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    Danny Boyle Opens Door to World's Least Likely Movie Source Material

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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    11/06/09

    In reply to Danny Boyle Opens Door to World's Least Likely Movie Source Material
    Not as scary as this: #dannyboyle
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    Image of Cheney Guevara Cheney Guevara
    11/06/09

    @Smitros:

    I remember reading about this. The south side of Sunset can be very dangerous. #dannyboyle
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    11/06/09

    @Cheney Guevara: Word. And the blocks between Oak Street and Penn Avenue can be the grittiest. #dannyboyle
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    Image of raincoaster raincoaster
    11/05/09

    In reply to Danny Boyle Opens Door to World's Least Likely Movie Source Material
    Two words:

    Speed Golf. #dannyboyle
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    Image of TedSez TedSez
    11/05/09

    In reply to Danny Boyle Opens Door to World's Least Likely Movie Source Material
    This is basically just a remake of Coyote Ugly without the vodka. #dannyboyle
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    Image of Anrkist Anrkist
    11/05/09

    In reply to Danny Boyle Opens Door to World's Least Likely Movie Source Material
    Boring? Watch the hiker tell his story... it makes me cringe. Boyle will make this anything but boring. #dannyboyle
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    Image of jenndavo jenndavo
    11/06/09

    @Anrkist: NO KIDDING. A man makes one of the most agonizing decisions possible, then spends more than a day hacking his way through his own fucking flesh and BONE with a dull Swiss Army knife. Stomach-turning, yes, but I fail to see what's so boring about it. #dannyboyle
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    11/05/09

    In reply to Danny Boyle Opens Door to World's Least Likely Movie Source Material
    The best-known quote from the book that Boyle optioned is, "Geologic time includes now," which every review will include if the movie isn't good. That said, I'm dying to see it, even if Celine Dion isn't on the soundtrack.
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    Image of pony_express pony_express
    11/05/09

    In reply to Danny Boyle Opens Door to World's Least Likely Movie Source Material
    As a germaphobe I really wish someone would make Hands Down. I needn't point out how many times a day I watch people sneeze without putting their nose in the crook of their arm-- the only truly proper way to sneeze in public. #dannyboyle
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    11/05/09

    @pony_express: The old-school, propermost way to sneeze is in one's handkerchief. Which you then delicately fold and deposit back in your pocket. That way you keep your germs to yourself. Since handkerchiefs are extinct nowadays, tissue packs constitute the best substitute. I've just babysat my neighbor's 6-year-old kiddo, who had a cold, and had to teach him to both sneeze and blow his nose correctly. Manners are going the way of the Dodo bird.. #dannyboyle
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    Image of pony_express pony_express
    11/05/09

    @snugbug: I am glad their are still good neighbors out there who take the time to teach the children...
    and absolutely, the hankie would be my first choice. Most people, however, do not come prepared with hankies or those nice little kleenex packs (except for my mother who stocks them with a vigilance). I oft will be walking past the open food bins at a Whole Paycheck when, much to my dismay, some [redacted] sneezes all over the barrel of oatmeal-by-the-pound. In that moment he/she did not have time to reach for the hankie they presumably did not have, but he/she could have turned their head put his/her nose in the crook of the arm. CROOK OF THE ARM PEOPLE. See, in this manner, the money, door handles, etc. that are touched post-sneeze won't distribute more germs.

    Sorry to get screamy, but we are in an epidemic here. #dannyboyle
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    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    11/05/09

    In reply to Danny Boyle Opens Door to World's Least Likely Movie Source Material
    Sexjacked has just been optioned by Showtime. Well done! #dannyboyle
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    Image of shostakobitch shostakobitch
    11/05/09

    @TheBusinessGuy: i would watch that. duchovny is The Driver, right? #dannyboyle
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    Image of NorthernLite NorthernLite
    11/05/09

    In reply to Hollywood's Recession Is Over, Declares Murdoch
    Murdoch wouldn't sing Happy Days - that was a song associated with Dems. #rupertmurdoch
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    11/05/09

    @NorthernLite: Yeah, he's more of a "Deng Dong the Witch is Dead" kind of guy. #rupertmurdoch
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    Image of Inhaler Inhaler
    02/26/09

    In reply to Thanks For Letting Us Use You, Slumdog Kids, Here Are Some Houses
    The real question here is, of course, will Short Round be the driver of said rickshaw?
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    Image of arguablythemostfamous arguablythemostfamous
    02/25/09

    In reply to Thanks For Letting Us Use You, Slumdog Kids, Here Are Some Houses
    But did they get to meet Miley?
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    Image of iplaudius iplaudius
    02/25/09

    In reply to Thanks For Letting Us Use You, Slumdog Kids, Here Are Some Houses
    It would be good to know what the children and their parents think about all this. My guess is that, on the balance, it beats slum living, and they’d rather take the good with the bad.
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    Image of Mymoustache Mymoustache
    02/25/09

    In reply to Thanks For Letting Us Use You, Slumdog Kids, Here Are Some Houses
    This reminds me of the news segment I saw about camel jockeys. Apparently, Bangladeshi families are so poor that they sell their young sons to rich Arabs to act as camel jockeys. Some group got all up in arms and returned the kids to their families...who promptly sold them again.
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    02/25/09

    @Mymoustache:


    Isn't camel jockey a slur?

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    Image of gawkimo gawkimo
    02/25/09

    In reply to Thanks For Letting Us Use You, Slumdog Kids, Here Are Some Houses
    Out with the optimistic, American feel-good Holocaust movies, in with the optimistic, American feel-good Third World shit-hole movies.
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    Image of pufflehuff pufflehuff
    02/25/09

    @gawkimo: Slumdog had nothing to do with America and is not all that feel-good.
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    Image of mass romantic mass romantic
    02/25/09

    @pufflehuff: Thank you. There's like 2 Americans in the movie and they look kind of silly.


    I just saw it today after hearing how it "romanticized" slum life, and let me tell you, I didn't see it at all. It showed the horror of slum life with bright spots in between.

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    Image of pufflehuff pufflehuff
    02/26/09

    @mass romantic: Yes indeedy. I saw it for the second time on Tuesday, and it made me feel much more sympathetic towards Salim, who is ostensibly the baddie, but a lot of the bad acts he commits are in order to save Jamal, who is very passive.


    A fascinating film, great rollicking entertainment, and non-condescending - for once, it's not about one of us finding ourselves in mystical India.

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    Image of Cheney Guevara Cheney Guevara
    02/25/09

    In reply to Thanks For Letting Us Use You, Slumdog Kids, Here Are Some Houses
    How much money did the producers of Doubt or The Reader donate to rehabilitating people molested by priests or German Nazi pedophiles?


    How much did the producers of Rachel Getting Married donate to drug rehabs?


    How much did Pixar donate to recycling?


    How much did Hellboy donate to... um...


    etc.

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    Image of Richard Lawson Richard Lawson
    02/25/09

    @independentthinkerdude: Whoosh!
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    Image of pufflehuff pufflehuff
    02/25/09

    @independentthinkerdude: How much did the makers of The Wrestler donate to Mickey Rourke?
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    Image of robot ninja spy robot ninja spy
    02/25/09

    @independentthinkerdude: I don't think that's the same unless real victims/addicts appeared in those films and I'm not sure recycling can be exploited.
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    Image of britneyspearstears britneyspearstears
    02/25/09

    @pufflehuff: Ha!
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    02/25/09

    In reply to Thanks For Letting Us Use You, Slumdog Kids, Here Are Some Houses
    Is there some advantage to the employer to blind children before putting them to work?
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    Image of schmerd schmerd
    02/25/09

    @bytememehard: You didn't see the film, did you?
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    02/25/09

    @schmerd: No, and I won't, especially if it features fake blind children, much as I adore cheap, popular-appeal heart-tugging sentimentality.
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    Image of Imran J. Khan Imran J. Khan
    02/25/09

    also, its a reality of slum life in india, I don't think it was trying to get pity points as much as it was trying to show a certain reality that exists.
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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    02/25/09

    @Imran J. Khan: doesn't it end with a very big ol' Bollywood dance?
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    Image of kimkimi kimkimi
    02/25/09

    @bytememehard: if you're actually asking about kids who are put to work to beg, yes. blind children = more sympathy = more money. there is a blinding scene in the movie although the main characters do not get hurt. it is also known that children's limbs have been cut off, they have been disfigured, etc. to allow for more profitable begging. it's a horrible reality, i know. but i like to imagine that today, in 2009, such crimes would be fewer than in previous decades.


    the cast dances while the credits roll at the end. there is no dancing in the movie itself.

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    Image of bytememehard bytememehard
    02/25/09

    @kimkimi: I'm sure it's a fine movie (it did win the Oscar), but not my cup-o-tea, esp. after reading your description -- though I'd proly enjoy the dance number. Also, hated The Reader, though it was also considered by many to be a fine movie.
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    Image of LBJeffries LBJeffries
    02/25/09

    @bytememehard: that your opinions of things are preceded by even more opinions is adorable.
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    Image of pureblarney pureblarney
    02/25/09

    @LBJeffries: Or just really annoying, considering we're reading a film industry blog.
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