Saturday, 28 February 2009

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE



Slumdog Millionaire is a touching story about Jamal Malik, who is born into a Muslim family in the slums of India. One day, Jamal decides to enter the Indian version of the show "who wants to be a millionaire" and suprisingly, as a slum boy, Jamal makes it to the final round, which is scheduled for the next day, and he might just win 20 million rupees.The story starts with Jamal being questioned by the officers in India, them being suspicious of how a "slumdog" like himself is able to get to the final question.


did he cheat? So Jamal tells his story, the truth is, his life is made up of all the answers to the questions on the show...But an even more puzzling question is... "why would Jamal, being a slumdog who has no apparent desire for cash whatsoever, join the quiz show?"

This film is actually good. It tells you about how people around the world live, and how much they strive to get what they want. This film is so so so unique, i have never seen anything like it, even if the ending is predictable.
The ending kind of writes itself, but it's okay. It is not the ending that matters in this case but what matters is the journey taken to the end.
If you don't know what the slums in India are like, you might get shocked, but the reality is; this is how people live. It also shows you how people in the slums are not complaining about anything, and they seem to be living the most carefree lives ever. They don't worry about cash, food, clothing, getting dirty or anything. They just enjoy their lives. I wish i could be able to enjoy life the same way :)


I can see why this movie won over the curious case of benjamin button, but its difficult to explain. Both movies are good, but they fall into different genres, and honestly, i like this film more.
but still,- not making it to my fave movies list, maybe i'll explain later about why i like hot fuzz so much to put it as one of my favourite movies, haha, it really does deserve it :D

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