OK more of my two cents on Slumdog Millionaire's critics

[plumeriandeity]

I was reading up on Slumdog Millionaire stuff on Wikipedia and I saw the criticisms the movie has received from critics and whoever. I just wanted to put my two cents to anyone who cares.

Comments

Who cares! It's a great movie!

[molysaccharine]

Hahaha, nice post! I agree with you for the most part. Sure, I guess people in India look up to the typical Bollywood genre because it allows them to see something other than their routine lives. A kind of escape from reality. I think Western Hollywood cinema attempts to do the same (i.e. all those superhero movies that have been out lately!) especially when the economy is in shambles and people are looking out for heroism or something that'll make it all better quickly. But I think that's besides the point when it comes to Slumdog. It's a good story. The actors are good (especially the children!!!...the adult actors were pretty bad!) And most importantly, it's somewhat original! (This is directed toward the Hollywood and Bollywood, which both attempt to recycle or remake stuff that's been done before). I just thought that from the storyline to the acting to the cinema, it was well done and just...different! People like that. Similarly, I guess that's why I liked a bunch of Amir Khan's films and other movies like Kal Ho Na Ho that had a different twist that you wouldn't have expected otherwise aside from whether it was real or not.