Movie/film thread: resurrected

Great movie, but I thought it would've been better if Jamal had lost the game show.

When the credits started rolling and the dance scene started, was when I realised that there was no dance scene during the movie.
Kinda like..."Cut! That's a wrap!"......."But wait! We have no bloody dance scene!"
"Oh shit! I forgot. Well, we'll shoot one at the wrap party"

Decurso, In India, the Indians always win!

Great movie, but I thought it would've been better if Jamal had lost the game show.

It wouldn't have won the Oscar then. The fanny patters at the academy don't like downer endings or virtually every Martin Scorsese film that was nominated and better than every film they contended with in their respective years would have won. That's also why The Wrestler was shafted.

"When the credits started rolling and the dance scene started, was when I realised that there was no dance scene during the movie."

Yeah, it was more like a music video than a film scene.  But it would have been hard to work a dance scene into that movie so I give the director credit for the way he did it.  I understand he forgot to give credit to the choreographer of that scene in the credits themselves.  Is that "irony" or just "paradox"?

So now I realise the shop I am yet to locate... DVDs

Must do that this weekend.

My Chinese colleague showed "The Hollowmen' episode with T't in it to his class.  He said they didn't pick up on it!!  He's braver than I am.  I only show  some bits to friends.

Lagaan.  An Indian movie with good issues for students to discuss:

• Colonialism
• Arrogance vs courage
• Abuse of power
• Disloyalty and betrayal - how can the fink who betrayed trust regain acceptance? Should the community accept someone who has betrayed trust?
• Classic love triangles - 1 woman 2 men, 1 man 2 women - will the 'right' person win love, who is the 'right' person?
• cross-cultural relationships
• village life
• what on earth is cricket? !!

All wrapped up in a feel good ending with plenty of music and dancing.

Only downside is that it is 80% of the time, in Hindi, 20% in English.  But the English sub-titles are good.

Cricket: such an explosive sport.

I enjoyed Lagaan too, when I saw a longer cut of it at the Hong Kong International Film Festival years ago.

Cricket: such an explosive sport.

I enjoyed Lagaan too, when I saw a longer cut of it at the Hong Kong International Film Festival years ago.

This was on 2 discs - well over 200 minutes.  How much longer?? 

This was on 2 discs - well over 200 minutes.  How much longer?? 

That's pretty much the version I saw. When I noticed it running on American cable a few years ago, it ran under 160 minutes.

Is this the film about the village playing the local British outpost at cricket?
If it is, I wrote a review of it, waaaaaaaay back on Saloon MK 1.

Yes.  Did you give it to students to watch?  If so, how did they deal with the issues??  (If you remember - lot of baijiu under the bridge since then!)

I watched it on TV, I think, so no, students didn't get to see it.

Finally finished Slumdog Millionaire.  Took me three attempts, I kept getting interrupted Not a bad movie, can't see why Salman Rushdie panned it so much.   Maybe he is jealous?  The dance scene at the end was followed by a good piece of music as well.

*Special for Eric* 

Amazon.com now have available the complete BBC series of Dorothy Sayers' "Campion" films.  

I've just ordered them for myself.   Loved her books.  Can hardly wai for the films.