Friday, January 23, 2009

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire

Just a few days more before the Annual Academy Awards or the Oscars as they are more commonly known.

The 2 major contenders being the Brad Pitt - Cate Blanchett Starr er - The Curious case of Benjamin Button a story of a man who is born old and grows into this childhood. The movie had a impact simply by sheer virtue of a tight script, brilliant acting by the leads and the cameos.. Life is after all influenced by the way we view things . We meet people and all of them have a impact on our lifes.Some we may like some we may not but they none the less influence us. We walk , we stumble and we pick our selves up again. Mind over matter as they say.

The other movie which is making rave reviews , Time magazine has gone so far as to bill it among the top 10 movies.

The story of a boy growing up in the Slums of Juhu a suburb in Mumbai who wins the competition on Television in a programme " Who wants to be a Millionaire " or KBC as it is known in India. The story spans the levels of questions asked on the show and each answer connects to a emotional tale as he grows . The people he meets , the people he loses to reach where he has reached .

He makes no apology for being a guy who serves tea and picking up knowledge in the bargain. Anybody who lives by their wits will see the Jamal in themselves. Survival is afterall the only motto.



The last line in the movie says it all : It is destiny.

May the best man/Movie win .

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