is Slumdog the best movie of 2009? it looks that way, the film received like all the possible Academy Awards, this was the winner, it's in the Top 250 movies on IMDb.
Surprisingly, Slumdog Millionaire
is a indie film, very low budget, unknown actors, mostly indian actors. The result is refreshing, you can learn a lot from this film, about life, about human relashionships, and you also get to see how is it to live and survive in India (not so promising actually).
During the premiere of the final cut (in the words of director Danny Boyle) at the Toronto International Film Festival, the audience gave the film an incredibly enthusiastic response, and it went on to win the People's Choice Award. Boyle, who is sometimes called a British Richard Linklater for yet again surprising the audience with such diverse subject matter, worked his magic. He transcended genres and created a truly unique and energetic picture.
The story is quite straightforward:
The tale of two brothers' lives is told to us through episodic flashbacks tied to an episode of India's "Who Wants to be a millionaire?". At first, the story introduces one of the brothers as being the subject of a very strong interrogation to find out whether he is being truthful about some knowledge that might be relevant to the game. As he answers the questions, we discover that this young man's life story might be more interesting than we originally expected.
The performances are quite good. Irrfan Khan finds the right balance between a tormentor and a quasi-father figure as the police officer. There's young Dev Patel as Jamal, playing with confidence, bringing a wonderful swagger to his role, as well as a sense of fear that we completely understand. Freida Pinto as the love interest is superb. And, of course, there are the three young ones. Perfectly cast, they actually make the film work. Their performances as Jamal, Salim and Latika are so utterly convincing that they completely draw us into the picture and make the jobs of the older actors playing them much easier.
Directed by: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
Starring: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Saurabh Shukla
IMDB rating: 8.6/10 (108,648 votes)
Genre: Crime / Drama / Romance
enjoy this fine 720p release from REFiNED in Blu-Ray quality,
Also, the Slumdog Millionaire music is brilliant, both the original score by the legendary A.R. Rahman and the excellent choices made when it comes to the pop music included in the film (though that is to be expected from a Danny Boyle film), I find the indian sounds quite interesting, at the oscars all present were quite impressed from the theme song:
Release Name: Slumdog.Millionaire.720p.BluRay.x264-REFiNED
Size: 6.56 GB
Filename: refined-slumdog-blu720p
Video Quality: x264 23.98fps 1280x544 6275kbps
Audio Quality: DTS 1509kbps
There is also a HD Trailer for Slumdog Millionaire, best 720p hidef image quality.
P.S. Somehow I found the 1 million question quite easy, I think anyone knows the answer to it, everybody read the Alexandre Dumas book, the three musketeers. But maybe in India they have different reading habbits :)
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3 Comments:
You wouldn't know the name unless you have read 'Twenty Years After'.
I didnt know that, really? I read all the Dumas books when I was little, maybe I forgot.
Thanks for letting us know, interesting.
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