Elevator - Million Dollar Arm (2014) Discussion

[–] InternationaleClique 11 years ago

Apparently there are no elevators in India, only mud huts?

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[–] zeekmati 11 years ago

Much of India is mud huts but much of the 'murica is swamps and deserts.

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[–] ashwiniksingh 11 years ago

don't know which india your referring to
india in which i live we have imax, elevators are long gone things
and by the from which country are you from.....the country where you have world's largest number of drug addicts

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[–] InternationaleClique 11 years ago

See, that's exactly what I'm talking about. Crude and rude.

There's no baseball in Norway. We don't have a repressive caste system either.

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[–] ashish-meher07 11 years ago

We have elevators but in some rural parts, its not there. Underdeveloped. That explains the awe the characters show. But the cricketers turning pitchers is totally unbelievable. In baseball one throws the ball to the batter, whereas in cricket one is not allowed to bend the elbow to throw the ball. Hehe...dont judge me for judging the movie. Million dollar baby was awesome. This arm is bent.

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[–] atg_commish 11 years ago

Totally unbelievable? It's a true story.

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[–] no_simple_highway 11 years ago

They were not cricket players.

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[–] embeez 11 years ago

Sorry, but your reply was pretty crude and rude too. Well done on stooping to the other guy's level.

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[–] jac163 11 years ago

Baseball is just a ripoff of Rounders from Britain.

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[–] willsied8-390-964144 11 years ago

First, no it's not If anything rounders is just part of baseball's development. Second, what is your point in regard to this thread?

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[–] jac163 11 years ago

I dunno really! Seems the post started off about elevators then moved to baseball and cricket (which I find boring anyway)so I just posted a bit of useless information.
However, if one looks at Rounders, a game that has been around for centuries at least 1700's I think it's more than just part of baseball's development. If I may say so.

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[–] parthpandya890 11 years ago

Agreed!

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[–] dgannati 10 years ago

There are hundreds of millions of Indians living in rural areas in utter poverty that never seen much, let alone elevators. That is a fact no matter how many drug addicts live in US.

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[–] despod 11 years ago

Absolutely. You just have to go to any mall in India and if you wait for an hour, you will be sure to find a person from the rural hinterland who is very exited and scared on seeing an escalator.

Similarly for elevators that have automatic doors. Only malls and posh offices have such things. While most urban Indians must have experienced(most, not everyone), I'm sure there are MANY villagers (and by many I mean millions), who have never been on an elevator which has automatic doors. (and other than the main cities, you will find it hard to find a building that has more than 5(3?)floors)

PS: Why are so many Indians denying this ? Please travel the countryside. You will see thing(both good and bad), that you never would have believed. Its a great experience !!

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[–] kafcook-1 11 years ago

As I stated in another post on here, I teach in a rural area of the Delta where there are legitimately AMERICAN kids who have never been on an elevator before or an escalator for that matter. Granted they are a bit younger (5th & 6th grade), but still...

One of my colleagues took the kids to a local power plant on a field trip for a tour and half the kids were freaked out about getting on the elevators because they had never been on one.

When I went to college in Nebraska, I lived in a 13 story high rise residence hall that had elevators and there were girls who refused to take the elevator because they had no experience with them and they were scared of them.

My point being, just because you've seen them on TV, doesn't diminish the awe or the uncertainty about them. Until I was probably 18, I would avoid escalators. When you don't have much or any experience with these things, it makes them a bit wonderous.

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[–] Colcatron 11 years ago

Watch the end credits everyone. They show the real home videos of the real Rinku and Dinesh. The home video from 2008 occurs almost exactly as the scene appears in the movie.

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[–] g_sidhu 11 years ago

The timeline in the movie is supposed to be from 2008. And yes 6 years ago, teens from very remote villages, probably never saw an elevator.

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