SDM cant get bigger than this.. almost all reviews Gopal has shared till date about SDM has been thunderous... i wish ARR wins an Oscar for this. oh, just forgot.. this is just my wish....
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 7:52 PM, Gopal Srinivasan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Slumdog Millionaire ReviewReview by Mr. Shrek > > Slumdog Millionaire is set in Mumbai and adapted to the big screen from > Vikas Swarup's novel "Q & A." > In other words: there's a good chance movie goers aren't familiar with a > single aspect of this film. > > But > it doesn't matter. The surprisingly mesmerizing story focuses on a poor > but plucky and industrious Muslim boy named Jamal (played by Dev Patel as a > young man). He receives an opportunity at becoming a millionaire > on an Indian TV quiz show that's at once lurid, garish, and exciting. > It's a combination of Bollywood meeting Hollywood. > The motivation for Jamal to take on this show's challenge? His love for > Latika, a friend who is a big fan of the series. > Director Danny Boyles is fanatic at depitcing the paradoxes of > Western culture when it infiltrates Third world countries such as India or > Africa. > As Jamal succeeds on the show, he's faced with charges of fraud > because everyone figures a boy in his position must be cheating. Jamal > must explain to the police how he came to acquire knowledge that is > generally unavailable to someone of his class and educational level. > Each answer relates to an aspect of Jamal's life and that of his > older brother Salim and Latika, the girl he has loved since he was > seven. It's moving stuff, focusing on poverty and crime at all levels > of society > > Even the camera work is well done, as viewers are often taken through the > streets and > shantytown alleys at the speed of the sprinting kids themselves. One's > head is spinning as one gets to know this unique world like never > before. > Mark our words: Slumdog Millionaire will be nominated for Best Picture. > Rating: 4.5 / 5.0http://www.reelmovienews.com/reviews/slumdog-millionaire/ > >
