Everybody knows plot is the most important element?
It's not a very American film or American plot. British. Director Danny Boyle wuz born in Manchester, England. Screenwriter, Simon Beaufoy, British from an Indian (posted in South Africa) novel by Vikas Swarup. Main actor, Dev Patel, English. Couple of Indian actors too.
There's a lot that keeps it from being a Disney movie. It's a fairy tale, but there's no magic wand. The girl's carrying a scar at the end. The hero's brother is dead. There's a cost paid for the fairy gold. It wasn't just found at the end of the rainbow. The hero's life is the training for the quest.
As my English Shakespeare profs always ustta say: "Comedies always end at the marriage -- that's when the tragedies starts." Ittsa comedy. You're supposed to imagine them happy ever after, and not see how the rest of their lives can never measure up to those glorious few minutes on the stage as national "heroes."
It sounds like you wanted to see some other movie. There's nothing wrong with that, but I think you're placing too much value on plot.
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It's not a very American film or American plot. British. Director Danny Boyle wuz born in Manchester, England. Screenwriter, Simon Beaufoy, British from an Indian (posted in South Africa) novel by Vikas Swarup. Main actor, Dev Patel, English. Couple of Indian actors too.
There's a lot that keeps it from being a Disney movie. It's a fairy tale, but there's no magic wand. The girl's carrying a scar at the end. The hero's brother is dead. There's a cost paid for the fairy gold. It wasn't just found at the end of the rainbow. The hero's life is the training for the quest.
As my
EnglishShakespeare profs always ustta say: "Comedies always end at the marriage -- that's when the tragedies starts." Ittsa comedy. You're supposed to imagine them happy ever after, and not see how the rest of their lives can never measure up to those glorious few minutes on the stage as national "heroes."It sounds like you wanted to see some other movie. There's nothing wrong with that, but I think you're placing too much value on plot.