Watched Slumdog Millionaire a day or two before, mainly coz I really had nothing else to do in life! :) Well.. I liked the movie very much, in general. Swinging back & forth between the past and the present, it was really very impressively taken, such that everyone could easily understand. The only other two movies I can think of with this past-present sway are Alaipaayudhe(Saathiya in Hindi) and Ayudha Ezhuthu(Yuva in Hindi), though both had their own unique styles.
In this movie, I was really moved by a few scenes- like the one where Jamal’s mom screams for them to flee, where the younger bro invites the little wet girl into their shelter, the scene where Salim saves his sibling from ‘eye removal’ and the ‘third musketeer’ gets left behind, the one in which they kill the villain n save the girlie, when Jamal meets Her in a bastard’s place, when they ‘almost’ meet in the station- MAN! I just loved every damn scene after that! All till the end when He crosses 3 platforms & 2 tracks and finally reaches her and pulls down the dupatta from her head and when she shyly looks down, all with that melodious ‘Latika Theme’ running in the background… OMG!! Seriously!! Can a guy love a girl so damn much?!? I mean normally in Bollywood movies, the love story is between a heroic manly well-built hero and a fair skinny beautiful (in most cases atleast) made-to-look-damsel. But in this movie, the girl didn’t look all that pretty and the hero looked like the thin puny guy-next-door! Anil Kapoor’s sarcasm was enjoyable in many places, but a little too exaggerated in a number of scenes. But Jamal could easily become ‘the guy-of-dreams’ for many, I am sure! But Cindrella tales don’t exist in real life, do they?!?
But A.R.Rehman’s mesmerizing music throughout the movie, especially the last scene, made me feel that we miss something really important and beautiful in life- a background music, appropriate for each and every thought, feeling and the passing moment. Just imagine how more colorful and musical life would be!
I have my own background score in life and im not kidding, oh ya, except when im weeping !
ReplyDeleteI saw the movie too and it was a little lacking when compared to the book. I guess that's how all books are.
ReplyDeleteBut the theme was the THEME of the movie. :D
A love story like any other, of course.
:)
Thanks for the review..just heard that the hindi dubbing is not up to the mark..gotto make it someday. BTW the thought of havng background scores in life was cute ;P (twoiiiinggg..for ths reaction ;P)
ReplyDeletehmmm.. visited ur blog after quite sometime.. nice post.. seems like u enjoyed de movie frame by frame.... howevr i don agree with one of ur points.. i thought Latika was very very pretty indeed... :).. how can u say tht she 'didnt looknot all tht pretty'.. cha... am very disappointed.. :(
ReplyDeleteyeah.i do agree.Life wuld b more beautiful with bckgrnd music of ARR
ReplyDeletebut incase if its some one composing,I wuldn't dare to evn imagine :P. We better like it the way it is :)
*some one else
ReplyDelete@ vimal: i always thot u were a wierdo... imagining a background score n all.. :P
ReplyDelete@ vivek: oh. havent read d book.. so wudnt know.. yeah it happens- u know, jus like HP movies r almost always screwed up.. :P
ReplyDelete@ verbivore: oh plz do go n watch it.. n definitely not the hindi one!! n thnx 4 d twoiiiinggg!! :)
ReplyDeletedisappointed or not! i SERIOUSLY didnt think she was pretty n all.. but she wasnt a bad looker either! jus not a heroine types. i think its gotta do with the structure n shape of her face, esp her jaws. wierd tat one! :D but i did like the smaller one- not d kido- d middle latika. now she definitely was cute. :) so u can be partially happy now.
ReplyDelete@ rama: serioualy female- it wud b jus gr8! neways- as i said, fairy tales dont exist in reality!:(
ReplyDeletelol.... i didnt notice anythin weird in her jaws..!! well. thts wat u think.. to my eyes she was very very pretty.. infact for me all 3 versions of latika were cute... :)
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@ viki: poda.. unakku eduvum theriyaadu. the older latika WAS NOT pretty! humph!
ReplyDelete"ennaku kooda dev patel(ur dream guy) pidikala... bake maari irundhan.. his wasnt even expressive enuf... "
ReplyDeletewell. as i had written in b blog itself, no! he wasnt heroic in looks. but he was this puny confused-looking guy-next-door. but he was well expressive. tats 4 sure! but i think every1 was gud for their characters. i mean she too was supposed to be 'from the dump'. so i guess the looks tat she had was more than gud enuff for tat!! :P
ReplyDeletei never said Latika looked like a heroine...!!! i agree tht she is like the gal nxt door.. wat i don agree with u is de "weird jaws" which u mentioned ... how dare u say such a thing abt my thalaivi?? (btw i opposed dev only for de sake of arguement :P)..
ReplyDeleteWow, Cool review.. Straight from the heart.. and quite an observant you are.. ;)
ReplyDeleteEvery person in this world has watched Slumdog Millionaire except me :(
ReplyDeleteI'll watch it next week for sure...
Background music reminds me of Main hoon na :)
@ oxy: ooh.. observant? thnx i guess.. but wat wud make u say tat?
ReplyDelete@ varun: :O u havent watched it?!? well, u shud sometym! it may not b mind blowing, but its definitely a gr8 one tym watch!
n lol @ Main hoon na!!
Ah yes... You captured those moments well, actually. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd ummm... U meant *pimp* not *bastard*... ;)
But one thing though - I know this mite open a can of worms here; ARR has scored better musicals that deserve an Oscar... Though the direction of SDM was good, I don't think it is *Oscar material*...
Yep... The *musketeer* bit was damn cute... :)
Enfin, I guess we have our own musictrack... Which I guess the one above alone hears. Wohi to humari *movie* produce aur direct kar raha hai! :D
Peace.
Guess wht, I read this post long time back... But cd comment only after watching the movie. :) No, this wasn't a spoiler. I did happen to know some tidbits of the movie prior to watching it... ;)
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