Boyle showed what the liberal left of India have done to their country

Rating: 7/10 (3 March 2009)

The movie starts off very well, MIA/AV Rahman's O'Saya (MIA was robbed of an Oscar for this) kick starts the movie with the kids ....young Jamal in particular and the ride starts....Its an amazing beginning for this ride....Like a 747 taking off that requires maximum thrust at take off, the song "O'Saya" and its intensity was what gave the lifting thrust along with the cute kids running with equal intensity . I have never seen a movie that started with such a bang. However, it peters out soon and by the time the adult Jamal's is in the story, it becomes a cheesy film to tie the lose ends.
The good thing I liked about this was the showcasing of the slums as it is for real. The slums and the extreme poverty in India is the work of the congress party (The liberal left). they have ruled India almost 85% of the time since independence and this is what they have to show for it. China seems to have done so much better. India's liberal lefties have failed India miserably. It's time to stop India's anarchy (disguised as liberty) and get a China like government in place to clean up the mess.
Recently New Delhi Municipal did not allow new slums to be built in the city...and the left was out in full force demanding the right of poor migrants from rural areas to live wherever they want. India's left help build these slums. and then they have the audacity to point it out and tell the world..."hey look... these poor people are living in slums" while they have controlled India for the most part(government).
so at least we got to see that.
There is also this interesting thread in this story. The relationship between Jamal and his "evil" brother Salim. This was fascinating. Salim was not an one dimensional character. Salim has let down his younger brother a few times...but where it mattered, Salim came through for his brother. Jamal knew it when he tried to explain to Latika that his brother would help them. He knew his brother.
One more thing I did not care for, was the originally story (Q&A) had a pedophile Christian priest exploiting the kids. This was conveniently left out of the story and the "Hindus" killing the Muslims was introduced that was not in the original story. India is a country where you hear Islamic terrorism almost every month. This was PC at its worst.
So all in all there were some very nice parts...particularly the kids. They were amazing. I guess, its worth at least one watch for the kids performance.
There are couple of songs that you may want to download for your ipods.
1. O'Saya (MIA and A V Rahman) 2. Paper Planes (MIA)