Comments on: Slumdog Millionaire http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/12/01/slumdog-millionaire/ n. the principle of good order<br /><br /> "Observe the strange inversion of all order and sense! Dignity debased; how vilely is the function of a consul prostituted!" ~The Craftsman Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:35:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ossicle http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/12/01/slumdog-millionaire/comment-page-1/#comment-20258 ossicle Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:45:57 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=7854#comment-20258 Armond White is semi-insane; I disagree with him often but always find his reviews worth reading. Armond White is semi-insane; I disagree with him often but always find his reviews worth reading.

]]> By: Daniel Larison http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/12/01/slumdog-millionaire/comment-page-1/#comment-20249 Daniel Larison Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:49:45 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=7854#comment-20249 Well, it's certainly a different take. Even though the descriptions are not entirely wrong, I have to say that I don't really recognize the movie I watched in that review. Well, it’s certainly a different take. Even though the descriptions are not entirely wrong, I have to say that I don’t really recognize the movie I watched in that review.

]]> By: ossicle http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/12/01/slumdog-millionaire/comment-page-1/#comment-20247 ossicle Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:41:24 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=7854#comment-20247 You may find this very negative review interesting if not persuasive: http://www.nypress.com/article-18907-the-mis-education-of-a-millionaire.html You may find this very negative review interesting if not persuasive:

http://www.nypress.com/article-18907-the-mis-education-of-a-millionaire.html

]]> By: Charlie http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/12/01/slumdog-millionaire/comment-page-1/#comment-20154 Charlie Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:35:57 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=7854#comment-20154 Whoops, when I said "it" has a slight similarity to European fairy tales "it" is Slumdog Millionaire, not Bollywood. Sorry to double-post. Whoops, when I said “it” has a slight similarity to European fairy tales “it” is Slumdog Millionaire, not Bollywood. Sorry to double-post.

]]> By: Riosanna http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/12/01/slumdog-millionaire/comment-page-1/#comment-20153 Riosanna Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:33:17 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=7854#comment-20153 well...knock me with a feather. I( a liberal who enjoys your writings) discovered your blog based on a recommendation from John Cole. To discover that you are a huge Bollywood buff was something so unexpected :) I am also a huge Bollywood fan, there something still joyful and innocent about Hindi movies( most of them anyway). well…knock me with a feather.
I( a liberal who enjoys your writings) discovered your blog based on a recommendation from John Cole. To discover that you are a huge Bollywood buff was something so unexpected :)
I am also a huge Bollywood fan, there something still joyful and innocent about Hindi movies( most of them anyway).

]]> By: Charlie http://www.amconmag.com/larison/2008/12/01/slumdog-millionaire/comment-page-1/#comment-20152 Charlie Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:32:45 +0000 http://www.amconmag.com/larison/?p=7854#comment-20152 <i>These things are fun to notice, but they also remind the seasoned Bollywood fan how close to the saccharine romance and gangster films the entire plot really is.</i> I'm not that familiar with Bollywood, but I did realize pretty early on that the movie combined brutal realism and fairy tale plotting in an unusual way. If I'd thought that the movie was trying to pass itself off as an exercise in stark realism I might have disliked it, or been offended, since the outcome and a lot of the plot twists are so improbable. But I thought they were aware of what they were doing and pulled it off. Like I said, I don't know much about Bollywood. But it occurred to me that it has at least a slight similarity to some of the original Grimm Brothers or Andersen fairy tales, in which the backdrop for the fantasy is often exceptionally dark or violent. All that said, I'd probably agree that it's "thoroughly enjoyable" as opposed to a masterpiece. These things are fun to notice, but they also remind the seasoned Bollywood fan how close to the saccharine romance and gangster films the entire plot really is.

I’m not that familiar with Bollywood, but I did realize pretty early on that the movie combined brutal realism and fairy tale plotting in an unusual way. If I’d thought that the movie was trying to pass itself off as an exercise in stark realism I might have disliked it, or been offended, since the outcome and a lot of the plot twists are so improbable.

But I thought they were aware of what they were doing and pulled it off. Like I said, I don’t know much about Bollywood. But it occurred to me that it has at least a slight similarity to some of the original Grimm Brothers or Andersen fairy tales, in which the backdrop for the fantasy is often exceptionally dark or violent.

All that said, I’d probably agree that it’s “thoroughly enjoyable” as opposed to a masterpiece.

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