Last night I went to the movie theater and watched Slumdog Millionare. Now, I am not usually very excited about watching movies that win a lot of awards because they are usually over-hyped and not as good as people think they are, but this movie was amazing. It was easily the best movie I have seen in years, both because of the storyline and because of all of the visual parts of the movie and filmic devices. I am not even sure what to write about because there are so many great things!
The most noticeably amazing thing about the movie was the storyline! If you haven’t got to watch the trailer that Liz posted on April 1st, watch it and then go see the movie. It is the story of a young man named Jamal, who is a contestant on the Indian version of “Who wants to be a Millionaire.” Jamal is able to win the equivalent of being a millionaire, but the story takes the viewer through how he was able to answer every question correctly during a time of accusation after being arrested for cheating the night the show aired.
The filmic device that was most noticeable and important to the film in my opinion was the use of flashbacks throughout the movie. They connected each question from the television show to a flashback from Jamal’s life. There was also a repeated scene throughout the movie that depicted Latika, Jamal’s love, standing in front of a moving train in a train station wearing an orange shirt. Throughout the whole movie, I thought that once he found her in that orange shirt in the train station that they would live “happily ever after”; however, that moment came and went in more turmoil for Jamal and Latika. Overall, the quality and care in which this film was made is something that I don’t think I have seen in a long time, if ever before, and it definitely ranks in my top five favorite movies I have ever seen. The story is beautiful, the visuals are stunning, and the care in which the film was shot was immaculate! Two thumbs way way up!!!!
~Kahle
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