Slumdog Millionaire

I saw this film a few weekends ago with two fellow art of filmers. This movie was by all means good, I don't know if I'd go so far as terrific, but it was certainly good. The one unfortunate thing about this film was that it was really really built up. I was expecting this epic, thrilling film that probably would change my life, but really, that's not what I got at all, which was okay, but all the while disappointing. What I saw was still quite appealing and wonderful, but at the same time it wasn't what I had expected which I think to some degree diminished the value of this film. The movie was really bitter sweet. There were a lot of really wonderful things happening while some of the main characters were falling into self-destruction and getting killed. I liked how some of this movie was in a foreign language while other parts of it were in English. The transitions were very random, but still the idea was pretty cool. The music in this movie was really, I don't know if I'd say fitting, but it was cool. The beats were fitting , but not so much the words all the time. Or if they were they fit in a very literal sense. There were a few songs by MIA, who is from Sri Lanka. Her voice was perfect because they were in India. I started cracking up when I heard Paper Planes by MIA. I mean it is basically a song about drugs, but for some odd reason it fit. She has a wonderful sound, so it doesn't much matter. Haha. At the end of this movie I told the people I was with that I really wanted to cry. But I didn't. I feel that when a movie evokes that kind of honest, raw emotion it is that much better. There were plenty of really sad parts in this movie, but none of them made me cry. I don't know why I want to cry so badly? I really liked the way this movie was divided into three parts: the present, the recent past, and the distant past, which also served as explanations. I don't really want to go into that much detail regarding this because it will most likely ruin the movie. But I thought this was a very interesting choice in portraying every event of this film. The words "it is written" resonated through out this movie and I find those three words to be very true and encouraging. I find myself often drawn to fate as the cause when I seek explanations for things. And I think this movie focuses a lot on that. Very interesting.