15 response about Slumdog Millionaire Trailer and One Sheet »

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   This looks so f’n right. Might have to make the drive to Cleveland or Pittsburgh for this sucker.

   Comment by Jonathan B. — October 30, 2008 @ 9:03 pm
2. 

   Sold. The Ting Tings on the soundtrack helps, but wow, GREAT poster. I know it’s not even close to the same movie, but I get a warm fuzzy vibe from the poster like I do with “My Blueberry Nights.”

   Comment by Andrew James — October 30, 2008 @ 9:13 pm
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   Wow… I have the opposite effect from the poster but then I’ve seen the movie and it just doesn’t match what I want for it. Maybe I’m being too harsh on the poster. I’ll wait and see what the next few one sheets look like.

   Like everything else about the movie, the music is also pitch perfect. There are very few soundtracks that I seek out and this is going to be one of the few.

   It really is rare for me to get this into a movie but it caught my full attention. I like a lot of movies but its a rare few that are so strong that I don’t stop thinking about them for days on end.

   Comment by John Allison — October 30, 2008 @ 9:19 pm
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   Why is it that this movie keeps midly annoying me. I traded my ticket in at TIFF (admittedly due to a conflict with a different film), and this trailer is looking a lot ‘Gump-ish’ for me. Against all odds Mr. Boyle sold “MILLIONS” to me, a film that I should have gagged on, and to this day haven’t been able to parse why I liked it instead of disliking it. I hope that Slumdog can do the same, but there is a lot of earnest ‘movie-ness’ (people running to catch trains, looking at the camera for a single tear, etc. etc.)

   I know we usually agree John, but I’m not so sure on this one…

   Comment by kurt — October 30, 2008 @ 9:24 pm
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   (I dig the poster though, like andrew said, it’s got the My Blueberry Nights colour palette. It’s as if they fused My Blueberry Nights with Run Lola Run. ha.

   Comment by kurt — October 30, 2008 @ 9:25 pm
6. 

   Danny Boyle’s films always have pitch perfect music. 28 Days Later and Millions - some awesome, awesome music there.

   Comment by Jonathan B. — October 30, 2008 @ 9:35 pm
7. 

   Wow, the still shot and one sheet don’t look like they are from the same film at all. Colour palette, actors, intensity, saturation, urban vs rural… nothing is the same.

   But, I’m glad it will be coming to Toronto. We are getting a whole whack of festival faves including Let the Right One In, Ashes of Time Redux, JCVD and now this one all within the next few weeks.

   Comment by Shannon the Movie Moxie — October 30, 2008 @ 9:54 pm
8. 

   Here is a short clip…

   Comment by John Allison — October 30, 2008 @ 10:19 pm
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   I’ve only actually seen Gump once and don’t really remember too much about it. There is a lot of dark storytelling in Slumdog that I don’t believe was in Gump at all. For me what makes this one such a success is that it isn’t all happy fluffy feelings throughout the entire movie. You watch these kids grow up in one of the nastiest places in the world and yet the movie is still able to hit a perfect pitch between being dark, unhappy and then light and happy. You really care about the three main characters not because of it being forced on you but because you witness how they grew up.

   I’m trying to stay away from spoilers and everything and I really look forward to either agreeing or arguing with you Kurt (or anyone else for that matter) but I have a feeling that no one will be able to change my mind on how good it is. Perhaps if I’m lucky and it does show up in Saskatoon I’ll have a chance to reconfirm my feelings.

   Comment by John Allison — October 30, 2008 @ 10:26 pm
10. 

    Just as an FYI, and not to change the subject to Gump (again), but…

    GUMP:
    Mental diabilities
    Child physical/sexual abuse
    Bullying
    Vietnam war
    Death of a best friend
    Learning to live as a paraplegic
    Death of a mother
    Drug abuse/addiction
    Single motherhood
    Aids
    Death of a wife
    Single Fatherhood

    Not exactly fluffy, happy-go-lucky topics. And no they’re not covered in a light way either. No it’s not “Born on the Fourth of July” or “Philadelphia,” but it ain’t exactly kids stuff either.

    Comment by Andrew James — October 30, 2008 @ 11:27 pm
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    I’m more inclined to stand with Kurt on this one. Something about this bugs me - might be the fact that I hate Who Wants to be a Millionaire. I do love me some Boyle so I’ll definitely be checking it out but the trailer and poster rub me the wrong way. The clip is much better.

    Comment by Marina Antunes — October 31, 2008 @ 9:37 am
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    I am getting up early tomorrow to make a 10am screening on my day off. It better be worth it.

    But that one sheet is fucking awful. Just awful.

    Comment by Matt Gamble — October 31, 2008 @ 10:18 am
13. 

    @Matt - You sound like me. There’s a 10Am screening I’m going to in 2 weeks time. Hopefully it’ll be worth the trip!

    Comment by Marina Antunes — October 31, 2008 @ 10:31 am
14. 

    You can check out the official site now also at: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/slumdogmillionaire/

    Comment by John Allison — October 31, 2008 @ 12:03 pm
15. 

    Well I will say I liked it, but I didn’t love. Though after watching Slumdog it is pretty clear Danny Boyle is a fan of City of God.

    Comment by Matt Gamble — November 3, 2008 @ 10:30 am

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