Tuesday, January 6, 2009

slumdog millionaire

i recently saw the movie slumdog millionaire. it was amazing. the movie is about a guy who hails from the lowest of the lower class in indian society who is a contestant on india's version of who wants to be a millionaire , and manages to earn the title. this of course induces suspicion among the police as to whether or not said contestant was cheating. or not. the movie delves into jamal's life and illustrates how he knew the answers despite his destitute upbringing.
the child actors in this movie are so authentic its scary.
this movie made me truly appreciate the good fortune of being born in the united states .
slumdog millionaire is one of the few two hour plus movies that was worthy of its length. so many long movies could have been told in less time and would have been more interesting. every minute of slumdog millionaire is important to its story.
im going to stop here before i give away the whole movie...

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I saw it last night. Amazing, one of the best movies I've ever seen. The entire packed theater was so tense during the last half hour that you could cut it.