Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire,a movie that just won 8 oscars from Academy Awards.It is a great movie,
go watch it if you have not because you won't regret it.It is based on a story from a book
Q&A(novel) by Vikas Swarup,it tells the story about a poor young waiter who becomes the
biggest quiz-show winner in history in India.Mumbai is where the shooting locate at,and i
finally know what kind of life they have there,no schools, no place to shower,living with
rubbish around the area.Even India has known as a poor country too,but in this movie,you
will see India still has one of the famous historical building in this world and it is
worth to be seen,it calls Taj Mahal,locate at Agra,India.The construction of this marble
masterpiece is credited to the mughal emperor shah Jahan who erected this mausoleum in
the memory of his beloved wife,populary known as Mumtaz Mahal because her last wish to her
husband was "to build a tomb in her memory such as the world had never seen before".

Jamal,as a former street child from Dharavi slums is a contestant on the Indian version
of Who Wants to be a Millionaire.He has made it to the final question but the police
are now accusing him of cheating that he has a vast knowledge as a slum,while he is very
lucky because all the answer are from things that happened in his life even until the final
question.Jamal has a brother,Malik,and how they have such a different kind of thought.Malik
always think that money is everything that finally brought him into gangsters world
while Jamal still have a heart to love and care with others,and how he never forget his
promise to the girl he loves,Latika,no matter where they had took her away,he will always
try to find her back.That is actually his reason to participate in that quiz-show,because
he knows Latika like to watch that show and he hope she will see him on TV.his wish
fulfilled.It is amazing when i see how they are trying to keep alive with any possibility
they have at that time and fight for their life.

In the end,The final question for Jamal is about The Three Musketeers which was his
favourite book from his short period in school.He was laughing eventhough he did not know
the answer but he choosed the right answer and he won the 20 million Rupees.He finally
realized that it is written as in destiny.I believe in destiny too.

I give two tumbs up for the director of this movie for all the great picture and scenes
that have been taken and so do the music.

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