I'm obviously not one to comment on the greatness of movies and to be honest, I can count on one hand how many Oscar best pictures winners I've actually seen, but for some reason I really wanted to see Slumdog Millionaire. I heard many reviews saying that it was an excellent from family, friends, and yes, the ever-so-hated critics. I heard about the plot, I thought it was a rather interesting plot, but I still wasn't interested in going out and paying ten bucks to see it, but I just kept being bombarded with "go see Slumdog!" and by watching the Oscars, I couldn't escape it. That's where I became intrigued (Yeah, I guess it doesn't take much to intrigue me) and what made me want to watch it. I mean, it's also not your typical Oscar winner of a movie either, which I rather enjoyed. It's not a 3 hour period piece. It's definitely an all around movie, and here's why:
Slumdog has elements of everything. It's intense. You see slum children having to watch other children their age getting their eyes burned off. You see kids being chased through the slums by officers who are trying to keep their private areas safe. You see a child see Jamal's mom getting hit to death and falling into a puddle. It's sweet. Jamal spends the majority of the movie trying to find Latika. It's clever. It's about a game show and this kid from the slums knows all the answers, but how does he?
Also to note, the cinematography was beautiful. The portrayal of the slums may have been beautified, but the movie's point, I feel, wasn't necessarily to put you in the slums and the plot is unrealistic, sure, but that doesn't make it bad. The direction from Danny Boyle was marvelous, you felt that you were there watching the whole thing. The acting wasn't necessarily the best part of the movie, but the children from the slums were infact good actors for never acting (or probably even watching a movie) in their lives. Dev Patel and Freida Pinto gave rather satisfactory results for having little to no career before the movie either.
Sure, their were flaws, but this was the first Oscar winning movie to me that was all around good and had many elements to it other than just drama.
Acting: 7.5/10
Directing: 8.5/10
Story: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
Slumdog has elements of everything. It's intense. You see slum children having to watch other children their age getting their eyes burned off. You see kids being chased through the slums by officers who are trying to keep their private areas safe. You see a child see Jamal's mom getting hit to death and falling into a puddle. It's sweet. Jamal spends the majority of the movie trying to find Latika. It's clever. It's about a game show and this kid from the slums knows all the answers, but how does he?
Also to note, the cinematography was beautiful. The portrayal of the slums may have been beautified, but the movie's point, I feel, wasn't necessarily to put you in the slums and the plot is unrealistic, sure, but that doesn't make it bad. The direction from Danny Boyle was marvelous, you felt that you were there watching the whole thing. The acting wasn't necessarily the best part of the movie, but the children from the slums were infact good actors for never acting (or probably even watching a movie) in their lives. Dev Patel and Freida Pinto gave rather satisfactory results for having little to no career before the movie either.
Sure, their were flaws, but this was the first Oscar winning movie to me that was all around good and had many elements to it other than just drama.
Acting: 7.5/10
Directing: 8.5/10
Story: 9/10
Overall: 9/10
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