Tuesday, January 27, 2009
SYNOPSIS:
The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Intrigued by Jamal's story, the jaded Police Inspector begins to wonder what a young man with no apparent desire for riches is really doing on this game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out...
REVIEW:
So actually, I really didn't know anything about this movie. I've only heard about it in the Critic's Choice Awards and Golden Globe awards. This low-budgeted almost Indie film became a blockbuster movie after receiving a lot of nominations from the said Awards.
So I got curious and watched the movie. I haven't read the synopsis or anything about it, I just trusted the reviews I've been hearing on TV and reading on the net.
And they were right. Slumdog Millionaire is one movie that really deserved to be acclaimed in the international film industry. It is simply made yet you can see the intelligence hidden behind the ordinary twist of the movie.
It showed the life of the poor people in India which I can greatly compare to the Philippine poverty. While the scenes showed the slums of Mumbai, I could imagine the squatters area in Manila. There really was no difference, except maybe for the fact that the movie shows India.
The great coincidence of the questions in the game show and Jamal's life was also very intelligently made. They had to think of questions worthy of the prize money, but of which Jamal was supposed to have answered because he encountered it as a child.
It is a story of love and survival. How hard someone would work for the love of his family, friends and a special someone.
I highly recommend you to watch this movie, you won't regret it.
The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Intrigued by Jamal's story, the jaded Police Inspector begins to wonder what a young man with no apparent desire for riches is really doing on this game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out...
REVIEW:
So actually, I really didn't know anything about this movie. I've only heard about it in the Critic's Choice Awards and Golden Globe awards. This low-budgeted almost Indie film became a blockbuster movie after receiving a lot of nominations from the said Awards.
So I got curious and watched the movie. I haven't read the synopsis or anything about it, I just trusted the reviews I've been hearing on TV and reading on the net.
And they were right. Slumdog Millionaire is one movie that really deserved to be acclaimed in the international film industry. It is simply made yet you can see the intelligence hidden behind the ordinary twist of the movie.
It showed the life of the poor people in India which I can greatly compare to the Philippine poverty. While the scenes showed the slums of Mumbai, I could imagine the squatters area in Manila. There really was no difference, except maybe for the fact that the movie shows India.
The great coincidence of the questions in the game show and Jamal's life was also very intelligently made. They had to think of questions worthy of the prize money, but of which Jamal was supposed to have answered because he encountered it as a child.
It is a story of love and survival. How hard someone would work for the love of his family, friends and a special someone.
I highly recommend you to watch this movie, you won't regret it.
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