A Minority Opinion

Posted in Random thoughts by dave on February 4, 2009 No Comments yet

I think Kelly and I might have been the last people we know to finally see Slumdog Millionaire, at the 9:50 showing Saturday night. While most of our friends, family and co-workers occupied packed theaters shortly after the film’s 2008 debut, we shared the rows of seats with just a handful of others.

Slumdog Millionaire

Everyone we’ve discussed this film with, unwaveringly, raved about it. It was adorned with praise, we were warned that it was “heavy, but worth it”, and we were told that, “if you only go see one movie this year, Slumdog Millionaire should be the one.”

I’m still trying to figure out why… I wasn’t all that impressed with the film.

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