...and the movie won god damned Best Picture of the year! This book is unlike any other. Unlike the film, the characters in Q & A are believable, placed in an unflinching environment, pitted against very real circumstances. Whats more is that the character is easy to relate to, smart, and strong willed, while still affected by the daunting effects of emotion and acts accordingly to whatever outstanding circumstance (None...
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Everyone loves the movie slumdog but the book is so great in its own. It has such inspiration in it and is quite funny too. I would say if you have seen slumdog read this book and if you read the book watch the movie. They are quite different and in a good way. Read.
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After seeing Slumdog Millionaire, I told myself that I had to read the book. The book is wonderfully written and brings the same emotional energy from the film into writing, however most of the stories are extremely different. It is very clear to see how the book influenced the movie, but just don't be surprised on how different it really is. All and all, it was a fantastic read with a great ending that keeps you on your toes...
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This is a review of the film's script, not the film itself. Apart from Frost/Nixon and Doubt, this is easily among the most gripping scripts of the year, and unlike Revolutionary Road or Doubt, it is quite a chromatic departure from the novel that inspired it. Kudos to Simon Beaufoy's endeavor. It's evident that much of the this film's breakneck sizzle came from its writing, and it only gets more layered when you read the...
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Author Swarup has a unqiue plan for telling the life story of Indian orphan Ram Mohammad Thomas. The novel opens with Ram in jail for correctly answering all thirteen questions on the show Who Will Will a Billion? The corrupt producers of the show would be bankrupted by having to pay out a billion rupees to the winner, and they never imagined at the poor orphan would be able to answer even two or three of the questions,...
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