![]() ![]() Articles like this one describe a stark split between those who feel the film is realistic and invaluable and those who feel it’s exaggerated and exploitive. Which makes me want to know what Indians make of the film. That said, Slumdog‘s depiction of Indian life, particularly the slum poverty, was incredibly interesting, at least to this American, even if only for its voyeurism. I am hardly the only one to feel that it is way overrated. Slumdog Millionaire, meanwhile, felt forced and predictable with shallow characterizations and stock movie tricks. It may have been that I simply cared more for the subject but it struck me as exceedingly well-written and conceived, with all the dramatic payoffs and random brain-pleasers you can hope for in a movie. Not that my opinion counts for anything, but I thought Frost/Nixon was a far better film. It was a strange coincidence that both of them were time-jumping stories built around TV shows. I rarely have occasion these days to see new movies in theaters, but I had the good fortune recently to see two of the Oscar-nominated best films, Frost/Nixon and Slumdog Millionaire, within 24 hours. ![]()
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