R ratings don't sink oscar chances........ some of the biggest winners have been R rated and infact the opposite is true.........if the movie isn't gray and sometimes stupified, then that hurts their chances of success........the oscar members hate fairy tales.....exception being LOTR.
I have a strong feeling depending on other films making a late run that SDM has solid oscar chances! My two cents..... Matt On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Slumdog Millionaire Gets Rated R?! What!? > Posted on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 at 2:31 pm by: Peter Sciretta > Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire is the > type of film that will have everyone leaving the theater with both > tears and a smile. It's a beautiful film about first love, fate and > destiny, and growing up in the slums of India. When I saw the film at > the Telluride Film Festival last month, Alex from FirstShowing commented to > me that the reason why there is no blood shown in a > critical scene that involved a gun (not a spoiler, don't worry), is > because the film will be released PG-13. And that reasoning made > complete sense to me. There were a couple instances throughout the film > when the camera cuts away before any graphic violence is show. There is > no nudity (aside from a little kid running to the shower). It iss a > film that would appeal huge to teen audiences, if Fox Searchlight could > somehow trick them into buying a ticket. But apparently the MPAA thinks > otherwise. > The MPAA gave the film an R-Rating "for some violence, disturbing > images and language." I call bullshit. Fox Searchlight should have > taken this one to the appeal process. If Two-Face in The Dark Knight > got a PG-13 rating, than Slumdog should have been awarded a PG. It's a > shame that Searchlight didn't want to take the extra time to fight this > one out. I'm guessing that Fox are more concerned with getting the > rating on the posters as soon as possible, so that they can meet the > November 12th release date. You see, Searchlight also has to market > Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler (out in December). And both films need > to hit theaters by the end of the year for Award consideration.. They > have given both films just enough separation to do so properly. But the > lack of time before the release probably prevents an appeals process > from happening. Just my own speculation. But it does make sense, right? > > http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/10/22/slumdog-millionaire-gets-rated-r-what/ > > 'Slumdog Millionaire' Gets An R Rating, There Goes The All-Inclusive > Feel-Good Vibe And Possible Oscar Nod? > Danny Boyle's surprise hit of the year "Slumdog Millionaire," was pegged to > corner the "Little Miss Sunshine"/"Juno" feel-good indie market this fall. > Unfortunately it has been blind-sided by the MPAA which recently gave the > film an R rating, > which will most likely shut it out of the success that "Juno" enjoyed > and potentially jeopardize its Oscar contention. The soccer-mom > oriented MPAA must have been turned off by the gross non-white characters > that > dominated the film, and thought a movie set in the slums of India would > just to be catastrophic if witnessed by the teens of America. 'Slumdog' > has its tough moments, but is certainly in no way deserving of an > R-Rating and a PG-13 at worst. It's practically a family, feel-good > film! (but done by Boyle, it's still aces, and probably the most > exhilarating film we saw the Toronto Film Festival). > > The company producing the film, Fox Searchlight, is apparently not going to > go through the appeals process to challenge the rating since it wants to > meet the November 12th release date. We hope this rating doesn't sink the > already slim chances > the film had of connecting with a mainstream audience, because the film > certainly has an uphill battle in its near future and it's deserving of > so much more. > > > http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2008/10/slumdog-millionaire-gets-r-rating-there.html > > SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE GETS SCREWED BY THE MPAA > * By Devin Faraci > * Published Yesterday > * News > * > Last night I saw Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire and > was blown away. It's beautiful and romantic, sad and tragic, stunning > and moving. It's a Dickensian classic that does the greatest thing > cinema can do: it transports you into the life of someone else and lets > you see and experience part of the world you would otherwise never > know. And beyond all of that it's also compelling entertainment. > > It's > also a movie that I would recommend for teens. It's tough in spots, so > is life for the children of India's slums. Boyle doesn't flinch from > the gritty, ugly aspects of grinding, serious poverty, but he also > never rubs our faces in it. The film could serve as a way to help > younger people understand the scope of extreme poverty in ways that > Children's Aid commercials never can. And the movie's uplifting message > of hope won't leave them depressed, but rather feeling that there's a > way to change the world. > > So of course the MPAA gave the movie an > R. This has happened again and again over the years - movies that are > perfect for teens that don't whitewash the realities of the world get > slapped with a restrictive rating that guarantees they can never see > it. There's no nudity in Slumdog Millionaire, > and there's no explicit sex. There's some violence. There's lots of > tonally grim stuff. There's some harder language. But it's all true. > Slumdog isn't a documentary, but the lack of reality doesn't change the > basic truthfulness of the film. > > I'm > disappointed that Fox Searchlight didn't make a bigger stink about this > impending rating - the film deserves a PG-13 because it deserves to be > seen by people 13 and older. If this was a book aimed at teens, it > would be lauded for its truthfulness and educational value. Instead > because this is a movie it gets slapped down with a rating that ensures > it will never be as widely seen as it should be. > > > http://chud.com/articles/articles/16755/1/SLUMDOG-MILLIONAIRE-GETS-SCREWED-BY-THE-MPAA/Page1.html > > >
