Slumdog Millionaire - The Movie
On Alex's recommendation, i went to watch the movie, Slumdog Millionaire. I think the movie deserves the Oscar Awards it had won.
I also happened to chance upon Max and his friends, Mindy and Jeremiah at the cinema. I agree with Mindy's view that the movie depicts well on the rich societal culture in India. What I had learnt from this movie, is more than just the plot. It's about what the lead actor, Jamal Malik, protray in the movie.
The movie attempted to summarise the life of Jamal, a "slumpdog" in India. The term slumpdog is used to describe the lowest life form of a human in India, the lowest of the castes in the country. The process showed how Jamal, a honest and pure thinking guy, rose to millionaire status via the TV Show, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
The most memorable part of the movie, was the scene where the junior Jamal, while doing his "business" in a public open air toilet, saw the helicopter of his favourite movie actor flew past and was about to land in his vicinity. Jamal love this actor so much and wanted his autograph on the photo he had in his hand. At this point in time, Jamal was locked in the toilet by his elder brother as Jamal earlier caused his brother to lost a chance to earn some quick cash by occupying the toilet. Jamal, driven by his love and passion for his favourite actor, overcome this obstacle (locked door), by jumping into the shit hole below the toilet, in order to get out of the toilet and rushed towards his favourite actor's landing site.
Without much thinking needed, it's not hard to visualise, the state that Jamal was in, when he emerged from the pool of shit. Yes, literally pool of shit. As he rushed towards his favourite actor, nothing and no one can stop him in his path. Because he was too smelly!!! :-O
I was so inspired by Jamal's passion, that helps him persevere against all odds, helping him to achieve his goal (of getting his favourite actor's autograph). Of course, there are much more lessons to be learnt, from the life of a slumpdog. You will have catch the movie to experience it all with Jamal.
An Indian movie not to be missed. ;-)
Cheers!
Leroy
"When I Stop Learning, I Stop Living."
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ReplyDeleteSorry "Webmaster", you are? ;-)
ReplyDeletepersonally, i thought that it was over-hyped. i mean, 8 Oscars? come on.
ReplyDeletethe only reason why the Americans were going goo-goo-gaa-gaa over it, was simply because of their ignorance about culture other than their own. pick up a book once in awhile or speak with your Indian friends/colleagues and you will get a rough picture of how turbulent it can be around those parts.
of course, granted that the the underlying concepts that were shared by the show is good, and it is really a relatively excellent movie with rich portrayals of a curious culture outside of our own; i just felt that it didn't deserve EIGHT freaking Oscars when going up against another brilliant film like curious case of benjamin button.
Hi Roy,
ReplyDeleteAgree with you that Benjamin Button is another great show!! :-D
Thanks for sharing your opinions. :-)
Webmaster? Haha..It's me Alex. You know, you could include an affiliate link to let your visitors buy the movie on amazon while you get a referal fee. (tip there)
ReplyDelete...and i agree with yo wholeheartedly that the best scene was the one with the pool of shit.
ReplyDeleteHahaha... ok ok ... Webmaster Alex. I am not sure if affiliate marketing works well...
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