So Slumdog Millionaire won 8 Oscars including Best Picture...

EIGHT... Dude... I haven't even seen the movie yet, but now I'm dying to... You guys all seen it?

EIGHT... Dude... I haven't even seen the movie yet, but now I'm dying to... You guys all seen it?

"EIGHT... Dude... I haven't even seen the movie yet, but now I'm dying to... You guys all seen it?
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I havent seen the movie, and personally it doesnt interest me at all. I'll probably eventually see it down the line when its a weekly rental at Blockbuster. A lot of that comes from teh fact that I dont know much about the movie also. Same goes with a lot of the movies that were prominent at the Oscars this year. I still havent seen Milk or Benjamin Button and The Changeling as well though I do want to see those three, I just havent gotten around to it yet.

It's really not 8 Oscars good, but it's pretty good. Just don't go in expecting the best film ever.

It's a fantastic movie, and is deserving of all the awards it won. An epic, unforgettable story. I'm very pleased that it won big tonight. Not too many surprises this year, though everyone expected Mickey Rourke to be a shoe-in for Best Actor. Either way, with the way he's turned his career around, I'm confident he'll get another shot at it in the future.

Meh. The movie doesn't interest me. Doubt I'll even rent it.

i've seen the movie, and it was alright. i personally thought that Frost/Nixon was waaay better.

I thought it was great.  When I first heard about it, I thought the whole thing sounded rather simple and stupid, but trust me there's a lot more to it than you think. 

"HandsomeDead said:

"It's really not 8 Oscars good, but it's pretty good. Just don't go in expecting the best film ever.
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Right, nothing can dethrone Total Recall."

Aside from the comic book flicks and a few of the animated films, nothing really interested me movie-wise this year.

I just watched the trailer and it seems to me like it's a movie long commercial for "Who Wants To be A Millionaire?".

Danny Boyle is probably my favorite director ever. So, I NEED to see this movie.

EDIT: Also, Ting Tings in the trailer = win.

I saw it a while ago. I didn't think it was that great, but I guess that's all it took to beat all of the other nominated movies this year.

Great movie, but Benjamin Button, Milk and Doubt were better.

Wall-E won, that's all I care.

"Black_Rose said:

"Great movie, but Benjamin Button, Milk and Doubt were better."

HOW IN THE FUCK did Penelope Cruz beat out Viola Davis?!  HOW?!  FUCKING HOW?!?!!?  UUUUGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!"

Dude, how can you hate on Penelope Cruz? She's always great, and totally hot, with such a sexy accent too. Show some love, my brotha.

I didn't think Slumdog was that great.  Good, but not great.  Not really surprised it won so many awards though, Hollywood loves that kind of crap.  Same with Milk and Sean Penn winning Best Actor over Mickey Rourke.  Oh well.

Alright, alright. Enough with the Penelope Cruz hate. I won't lie. Salma does rank higher on my list, but Penelope is way up there as well.

No, I haven't seen Doubt. I'm sure I will eventually. Either way, I'm all for Penelope Cruz winning all the time at everything good. She wins at my life. If only I could give her the award of myself to honor that achievement.

Viola Davis was brilliant, but I do love Penelope, so it's hard to disagree.

Whatever you say, dude. You're in total Penelope denial.

Yeah, I've seen Slumdog Millionaire, and it is that good, anyone that hasn't seen it really needs to. Much more genuine and human than Benjamin Button and most of the other nominees.

I was like ALL of you guys, not interested in this film. A buddy found it through non-legal means, and I said "what the hell". In the end it was totally not what I was expecting. Much much better movie than what I had in my head. What does that say? Don't judge a movie until you've seen it.

But the Oscar's deal, I don't care either way. Besides Oscar's are not really about the "Best" movies, but about "pleasing the expectations of who should win".

I'm pretty sure its good but it just doesn't interest me.

I don't have any idea at all what it's about, and I don't care for Hollywood's congratulatory pat-itself-on-the-back award shows, the results, or whether I've seen the year's must-see film.

I liked the movie alot, uplifting and joyful.

Yes, the film was great. Very good direction, acting, music, cinematography...as you have learned after tonight. 

Whatever man... Rourke is a damn fine actor, but Penn is up there with the greatest too. I didn't care which one got it, just as long as one did and not Brad Pitt.  He's no real actor.  I like some of his work, but come on.  Fun to watch, but he's no Brando.

Laughed my ass off, when Anthony Hopkins called him a "Character Actor."  Don't know why, he just made it sound so cynical and I can't stand the way people think Pitt is a real actor.  He just models.  Rourke, Penn and the others transform themselves.  Pitt just stands around with no shirt, like some golden Greek god.  Didn't deserve the nomination either.  Hopkins really spit the words "Character actor" right at him.  Love it, in my own sick way.  Seemed like the lowest form for describing his work. 

But yeah, to the point.  Haven't  seen Slumdog.  Looks like another one of the Academy's political points. Hey guess what, they love the middle east, so now we should all do what Hollywood does and get along.  Right?  Yeah yeah,  looks good thoe.  I definitely want to see it.  Better at least, be decent!

 The music from the movie, that was preformed was gaudy and straight up stressing against itself.  Like a montage of annoying pop songs sewn together like a packaged ad.   Thank god, they stuck in Queen Latifa towards the end, to sooth my torn nerves.  She has a great voice. No, an amazing voice. 

Another thing that bugged me, was how the memorial went by so quickly at the end of the show.  Heston deserved more time.  So did Heath Ledger.  He won this year, and should have been in the memorial this year.  Not last.  But I guess I shouldn't be so hard.  Those shows are hella tough to plan out. 

Also, thank Zombie Jesus for real actors like Micheal Douglas!  The only man to memorize his damn speech, for introducing the nominees for best actor.  It was honest, sincere and fucking honorable.  Everyone else just read the damn teleprompter.  What the fudge was that crap?  They memorize lines for a living, but only one had the decently to deliver them with skill and care?  He's a good guy in my book.  That was just shitty of them to stumble over their words like that. 

Also kinda wanted Meryl to win.  But worked out ok.

It fused Western and Bollywood styles together very well and no Bollywood film is complete unless it has dancing in it which they did for the ending which was funny.

I haven't seen it but I think it's great that a British movie did so well. That's so awesome.

Plus MIA is a great artist and I'm glad she's finding some commercial success from that movie.

I've come to the conclusion, that while deep and meaningful, most Oscar-nominated movies lack the one thing that causes me to see them: entertainment. As a general rule, I watch a movie to be entertained, and to not come out depressed, stressed, angry or anything else- and that's usually the types of movies that win the Oscars.  I'll stick with my popcorn flicks, thank you very much.

I saw it, and I loved it. I think it deserved every accolade it got. If anyone thinks this is just "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" in movie form, then you are way off target. I honestly think everyone should see it, even if they don't think they want to.

Over-Hype-d.

It just makes me never want to touch a hot dog again.

Totally beat out WALL-E for the sound awards...I was crushed...

"I don't have any idea at all what it's about, and I don't care for Hollywood's congratulatory pat-itself-on-the-back award shows, the results, or whether I've seen the year's must-see film.
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it has that arsehole from skins in it that good enouth reason for me not to see it.

I don't think it was 8 oscars good. There were better pictures in the catagory.

"Black_Rose said:

"Great movie, but Benjamin Button, Milk and Doubt were better."

HOW IN THE FUCK did Penelope Cruz beat out Viola Davis?!  HOW?!  FUCKING HOW?!?!!?  UUUUGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!"

The fact that Wall-E didn't win in the Sound category is completely bullshit! You can even hear the cockroach walking for fucks sake.

The only thing that annoyed me was that during the post production montage they showed more Quantum of Solace then any other movie, yet they didn't even nominate it for anything.

No thanks.

Dude Penelope Kruze is freaky looking with her tiny rat face.  I feel like if I venture down far enough into the forgotten subway tunnels of New York I will find a feral civilization of Penelope Kruze creatures!  "HISSSSSSSSSSSS"

Slumdog is an above average feel good movie.  But it was a down year, and there is a rule against voting for movies about Wrestling so it won. 

I saw it last month.  It was a good movie, but it was definitely not the best movie of the year, IMO.  I prefer a few films over it.  It's well done and everything, but it didn't really leave me with anything like The Dark Knight and WALL-E did.