Slumdog... Again

Dear dog-groupies;

So I decided to catch "Slumdog Millionaire" again. I saw it for the first time four months ago and I wasn't that impressed. I didn't even include it in my Best of 2008 list. But how could 5,000 members of the Academy be wrong? Wait a minute... They have! ("Shakespeare in Love" instead of "Saving Private Ryan", "Dance with Wolves" as opposed to "GoodFellas"... I could go on.)

Anyway. Guess what. "Slumdog" holds up pretty well. The rather underappreciated acting it's not half bad (Bollywood superstar Anil Kapoor is a hoot as the hammy host.) And Freida Pinto can't really act, but her stunning beauty keeps you staring to the screen in awe.

"Slumdog" is not the best Danny Boyle movie. "Trainspotting" is a genuine classic, and the terrific "Shallow Grave", "28 Days Later", and "Sunshine" are superior. But his Oscar victory hopefully will allow Boyle do whatever he wants. What about that sequel of "Trainspotting", "Porno"? Irvine Welsh already wrote it... Somebody has to rescue Robert Carlyle from doing "Stargate" for chrisakes.