Slumdog Millionaire
So, the wife scored some free tickets to the local independent film theater last night where they are doing a run of all movies up for major awards for whatever major award ceremony is coming up (would this be the Oscars, or Tonys, I don't know). I have already seen and done a review of "Benjamin Button". I hope to see "Milk" next. I have absolutely no desire to watch "The Wrestler".
Slumdog Millionaire takes place in India. A contestant on the Indian version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" has gotten to the final round of the game when he is arrested before he gets to that round and is accused of cheating. The police (and more specifically, the game show host) is having trouble believing that this contestant (a "slumdog" presumably because he has no social or economic status to speak of) is capable of answering the questions of escalating difficulty in the show.
This movie, which is kind of like an "Into the Wild" meets "The Kite Runner" sprinkled with some "Great Expectations" also makes it's case as it's own movie and storyline. I only bring up those comparisons as a frame of reference, the movies I thought of immediately after the credits finished. I'm still trying to figure out if the movie tried to portray the lack of opportunities for India's thriving population, or was simply trying to tell a story within the boundaries of realistic, cosmopolitan life in India. There is also an element of a love story within the plot line as well, although it's very tactfully done.
The movie was about 2 hours long. There are a few recognizable faces in the movie (Irrfan Khan, I know I've seen him in something else), but for the most part, it looks to be primarily a Bollywood cast. There are some funny parts and some rather brutal parts. I would watch this movie again, but probably not in the movie theater. I would not have minded paying to see this movie in the theater, however.
Overall, I give this picture a:
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Originally Posted by denver24
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