Slumming it.......

With all the hype surrounding the film, Slumdog Millionaire I was forced to do some research to see exactly what it was I was missing. I polled the audience and phoned a friend to see if anyone else had seen this. The verdict was a resounding no......had anyone seen it other than the Oscar committee?

Having seen Benjamin Button, of course I wanted it to win, but knew based on the discussion that it was the year for Slumdog. After watching the Oscars last night and seeing it repeatedly win award after award (8 Oscars, to be exact) it is no surprise it received the top honor of Best Picture.
Here is the basic premise of the movie:

Slumdog Millionaire is the story of Jamal Malik (Patel), an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"

But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika (Pinto), the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show¹s questions.

Each chapter of Jamal¹s increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show¹s seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show?

When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out.

And with that I am left with no choice but to go see this mysterious feat of cinematography........Is that your final answer?