Slumdog Millionaire

my friend brought me to see this the other night cuz he had heard all kinds of good things about it and......it turned to be a pretty fuckin awesome movie..

i really enjoyed it..


it's an Indian film, probly about 85% in english with the rest in Hindi with subtitles....the synopsis is pretty complicated and interesting but I'll try to explain it: an 18-year-old Indian kid is on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and he keeps getting the answers right all the way up to the highest prize..

and the reason he's getting the answers right is because each question seems to be connected to a memory that was scorched into this kid's mind throughout his turbulent life......
the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire scenes are intertwined with a chronological showing of the boy's life living in the grimey-ass SLUMS of Mumbai where he saw his mom get killed in a Muslim lynching at a very young age, got abducted by a crazy dude who was pimpin the kids out for money similar to what happened in the Pinocchio movie (yup, remember that shit), and lots of other crazy stuff....we follow him (main character named Salim) and his brother from the age of about 6 or 7 onwards throughout their turbulent life..



there's funny parts, sad parts, gripping parts where you're wonderin what the hell will happen....and it's cinematically done REALLY well..

and the images/scenery throughout of the Mumbai slums, the Taj Mahal in Bombay, etc. are amazing..

i highly recommend anybody go see it..













also, there was a couple previews before the movie that struck me as possibly DOPE movies....the two that are fresh in my memory were the one called "The Wrestler" which surprisingly looked like a mad deep film...

and, even more surprisingly, this one called Revolutionary Road with Leo DiCaprio and (i think) Kate Winslett----what hit me immediately was this ILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL Nina Simone song that the trailer featured...looks like a dramatic, powerful real life story..


there was another movie that looked great but i can't remember it right now...

peace for this, ive heard loads about it.. i shall watch this soon..

do you know a UK release date?

just found the UK release date:
Friday, 9 January 2009

yeah i had to go to some distant theater to go see it, i guess it's an indy film.....an Indy Indian film..



side story: we had like 2 hours to kill before seeing this movie so we were chillin in Best Buy across the street playin video games n shit and at one point i ventured over to Border's bookstore and i had to take a massive shit, so as I'm walkin to the bathroom this book catches my eye called "The Only Astrology Book You'll Ever Need"....i peaked thru it real quick and it looked pretty interesting so I pulled a George Costanza and took it with me into the bathroom and the book was fucking INCREDIBLE----the main thing that struck me was a chapter on your sign and your health....I'm a Cancer and it noted how Cancer's have weak stomachs and poor digestion (I have horrible acid reflux and always had a weak stomach) and then some shit about a certain mineral, each sign has a specific mineral that they're either deficient in or have too much of....it said Cancer's are sometimes deficient in Calcium Flouride and this causes varicose veins among other things--and I had to have a varicose vein surgically corrected last year....

so I copped the book..

I'll probly post way more about it in the KTL section when i get a chance cuz it's blowin my mind...

the broad in it is hot. Saw her on Jay Leno a few nights ago.

^ freida pinto

fuuuuuuuuck yea she was bangin..

big fan of Danny Boyle here... most likely gonna catch this in theatres before it gets pulled... props.

i'm think i'm gonna see this after reading this thread.

i think i'm gonna see the wrestler, too. that shit looks fucking excellent. it's already being talked about for awards next year, and mickey rourke's resurrection and shit.

everyone should peep this movie............. its solid

is it jus in theatres? or out on dvd already?

i watched it online just now

ovguide.com

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I don't think its an Indian film, its just set in India. Its directed by Danny Boyle whos an English director. I'm definitely looking forward to this film. Even on something as predictable as 'Sunshine' he made it better than it should have been.

I peeped it and will so-sign on it's dopeness. I don't know if it's movie of the year and all but it's definately worth checking out

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