It Is Written

March 30th – April 6th

Slumdog Millionaire - Sure it was predictable, unrealistic, and not deserving of its Best Picture Oscar. But it wasn’t that bad. Is it exploitative? Maybe. Unrealistic? Of course. Did my eyes roll? More than once. But a lot of movies are exploitative, unrealistic, and induce eye-rolling. A lot movies worse than this one were made last year. While I can’t champion this one too much (it’s not going to make my Top Ten of 2008), I think much of the backlash and dismissal of it is unwarranted. At least the volume of the backlash and dismissal anyway.

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  1. Sarah says:
    April 10, 2009 at 12:27 pm

    Although I didn’t hate Slumdog as much as I thought I would, I still found it a solidly mediocre movie. The only thing that makes me really angry is how it could beat out so many other films that are so much better. (I guess that’s why we have the Independet Spirit Awards.)

    The cinematography was gorgeous, though. I will give it that.

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