So, Slumdog Millionaire, a sweet story about a young Indian man who wins his countries' "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" and gets the girl, cleaned up at the Oscars, winning eight, including Best Picture.
The film tells the Story of Jamal through flashbacks, and is undoubtedly feelgood, and (for the first half at least) a insight into a world that isn't represented in many mainstream films. My problem is that... i thought it was ok. Fine.
While not perfect, I found The Wrestler and Milk to be better, more engaging, films, and would have been happier if either had won. Especially since the lead actors in both (Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei in the former, and Sean Penn and Josh Brolin in the latter) were so nuanced, so well played. Looking around various movie sites the review's for all three films hovered around the 4/5 star mark, and while i wouldn't disagree, i just didn't see Danny Boyle's film as the best film of 2008, and having missed the reviews the first time around when i did see it i wasn't expecting the "movie of the year". I wonder does being told repeatedly how good a film is cause you to be more extreme (either way) in your opinion? I guess that's my problem with The Slumdog win, i left and thought, "yeah that was ok...".
Anyway, I was glad Man on Wire won...
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