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03/02/09
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Uh, you guys? Don't forget that he loses his brother at the exact moment as he wins the money. So I don't really see the cloying sentimentality you lot are referring to.
Is it perfect? No. But no American would have made this movie (well, not unless Hilary Duff was cast as the titular character WHICH, YES, WOULD BE AWESOME).
03/02/09
The gameshow is kind of an elaborate conceit for trawling through the life of a horribly abused person born into poverty. If it's analysed too much, it falls apart, but I didn't hear anyone complaining when about that when Bruce Willis was dead all along.
The dance at the end is misjudged, tonally - I have no time for Bollywood conventions anyway - but I took it as almost a DVD extra. I mean, dead characters come back to life and start dancing. It's like those fake deleted scenes that play next to the end credits of Pixar films.
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Also, yes.
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While watching it, I never felt that I am watching something non-Bollywood. It probably depends on one's film-watching history. I had read the book long before they thought of making this film, so that must have colored my perception as well.
03/01/09
I kinda see what Rushdie means. It's a fantasy film, but the fantasy isn't believable and the fantasy has no larger theme. It's not like this surreal concept has any greater meaning (game show + Third World slum = WHAT? What exactly is the metaphor here?). It's just seems like a vehicle for some amazing cinematography (that's what I liked about it) and ultimately its just another cheesy love story about overcoming challenges, getting the girl and getting rich.
And as far as Oscar nods are concerned: Lord of the Rings II got like 896 Oscar statues. That movie was like watching somebody else play a video game.
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