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T-Bone

Post subject: Lion

Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 10:45 am

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Watched this last night with my wife and it was a very, very good movie. Essentially the true story about a young boy in India
who falls asleep on a train in the mid-80s and when he is finally able to get out of it he is 1600kms from home. He is not able
to speak the local language and is sent to an orphanage, eventually adopted by a family in Australia. When he grows up he is
determined to go back to try to find his real family. Great acting and story telling and a heart wrenching tale. I freely admit
that I shed some tears at the end as I am a sucker for true stories that are well done. I don't think it was robbed of any awards
although it was nominated for 6 Oscars this year but easily one of the best 5-6 movies I saw all year.

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good dolphin

Post subject: Re: Lion

Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 12:35 pm

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T-Bone wrote:

1600kms.

Speak American

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Post subject: Re: Lion

Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 12:37 pm

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good dolphin wrote:

T-Bone wrote:

1600kms.

Speak American

994.1939 miles

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shakes

Post subject: Re: Lion

Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 3:11 pm

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was going to rent this over the weekend but went with Hidden Figures instead. Maybe next weekend for this one.

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shakes

Post subject: Re: Lion

Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 1:24 pm

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good movie. saw it yesterday.

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veganfan21

Post subject: Re: Lion

Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 2:21 pm

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They unnecessarily included too many side plots regarding the dude's personal story. Am thinking of his brother and his Aussie mom's struggles with his brother's issues. Wasn't really needed. Maybe they could have used that screen time to further explore the dude's mindset.

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Big Chicagoan

Post subject: Re: Lion

Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 3:35 pm

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Great movie. India is such a shithole.

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