How did Slumdog Millionare win best picture?

[Poweranimals]

My friends and I went to see it yesterday. There was nothing out we really wanted to see. We thought it won "Best picture". It should be good, right? While there were a few interesting parts, overall it was lame. Is this really the best choice they could come up with?

 

[Tanuki]

Uhhh. Yes! This movie was a proper example of the hero's story in fiction. It carried itself along with a proper pacing and mood so you never felt the need to step out of the theatre and never feel bored

 

[Mr. Underachiever]

Uhhh. Yes! This movie was a proper example of the hero's story in fiction. It carried itself along with a proper pacing and mood so you never felt the need to step out of the theatre and never feel bored

Exactly. Fucking Philistines, man. :redface2:




No, I'm just fuckin--I haven't even seen the movie yet.

 

[Poweranimals]

Uhhh. Yes! This movie was a proper example of the hero's story in fiction.

Okay, that makes sen... Wait, what? "Proper example of the hero's story in fiction"? What exactly makes it a proper example? You've lost me there.

It carried itself along with a proper pacing and mood so you never felt the need to step out of the theatre and never feel bored

That's funny because I was bored and felt the desire to step out several times.

 

[Mr. Underachiever]

We thought it won "Best picture". It should be good, right?

Like I said, I haven't seen the movie yet, but Crash won Best Picture in 2004, and that movie was BEYOND garbage.

 

[Ladymercury]

This is why I say, Academy Award sweeps tend to be over hyped, crappy movies.

 

[Poweranimals]

Like I said, I haven't seen the movie yet, but Crash won Best Picture in 2004, and that movie was BEYOND garbage.

I never saw Crash. Actually I've never even heard of it. I don't usually follow these award cerimonies. This pretty much sums up why.

 

[Ladymercury]

Crash was another Slumdog, not like a sweep, but some unknown underdog movie that just takes everyone by surprise.

 

[KRBlack]

I'll give you Crash, but Slumdog wasn't an unknown that nobody expected to win. It was the favorite to win Best Picture since around the time Benjamin Button came out.

 

[VengeanceGOD]

Slumdog Millionaire was a damn good movie. I'm not entirely surprised certain people hated it, but even so I can't imagine what criteria they're using to judge it. It's a fantastic story, structured in an interesting way, that's well acted, incredibly well shot...there's basically nothing wrong with it.

I mean, if you're gonna complain about an Oscar movie sucking, complain about Million Dollar Baby.