tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477131299817733843.post5485969611917416181..comments2023-05-26T10:44:37.150-04:00Comments on The Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake: See Slumdog Millionaire, No Matter What Rushdie SaysBi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10486453438350039642noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477131299817733843.post-67920754863933587942009-03-09T16:26:00.000-04:002009-03-09T16:26:00.000-04:00I do also love Rushdie, he is one of my favorite a...I do also love Rushdie, he is one of my favorite authors hands down.<BR/><BR/>- I also find it ironic that he views Slumdog as "patently ridiculous" given his prevalant use of magical realism.... I guess he think supernatural occurrances are less ridiculous than a happy/optimistic ending.<BR/><BR/>Although, given how the love stories in most of his novels end, that's probably exactly what he thinks.Kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16269765366746798996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477131299817733843.post-49978953244437432802009-03-06T14:56:00.000-05:002009-03-06T14:56:00.000-05:00Oooo - sounds like a good read. ::runs off to add...Oooo - sounds like a good read. ::runs off to add it to her Amazon list::<BR/><BR/>The movie will have to wait, sadly.Elephantschildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610471467736150461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477131299817733843.post-18665219066089839822009-03-04T19:41:00.000-05:002009-03-04T19:41:00.000-05:00I'm with Belle. Particularly for a movie that toy...I'm with Belle. Particularly for a movie that toys with the Bollywood tradition, it <B>has</B> to have a happy ending. And I really liked how the while ending was foreseeable, exactly how they would get there wasn't, leaving some dramatic tension there. <BR/><BR/>I actually first read Rushdie when I was in India, as <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight%27s_Children" REL="nofollow">Midnight's Children</A> was recommended as one of the best fictional introductions to that country (and it does not disappoint!). My snide remarks aside, I really do love his writing. "Fantasy" doesn't even begin to describe it. <A HREF="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/phantasmagoria" REL="nofollow">Phantasmagoria</A> is probably a better descriptor.Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486453438350039642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477131299817733843.post-45891154072558873412009-03-04T13:41:00.000-05:002009-03-04T13:41:00.000-05:00I've never really understood the complaint that mo...I've never really understood the complaint that movies are too cliche, or 'too Hollywood.' You paid to sit in a huge theatre and eat popcorn and stare at a screen. What else did you expect?<BR/>Agreed: it was predictable, and a little bit of painful realism never hurt anyone.<BR/>But at the same time, if he hadn't gotten the girl or the money, I would have felt like the movie was completely pointless.<BR/><BR/>But what do I know, I'm just a post-teen romantic :Ppiera miss emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03171270407080537925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4477131299817733843.post-51065174582960975612009-03-03T22:31:00.000-05:002009-03-03T22:31:00.000-05:00Yeah, I guess. Look, I really liked the movie. I...Yeah, I guess. Look, I really liked the movie. It is just that, one third of the way through I guessed how it would end, and that's how it ended. My daughter's comment: "It was a little too Hollywood for me". We discussed how it might have been altered: he gets the girl but not the money? Hmm. I could have lived with that. <BR/><BR/>What did he do with that big check? I kept thinking it was in his hip pocket.<BR/>Nevertheless, a clever plot. Your take on Rushdie's complaint was very good. <BR/><BR/>You've read Salman Rushdie? Well, I suppose that's in your job description.Bruce Geehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18140478955080857310noreply@blogger.com