Slumdog Millionaire

[dannyboy]

You're apologizing? p*ssy... hehe

which one are you??

Beavis or BUTThead???

I actually had those two in mind when I posted that. *laugh* You have to admit that cartoon was brilliant.

That is so 1990s

[GoodKarma]

I thought it was crap.

What's the deal here??

And what was with the 'sh*t scene' in there?.. that was so near farcical; the little brown boy's sh*t covered silhouette emerging from behind and then pushing through the crowd to get his hero's autograph... come on, even the 'poor slum people' have more dignity than that, right? I was cackling because it was directed and played so straight, but it was SO SO ridiculous that it was funny as hell..

You know I am not sure why in danny boyle films this theme of tolite and bowel movement scenes seem to come up..If youv'e seen Transpotting I do recall it was a tolite scene in that too.Someone needs to ask him what is up with that... :wink: Danny Boyle seems to find and pick on; in a constructive way, unconvential parts of human society. for example In transpotting, I had no idea that dialect even existed. I think if anyone else had gotten this project it would have been terrible. If your not a traveled person you may or may not know these topics even exist in human life. funny at first I didn't like this movie just as I didn't like transpotting..maybe I didn't understand the topic I'm not sure but his movies do seem to grow on you. 8)

????

Ok, so out of all Danny Boyle films, 2, yes, just 2 happen to have something in them related to toilets (fyi, the scene in Trainspotting is meant to reflect the surreal world of the the junkie's desperation)

You had no idea the dialect even existed???

WTF???

do you have any idea how many dialects exist in every country??

are you some sort of anthropology professor specialising in Scottish inner city dialects?

and you need to be a travelled person to know 'these topics exist in human life'???

WTF????

Are you from this planet???

Look around you...

every country, every city, every town...has it's addicts, whether drugs or alcohol or whatever...

Even oppressive shitholes like Iran have huge problems...

welcome to earth freak...

You do have to be a traveled person to know some things. you could read about it on the internet see it in a movie read it in a book but. some things you just cannot discover or know unless you see it in person I guess that is very hard to explain in words. just like some folks have never been to Thailand India

etc. to know the ins and outs of a place. I've never been to scotland or Ireland

so how would I know this. nothing offensive I honestly didn't know. some people call people freaks and they actually take that as a complement. where I went to school you had the freaks and the jocks.... its all stick n stones bro.

movies do this for you sometimes they highlight on certain things or even make some people think what if etc.. of course I know what a junkie is lol and I understood what the tolite scene in Transpotting was about. of course I don't know everything and every topic on earth and I am definitely not a professor of anything. I seen the movie street holigans and that was an eyeopener to me as well but how would I know if it was factual or not it was entertaining though.

I guess. Danny Boyle could just have made the same movie about brazillian street kids. they do the same thing ride trains for fun etc. about the tolite scene I was just curious why a similiar scene came up in Slumdog. is all..I have seen other movies that had similiar scenes or characters. just curious of what the director or artist had in mind if anything but I do believe artist always have a meaning in anything they portray or depict. that doesn't make me a professor it just makes me a curious person in human nature. I hardly believe man was created as to be a virus by the way. we wouldnt be put on this planet to distroy it that doesn't make any sense.

To be fair, I was a little harsh on you, and for that I apologise. But had got slightly riled up by other posters in the thread so my reaction to you was a bit over the top.

I don't think the scenes were that similar; In Trainspotting Renton dives into a toilet to recover the opiate suppositories. Other than the entrance/exit shots, there is no real resemblance to a toilet!

While in Slumdog of course, Jamal jumps into the pile of sh*t below the toilet in order to reach his hero.

There is a common theme of desperation to both scenes and of course in Slumdog, the reasons for Jamal knowing the answer to each question is that he has learned them in dramatic circumstances, and landing in a pile of sh*t is pretty dramatic!!

Perhaps you have hit on something; maybe Boyle has some strange toilet fetish (my initial thought at Slumdog was remembering someone at Glastonbury many years ago who somehow fell into the toilet pit - which usually was big enough to have around 16 cubicles above it - and them having to move the whole structure with a crane to get this poor guy out completetly covered in sh*t from head to toe)

Will be interesting to see if Boyle returns to this toilet fetish in future films (or if there are less dramatic ones in his old films)

If so you may have hit on something!!!!

hey why cant that guy be both bevis with a bu%@ head...

.......

So Iain have you seen the movie green street holigans is it on point or accurate with its information about the UK football scene?

[MisterMatlock]

You're apologizing? p*ssy... hehe

which one are you??

Beavis or BUTThead???

I actually had those two in mind when I posted that. *laugh* You have to admit that cartoon was brilliant.

That is so 1990s

Huh-huh-huh... Gay.

[GoodKarma]

You're apologizing? p*ssy... hehe

which one are you??

Beavis or BUTThead???

I actually had those two in mind when I posted that. *laugh* You have to admit that cartoon was brilliant.

That is so 1990s

Huh-huh-huh... Gay.

bevis and bu@% head is a classic cartoon..you remember that kid that could

stand on the top floor of the mall spit and then slurp it back up. when i saw that I thought that was the weirdest cartoon scene i had ever seen. to this day i still think it is actually :?

[MisterMatlock]

You're apologizing? p*ssy... hehe

which one are you??

Beavis or BUTThead???

I actually had those two in mind when I posted that. *laugh* You have to admit that cartoon was brilliant.

That is so 1990s

Huh-huh-huh... Gay.

bevis and bu@% head is a classic cartoon..you remember that kid that could

stand on the top floor of the mall spit and then slurp it back up. when i saw that I thought that was the weirdest cartoon scene i had ever seen. to this day i still think it is actually :?

Remember the one when they figured out that "guys with facial hair got to do it"? So they shaved part of their head and glued it to their faces... Or tried washing the dog they were dog-sitting in the washing machine?

[flea]

had it but didnt even have a chance to watch it yet, i will talk about it later

x

[MisterMatlock]

had it but didnt even have a chance to watch it yet, i will talk about it later

x

If you haven't watched, whatever it was you meant to watch, how would you know you wanted to talk about it later?

[Stramash]

Karma; to be honest I tend to avoid these football violence and gangster stories that seem to have become so prolific in UK films over the last 10-15 years.

My own observations of football hooliganism have usually been made over my right shoulder as I emulate Linford Christie by averaging under 10 seconds per 100 metres...

But I can remember going to raves and free parties in the early 90's and meeting quite a few 'faces' from that scene. They were all from opposing teams but were all E'd out of their faces and were sitting like a group of old friends reminiscing about their school days. Only thing was; their memories were of epic battles, stabbings, chibs and use of cs gas on each other!!

Guy called Gavin Hills wrote a great short story about the hooligans getting loved up called 'White Burger Danny' (no relation to Dannyboy, well at least I don't think so...)

[MisterMatlock]

Karma; to be honest I tend to avoid these football violence and gangster stories that seem to have become so prolific in UK films over the last 10-15 years.

My own observations of football hooliganism have usually been made over my right shoulder as I emulate Linford Christie by averaging under 10 seconds per 100 metres...

But I can remember going to raves and free parties in the early 90's and meeting quite a few 'faces' from that scene. They were all from opposing teams but were all E'd out of their faces and were sitting like a group of old friends reminiscing about their school days. Only thing was; their memories were of epic battles, stabbings, chibs and use of cs gas on each other!!

Guy called Gavin Hills wrote a great short story about the hooligans getting loved up called 'White Burger Danny' (no relation to Dannyboy, well at least I don't think so...)

You were too f**ked up to know any better... Imagine Dannyboy WAS the "Danny" in question. I'm starting to wonder if he was the "Big Brother" Orwell was on about...

[Stramash]

Karma; to be honest I tend to avoid these football violence and gangster stories that seem to have become so prolific in UK films over the last 10-15 years.

My own observations of football hooliganism have usually been made over my right shoulder as I emulate Linford Christie by averaging under 10 seconds per 100 metres...

But I can remember going to raves and free parties in the early 90's and meeting quite a few 'faces' from that scene. They were all from opposing teams but were all E'd out of their faces and were sitting like a group of old friends reminiscing about their school days. Only thing was; their memories were of epic battles, stabbings, chibs and use of cs gas on each other!!

Guy called Gavin Hills wrote a great short story about the hooligans getting loved up called 'White Burger Danny' (no relation to Dannyboy, well at least I don't think so...)

You were too f**ked up to know any better... Imagine Dannyboy WAS the "Danny" in question. I'm starting to wonder if he was the "Big Brother" Orwell was on about...

f*cked up?? how very dare you sir. I'll have you know that the strongest drink I consumed at these events was bottled water...

[MisterMatlock]

f*cked up?? how very dare you sir. I'll have you know that the strongest drink I consumed at these events was bottled water...

What was the bottle made of? Was it talking to you?

[Stramash]

f*cked up?? how very dare you sir. I'll have you know that the strongest drink I consumed at these events was bottled water...

What was the bottle made of? Was it talking to you?

:shock: :shock:

Sheeeeeeeeeeeit. What sort of bottled water do they have in Canada?? :roll:

[MisterMatlock]

f*cked up?? how very dare you sir. I'll have you know that the strongest drink I consumed at these events was bottled water...

What was the bottle made of? Was it talking to you?

:shock: :shock:

Sheeeeeeeeeeeit. What sort of bottled water do they have in Canada?? :roll:

The good kind. I've been sampling the 18 year old, single malt, Scottish "water" this evening. Kind of a small "celebration" to the end of the semester.

[Stramash]

f*cked up?? how very dare you sir. I'll have you know that the strongest drink I consumed at these events was bottled water...

What was the bottle made of? Was it talking to you?

:shock: :shock:

Sheeeeeeeeeeeit. What sort of bottled water do they have in Canada?? :roll:

The good kind. I've been sampling the 18 year old, single malt, Scottish "water" this evening. Kind of a small "celebration" to the end of the semester.

And of course, your use of the word 'water' is perfectly acceptable as you are of course discussing Uisge Beatha!!!

But no, my water was purely H2O, from somewhere under some French extinct volcanoes if I recall...

[LakeGeneve]

comeback? comeback from where? haha. by the way, i think you're really trying to say that you really appreciate yourself. ****. by the way i thought i told you to go f*ck yourself.

Oh I do apologise. Last time I looked I didn't take orders from lifeforms on the same point of the evolutionary scale as amoebic dysentry...

Now don't you have some colouring in books to finish? Or was that too taxing for your underdeveloped brain...

If only Mr Harmony could have seen what he would become :shock: .

It must be said that amoebic dysentry can really **** you up. Better to just let is pass and rehydrate......

[Stramash]

comeback? comeback from where? haha. by the way, i think you're really trying to say that you really appreciate yourself. ****. by the way i thought i told you to go f*ck yourself.

Oh I do apologise. Last time I looked I didn't take orders from lifeforms on the same point of the evolutionary scale as amoebic dysentry...

Now don't you have some colouring in books to finish? Or was that too taxing for your underdeveloped brain...

If only Mr Harmony could have seen what he would become :shock: .

It must be said that amoebic dysentry can really f*ck you up. Better to just let is pass and rehydrate......

Mr Harmony got beaten to death with a frozen haddock and is now buried in a shallow grave somewhere in the Campsies (range of hills near Glasgow).

And to be fair to amoebic dysentry, it's actually more evolved than people who post plot spoilers.

<<spot quiz - what is the link between this post and the original topic?>>

[GoodKarma]

Karma; to be honest I tend to avoid these football violence and gangster stories that seem to have become so prolific in UK films over the last 10-15 years.

My own observations of football hooliganism have usually been made over my right shoulder as I emulate Linford Christie by averaging under 10 seconds per 100 metres...

But I can remember going to raves and free parties in the early 90's and meeting quite a few 'faces' from that scene. They were all from opposing teams but were all E'd out of their faces and were sitting like a group of old friends reminiscing about their school days. Only thing was; their memories were of epic battles, stabbings, chibs and use of cs gas on each other!!

Guy called Gavin Hills wrote a great short story about the hooligans getting loved up called 'White Burger Danny' (no relation to Dannyboy, well at least I don't think so...)

Hey is that a short story 'white burger danny' is it in a book called disco biscuits? I googled it but didn't get much resutls or info. I would like to give it a read.

great picture of bevis and bu%@ head....BREAKIN DA LAW BREAKIN DA LAW 8)

I know what you mean about sub 10 seconds 100 meters. I used to run track in school and that is almost sub humananly impossible. it is amazing on what humans can push their body to do. The record is well under 10 seconds now but I must agree. that was definitely a milestone.

[SweetieBabie]

SlumDrag Millionaire

[GoodKarma]

I just finished this movie, and wow...I loved it. I even voted for really good I liked it so much. 8)

Even though you know the outcome of the movie, it still keeps you guessing...and Jamal's girl is *so fine*

more hottie photos of freida pinto her official website:

http://www.freidapinto.com/

[GoodKarma]

I just finished this movie, and wow...I loved it. I even voted for really good I liked it so much. 8)

Even though you know the outcome of the movie, it still keeps you guessing...and Jamal's girl is *so fine*

more hottie photos of freida pinto her official website:

http://www.freidapinto.com/

[Ammy]

Just watched it the other day. I think its a good movie but not the best movie i've seen. Some scenes are pretty exaggerated like when Jamal was pretending to be a tour guide and giving wrong informations about Taj Mahal, Would any tourist get sold into that crap when you got an information book in your hands??? I think the character of older brother Samil something? (my memory is crap) when he was young is very outstanding though!

After all its good and deserved Oscars and better than when Crash won Oscars some years ago!?! :shock:

[SweetieBabie]

I agree Ammy, The idea might seem like an otherworldly image of a slum in a country like India for the western country perceptions. For someone who sort of knows whats go on around the region not much from this movie surprises me, the movie is good, but not awesome. Take the Oscar aside, the movie is pretty much predictable and no real big twists and climax. The story line was pretty much formulated and outlined based on this famous game show on TV the millionaire... broken down to a story of kids from unimaginable low life living of slums. The movie gets a very interesting beginning for the childhood then drop into an average love story happy ending Bollywood style. I was let down a bit since the hype was so intense. This one does not linger in my head after the show ended. You be the judge.

[CobraKai]

I haven't seen it yet, but already suspect I'll be somewhere in the middle when it comes to the love it or hate it brigade. Are the tourists the kid is showing around American, Ammy? Because I really detect a "Americans are thick" vibe coming from Danny Boyle sometimes. Remember the American tourist in Trainspotting who walks into the pub and is a walking caricature of American tourists?

Anyway, I went to a special screening of Sunshine, Boyle's previous film, when it came out and he was there for a Q&A along with Cillian Murphy, and Icame out of that film in the "he's vastly overrated" camp. In the Q&A he actually had the nerve to say he'd consulted with real scientists and that the film was all based on real science. This is a film where a ship flies into the sun to jumpstart it with nukes. A film where a character gets close enough to the sun to reach out and touch it. Now, I know all about allegory and metaphor etc, but to claim that that film was anything but a poor man's Alien, without the Alien, and a bunch of "science" that a first grader could pick apart, is just dumb. My Dad (a professor of atmospheric physics) showed incredible resolve not to stick his hand in the air and point out that whatever scientists Boyle had consulted were obviously having a laugh. I have to point out, however, in Boyle's defense, that Slumdog is based on a book, so he can't take the blame for the plot an earlier posted decided was too stupid for his tastes. The use of M.I.A. on the soundtrack, and things I've read about it showing how people are crippled to make them better beggars, suggests this film balances out whatever dumb flights of fantasy it might take with a bit more depth than your average blockbuster.

[Admin_2]

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1911158

[SweetieBabie]

?Slumdog Millionaire? child star Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail went from having a crappy house to no house. Mumbai city workers bulldozed the child?s home Thursday as part of the scheduled demolition of dozens of shanties in the city.

The child was asleep when a police officer woke him up and told him to get out. His and about 30 other homes were destroyed, part of a regular process of demolition designed to keep crowding under control. The residents are squatting and have no legal right to the land.

?A police officer took a bamboo stick to hit me, and I was frightened,? said Azhar, 10.

Authorities claim his family will be given a new home elsewhere.

?They didn?t give prior notice. We didn?t even get a chance to take out our belongings,? said Shameem Ismail, Azhar?s mother.

?I don?t know what I am going to do,? she said, sitting on a bed she had dragged from the wreckage. Next to her was a plastic bag stuffed with belongings.

?They were removed. That is the principle,? said U.D. Mistry, an official with the city?s Bombay Municipal Corporation, adding he was not aware that the child star lived in that slum. He said the longtime residents, including Azhar?s family, would be resettled elsewhere in government-built housing, but generally these promises mean nothing and if they do get homes, it?s poor-quality buildings on the outskirts of the cities, away from jobs.

The plight of this child star is sad, but imagine how many children are suffering without a camera and an international media spotlight on them. The slums of Mumbai are a problem the world needs to address and soon.