Fed up

of hearing why Slumdog Millionaire doesn’t deserve all the accolades ‘coz it glorifies the Indian slums. Really, everywhere I see (blogs, websites, newspapers, discussion boards, friends), there are discussions on why the West is honouring this movie and it has been attributed to the fact that it showed the dark side. People are arguing about how all the other great Indian movies have been ignored by the West so far, and now since a non-Indian has made this movie it’s being talked about everywhere.
A few important points all these people are forgetting: 1. It’s an adaptation of a novel written by an Indian . 2. The movie is actually a very typical Bollywood movie with the truimph of the underdog and love being the centre point. 3. The gory aspects of the movie and the slums are a reality, it has been exisitng for a long time and it will continue to exist until the government wakes up to do something about it. 4. It’s just a movie and a terrific one at that with some great acting (by the kids especially) 5. Surely Rahman has composed better music in his earlier (and ongoing) films, so what? His music (the background score I mean) in this movie lifted the narration to another level.
I wonder sometimes why people can’t just enjoy a movie without dissecting every aspect of it? We go to the movies to be entertained (and inspired sometimes, but mostly entertained) and I think the movie did exactly that. Watch it if you haven’t!