An Indian Forrest Gump
That’s my three-word (four if you count the article) review of Slumdog Millionaire, a brilliant, touching Indian movie I just saw.
Of course there are many (many, many, many) differences between the recent release and its 1994 American counterpart, but they have a certain thematic unity–and one key element which makes each film a brilliant sum of its component parts — and then some.
Since I went into this film knowing little about it, save that numerous friends and acquaintances from different walks of life loved it, I will not offer a more comprehensive review, save to say:Â See this movie!
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Good to know, I thought it looked good and was contemplating seeing it.
Comment by American Elephant — December 19, 2008 @ 3:31 am - December 19, 2008
I really enjoyed slumdog millionaire – can’t say the same for Forrest Gump. It was ok, but way too overwrought.
Sure Slumdog is a fairy tale – but it worked much better for me. Oh yeah, also, I loved the music.
Comment by Leah — December 19, 2008 @ 12:31 pm - December 19, 2008
“Forrest Gump” was great until it got to the running-across-America-and-back segment. Then it totally lost me.
The writers should have quit while they were ahead.
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — December 19, 2008 @ 3:48 pm - December 19, 2008