Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire was one of the best movies I have seen for awhile. It was amazing and there are not very many words to describe it besides awesome, amazing, and simply incredible, which basically are all the same thing!! I loved it and will watch it until I know all the lines [it was that good!!]. It was really sad though to know that kids and people in general actually have to live in conditions[slums] like that every day right now in India. Some of the child actors who portrayed younger versions of the main characters actually were from the slums, like Rubina Ali, Azharuddin Ismail and Tanay Chheda[there are more]. What I thought was really nice was that all the kids got flown to the Oscars and then went to Disneyland the next day. Azhar and Rubina's stories are very sad though. When Azhar got back from America, he had a fever and was vomiting. His family[which basically is father and himself] is so poor, they have to sleep under a tarp because the shack that they had was in an illegal place got taken down by the local authorities. Also, when Azhar refused to take an interview with a reporter, his father slapped him. When Rubina got back, she kept on the dress that she wore to the Oscars for days after until it was stained and she has said to different reporters that she is tired of living in the slums since she got a chance to see what America is like. Also, reporters have said that there is a thin stream of sewage running in front of Rubina's house.

Both of these children come from rough backgrounds and I feel bad for them and the others who have to live in situations like these every day. The good thing is that the producers of this movie set up trust funds for the children and sent them all back to school, since their parents couldn't afford it. I think that American children should watch this movie so they can really be grateful of what they have and see how some others have nothing. Watching this movie made me a whole lot more thankful for what I have =)

Congrats to everyone who worked on Slumdog for winning those 8 Oscars!! It definitely deserved them!!