Why am I posting something like this now? No idea, it just went through my mind, its my blog, and I don’t want to wait until the next Oscars to express my opinion !
Yeah yeah, so we all saw the Oscars. Even those of us who can’t recognize a single celebrity present there. And we all cheered when Slumdog Millionaire brought home the spoils, but did we take a moment to watch some of the movies it was up against, to understand that, as a film, it was hardly worthy of sharing such illustrious company ?
Not that I don’t appreciate Slumdog, but having recently seen The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, I can only say that it missed a few well deserved Oscars to the Indo-Brit juggernaut.
The way a man who ages backwards lives his life might only arouse mild interest in most of us, but the beauty of the film isn’t its curious protagonist, but the relationships between people and the beauty of life. At the end of the movie, its impossible to shake off the feeling that you lived through Benjamin Button’s whole life standing at his side, experiencing his joys and sorrows with him. Some great acting on Brad Pitt’s part (damn, now he can act too, apart from looking good), and the gorgeous Cate Blanchett ( is she really an elf?) as his companion really add to the feel of the movie.
The little moments, like the dude who got hit by lightning seven times, and the sheer originality of the script have taken this movie right up there in my “Best Movies Ever’ list.
So I won’t go on and on about how awesome this movie is, because it has to be seen to be appreciated. And if you don’t appreciate it, go get yourself eaten by a Polar bear !
If you have any respect for yourself as a movie watcher, watch this movie, and hopefully you’ll come to the same conclusion I did. The only Oscars Slumdog Millionaire deserved were the ones awarded to AR Rahman, and that’s for being a genius, not for making a song for the Congress to ruin!
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