Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire takes you through a wild journey into the heart and soul of a young man named Jamal Malik, who is a slum kind from Mubai, India who goes on the local T.V. show in hopes of finding his brother and a girl that he adores but in the end walks away a millionaire. The movie grabbed my attention from the very beginning and keep me interested all the way through to the end of the film. According to an article which states, "We learn the history of Jamal and other principal characters in flashbacks, as Jamal answers the questions on the TV show not from book knowledge, he has known, but his own life experiences." That stated right there is why I think that this movie won so many Oscars and why I enjoyed it so much. It was not like all the other films that you see which take you thorough a boys journey from birth and then leads you to where he is today. But in this case the movie director and writers used flashbacks, which are the key in helping toreveal to the viewers the real meanings behind why Jamal is such a genius. For every difficult question that he had to answer they would flashback to his childhood and go through the journey that brought him to getting that answer correct. Jamal did not have to have any sort of book knowledge the only knowledge that he needed was the experiences and hardships that he faced. That is another main reason why I enjoyed watching this movie is that it really takes you into a deeper meaning then just winning a million dollars it takes you through a boys journey and the hardships that he faced and the reward for all that was a million dollars. Even after he won that he was happy more to have found the girl that he admired then actually winning the money.



Some examples of the flashbacks into Jamal's life that help him to answer all the questions right are; his brothers having to watch their mother die in an anti-Muslim riot, gave him the answer that it was a bow and arrow. Or the the child camp that Jamal had to go to in hopes of making money they had to sing at the camp and that gave him the answer to the title of the song. Then the last example was the for the million dollar question who are the three musketeer's and he remembered form his childhood his brother talking to him in the pouring rain while they were hiding in a covered area and debating whether they should let the girl in and saying how she could be the third musketeer so he uses a life line to call him but Latika the girl that he adores answers the phone and he is so shocked to hear her voice because not only does he get the answer right but he finds the girl that he was looking for all along. The use of every flashback in this movie was like a new eye opening experience that explained every detail to why Jamal won the million dollars.



Another statement quoted from a article, " The whoosh of action and romance pulls you in, but it's the bruised characters who hold you there. Every step Jamal takes toward his final answer could get him killed." This statement right here is the focus of what the whole movie is wrapped around Jamal life is being threatened because they feel that he is cheating but in reality these were all real life experience that he went through that help to shape him into becoming so smart. I was reading an article somewhere and it said something rather interesting about what the whole movie was trying to answer. It was like the movie was one big question and each part helped to lead to the final answer. "How did he do it? A) He cheated B) He's lucky C) He's a genius D) It's written" At the end of the movie the screen goes black and all you see at the left hand corner is D)It's written." Which is what everyone was quesioning thorughout the movie and putting his life on the line for all to find out that everything was written in his mind through due to what he faced as a child. In conclusion, I really enjoyed this movie for it was one that made me think yet touched my heart. It was so hard for me to watch and witness and see all the horrible things that Jamal and his family and friends had to go through. The whole purpose for Jamal going on the show was to find his brother Salim and the girl he adores Latika and I am so happy that the movie ended with him finding her. It put a happy twist to a horrible past for Jamal.