Why is it that all these critics groups are choosing Slumdog Millionaire over Man on Wire? Why are they choosing the phony human spirit movie over the real-life one?
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Slumdog is not any more phony than any other film. You ride a sad backlash.
Man of Wire was the film of the year.
The Dark Night was more juvenile than Slumdog, but less obvious, and less clearly "literary." I would consider it to be more problematic and as shallow, but more subtle.
Slumdog was a fine film, with certain exceptional aspects and certain rote ones.
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K. Bowen is a freelance film critic whose work appears at Buzzine, Screen Comment and Stage and Cinema. Previously, he served as the film critic for Star Community Newspapers, reaching more than 100,000 people in the North Dallas area.
2 comments:
Slumdog is not any more phony than any other film. You ride a sad backlash.
Man of Wire was the film of the year.
The Dark Night was more juvenile than Slumdog, but less obvious, and less clearly "literary." I would consider it to be more problematic and as shallow, but more subtle.
Slumdog was a fine film, with certain exceptional aspects and certain rote ones.
I'm finally seeing Man on Wire today, so thrilled!
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