I had high expectations, friends i spoke to said they would gladly see the movie again. I was excited, eager to see the movie causing so much hype,"Great Expectations" to say the least. So i finally got to see the movie last night. Would i see it again? Probably not. Did i think the hype was justified? No it was not.Its not a bad movie, its a fairy tale movie set in the slums of mumbai and if i maybe so presumptuous to say worth watching. It shows the ugly side of India, the one beneath all the growth and economic prosperity. It was a reminder of the things that i had seen first-hand,taking the harbour-line to and fro from vashi to chembur during my junior college days. I was exposed to slum life, the sights, sounds and smells albeit from behind the window of a moving train. Then why would i not see it again? I have seen movies i really enjoyed numerous times and would see them again in a heart beat, but then i did not truly enjoy the movie. I have seen indian films based on similar or maybe parallel story lines that i have enjoyed more. The sad thing is that since these movies are not made by a danny boyle, financed by fox searchlight or made in English they are unheard of. They do win awards at international film festivals, but that is the extent of it, the irony being they do not even do well in india and on the flip-side a film like slumdog because of all the hype generated will probably do much better!
So the million dollar question is:
Why is Slumdog Millionaire doing so well?
A: Its Media Hype
B: Its Luck
C: Its Danny Boyle
D: Its all of the above
I say "D" and that is my final answer!
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