Slumdog Millionaire; Two Thumbs Up!

I had a 2 day stressed and schedule free weekend that is why I had the time to accomplish every thing that was written in my schedule plan, most specially, watching the movie Slumdog Millionaire. I heard this movie from Mo Twister, a radio DJ from a morning show in Magic 89.9 fm and was intrigued by the way he adored it.

The movie was an Indian independent movie and was depicted from the daily lives in the slum area. The story revolves around a male protagonist from the squatter’s area who manages to win the jackpot prize in a game show entitled Who Wants to be a Millionaire. Since he is just an orphan and he lacks education, his victory created a big question whether he cheated or not to win the prize. In the end, they all found out that he just got lucky and that every answer to the question thrown to him had a very significant moment in his life.

Slumdog Millionaire is a love story with lots of twist and exciting plot. Most of us can relate to this film because even if it was based in Mumbai the whole picture is similar to the common Philippine slum setting. It wasn’t boring or uber melodramatic. It’s not even shallow or too deep. I had fun watching the movie and I guess the whole world and the critics felt the same way too.

Slumdog Millionaire sweeps almost all of the major categories in the recent Academy Awards including best picture, best director best original score, best original song, best original song, best film editing, best cinematography, best sound mixing and best adapted screenplay. It’s a tight fight between Milk and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. But all in all… Slumdog peeps surely owned the night.