It’s my first official blog of 2009 and I feel like so much has happened that I should discuss. I had a wonderful 2 week trip to Aruba, thanks for asking. I cannot even begin to write about the inaugural festivities that I watched on the tv/computer. UH-mazing. I love my new prezzie, but anyway, I digress. The topic of this here blog is my new favorite movie, Slumdog Millionaire. There has been so much hype about this movie that I felt that I had to see it only because I didn’t want to be THAT girl who didn’t see it. Can you even imagine being so bourgeois? Not I friends.
I would just like it to be known, that a). I am no movie aficionado. I am not one of those people who will line up and buy tickets weeks in advance and count down the minutes until opening day. I much prefer seeing a movie once the crowds aren’t so great and when I can watch it without some annoying viewer sitting on top of me and stealing my cup holder. b). I don’t know anything about what makes a movie really good versus it being really bad or just mediocre. I know what I like and whether it’s Rookie of the Year or in this case Slumdog Millionaire, there are no specifics other than I liked it and I didn’t fall asleep, wish I was dead, or feel the need to go to the ticket counter and demand a full refund (popcorn and soda included). I won’t spoil anything, so if you didn’t see it and would still like to, feel free to continue reading, or don’t, but know that if you don’t, you are obviously a loser.
So basically the story is about these two brothers in India. They live in, you guessed it, a slum. The younger brother is a contestant on India’s Who Wants to be a Millionaire and the movie explains how he knows the answers to the questions. The movie is really about how the brothers grow up together and the different paths that they take. That really doesn’t do it any justice, but trust me, it was soooo very good.
First and foremost, the actors who play the brothers when they were younger were the cutest little people I have ever seen in my life. I want them to move in with me. I will learn how to cook Indian dishes for them – I love these children. Second, I don’t know who the broad was in the movie, but talk about a beautiful person. Maybe she can move in too. I loved her.
Like I said I know nothing about cinema, but the colors in this movie and the way it was shot were really interesting to me. I am sure there is a word for this, I obviously don’t know it, but hot dang, I found it very enjoyable. I went through a range of emotions at the movie theater this past weekend. I laughed, cried, almost vomited, but still loved it. It is one of the very few movies I wouldn’t mind seeing again in the theater.
If you haven’t yet seen Slumdog Millionaire, do yourself a favor, peel yourself away from my very captivating blog and go to the movies. Go alone if you have to, take off early from work, do whatever you have to do because you will not be sorry.
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