"In life, I've learned when you seek for the thing that's right, you sometimes get what you bargained for and more."
Reflecting
Today, I'm with a friend and I want to see and share a movie that I know will speak to me.
Understanding
I want to learn from different cultures and from others who are less fortunate.
Negotiating
Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire touched my heart in more ways that I can count. The movie touched me in so many ways that I was twisted and torn. Yes, I was deeply moved by the amazing love story of an indigent, ill educated and illiterate boy who wins the big jackpot and the love of his life -- it was inspiring and uplifting. But I was saddened by the poverty and hopelessness that was so prevalent in the Mumbai slums. This is real life conditions in many places around the world: India, Colombia, China, Vietnam -- and a movie like this does only so much to educate the world of people's plights.
Another part of the movie I found ingenious was how Jamal knows the answers to "Who Wants to be a Millionaire." Certain things have happened to him in his life and the game show just happens to ask questions about those specific things.
And the real reason he is on the show is to get in touch with the girl that he loves but has lost. Jamal is not even there to win the prize money. He just wants to win his girl. In the end, he wins both.
"In life, I've learned when you seek for the thing that's right, you sometimes get what you bargained for and more."
Inspiring
Slumdog is inspiring because like Jamal, it is an unlikely candidate for this grass-roots story taken in the slums of Mumbai to win best picture. I truly believe this movie can win.
I was truly touched, inspired, and at times in tears.
Navigating
Today, I'm a winner because I learned nuggets of truth from the amazing, life-affirming story of a illiterate boy from the slums of Mumbai who wouldn't give up on his quest for love
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