Slumdog Millionaire.
After having the movie file since the Golden Globes, I actually have not watched it until today while I was on the plane.
There is a reason why it swept 8 oscars.
It’s been long since a movie with a lesser known cast far outshines the glitz and glamour of Hollywood. Such is the power of a story so moving and so real it chills you to the bones.
Relating to children operating in syndicates, it is not something that has been conjured out of thin air. There are people like that and it is -still- happening.
I’ve seen children in Mumbai begging for money using the [e x a c t] same methods as those portrayed in the movie. I’m saddened and horrified. I hope this movie sheds some light on the situations in India.
And oh, about Dev Patel. It is amazing how his acting has matured since Skins. I am actually not really used to him being “Jamal”, I prefer him as “Anwar”.
Enough said. GO watch the movie already.
