Slumdog Again?!

Yep -- last night the Screen Actors Guild Award for best picture went to SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE!  Definitely the little fish in the big pond that swims faster, and the little engine that could and did.  

What was real?  When the cast received the award for best ensemble cast in a feature, the speakers from the group thanked the children who set the whole tone of the entire film.  Casting was above par and I do agree that the children involved made this story the more beautiful to watch.  Look them up on IMDB.

Read my December 23, 2008 entry review as posted --

"...What can a slumdog possibly know?"

More than an A+.  My whole-hearted belief -- "Slumdog Millionaire" is the epitome of how to write a great screenplay as taught by the well known Writer's Boot Camp.  All the elements are put on the page and brought together with brilliant creativity that this film is sure to win many awards.

With all the news coming out of India about the Hindu extremist gangs and lack of police control in this over populated area of the world, Slumdog Millionaire invites us into the ugly streets of this dismal place with the only beauty found in the vibrant characters who survive daily there.  Simon Beaufoy adapts a magnificent tale from the novel by Vikas Swarup - more than likely exquisitely detailed, as I have yet to read it - and places us directly into the dung heaps of a former India, and over a span of approximately 10-12 years as we follow the life of "slumdog" Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) as he goes from child to young adult - from rags to riches.  With the real riches being to finally re-unite with the love he feels he is destined to be with.

Bollywood takes the helm with this one.  A tent pole I must say.  More theaters need to pull it into there house as it will, without a doubt, bring in the ticket sales.  A MUST SEE!

Since the posting of this review Slumdog Millionaire has earned over $55.9 at the box office, has brought in a lot of hardware, and has been placed in more movie houses.  Thinking that this review is on the money!!  Guess what?  I wrote it!  Cool.

Ciao Y'all!

Movie poster courtesy of IMDB.com