Rob W Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Not at all bad but how anyone can describe it as a "feel good" movie is beyond me............................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Not at all bad but how anyone can describe it as a "feel good" movie is beyond me............................... Parky's film of the year and no messin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Lovers triumph over adversity and get married in the end. What could be more "feel good" than that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Not at all bad but how anyone can describe it as a "feel good" movie is beyond me............................... Parky's film of the year and no messin. I'll mess with it, if you don't mind. It's only February. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Not at all bad but how anyone can describe it as a "feel good" movie is beyond me............................... Parky's film of the year and no messin. I'll mess with it, if you don't mind. It's only February. 2008 numbuts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Not at all bad but how anyone can describe it as a "feel good" movie is beyond me............................... Parky's film of the year and no messin. I'll mess with it, if you don't mind. It's only February. 2008 numbuts. It came out in most markets this year. That's like saying my favourite album of 2008 is one that just has been released. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I have absolutely no desire to see this, which is strange because the few people I know who've seen it all say it's very good. I think it's the name, makes it sound shite. No doubt I'll see it some day and think it's good, but I can't see myself making a real effort to do so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Not at all bad but how anyone can describe it as a "feel good" movie is beyond me............................... Parky's film of the year and no messin. I'll mess with it, if you don't mind. It's only February. 2008 numbuts. It came out in most markets this year. That's like saying my favourite album of 2008 is one that just has been released. My favourite album of 2009 (it won't be topped) was practically the first album to be released this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I have absolutely no desire to see this, which is strange because the few people I know who've seen it all say it's very good. I think it's the name, makes it sound shite. No doubt I'll see it some day and think it's good, but I can't see myself making a real effort to do so. Ditto. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 - do - Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Strange attitude. It's a really good movie. Fun, original, suspenseful, exciting, beautifully shot and cut, good soundtrack, some incredible performances from kids and unknown actors, and a brilliant narrative structure whose complete cleverness triumphantly reveals itself at the close. Pisses all over most other things I've seen recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 It's a decent to good movie imo, nothing more. The first half is a bit like City of God in a way, immersing the viewer in the slums of a foreign world and bringing to life the odd picture that one might have of that sort of environment. That's when the movie is good - the acting by the kids in particular was top rate. The second half was pretty average imo. The romance element was acted out poorly by novice adult actors who were far from convincing, the film became a tad silly, and the ending was just w*** - that bath scene was far too banal and the main element of the story became unconvincing. The film also lacked a real punch - I was waiting for something intelligent to happen, instead the story just petered out and ran on as expected. Hence, I agree with the original poster - there was nothing really "feel good" about this movie. More a case of "feel let down". Could have been better than what it was. Ultimately, I wouldn't be suprised if it wins Best Picture as the Oscars, not because its a great film, but because the competition is s*** this year (or that my opinion is bollocks - like Dark Knight being 2 hours of my life wasted imo). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Not at all bad but how anyone can describe it as a "feel good" movie is beyond me............................... Parky's film of the year and no messin. I'll mess with it, if you don't mind. It's only February. 2008 numbuts. It came out in most markets this year. That's like saying my favourite album of 2008 is one that just has been released. My favourite album of 2009 (it won't be topped) was practically the first album to be released this year. Which one? Not that it matters, the new Muse album will be the best one released this year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Not at all bad but how anyone can describe it as a "feel good" movie is beyond me............................... Parky's film of the year and no messin. I'll mess with it, if you don't mind. It's only February. 2008 numbuts. It came out in most markets this year. That's like saying my favourite album of 2008 is one that just has been released. My favourite album of 2009 (it won't be topped) was practically the first album to be released this year. Which one? Not that it matters, the new Muse album will be the best one released this year. Animal Collective >>>>>>>>>>> Muse Unless Radiohead come out with something new this year (doubt it), it won't be topped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Not at all bad but how anyone can describe it as a "feel good" movie is beyond me............................... Parky's film of the year and no messin. I'll mess with it, if you don't mind. It's only February. 2008 numbuts. It came out in most markets this year. That's like saying my favourite album of 2008 is one that just has been released. American release dates are the industry standard for awards and whatnot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 It's a decent to good movie imo, nothing more. The first half is a bit like City of God in a way, immersing the viewer in the slums of a foreign world and bringing to life the odd picture that one might have of that sort of environment. That's when the movie is good - the acting by the kids in particular was top rate. The second half was pretty average imo. The romance element was acted out poorly by novice adult actors who were far from convincing, the film became a tad silly, and the ending was just w*** - that bath scene was far too banal and the main element of the story became unconvincing. The film also lacked a real punch - I was waiting for something intelligent to happen, instead the story just petered out and ran on as expected. Hence, I agree with the original poster - there was nothing really "feel good" about this movie. More a case of "feel let down". Could have been better than what it was. Ultimately, I wouldn't be suprised if it wins Best Picture as the Oscars, not because its a great film, but because the competition is s*** this year (or that my opinion is bollocks - like Dark Knight being 2 hours of my life wasted imo). Agree with a lot of that, tmonkey - except I didn't feel quite as let down as you evidently did. The attribution of the term "feel good" to this movie is only relevant insofar as it has a happy ending and he gets the girl and the money. But you're right - the film starts out with such amazingly evocative scenery and stellar acting by the kids that when it reverts to the Hollywood-friendly popcorn by numbers routine of boy gets girl, yes, it does lose some of its ealy promise. That still doesn't detract from a pretty good effort by Boyle in this case. And at least the film is better than the truly insipid book upon which this film is based. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 Not at all bad but how anyone can describe it as a "feel good" movie is beyond me............................... Parky's film of the year and no messin. I'll mess with it, if you don't mind. It's only February. 2008 numbuts. It came out in most markets this year. That's like saying my favourite album of 2008 is one that just has been released. American release dates are the industry standard for awards and whatnot. I know. But you're not in the industry or American. Just saying. Excuse my pedantry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
juniatmoko Posted February 21, 2009 Share Posted February 21, 2009 i dunno i just feel the movie had very quite ordinary story... nothing so called SPECIAL! my feeling after seeing it... just flat!... nothing inspired on it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 I loved every minute of it, one of my all time favs. Love Latikas Theme on the OST aswell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 i dunno i just feel the movie had very quite ordinary story... nothing so called SPECIAL! my feeling after seeing it... just flat!... nothing inspired on it. I would hope I WOULDN'T BE inspired by a movie set in the slums of Bombay, reality TV and full of police brutality that sort of thing makes me angry not inspired Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 On reflection, the overall story and the acting in general is average at best. Tells its own story that the "best picture of the year" didn't get any nominations whatsoever in the acting categories. Despite that, I think the level of skill displayed in the shooting/editing/and sound of this movie is what pushes it beyond the boundaries of just "good" into "great" territory. There are just so many moments in the movie where you just have to just pause and think "wow" because of the sheer technical mastery involved. From a cinematographic/editing sense I think this movie is almost perfect, and in the end it certainly deserves best picture more than any of the other nominees. "The Dark Knight" and "Wall-E" should both have gotten nominations if the Academy had any sense at all though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 The Wrestler. That's all that needs to be said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I have absolutely no desire to see this racist tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
juniatmoko Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 i dunno i just feel the movie had very quite ordinary story... nothing so called SPECIAL! my feeling after seeing it... just flat!... nothing inspired on it. I would hope I WOULDN'T BE inspired by a movie set in the slums of Bombay, reality TV and full of police brutality that sort of thing makes me angry not inspired i dunno i just feel the movie just give nothing in the audience... it just make it classified as one of those bollywood produced one... it is electrical execution in police still allowed in india these days? that's horrible.... i dunno it still exist.... got beaten in interogation it still better than get your brain fried like that... and why i did not hear any indian got outrage cause of that... because i see it still very savage nature of official at there.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 It's a great movie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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