Slumdog Millionaire

Harlowe · Post by **Harlowe** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:57 am

I loved this movie. Absolutely loved it... and yet, I can't believe I paid someone so I could cry for two hours. Well, okay not sob-cry, but I got teary A LOT which I normally resent in a movie. I don't like being emotionally pinged around in movies, but this was worthy.

I loved the characters, the story, the cinematography, the humor, the pain, even the credits & Bollywood-style dance at that end that took away the emotional edge of the whole ride.

Klast Brell · Post by **Klast Brell** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:10 am

I saw it on Sunday with Mrs Klast. We loved it as well. From the previews I didn't expect it to be so sad. The dance during the credits was a great counterbalance that left us walking out of the movie laughing and smiling.

Harlowe · Post by **Harlowe** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:41 pm

Klast Brell wrote:I saw it on Sunday with Mrs Klast. We loved it as well. From the previews I didn't expect it to be so sad. The dance during the credits was a great counterbalance that left us walking out of the movie laughing and smiling.

Same here! I thought it was going to be the "feel-good" movie of the year and 1 hour and 45 minutes of it certainly weren't. I really did appreciate them tossing in the dance at the end, because it allowed me to leave the theater laughing instead of sniveling.

Klast Brell · Post by **Klast Brell** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:59 am

My wife is a Bollywood junky Bride and Prejudice is one of her favorite movies.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361411/
It's a wonderful adaptations of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.

And Lalita Bakshi is not unpleasant to look at.

Harlowe · Post by **Harlowe** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 12:51 pm

Oh awesome, hey can you get some other recommendations from her? It's so hit and miss for me with Bollywood.

Harlowe · Post by **Harlowe** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:51 pm

Hey, I saw Bride & Prejudice, it was a really cute movie. The Indian actors were great/funny/charming, but man that American guy was GOD awful (he was so NOT a Mr. Darcy), then I remembered where I saw him before and it was in The Ring...he blew in that too.

I'm sure you guys caught this already but Slumdog walked away with 4 Golden Globes last night: best original score, screenplay, director and picture (drama). I was pretty happy to see Kate Winslet win two - damn, what a night for her. She wins not only best actress but also best supporting actress?? Then to top it off, my favorite two people on TV right now - Tina Fey & Alec Baldwin - both won, so did 30 Rock.

Rundown of winners
Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet, “The Reader”Best Original Song: Bruce Springsteen, “The Wrestler”
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Movie: Tom Wilkinson, “John Adams”
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Movie: Laura Dern, “Recount”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama: Gabriel Byrne, “In Treatment”
Best Actress in a TV Series, Drama: Anna Paquin, “True Blood”
Outstanding Animated Feature: “WALL-E”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Sally Hawkins, “Happy-Go-Lucky”
Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: “John Adams”
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Waltz With Bashir”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Laura Linney, “John Adams”
Best Screenplay: Simon Beaufoy, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy: Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: Paul Giamatti, “John Adams”
Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy: “30 Rock”
Best Original Score, A.R. Rahman: “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy: Tina Fey, “30 Rock”
Cecil B. DeMille Award: Steven Spielberg
Best Director - Motion Picture: Danny Boyle “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Colin Farrell, “In Bruges”
Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture -Drama: Kate Winslet, “Revolutionary Road”
Best Television Series - Drama: “Mad Men”
Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama: Mickey Rourke, “The Wrestler”
Best Motion Picture - Drama: “Slumdog Millionaire

Fallakin Kuvari · Post by **Fallakin Kuvari** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:20 pm

Well deserved win my Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin, imo... I recently caught up on that series and I absolutely enjoyed every bit of it.

Taxious · Post by **Taxious** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:12 pm

Saw Slumdog Millionaire this weekend, and really liked it. I don't know what I was expecting, but I'm glad I went to see it. From what Harlowe wrote, I was expecting to QQ a little, but it definitely wasn't that bad...

Harlowe · Post by **Harlowe** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:36 pm

Dude, I get misty picking out greeting cards for loved ones when they seem particularly fitting. So....you know, take that into consideration when I say something makes me cry. I blame the asshole-yet-sentimental Irish in me.

Though if you didn't even start to get choked up the entire time, you are dead inside.

Taxious · Post by **Taxious** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:56 pm

Harlowe wrote:Though if you didn't even start to get choked up the entire time, you are dead inside.

Sorry I can't relate to shitting in a wooden hut when I paid $10 to sit in an AC'ed theater for 2 hours...

Just kidding of course, but yeah, there were some pretty sad parts. The thing with his mom probably got me the worst.

Minute · Post by **Minute** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 12:00 am

Harlowe wrote:Dude, I get misty picking out greeting cards for loved ones when they seem particularly fitting. So....you know, take that into consideration when I say something makes me cry. I blame the asshole-yet-sentimental Irish in me.

Though if you didn't even start to get choked up the entire time, you are dead inside.

Ha Ha, Harlowe's a girl! Who'da thunk it?

Select · Post by **Select** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 5:23 am

Sorry I can't relate to shitting in a wooden hut when I paid $10 to sit in an AC'ed theater for 2 hours...

Embar Angylwrath · Post by **Embar Angylwrath** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 3:57 pm

Harlowe wrote:Dude, I get misty picking out greeting cards for loved ones when they seem particularly fitting. So....you know, take that into consideration when I say something makes me cry. I blame the asshole-yet-sentimental Irish in me.

Though if you didn't even start to get choked up the entire time, you are dead inside.

It's a female thing. You were born with ovaries. Hormones will fick you over every time, no matter what your rational mind has to say about it. You can't just toss out 200,000 years of genetic programming.

Who here wants to bet that Harlowe, if and when she decides to have kids, will be the BEST Soccer mom evah?!?!?!

Select · Post by **Select** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:55 pm

Harlowe, fight the powah, get them removed!11!!

Harlowe · Post by **Harlowe** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:19 pm

Bite your tongue Embar.

God, I got fucking teary like 3 times at Man of La Mancha, especially when Don Quixote, Dulcinea or the cast sang "The Impossible Dream". It didn't help that I was in the front row, the guy playing Don Quixote was amazing and a girlfriend of mine was in the play (prisoner & a moorish dancer).

I hate that I can not even psyche myself out of it once it starts.

Select · Post by **Select** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 4:58 am

Pretend it's the forums and we're the actors. Though, you'll probably end up yelling obscenities instead.

Embar Angylwrath · Post by **Embar Angylwrath** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:11 pm

I'm thinking Harlowe will soon start to see the magical attractiveness of minivans. The word "palydate" will make her coo with happiness. Seriously, she will actually coo. Make the noise and everything.

Select · Post by **Select** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 4:00 pm

The word "palydate" made me think of MMO playdates.

I agree with Embar. Harlowe, if you're as classic Irish as you say you are, you're gonna get big and pop out a whole buncha kids.

Harlowe · Post by **Harlowe** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 5:50 pm

We don't have a single fatty in our family. Not even the all-Irish side - big boobs, but that's about it. I'm not worried.

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