Thought-provoking


The movie Slumdog Millionaire exposes the social cruelty in a tender way. In addition, it makes people feel that it is more like a solemn and stirring encouraging movie. It makes us feel the belief of the main character. It makes us feel that in this world, no matter how hard life is, we cannot give up our dreams.

The movie set that the main character Slumdog takes part in the program Who wants to be a millionaire, when the answer is about to come out, Police come and take him away, when the answer is about to come out, Police come and take him away because they think he is cheating. Then, in the questioning process, Jamal tells this miserable life in the past eighteen years.

During the talk, the movie truly shows the life of Indian low class people, and also reveals many social problems, such us poverty violence crimes, religion collision, extract confession by torturing of the police and lies behind variety show. The movie is going between Jamal?s memory and reality. In the mean time, at the beginning of the movie, the director builds us the character personality, making it for the development of the following story. In order to get the signature of a star, main character Jamal jumps into a cesspit, showing Jamal?s pure and instant characteristic. He will not give up easily. On the other hand, he gives a hundred dollar that earned by being beat to a blind fellow, illustrating that he is not crazy about money. This has been proved in the police. He goes to the show for Latika who is lost. Because of this consist characteristic, he will stick to his dream firmly. The most unforgettable thing of this movie might be the people living in low class. No matter for the people who join the program ?Who wants to be a millionaire? dreaming about being a millionaire, or common people who struggle for life, they all have a dream. In order to realize their own dreams, they pursue and stick to it in different ways. Even though for the people of low class, it is just a colorful bubble. Breaking will bring a lot of pain, but it will make many ordinary people?s life more colorful.

When Jamal talks about his own miserable life, he is so peaceful. However, it shocks our heart. In his talk, his belief of never giving up dreams moves everybody. Behind the peaceful talk, his desire of owning family and love and his firm pursuit moves people a lot.