Slumdog Millionaire

[Malicious Intent]

Best film I've seen in ages.

I'm just a bit confused on a few points about the older brother:

MAJOR SPOILER AHEAD!!

There is a scene where Salim kicks Jamal out of the apartment they are staying in, pointing a gun at him. Latika agrees Jamal should go. Why does Salim kick him out and why does his love interest agree?

BIG MAJOR SPOILER - STOP NOW IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE FILM!!!

Why does Salim hole himself up in the bathroom, covered in money? Why didn't he run with Latika?

[KiwiCoromandel]

Film review: Slumdog Millionaire/By BARNEY McDONALD/Sunday Star Times

Who Wants to be a Millionaire? is the poor person's Mastermind, so it seems fitting it has translated so well into a highly enjoyable film about a young uneducated Indian pauper who wins the top prize.

read more here....

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4836853a1860.html

source:Barney Mcdonald/Sunday Star Times

image:www.sepiamutiny.com...Slumdog Millionaire....It's an original concept that affords co-directors Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan huge scope to explore life in the slums of recently bombed Mumbai, a Dickensian rags-to-riches tale of an underprivileged boy, the enduring power of love and the corrupting influence of capitalism.

[KiwiCoromandel]

Mumbai's 'slum dogs' beg the question:Why doesn't India care more for its poor?

I suppose it was inevitable: The Indian stars of Slumdog Millionaire, the wonderful film-adaptation of Vikas Swarup's novel Q and A, are to be sued by a slum-dwellers' ‘activist' who says the title offends the feelings and human rights of millions of India's poorest shanty tenants.

read more....http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/dean_nelson/blog/2009/01/25/mumbais_slum_dogs_beg_the_questionwhy_doesnt_india_care_more_for_its_poor_

source:Telegraph.co.uk

image:Telegraph.co.uk.....SlumDog Millionaire....When Slumdog Millionaire was first hailed as a triumph, the King of Bollywood, Amitabh Bachchan denounced it on his blog as an attempt to portray India as a "Third World dirty underbelly nation."