GG: Drama Picture

Post by **OscarGuy** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:31 pm

I'm wondering how many people in Hollywood would feel the same way. Good movie, but hardly a Best Picture kind of film. It isn't even in the top half of the best best picture winners this decade. LOTR, MDB, Chicago, The Departed and I might even rank No Country above it at this point. No, it's no Crash, Beautiful Mind or Gladiator, but it's not near the achievement of the first three I listed.

I'd rather see any of the other contenders this year win the award over Slumdog at this point.

I also wonder how much of this is a "hat's off" to Bollywood kind of thing? I mean the HFPA invited some guy (whom I've never heard of) who's apparently a big cheese in Bollywood to help introduce it. Could it be all this appreciation is more for recognizing the Bollywood style than the actual quality of the film?

kooyah · Post by **kooyah** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:25 pm

It's just so odd seeing this film steamroll because in so many other years, it'd simply be a huge underdog.

Post by **Franz Ferdinand** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:21 pm

It was merely good, but not worthy of this steamrolling. This whole year has unfortunately been short on truly exceptional movies. I would prefer to see "Wall-E" win Best Picture, in a perfect world...

Post by **Penelope** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:12 pm

This makes me very happy. Slumdog isn't a perfect film, but I'd much rather see it win the Oscar than anything else I saw last year.

dylanfan23 · Post by **dylanfan23** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:11 pm

I liked this film very much...but it wasn't one of the few best films of the year...so seeing this steamroll is not something i like seeing...but i don't see it not happening in a month either so i think i better accept it.

Post by **Bog** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:09 pm

I'm with Kooyah et al. and I agree it's a pleasant enough movie and a joke of a best picture winner.

kooyah · Post by **kooyah** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:05 pm

I don't hate the film -- I thought it was pleasant -- but I do wish there was something I could root for that I did have strong feelings for. And this year, there's nothing.

Post by **Okri** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:03 pm

I'm happy with this win - if it wins at AMPAS, it'll be my second favourite victory of the decade.

Jim20 · Post by **Jim20** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:02 pm

This is just bad. I agree, Oscar Guy; it already feels like a steamroll, but at least with streamrolls past, they were good films.

Post by **OscarGuy** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 11:00 pm

I'm fairly bored with this. I hope this isn't a steamroll like No Country last year.

Post by **OscarGuy** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 10:59 pm

Slumdog Millionaire

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