Many bloggers believe the film was just plain lucky to win eight Oscars
Many bloggers believe the film was just plain lucky to win eight Oscars
Many bloggers are convinced Slumdog Millionaire is hyped, and doesn't really deserve so much acclaim.
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On top: A R Rahman at a pressu00a0conference back home pic/AP |
A blogger who writes under the name of 'haripi2' said Slumdog was not a 'desi' film.
"It's not that I despise the film or feel like the hazaar folks out there who feel the movie is showing India in a poor light, it's just that it's a British film which was shot in India. It's not a Desi movie," he said.
Haripi2 believes the Oscars recognise films that "cater to the sensibilities" of the Oscar jury, and they may not have seen good movies produced across countries.
"How else do we explain that mostu00a0... nominations are for movies which are in English?" the blogger wondered. "So calling Oscars the pinnacle of excellence in world cinema would be gross injustice to the works of... brilliant directors across the globe".
The post says the Oscar for Rahman's score is an "insult to his earlier compositions which were far superior."
Not his bestAnother blogger, who calls herself 'Tikulicious', said Slumdog wasn't the best of Rahman.
u00a0"This was average for his standard in my opinion," she wrote. She feels lyricist Gulzar and singer Sukhvinder, who sang Jai Ho, were treated like 'underdogs' and "all the credit went to Rahman."
Tikulicious, who also writes poetry, feels that the dialogue delivery was a "pain".
"Dev Patel was an eyesore and the Bollywood-style romance with Frieda Pinto seemed utterly out of place.
Everything he did rang hollow: every piece of dialogue, every bit of action, everything," she wrote.
Blogger Ramiah Ariya quotes Shyam Benegal as saying that Danny Boyle was not Indian and so his expressions could only show India as he sees it. "Nothing wrong with that (the) sameu00a0... happens if an Indian makes a movie about Italy," Ariya wrote.
Another blogger said Slumdog "just proved that Hollywood is the same as Bollywoodu2026 in everything except special effects."
Dandanayaka, who describes himself as an "abstract artist, an accomplished cook," attributed the success of Slumdog to viewers' desire to feel optimistic. A heartwarming rags-to-riches love story during times of financial trouble is bound to do well, the blogger said, but it didn't deserve so many Oscars.
