Average...in every way. Disappointing...in every way.

Rating: 5/10 (23 May 2009)

I put Slumdog into the DVD player and I was psyched! Everyone was raving about how great it was and I just couldn't wait. As I watched it I was looking for the good aspects of the film, that great aspect that made it as great as it was supposed to be. Was it there? If it was I didn't find it. I found predictable, average, and no redeeming qualities.
The plot. Okay, I get it, it sucks to live in the slums. Can we skip that because I prefer not to spend hours looking at other's sucky lives. Was I supposed to be amazed they were kidnapped? Was I supposed to be shocked they spooned out their eyes so they'd make more money? I wasn't. I already knew all of that, and, quite honestly, they do that much younger and without all the voice training years. All that was was a plot stall to explain a few questions that no one would remember anyway.
The acting. What's supposed to be hard to play there? These characters had so little depth to them that if you can show happiness and sadness and a blank face you get the part. They showed all three of those emotions really well, but...I thought there were more emotions than that.
And then it was predictable. The couple ends up together. So wasn't expecting that. Despite the fact that they spent half their life not knowing each other in between childhood and ending up together they still love each other. How sweet.
So why did this win the Oscars? Because it was 'Hindi.' It wasn't. White people made it to look like they're not racist. They're not and I don't think anyone thinks they are, so stop embarrassing yourselves.