06T14:56:00.000+02:00Gandalf -> Thanks for pretty much echoing my ow...Gandalf -> Thanks for pretty much echoing my own sentiments. And welcome back.. seemed a while since you commented.Jayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681823100044610529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597189.post-72061087302346942442009-05-06T13:32:00.000+02:002009-05-06T13:32:00.000+02:00I completely agree with you. I wonder why the Indi...I completely agree with you. I wonder why the Indians are so insecure about a wonderful country and fabulous heritage. There's nothing to be ashamed of for some of the negative qualities that indeed exist in all countries. In fact, giving attention to this draws more people to scrutinize the poverty bit in the movie while really it was meant to be just a bystander in the background. Grow up, Gandalfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597189.post-59514834479651474802009-05-06T08:48:00.000+02:002009-05-06T08:48:00.000+02:00Anon -> Point taken. but while my review reacti...Anon -> Point taken. but while my review reaction only included the racial politics between the 'foreigners' and Indians, I didn't concentrate on the upoper-class Indiasn looking down upon the lower class ones. Sure, not everyone is like that. But once again I guess we must agree that it exists. although, now I am beginning to think that it was unnecessarily xcynical to perhaps Jayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681823100044610529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597189.post-78252745267470737962009-05-06T04:01:00.000+02:002009-05-06T04:01:00.000+02:00Here is a reason why I don't like the movie - even...Here is a reason why I don't like the movie - even the compere of 'Who wants to be a millionarire' is portrayed as a goonda..he gets a contestant beaten up..he mocks him, calling him 'chaivala', and the 'indian' audience promptly bursts into laughter..it's a typical hollywood movie..take all the negative aspects of India..cram it in one movie and let's call it oscar-worthy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597189.post-75226743134734273492009-05-05T19:28:00.000+02:002009-05-05T19:28:00.000+02:00Mysticmelodiez -> Glad to se ethat we're on...Mysticmelodiez -> Glad to se ethat we're on the same page. My exact sentiment. If you're gonna judge India based on a few scenes in a masala flick, then you've got to be kidding. Which is why it's a bit unnecessary when people take it personally when foreigners enjoy the movie. It's not like the foreigners said that they liked the poverty part in everything. Everyone's Jayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681823100044610529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597189.post-49193399632945148532009-05-05T18:18:00.000+02:002009-05-05T18:18:00.000+02:00Generalizations that laymen may make about India t...Generalizations that laymen may make about India today, based on the portrayal of the slums in the movie may be incorrect (as all generalizations), however, like you said it is a reality for millions in India, why all the fuss? Besides any informed person in today's day and age, with the advancement we are making in any given field, will know better than perceiving India as a nation to be a slum!mysticmelodiezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00778443259742791400noreply@blogger.com