Since there has been such a lull in posts of the Everyman Critics i thought that i might start to post reviews of some movies that i've watched over the past year that i have yet to either thrust upon my fellow Everyman or have thought were noteworthy and should be watched.
-dan
In keeping with the most recent post of the 2010 Oscars i thought i'd like look back to last years nominees and winner of Best Picture. Today is the movie that walked away with not 1, but 8 golden statues at last year's awards ceremony: Slumdog Millionaire. i would like to be able to say that i was too harsh on a heart warming little independent-type film that could, but then i'd just be lying to you. Perhaps it is because i am so cold and no movie could affect me, but then we all know that isn't true if you listen to this podcast. i would like to point out one thing before we go on...i gave Christmas Evil a 4/10 rating. Just saying. So without further ado...my review.
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (2008)
TIME: 120 minutes
GENRE: Drama
MPAA RATING: R
LANGUAGE: English and Hindi
DIRECTOR: Danny Boyle
STARRING:
Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal
RATING: 3/10
OVERVIEW:
Jamal Malik (Patel), a kid from the slums of India, comes within one question of winning 20,000,000 rupees on India’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Suspected of cheating he is arrested and interrogated. During this time he explains how he knew the answers to the questions based on events in his life.
REVIEW:
Slumdog Millionaire won 8 Oscars at the 2009 Academy Awards so it is a good film, right? Wrong. The whole plot might be fairly original, but the execution comes off extremely dry and does not warrant the critical praise that it has received. The handheld, shaky camera look is overused in the film and could induce nausea. Within the first half hour of the movie I was checking the time begging for it to be almost over. There was nothing in the story that made me feel anything for the characters. It all just seemed to be a Sally Struthers type montage of poverty stricken areas. To top it all off I guess for me would be that the backdrop for the story is the show Who Wants to be a Millionaire as I loathe it as well.
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2 comments:
Slumdog Millionaire sucked my left nut, which was ironically coated in Kibbles N’ Bits. So, yeah I coincide with Dan on this one. I would rather subject myself to one of his Nazi movies, which he always watches.
you coincide?!? do you mean concur? i don't want you co'ing anything inside me, but i'll take you up on watching one of my nazi movies. in fact after 'winter light' and 'holy mountain' i think my choice will be 'the night porter'. though there is a movie that looks interesting and i've been debating putting on my netflix list that i think i might make you watch also called 'the believer'. there are just too many nazi movies out there for me to make you watch...and i haven't even started really looking. haha
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