By Marco Abonandi
Slum dog millionaire is a modern day fairytale. A lad from the slums of Mumbai, (Dev Patel), is given his lucky break, makes it big and finds his true love. A definite Hollywood touch about it, which is why it has probably been so accepted across the pond.
With all the publicity that surrounded this film I expected to be disappointed. When I came out of the cinema I was a little surprised. To a certain extent you can see what all the fuss was about, but I'm not sure I agree with it doing so well as it has with its award collection.
Credit where it's due, Danny Boyle does an excellent job with this film and duly deserves his best directors Oscar. The plot is a little far fetched, but saying that, it is clever and enticing. The passion, life and vibrancy of India really can be felt and is brought to life through the cinematography. I feel If the film was set in a another country, Slum dog wouldn't of worked so well. It's in it's location that makes this film. With this in mind, along with great performances by most of the cast, everything seems naturally fall into place.It is a great film, but then again it's one of those you only really want to watch once or twice. I don't think ill be rushing out to buy it when it comes out on DVD, but definitely worth the watch.
With all the publicity that surrounded this film I expected to be disappointed. When I came out of the cinema I was a little surprised. To a certain extent you can see what all the fuss was about, but I'm not sure I agree with it doing so well as it has with its award collection.
Credit where it's due, Danny Boyle does an excellent job with this film and duly deserves his best directors Oscar. The plot is a little far fetched, but saying that, it is clever and enticing. The passion, life and vibrancy of India really can be felt and is brought to life through the cinematography. I feel If the film was set in a another country, Slum dog wouldn't of worked so well. It's in it's location that makes this film. With this in mind, along with great performances by most of the cast, everything seems naturally fall into place.It is a great film, but then again it's one of those you only really want to watch once or twice. I don't think ill be rushing out to buy it when it comes out on DVD, but definitely worth the watch.
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