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Danny Boyle's SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Finds A Home At Fox Searchlight, Gets A 2008 Release Date!!

I even sort of liked Millions by PumpyMcAss	Sep 1st, 2008 02:34:33 PM
But Sunshine sucked ass. Hope this "kiddie-ish" sounding fare brings back the old, exciting Boyle.
meh by BrightEyes	Sep 1st, 2008 03:07:36 PM
eh
I like him more when he strays from sci-fi. by Larry of Arabia	Sep 1st, 2008 03:15:38 PM
Millions is one of the best children's films of the decade. It's deep, approachable, powerful, and moral film that adults will get as much out of as their offspring. I can't wait for this one.
Will it fall apart in the third act? by GravitysRainbow	Sep 1st, 2008 03:31:32 PM
Sunshine was incredibly disappointing. This guy and the third act...
India through the eyes of Boyle, sounds great by pipergates	Sep 1st, 2008 03:32:53 PM
India is a fantastic spectacle, Darjeeling just scratched the surface. When are they going to film Shantaram! Boyle would be the perfect director for it. And i hope somebody big and ugly like Russell Crowe gets the main role, Depp would have to work out a lot to look anything like that character...
Agreed about Sunshine by 7Cal	Sep 1st, 2008 03:44:31 PM
Woulda been one of my favorites of 2007 if not for the horrific final act. Gee I know, let's take a smart, exciting, hard-sci-fi movie and turn it into a BORING wannabe slasher flick. Blech.
For all the people who hate Sunshines third act by Lovecraftfan	Sep 1st, 2008 03:59:59 PM
Do you include the actual ending. The scenes of Cappas leap of faith between the ship and the payload and the final moments where he touches the surface of the sun are simply stunning. People who wine about the third act seem to always forget about the actual fantastic ending the film has.
Do you include the back on earth ending? by GravitysRainbow	Sep 1st, 2008 04:54:14 PM
because I HATED that
Loved Millions and Sunshine by supertoyslast	Sep 1st, 2008 04:59:05 PM
Every review that I read before seeing Sunshine said that it was not quite the film the reviewer was hoping to see. So I was expecting an average film with an unfocused ending. But I was pleasantly surprised to find a film I loved with, for me, no serious flaws. I didn't understand the huge dislike for the final act, but I guess a lot of people didn't like the shift in tone. Oh, and Millions was just a pure joy.
Whats so bad about the final shot being on earth by Lovecraftfan	Sep 1st, 2008 05:11:29 PM
I thought it was a beautiful image with Cillian's haunting final VO lines. I simply don't see whats bad about that beautiful ending.
Sunshines soundtrack by CharyouTree	Sep 1st, 2008 05:52:19 PM
..is perfect and agreed the slasher aspect is a bit meh, but the leap, and the switching on of the bomb is beautiful, and the ending shot I think was originaly intended for near the begining, but Im sure I can remember him saying you shouldn't see earth in a space set Sci-Fi unless its at the end or something,
All the couch potatoes hate a shift in tone/genre by half vader	Sep 1st, 2008 05:52:53 PM
They just want extreme predictability. "This isn't what I paid for!" Remember how much you all hated the shift in Vanilla Sky? You fucking slaughtered it.
Yet somehow people defend Event Horizon... by half vader	Sep 1st, 2008 05:56:57 PM
Because they knew what they were in for from the start I guess... I like it when a film's a bit unpredictable. Doesn't always work, but what DOES always work? Who knew we were gonna get the gimp/rape scene when they stumbled into that shop in Pulp Fiction?
KANEDA! KANEDAAAA! by CharyouTree	Sep 1st, 2008 05:57:48 PM
anyone else get the Akira vibe at that scene?
I don't defend Event Horizon or Sunshine. by Amy Chasing	Sep 1st, 2008 07:56:29 PM
Both sucked. Maybe not Shyamalan's Happening sucked, and definitely not as sucky as Dreamcatcher, but they still sucked. Just because something is pretty doesn't mean it's good - take Revenge Of The Sith for example, and I enjoyed that more than Event Horizon or Sunshine. Like I said, Sunshine was pretty and the score was great, but the way the story and characters were written - just unbelieveable. The crew came across like the cast of Home And Away (the Australian soap) in space - pretty people with a teenagers grasp of human interaction & relationships, not a credible mission crew sent as Earth's last best hope. 28 Days Later was ok so perhaps there's hope. Just as long as he doesn't try to put out any more fires by using oxygen.
Seeing it next Sunday by Garbageman33	Sep 1st, 2008 08:18:15 PM
With the Brothers Bloom to follow on Tuesday. Should be a good festival.
Hey Danny Boyle, check THIS out! by california_mtz	Sep 1st, 2008 08:36:16 PM
FUCK FOX! I'm not seeing ANYTHING by them until the Watchmen situation gets settled! Your big Thanksgiving releases ... No! Your big Christmas releases ... NO! Nothing! Not one damn movie until Watchmen is cleared. If anyone thinks it's unfair to penalize an unrelated movie, think about this, when was the last time FOX really didn't fuck up a movie? Everything that shitty studio touches it fucks up so why would I trust any movie that comes out that's been branded by FOX?
California by half vader	Sep 1st, 2008 09:16:01 PM
Yeah right. Empty promises. You know it'll e settled before then, for better or worse. Feh. Oh and yep it's unfair to penalise a Fox/Searchlight/Atomic film when the only thing they have to do with something like a foreign indy film is release the thing.
Danny Boyle is My Favourite Director by MMacKK	Sep 1st, 2008 09:16:32 PM
Yet I had no idea this project had progressed as far as it has. Can't wait.
"I even sort of liked Millions" by Nasty In The Pasty	Sep 1st, 2008 10:07:00 PM
What? That was a GREAT fucking (or "fooking") family film. Honestly heartfelt without being sticky, charming, and all-around GOOD.
Shutup California..... by TheWaqman	Sep 1st, 2008 10:27:58 PM
Who gives a shit about the Watchmen anyways? For once I'm glad Fox is trying to fuck a project up (just this once though), because it can't get any more fucked than what Zack Snyder will do to it. Prepare for numerous slow-mo scenes. Anyways I can't wait for this "Slumdog Millionaire" movie. IMO the only huge missteps that Danny Boyle has taken was Sunshine (the third act, no matter how much you guys stick up for it, fell flat badly and just ripped it away from being a science-fiction great) and The Beach. So still I'm pretty optimistic about this film. Also I have yet to see "Millions".
actually, the third act is the strongest part of this by s0nicdeathmonkey	Sep 2nd, 2008 02:40:50 AM
saw it at telluride. every single reason I go to the movies is contained within this film.
Danny Boyle Is definitly one my favorite directors out now by Broseph	Sep 2nd, 2008 04:14:28 AM
I really love his body of work even The Beach
Sunshine was bizarre in that ... by Shan	Sep 2nd, 2008 08:53:26 AM
... the script copied Event Horizon so closely from start to finish, it had to be an accident. Because if they'd realised, they would have changed something, somewhere.
Why did Danny Boyle by Series7	Sep 2nd, 2008 04:23:58 PM
Direct that new show coming on comedy central starring David Alan Greer? Seriously, its gotta suck, did he need money after Fox Searchlight decided to make turn the immaculate conception of Sunshine into a still birth upon its aborting it into the states. It only made like 3 million, and that movie had to cost a lot more then that. And Fox Searchlight was too busy sucking Juno's cock to give a damn about its much better movie property that could've brought in a decent return. Seriously when I was going to see Sunshine for the one weekend it was out, these teens where in front of me getting excited to see Hairspray again and were all asking each other what movie sunshine was. They all looked like football players so I didn't want to start anything.

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