Worthy of Best Picture...

Rating: 9/10 (25 February 2009)

Before watching this, I was thinking I wasn't going to like it that much, I am usually not a fan of the movie that is hands down favorite to win Best Picture because I am not impressed with the Academy and what they think is a Best Picture. An in a year where the two highest reviewed movies didn't even get nominated (Wall-E and The Dark Knight), I was really wary of Slumdog Millionaire.
After watching this, I felt myself wanting to watch it again for a couple of reasons. I needed to see some of the things I missed, like some of the different interactions with Salim and Jamal, and how they in my opinion, hated one another, but couldn't stand to see something bad happen to the other, and that they needed each other to stay alive, especially when they were young.
This is a great film, with a great cast of unknowns, great film direction, Danny Boyle really surprised me in this, having only seen 28 Days Later and Sunshine from him before, I didn't think he had it in him to create such a beautiful piece of art. Above everything else, it was the film's score and soundtrack that really blew me away. A R Rahman, in my opinion, has put out on the top 10 film scores of all time, with songs like "O.. Saya" and "Jai Ho", and even "Liquid Dance" gave it a Asian Metropolitan feel to it, everything fit, even on down to my personal favorite, but not created for the movie, "Aaj Ki Raat".
I definitely recommend this movie for anyone who hasn't seen it, or is just thinking about it just because it won Best Picture.
9/10