Slumdog

I watched Slumdog Millionaire last night and I have to say I was skeptical whether it would be as good as Milk, the Wrestler, or even Ben Button. I mean, if the boys at Totally Rad Show were underwhelmed it must be underwhelming. I love TRS but they were wrong. To me, this sticks out as movie of the year without any problem. I know that is easy to say with 2/3 of the awards already given out and 2/3 of the pictures of the year going to SM but I was the guy watching it going "Pfft, it can't be better than Milk" and "Its all politics, who gets the film of the year." Turns out the best film of the year is getting the film of the year awards.
Danny Boyle directed this Cinderella story beautifully. We are thrown into the slums of India the same way we were thrown into Tatooine in Star Wars. No preface of what we are seeing. One of the thoughts I had in the movie was that this place that I am watching was connecting with me the same places that the settings of Firefly (remember Jayne's Town?) were connecting. Only one real big difference. The slums of India exist and are pretty well preserved in this movie.