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Originally posted by LeopoldStotch yes I have finally decided the fact that "Slumdog Millionaire" should be labeled "the feel good bandwagon story" of 2008, just like "Juno" was the same label in 2007.

yep seen it a few days ago, and thats my tought, fun movie to watch with way to many loose ends... doesn't even touch There Will Be Blood for 2008.

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby AR Rahman got back to back wins and sang a song inbetween... That has to be the most hardcore moment in oscar history.

srsly lol, good stuff tho

Practically a clean sweep... quickly approaching the Titanic/Gandhi/Lord of the Rings neighborhood.

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Yeah, eight Academy Awards is not too shabby.

And that's that. Glad I started this thread.

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Originally posted by TranceGiant Loved every bit of it. M.I.A. Paper Planes + trainjumping cinematography = ultimate feeling of "freedom" within the miserable slumdog life. I'm also currently reading "The White Tiger" by Aravnid Adiga, excellent book with a very similar topic (slumdog goes entrepeneur), although more satirical/political/darker. Highly recommended!

Yea I red that book as well...its awesome!..a little dark, but funny as well.

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If a lot of foreign actors/plots would have hollywood producers and directors, lots of them would be as popular as Slumdog Millionaire.

To me the movie seemed like a way to increase awareness about the poverty in India. British people sympathize with Indians a lot because there are a lot of Indians in the UK.

Also, the girl in the movie isn't hot at all. There's a hotter Indian girl in my school.

The thing I didn't get about the movie is how Jamal suddenly learned how to speak English when he was working at the Taj Mahal.

after hearing so much speculation, I finally watched it last night for the first time.

i enjoyed it,but it was nothing of what i expected it to be.

There were a few elements of the indian culture that had quite an impact on me, such as the hindu/muslim conflict, the phenomena of organized begging(a very sad reality), police corruption, trainhopping, and the elitist mentality that makes it socially ok for one to degrade the hoodkids,even on a national gameshow.

I enjoyed the children's scenes a great deal more, when dev patel's character began in looking for Lathika,it was a little bit too sappy for my liking.

and how on earth did the the two boys(especially the youngone) survive that train fall?

It is socially acceptable to degrade the slums of each and every society in every place in the world. Some are just more subtle about it than others.

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Originally posted by bas Dual exhaust tips on dual exhaust = QUAD EXHAUST = 300 gain in horsepower. Duh

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Originally posted by bas Undies with a dickhole aren't good for guys. Your balls can get caught in them. That's why I prefer to go over the gate instead of through the fence.

This is true, it's a naturally occuring behaviour. The formal caste system gives people some sort of divine justification for their behaviour, so indian society is on the harsher end of the scale imo.

Even though efforts are being made to outlaw such discrimination, It is still prevalant at large, a defacto layering of the society so to speak. For instance, a marraige in culture like India has many strings attached, making it very hard to marry up.

Lol, i just remembered my Indian buddy from high school, he was convinced he was of brahman heritage, but the guy was black as night. he would get really really pissed whenever we called him untouchable

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Originally posted by DJ Damerchi The formal caste system gives people some sort of divine justification for their behaviour, so indian society is on the harsher end of the scale imo.

This is probably the root of many more problems than meets the eye. Not just social order, but business order also.

On the flip side, at least they aren't like Egypt that has people that officially don't exist. They have no birth certificate, etc.

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Originally posted by bas Dual exhaust tips on dual exhaust = QUAD EXHAUST = 300 gain in horsepower. Duh

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Originally posted by bas Undies with a dickhole aren't good for guys. Your balls can get caught in them. That's why I prefer to go over the gate instead of through the fence.