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Poll Question: The Oscar winning movie... how good do you think it is?
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    Posted: April 10 2009 at 20:40
Originally posted by Chris S Chris S wrote:

^ A very good film and Di Caprio was excpetional.

Really? I can´t stand him when he acts all bad ass, can he handle a serious role?
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^ A very good film and Di Caprio was excpetional.
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Originally posted by Chris S Chris S wrote:

Originally posted by Gustavo Froes Gustavo Froes wrote:

It's very nice,highly above average,but people are already considering one of the best movies presented to us in the 21 century so far.....
There's a huge amount of better films made in recent years,at least to my taste.
My personal oscar awarning picture this year would be a movie that didn't even made it to the nominees,Revolutionary Road.And it's a shame Gran Torino showe up a bit late....
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Isn't it so much better than Slumdog Millionaire?
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Originally posted by Gustavo Froes Gustavo Froes wrote:

It's very nice,highly above average,but people are already considering one of the best movies presented to us in the 21 century so far.....
There's a huge amount of better films made in recent years,at least to my taste.
My personal oscar awarning picture this year would be a movie that didn't even made it to the nominees,Revolutionary Road.And it's a shame Gran Torino showe up a bit late....
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It's very nice,highly above average,but people are already considering one of the best movies presented to us in the 21 century so far.....
There's a huge amount of better films made in recent years,at least to my taste.
My personal oscar awarning picture this year would be a movie that didn't even made it to the nominees,Revolutionary Road.And it's a shame Gran Torino showe up a bit late....
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IMO a sad indictment of the times re lack of " quality" movies out there that this movies wins Oscars. There were far better films that did not win recognition.....POOR FOR COMPLETIONISTS ONLYWink
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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Now seen it a couple of times - very impressed, but 8 Oscars?? Not sure... certainly not a film you'd imagine being sanctioned by the Indian Tourist Board...

Oh noes, just play them those Taj Mahal rushes from the picture,  and pay them, um, an all expenses paid trip for Switzerland ?,  it can be done! Wink  Mumbai is as bad or good as Slumdog potrays in the film, actually they didn't even show those pigs romping on heaps of garbage, come to think of it! And be thankful you can only see the filth on screen, not smell and feel it! LOL
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Among the best motion pictures from an incredibly weak year for motion pictures (actors/actresses were better, Penn was win compared to the rest, Kate & Meryl lovely as always, but a neglected Revolutionary Road was a sour miss).

Certainly not just a Bollywood-like film, if they kept the dance part out until the end, nonetheless, to quote a local critic's review I've just read, "a melodrama movie that doesn't contradict itself, but hardly a work of art". As always, this is not the kind of love story I like, but that part worked out nicely, in key moments. An excess of "it is written"-ism, too, plus some fragments can hardly be called believable (like being tortioned, and then suddenly melting the cop's heart by telling your entire life's story).

Nice movie, but nothing memorable, as nothing memorable about most of this year's Oscar-listed movies.
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As cinema is not a particularly pleasant experience I'll wait until it is on TV or on special offer DVD. So I'll pass on this one for a while.
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Now seen it a couple of times - very impressed, but 8 Oscars?? Not sure... certainly not a film you'd imagine being sanctioned by the Indian Tourist Board...

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Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

Originally posted by TheCaptain TheCaptain wrote:

I'm in for an angry mob, but I'd like to know why. Are we mad that KoS says Slumdog Millionaire isn't overrated? That The Dark Knight is overrated? That I can't find my left shoe?

What about all of them? And, have you looked under the bed?


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Originally posted by TheCaptain TheCaptain wrote:

I'm in for an angry mob, but I'd like to know why. Are we mad that KoS says Slumdog Millionaire isn't overrated? That The Dark Knight is overrated? That I can't find my left shoe?

What about all of them? And, have you looked under the bed?
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I liked it, and have no problem with it winning. It's on a completely higher level than Titanic. Although Boyle's toilet fetish is creepy. Its pretty eye-opening for Americans. I thought Milk was as good but Benjamin Button was a complete gimmick movie, though I enjoyed it well enough. Pitt was much better in Burn After Reading though (hilarious characters).
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I'm in for an angry mob, but I'd like to know why. Are we mad that KoS says Slumdog Millionaire isn't overrated? That The Dark Knight is overrated? That I can't find my left shoe?
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Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

Originally posted by KoS KoS wrote:

Over-hyped? Yes. Overrated? No.
I'm a huge fan of Boyle.
It's a Bollywood film with a foreign director, I didn't expect new ground to be broken.
Now, the Dark Knight, there is movie that was both overhyped and overrated.


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Never heard of it.


I guess that means they don't have this movie over in AtlantisLOL

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(Foreign) Films like this have been done a million times.It just when a British director does it the western world goes crazy for it. I went for "Very good movie, but there are better ones" Which is 8 but i'd give the film a 7 with that description.



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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

It's a good (but not great) movie and I went to school with the director.CoolI command you to see it!!!  Angry


Probably seeing it tonight - working for the film company, I've got a promotional DVD of it (smug mode).

Still not as cool as going to school with Danny Boyle though


Something tells me Boyle wasn´t that cool as a kid either LOL

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Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

It's a good (but not great) movie and I went to school with the director.CoolI command you to see it!!!  Angry


Probably seeing it tonight - working for the film company, I've got a promotional DVD of it (smug mode).

Still not as cool as going to school with Danny Boyle though

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Originally posted by KoS KoS wrote:

Over-hyped? Yes. Overrated? No.
I'm a huge fan of Boyle.
It's a Bollywood film with a foreign director, I didn't expect new ground to be broken.
Now, the Dark Knight, there is movie that was both overhyped and overrated.


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