Slumdog Millionaire

On Sunday I saw the movie Slumdog Millionaire at London Square Cinemas in Eau Claire. I will give a bit of a summary of the movie. The story of Jamal Malik, 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, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's 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. At the heart of its storytelling lies the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love. After watching the movie I thought it was a pretty good movie. Throughout the movie there were some scenes that might make some people get a little disturbed by them, but I didn't mind watching them. I liked the fact that the questions he was asked he could answer because of what he experienced through out his life. I just think that is so neat and I wondered how that could ever happen, it just blew my mind. I would really recommend seeing this movie. I had heard this movie won many awards like I think like eight oscars! So, if you are looking for a good movie to see go see Slumdog Millionaire.