Slumbog Millionaire

One thing is for sure, don't eat popcorn, or anything else, during the first 20 minutes of this movie. After that, it should be okay.

With 10 nominations and 8 Oscar wins, this movie will no doubt stay in the history books for many more years. But, is it worthy? I'm not convinced it was the best picture of 2009, but it is certainly a very good story, very well told. The convention of telling the story, 2 stories really, in the way it's done is not new, but very clever.

No doubt many of these previously little or unknown actors will be seen more and more in movies to come. They all did an amazing job. Director Danny Boyle does this in his films. He takes humble means and makes art and miracles.

I can find only one weakness in this movie. How does the country's most popular celebrity of the moment go from being on national television in front of a audience of close to 90 million people to being alone on a train platform all on the same night?

Watch this movie with someone who will appreciate how random knowledge is acquired and used every day to accomplish the extraordinary.