Comments on Slumdog Millionaire I
I don't often watch Indian movies, but I was shocked again last night from 10 to 12. How poor Gemma became a millionaire is the first question that attracts us. The somewhat shocking answer is that he won the prize because he participated in the Indian version of Happy Dictionary. Why?
The story tells the growth and destination of three children who walked out of the slums in reverse order and interpolation. They are my brother Salim, my brother Jamal, and the little girl Attica who drifted with them.
Jamal, a handyman in the mobile phone customer service center, participated in the TV quiz show and passed all the way. He is about to win the highest prize-20 million rupees (about 3 million yuan). The host framed him for cheating, and he was arrested by the police and used beatings and electrocution to extract confessions. He refused to give in and perfectly refuted the false accusation against himself. In the end, the police had to let him continue to participate in the competition, and won the final prize, becoming a millionaire out of the slums.
In fact, he really didn't cheat, because the answers to those questions were taught to him by his painful life experience at the bottom. Behind every abcd answer is the blood and tears of the poor. It was the hardship of life that made him inadvertently get the key of 20 million rupees. It's all destiny takes a hand.
Salim and Jamal lost their mother when they were children. It was because of a civil vendetta that their mother disappeared like a fallen leaf. There may be countless such deaths and injuries every day. It's no big deal, and the police won't ask, but the fate of the two brothers who were still children has been subverted-the poor but stable slum life in the past has also become a luxury, and each has become the only relative of the other. The only way out is to wander. Wandering, they met Attica; Wandering, they were killed by the underworld; Wandering, they learned to survive and cheat; In the wandering, they parted ways. After many joys and sorrows, Salim finally joined the gang and died. Attica's beautiful face was ruined by these people. Jamal and Attica finally met after many hardships. Jamal kissed the scar on Attica's face affectionately, and kissed their suffering and reunion given by fate.
This film does not emphasize the concepts of right and wrong.
If Salim goes the wrong way, he will join the gang and kill people like hemp. In order to please the mob boss, he sold his brother's lover Attica to him. When Attica escaped and was caught back, she left a permanent knife mark on her face ... but what happened to him? I have been wandering since I finished primary school. Isn't the logic of the law of the jungle from the "social university"? It must be said that he is wrong. It was because he betrayed the gang and let Attica go with his conscience that he paid his young life.
Not to mention the rest, triads who kill children and beg for profits, policemen who say "get out" to children in danger for help, hosts who mislead and frame Jamal, and policemen who electrocute people to extract confessions without any evidence ... They have no conscience in doing these things, as if they are doing their daily work. Just as the police talked about Jamal being electrocuted to extract confessions and vomit blood, he also ridiculed: "Amnesty International will be scared out of my wits by human rights here!" It's all in tone.
It can be seen that these are the normal conditions of society-the law of the jungle. There is no concept of "evil". So Jamal can't answer the simple common sense of the words "truth will win" under the national emblem of India in the TV question and answer, because the India he sees is not so "truth will win".
Didn't Jamal and Attica, who are relatively kind, cheat for a living from childhood? Of course, this can be ignored. Because their "misdeeds" are the bottom line for not starving to death.
This film gives American tourists from outside this world the only shining point of human kindness. Although their country has waged wars all over the world to create orphans, in the film, they will give children dollars to stop police violence, even if police violence is for them. This shows that it has become a natural Indian society for the film author to imagine foreign forces to change this law of the jungle. Jamal can name the head above 100, but he doesn't know the head of Gandhi above 1000. This is the author's view of two cultures and two countries-the United States is unforgettable and India is ignored.
What the author shows us is such an Indian underclass: the main scene is slums, where there are shocking garbage, chaotic construction sites, policemen who treat the poor as ants, and gangs with almost no restrictions. External force can only give it some fresh breath for a short time, but it can't change the status quo at all.
Comments on Slumdog Millionaire 2
The film Slumdog Millionaire is a hymn to life. The success of this film is inseparable from the director Danny? Paul's magic. The cruel life in slums and the dreams and hopes of India, an emerging Asian country, are vividly presented to the audience through restrained lenses. Slumdog Millionaire is so touching that it not only captures the true darkness and cruelty, but also never gives up its ideals and innocence in such cruelty.
Realistic expression technique
Facing the cruel and heavy social reality, film director Danny? Boyle extended the camera to a hidden corner of society. When this cruel method of revealing reality is applied to reflect the present situation of Indian society, it excavates three shocking social tragedies and human tragedies, and profoundly exposes three irreconcilable contradictions and conflicts in society. In the reality of overpopulation, religious conflicts and lack of resources, people living below the poverty line deeply feel the "unbearable weight" in life. Most of these poor people live on garbage dumps, begging and picking up garbage. Gemma's fate is accompanied by famine, poverty, war, disaster, fraud, theft, murder, fornication, the underworld and the tyranny of the police station, but these experiences are his "alchemy". Fate blessed him and made him easily give the correct "answer" in the later million question and answer TV program.
A waiter in a slum can actually take the highest prize, even surpassing the false inducement of the program host and answering all the questions correctly, which has aroused great concern in reality. This seems to be an accident or a miracle. At the beginning of the film, there is a huge question mark and exclamation mark. After sighing, the director showed us that the miracle is real and realistic through his calm narration. Therefore, the director let Gemma be quietly sent to the police station through the false accusation and alarm of the host, deeply analyzing the profound reasons why Gemma can answer these questions correctly, and solving the suspense in the audience's hearts one by one. During the police interrogation, Gemma explained the source of the answer to each question and the tragic scene of Gemma's life full of blood and tears behind each answer. Being discriminated against, betrayed, betrayed and abandoned is his life. These tragedies are full of blood and tears, bitterness and helplessness. Although it is an individual's accident, it is a social necessity and this is the reality. The film shows us the truth of cruel life through the tragedy and miracle of the protagonist's life, restores art to life, and embodies the author's humanistic appeal and artistic feelings.
Detailed description with rich connotation
Details are the most touching motivation and source, and countless classic movies provide us with extraordinary samples, allowing us to discover the importance of detail description to a movie. Slumdog Millionaire also has many impressive details, which play a great role in shaping the characters. Detail description of hands: When Jamal brothers ran out of a child criminal gang on the train to make a living, there was a scene where the director handled the hands of two young actors in special details. At that time, Jamal and his brother fell asleep on the top of the fast-moving train. They sat on the roof of the train and slept soundly, but the two children's little hands were tightly held together. I believe many viewers shed tears when they saw this scene. The detailed description of this hand reveals the difficult and dangerous living situation and sincere feelings of the two brothers.
Another hand-related detail happened after they returned to Mumbai to look for Latikka. When they tried to escape with Latikka, they were unfortunately discovered by the gang leader. In the fight, my brother shot and killed the gang leader and rescued Latikka. However, his brother Salim tried to take Latikka away by force after drinking. Jamal was so anxious about it that he desperately wanted to fight to the death with his brother. Angry Salim pulled out his pistol, held it against Jamal's forehead and told him to leave in five seconds, or he would be killed. At this time, with the sad theme music in the film, Latikka came slowly. The director fixed the camera on Latikka's hand, only to see Latikka gently remove Salim's hand with a pistol and return to the room with Salim. At the moment when the room door closed, the director made a close-up of Latikka's eyes. We saw the sadness in her eyes, and there was a message, just like a line that often appeared in movies: this is our line. Can only accept, there is no other way.
Comments on Slumdog Millionaire 3
An old film with a long reputation, I just settled down to watch it completely today. Fortunately, I didn't waste two hours, which made me understand a lot. When I saw the title, I thought it was the struggle history of a poor boy, but the result was unexpected. The whole film focuses on answering questions, extending many experiences related to topics from childhood to adulthood. The elder brother in the film is a representative figure of rationality, decisiveness and sizing up the situation. The younger brother is emotional, kind, caring and persistent.
The two brothers lived together since childhood, begging, selling things, stealing and killing people. What I see is a rascal's confusion and helplessness. Life is a downpour. Some people really don't even have an umbrella, and suddenly they are especially glad of everything they have. The word fate appears many times in the play. Indeed, fate is never absolutely fair. From the moment you were born in a slum, it seems that your life has been nine times out of ten. Although my younger brother has no education, it is luck and silly persistence to laugh at the end and create miracles. Isn't this fate? I didn't believe in fate before, but I stubbornly believe that man can conquer nature. When I grow up, I have to believe that at first glance, the optimistic creed of "do your best and leave it to fate" is helpless and hesitant.
In fact, my brother's personality is particularly in line with the conditions of darkness, rational, decisive, sizing up the situation, and dare to do it. I can see the pros and cons clearly from an early age, knowing that girls will drag their feet, so I let go without hesitation. Knowing that my brother would be hurt, I thought of countermeasures in a short time and decisively took my brother away. The performance of the enemy who went to find the deceased immediately after killing is definitely a person to be reckoned with now. It can be seen from my brother's daily prayers that he is not at ease to kill innocent people. He paid everything for money, but he ended up with nothing. This reflects that in today's society, many people blindly pursue fame and fortune, give up dignity and even health for fame and fortune, and finally get fame and fortune only to find that they are not happy, health has crossed, and finally they lose more than they gain, and fall into the big pit they dug. I hope that in this impetuous society, everyone can have their own pure land, allocate the proportion of life reasonably, and don't lose sight of one thing and lose the most important thing.
Brother and brother are just the opposite. My brother is kind, caring, emotional and persistent. Once a girl puts it in her heart, she will stick to it. A goal, once conceived, will not give up. It represents a successful model of positive sunshine. Finally, I got God's blessing, love and money.
It seems that God still favors kind and positive people. May everyone have a love and sing in a slow time.
Comments on Slumdog Millionaire 4
Slumdog Millionaire won eight awards, including best film, best director, best adapted screenplay, best photography, best soundtrack, best sound effect, best song and best editing. It can be said that it is the biggest winner of the Oscar. This kind of story combines exotic customs, war religion, poverty and wealth, love and affection. Through Gemma's participation in the reality show "Who is a Millionaire", interspersed with Gemma's personal life experience, a vivid, true and artistic panoramic view of the life of the lower classes in India is presented to the audience.
The story begins in an interrogation room, where Gemma braved her sweaty and panting face. The letter is displayed as a string of words: "Gemma is one question away from getting 20 million pounds. How did he do it? " . A. he cheated; B.he is very lucky; C. he is a genius; D. destiny takes a hand. This is a question that runs through the whole film. Gemma took part in the program "Who's a Millionaire" and went all the way to the last question, but was arrested for cheating. In order to prove his innocence and answer the opening question, Gemma began to tell her life, so the story began slowly from Gemma's story.
Gemma and Sherim are brothers living in slums. They lost their mother in a Muslim religious struggle and became homeless orphans. In the vagrancy, I met a little girl Latikka who had the same experience as them. When showing slum life, Danny Bowie revealed a large slum in Mumbai through a quick shot. They are like a scar in India, abrupt but not to be ignored. And hundreds of children like Gemma selim are playing, chasing, running and living in this barren and dirty slum. Gemma was finally adopted by traffickers and began to live a beggar's life. Traffickers put away their children for their own benefit, abused them to disability, and then exiled them to the streets to beg. Sherim escaped with Gemma and Tiraka. At the moment of climbing the train, Sherim suddenly let go of Tiraka's hands, so Tiraka fell into the hands of traffickers again. This is the first separation between Gemma and Tiraka.
Gemma and Sherim, who were separated from Tiraka, began to live independently. From train vendors to illegal tour guides, from stealing shoes to stealing wallets, we have worked hard to make a living. As the days passed, Gemma could not forget Tiraka, so the two brothers returned to Mumbai again and began to look for Tiraka. At this time, Tiikala has been trained by traffickers to be a chick who can sing and dance on the streets of Mumbai. Gemma finally found it when she was about to hand over her first night. When the three were about to escape, they were discovered by traffickers. When there was no way out, Sherim took out his revolver and shot at the trafficker. Sherim got drunk and occupied Tiraka, and Gemma chose to leave alone.
After Gemma left them, she worked as an assistant in a telecom company, in charge of tea and sanitation. In her wandering life, her brother Shelim came to a conclusion that violence is the best way to fight violence, so he finally chose a completely different lifestyle from Gemma, and he took refuge in gangs. What about Tiraka, the woman who naturally became the boss of the gang? Through the telephone inquiry of the telecom company, Gemma saw her brother and Tiraka again. Tiraka failed to escape, and his life and death were uncertain. In order to get the news of Tiraka again, Gemma chose to participate in the Indian quiz show Who is a Millionaire, hoping Tiraka could see herself on the screen.
The miracle of life begins to shine at such a moment. All the problems Gemma faces come from the pains and tips given by life. The death of his mother reminded him of the scepter of religion; Amida's signature reminds him of the protagonist in Imprisonment. The cruelty of the trafficker reminds him of the author of this song; The dollar that was beaten to get compensation made him remember the president's name of 100? Gemma doesn't know much about coincidence or fate, but these questions happen to be all he knows.
The final outcome is beyond everyone's expectation. Sherim suddenly woke up and helped Tiraka escape from the clutches; Gemma answered the last musketeer question correctly and won 20 million rupees; Tiraka met Gemma at the railway station, and they finally got together. The whole of Mumbai, the whole of India, is boiling for this tough and brave boy. Perhaps the reason for the boiling is not Gemma, but the miracle that Gemma won the final prize, which aroused everyone's hope for a new life. As long as they have dreams and don't give up, what they want and the people they love will be completely in their hands.
This text appears after a black screen. "D. Destiny takes a hand." This is the answer to the opening question of the film. Why did Gemma win the 20 million prize? It's not cheating, it's not luck, it's not talent, it's destiny takes a hand. Many people are not satisfied with the ending of this film. Hollywood-style happy endings give people a sense of rut. However, I think this is a happy ending. What the film should do is to expose ugliness, arouse concern and sympathy, and more importantly, carry forward the positive, healthy and upward spirit. Slumdog Millionaire is such a movie. Just as little Gemma jumped into the cesspit to get her idol's signature and pushed the crowd aside to cheer for it, she had firm beliefs and dreams in her heart. After countless setbacks and hardships, she is still getting stronger and stronger, so fate will not live up to those who never want to give up.
Perhaps, there are some absolutes in life, just like Gemma and Selim. No matter how many contradictions they have, they still live together in do or die, just like Gemma and Catilla. No matter how many times they are separated, they will eventually meet in a corner. Just like Gemma firmly chose aramis even though she didn't know the name of the Di Three Musketeers.
This is happiness, happiness destined to come.
Comments on Slumdog Millionaire V
First of all, I think the perfect combination of visual effect and sound is the highlight of the film, so the audio-visual factors are worth analyzing!
The film starts with blue as the subtitle color, which is different from other films. Generally speaking, the subtitle color is also one of the factors that determine the visual effect of the film. The subtitle at the end of the film is a yellow headline, and the color jump makes the visual effect of the whole film shine.
The tone of the whole film is mainly yellow, and the overall visual sense is very strong. Every shot is natural, and there is no stiff feeling, which makes the overall cultural performance incisively and vividly. This also makes me admire the director of this film, an Englishman who directed an Indian film across the border. It's still so good, but the film began to show that many slum children played football at private airports and shuttled through alleys and garbage dumps during their escape, which was not easy. Waste water area, dilapidated house, the picture of a dog running past, is to express the dog's expression in a very low position, giving people a very common feeling, and finally the change of scenery shows a huge slum. Give a person a sense of shock. Next to the private airport, such a huge slum forms a sharp contrast between the rich and the poor.
When the hero and brother were on the train, they were driven away to make a living. The picture of two people rolling down the hillside is filled with smoke, and they instantly grow from childhood to adolescence, giving people a transformation of vision and thinking.
Later, in the process of growing up with the three girls that the protagonist likes, the tense question-and-answer scene, the police's torture, and the cross-editing of memories and reality make the audience's vision closer, and their minds jump, which makes the overall rhythm of the film very strong.
The next analysis point is the combination of sound and painting. There is a scene that impressed me deeply. When Jamal and Jamal rescued Latikka, Shalim shot and killed one elder brother. Suddenly, the picture appeared the frightened expression of the hero Jamal. His voice was silent and hollow, only a nervous gasp, and the voice of panic at the scene and the voice of his brother telling him to leave were vague. This scene, the handling of sound, vividly shows Jamal's inner fear at that time, and his heart is extremely frightened. Then, after they escaped, the three men went to an old building. The voice of brother Shalim pouring wine, the voice of younger brother Jamal walking, the voice of demons and the laughter of Shalim are skillfully connected, which makes the performance of the voice distinct and realistic.
The song and dance performance at the end of the film is also eye-catching, which fully embodies the Indian song and dance film and the neat group dance spirit. Interlaced subtitles, dynamic music and rhythmic editing make the whole movie feel very good. In the end, the protagonist Jamal finally got together with his beloved girl Latikka. The two of them, with their backs to the camera, walked deep, the picture was processed in blue tones, and there was hazy smoke, which was also a relatively open ending, which meant that there were still many unknowns ahead. Feeling blue also gives people a sense of peace and tranquility.