This deserves a pretty big post. Not because Slumdog Millionaire sweeped the Oscars but because all the Indians nominated actually won something! After much debate and discussion on how good the movie actually was and whether it deserved any award, there it was...
Even with all the bad acting and sluggish story-telling, the unbelievable character swings and repetitive dialogues, the Danny Boyle movie got the Academy Award. (More famous for being Harmon Oscar Nelson's backside) And boy did it win!! Winning 8 out of 9 categories it was nominated in, it is now in esteemed company. Quite surpri
sing really, considering what an ordinary movie it was.Out of all the other nominees in oh-so-many categories the ones that I actually saw were The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Dark Knight. Brad Pitt was OK in the former, while Heath Ledger should have won the Best Actor for the Joker in the latter - he was that good!
AR Rahman got his 2 awards for some mediocre work - and I am sure all of you will agree that his best work has been in Tamil cinema. It was heartening to see him getting recognized globally - the sales of his albums are in the world all-time Top 10!
The last word though goes to the 1st Malayalee to win the award! Rasool Pookkutty! He's obviously going to be overshadowed by Rahman, getting air-time on Indian channels just because he received the award before Rahman. A shame really.
So the Oscars are done and dusted! Time to (belatedly) go and download/watch all the winning movies....
So until next year!
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