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Already the top winner at the recent Golden Globe Awards, Slumdog Millionaire is set to strike at the hearts of other competent films in high spirits for February's Academy Awards. Slumdog Millionaire earns 10 glorious nominations, despite being second to David Fincher's 13 nominations for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
A story about how an ordinary boy, who grew up together with his elder brother in the Indian slums, pursuing relentlessly his one and only lady of dreams since childhood and eventually appearing on India's national television programme "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" in hope of gaining her attention. One final question separates Jamal from a potential prize pot of 20 million Indian rupees, the local police couldn't accept the fact that a slum boy was capable of actually achieving that and arrested him on suspicion of cheating. Jamal revealed bits and pieces of his life that explained the source of his answers to all of the questions that got him through all the way up to the riches.
Cinematography is superb, especially during the first half of the film. The opening of the film should get most of you interested in what's to come. Some of the shots were seemingly achieved via handheld cameras, which in my opinion feels rather appropriate and convincing when used in depicting the life in the slums. It doesn't feel like it was filmed under studio set-ups , very much of an authentic touch there by Danny Boyle.
Jamal's brother Salim ended up being a love-hate character to me. As much as I hated him for being such a wicked brother who appears to have evilness born in his blood, we learned towards the end that his brother did all just for the sole purpose of survival to keep Jamal safe. My favourite scene in the film is the one where Salim immersed himself in a bathtub full of rupees before he faced his imminent fate. In my opinion, maybe he just wanted to be buried under his own sin, being a religious man he is. Or maybe, he just wanted to be the real "Slumdog Millionaire".
It's very much of a "Hollywood-meets-Bollywood" film, as we experienced some Bollywood elements through its soundtrack and ending dance sequence in this British film. Speaking of which, did I forget to praise the soundtrack? It was solid and accentuated the film perfectly.
Do catch this film when it's out in the cinemas, you won't want to miss this out. It is one of the best film for 2008 in our opinion.
Kacang Puteh, anyone?
A story about how an ordinary boy, who grew up together with his elder brother in the Indian slums, pursuing relentlessly his one and only lady of dreams since childhood and eventually appearing on India's national television programme "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" in hope of gaining her attention. One final question separates Jamal from a potential prize pot of 20 million Indian rupees, the local police couldn't accept the fact that a slum boy was capable of actually achieving that and arrested him on suspicion of cheating. Jamal revealed bits and pieces of his life that explained the source of his answers to all of the questions that got him through all the way up to the riches.
Cinematography is superb, especially during the first half of the film. The opening of the film should get most of you interested in what's to come. Some of the shots were seemingly achieved via handheld cameras, which in my opinion feels rather appropriate and convincing when used in depicting the life in the slums. It doesn't feel like it was filmed under studio set-ups , very much of an authentic touch there by Danny Boyle.
Jamal's brother Salim ended up being a love-hate character to me. As much as I hated him for being such a wicked brother who appears to have evilness born in his blood, we learned towards the end that his brother did all just for the sole purpose of survival to keep Jamal safe. My favourite scene in the film is the one where Salim immersed himself in a bathtub full of rupees before he faced his imminent fate. In my opinion, maybe he just wanted to be buried under his own sin, being a religious man he is. Or maybe, he just wanted to be the real "Slumdog Millionaire".
It's very much of a "Hollywood-meets-Bollywood" film, as we experienced some Bollywood elements through its soundtrack and ending dance sequence in this British film. Speaking of which, did I forget to praise the soundtrack? It was solid and accentuated the film perfectly.
Do catch this film when it's out in the cinemas, you won't want to miss this out. It is one of the best film for 2008 in our opinion.
Kacang Puteh, anyone?
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