SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE !!!

I FINALLY watched the much talked about movie...SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE!! :D
I have to say...it is an awesome movie...a MUST watch!!! Its a movie each and every one of us should watch...it actually teaches one alot about life...it reminds us that L!FE isn’t always kind to us...
The India-set love story SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE is not all about the usual predictable love story...
The movie is basically about the life of Jamal Malik (Dev Patel), the cute protagonist [wink!!] hehehe...a Muslim boy born and raised in the slums of Mumbai...
Fate is the main idea playing out in the film...When the film opens, we are given a question, typical of one found on the popular game show:
Jamal Malik is one question away from winning 20 million rupees. How did he do it?

A. He cheated

B. He’s lucky

C. He’s a genius

D. It is written

The acting, from top to bottom is spectacular...There are three different people playing Jamal, Salim and Latika throughout the movie and all are great... All three young actors who play Jamal are at the top of their game, which is astonishing since the oldest (Dev Patel) is only eighteen... Freida Pinto, who plays the elder version of Latika is radiant and a beauty to behold... There is a sadness in her eyes that makes Latika such a wonderful character... Perennial Bollywood star Anil Kapoor gives the game show host just the right amount of slimy seediness... Finally, Irrfan Khan plays the police inspector as someone you realize you can trust, not the stereotypical police thug he could have been passed off as... It is another case where the characters that are most interesting, from the police inspector to the kids all the way to the game show host, are not good or bad guys... They are all individuals tinted in shades of gray... The movie ends with a giant Bollywood styled dance number that allows the audience to leave the theater with a smile on their faces... :0) By this time, Slumdog Millionaire has accomplished something rare in Hollywood today... It takes a culture in India and shows us the lowest of lows in the slums of Mumbai to the highest of highs at the Taj Mahal but never loses focus... The film scans the gamut of almost eleven years, but never seems to be taking in too much... Much of the plot rests in the hands of children, but all are up to the challenge and none disappoint... The film tethers near the melodramatic but never steps over the line... The script is a story of a young man’s life and the film breaks its pace at points as it jumps through time, but it never bores and rarely seems to drag on... I think Slumdog Millionaire is one of the best films you will see from 2008, and with the awards recognition it is beginning to get a wider release... You would do yourself a favor by setting out to find this film. Only the hardest of hearts will leave disappointed...
This movie is definitely a movie I’ll be watching again...hehehe... :p