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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:04 PM
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Official Fuck Slumdog Millionaire Thread.
Edited on Sun Feb-22-09 11:04 PM by nytemare
I liked the film, ok, but it is not this damned good. Gabriel and WallE were robbed.
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prolesunited Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:05 PM
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1. Bitter much?
It's a freakin' awards show
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:06 PM
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2. Nah, I just blew up.
I feel much better after posting, though.
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:06 PM
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3. Springsteen and THe Wrestler were robbed
And I am bitter.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:08 PM
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5. I thought Frost/Nixon should have gotten editing.
Slumdog must just be the flavor of the day.
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:08 PM
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4. Wall E and Milk were robbed.
Two that I saw.

Hancock should have been nominated in Action.
Oh, wait, sorry....Hancock has a PLOT about PEOPLE, besides the crashing cars, and such.

So it's not mindless enough.

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EastTennesseeDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:11 PM
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6. Best Picture hasn't been announced yet
So Milk still has its shot. I guess.

Who am I kidding? If they fucked Brokeback Mountain over in 2005, there is no way they are going to give an upset to a movie with themes of homosexuality.
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:12 PM
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9. ok, there is still hope?
:shrug:
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EastTennesseeDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:18 PM
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Penn, van Sant, and the film itself are still on the table
But no, I think it's apparent Slumdog Millionaire has it.

I agree with you about Wall-E. I'm gonna watch that later just to flip off the Academy. :evilgrin:
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:11 PM
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8. There isn't an "Action" category
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:59 PM
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25. You didn't see Slumdog and you claim the other two were "robbed?"
How would you know?
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Zuiderelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:11 PM
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7. Slumdog Millionaire was great, and definitely deserves what it's getting.
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PBS Poll-435 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:12 PM
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10. Overhyped Garbage
:grr:
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Jeep789 Donating Member (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:15 PM
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11. I loved Slumdog and have since I saw it early on
Looks like a lot of people agree with me.
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EastTennesseeDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:16 PM
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12. Blasphemy!
OFF WITH THY HEAD HEATHEN!



























:hide:
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Lavender Brown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:17 PM
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13. They never spread the Oscars around though
Edited on Sun Feb-22-09 11:17 PM by Lavender Brown
I wish some other movies got recognition, but there's usually one that dominates. Much worse films than Slumdog Millionaire have won all the Oscars... like Titanic.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:19 PM
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16. I'm not saying I didn't like the film
but sound, editing, music?

You're right about ones that seem to dominate. They can't all be "The Departed".
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:17 PM
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14. Slumdog is Hollywood fluff
It was way, way overrated.

A cute movie but nothing of substance from a movie that had an opportunity to be just that.
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Phoonzang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:18 PM
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15. Agreed. nt
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gblady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:24 PM
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17. As someone who....
disliked this film a lot...
this is disgusting and predictable.

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OneSelf Donating Member (167 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:26 PM
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18. Haters keep hating
Doesn't make it a bad movie.
In fact, I quite liked it.
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IGotAName Donating Member (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:55 PM
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19. Really too bad.
A good movie that was just terribly overhyped.

Kind of ruined the Awards. Again.

Reminds me of Titanic.
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Jeep789 Donating Member (935 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:56 PM
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20. Hmm, I loved Titanic too
Guess I just have poor taste. lol
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Genevieve Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:59 PM
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24. ...
me too.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:58 PM
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23. Overhyped? It won 8 awards.
So I think the hype was just right.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:57 PM
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21. Did you see Slumdog?
It's tough to account for taste. Apparently you don't have any.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:00 AM
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27. Did you read the post?
Apparently not, because I said I liked the film, just not proportionate to the hype it got.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:04 AM
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29. You couldn't possibly have seen it and compared it to Wall-E
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:12 AM
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31. For best song??
Peter Gabriel was nominated for his song in WallE against two songs from Slumdog. Therefore, I compared his nomination to theirs in that category.

And score? Button's score was amazing, as were Milk's and WallE's. Slumdog's was pretty much as most Bollywood films.
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:14 AM
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32. You didn't say that.
;)
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:41 AM
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35. I said Gabriel and WallE were robbed.
Gabriel was nominated for his song in WallE.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:20 AM
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33. I have paid cash for soundtracks to Bollywood films
and I found Slumdog's soundtrack to be jarring and inappropriate in several places. It took the film down several notches.

For reference, my work is in sound design and music/music technology. Music is the second most important thing to me.

I'm likely to purchase the WALL•E soundtrack, however.
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Zuiderelle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:58 PM
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22. YAY! Slumdog won! Well deserved!
:bounce:

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tanngrisnir3 Donating Member (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-09 11:59 PM
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26. The S.S. Get An Effing Life is docking at pier Something Relevant
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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:01 AM
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28. Nothing can top the Sean Penn win. How sad when the Actor award
is more exciting and moving than the supposedly "big" award of Best Picture. Oh well. The Academy is very good at making mistakes. At least they didn't screw it up with Penn.

:hi:
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PBS Poll-435 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:04 AM
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30. Sean and Kate made my night
Good observation.
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Hello_Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 01:26 AM
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39. Penn deserved it.
Admittedly, I haven't seen the other films but Sean blew me away as Harvey Milk.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:20 AM
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34. You suck. Slumdog was awesome!
Get the rope, boys!!!
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:44 AM
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36. I heartily disagree and disapprove of your negative ju ju. Bad form.
:thumbsdown:

Love always wins over hate, anyway.
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 12:56 AM
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37. Bad form?
Really?

I said I enjoyed the film, but didn't think it deserved to win over any of the nominated films, and I can think of many other that weren't nominated that deserved a nod over it.

It was an enjoyable film, well worth watching, not worth the majority of the statues it got.

Please with the bad form stuff. So sorry you disapprove that I comment that many excellent films were swept away in hype.

Love doesn't win over hype, I suppose, or a film like "Milk" would've won.

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Hello_Kitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 01:24 AM
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38. To the Greatest Page with you! Wall-E was robbed, indeed. eom
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 01:55 AM
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40. I agree
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Sultana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 06:35 AM
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41. Well, look on the bright side, no more SDM hype....
it will go away like the Titanic did.... :evilgrin:
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