Author Topic: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!  (Read 17877 times)

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Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« on: February 04, 2009, 12:49:11 am »
No flim has captured my imagination like Brokeback Mountain until Slumdog Millionaire came along! Anyone else feel the same? If so, here's a place to discuss one or both of them!

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Re: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2009, 11:19:00 pm »
Slumdog was good, but it is nowhere near as good as Brokeback Mountain... (Sorry Lee... :D )

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Re: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2009, 11:06:05 am »
I agree, friend, about Brokeback Mountain. But Slumdog was the first movie since then that has held my interest and, even more important, conveys a passion for life that BBM possesses.
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Re: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2009, 01:59:59 pm »
I'm trying to imagine the two films as one of those mashups that were so popular on YouTube right after BBM came out.  8)

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Re: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2009, 05:50:46 pm »

I still haven't seen Slumdog yet.  I've seen the previews a million times though... and frequently I find that I have that theme song stuck in my head.


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Re: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2009, 07:30:31 pm »
.. conveys a passion for life..

That's a great description of Slumdog Millionaire.   I saw it several weeks ago before it won any awards and I loved it.  Gritty, but inspiring. It's definitely movie I could watch again. 

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Re: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2009, 07:33:49 pm »
I'm going to have to go see this movie. 
I was wondering if it would be a movie I would like,
and by what you guys say, it is.


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Re: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2009, 07:39:29 pm »
I still haven't seen Slumdog yet.  I've seen the previews a million times though... and frequently I find that I have that theme song stuck in my head.

I didn't see the trailer friend. The soundtrack is really quite something. The first time I saw this movie at an art house the soundtrack was fun, noisy, and ebullant, just this side of discordant. The second time I saw it was at a mall, and the sound was painfully loud!! So, I suggest that everyone take ear plugs just in case.
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Re: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« Reply #8 on: February 05, 2009, 07:58:46 pm »
I've heard of it, whats it about?
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Re: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« Reply #9 on: February 05, 2009, 08:33:16 pm »
I didn't see the trailer friend. The soundtrack is really quite something. The first time I saw this movie at an art house the soundtrack was fun, noisy, and ebullant, just this side of discordant. The second time I saw it was at a mall, and the sound was painfully loud!! So, I suggest that everyone take ear plugs just in case.


Well, when I said "preview", I should really have said the commercial on TV.  I don't think I actually ever saw the preview in the theatre.  But, the TV commercial for Slumdog seems to be on every 5 seconds around here.

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