I'm a big fan of Danny Boyle's films from Trainspotting on and especially his sci-fi stuff like "28 Days Later" and "Sunshine." But that's not necessarily the reason I think that Slumdog won. If anything Slumdog sends a big message to Hollywood. The reason Slum Dog Millionaire won was because it was an ORIGINAL film. It was NOT some contrived movie engineered and designed by Hollywood to lure the lemmings to the local multiplex on the weekend.
Hollywood, we are tired of your crap. The no talent bean counters of Hollywood herd the film production crews to make dumb films often a far departure from the original concept just to pad their bottom line. There's nothing wrong with making money and Slumdog will make a bundle. But I would be the producers weren't hounded by the studio to "change this" and "do that." And Boyle having a track record probably could blow them off if they did. I also think about the independent film "Frozen River" which was up for two awards, best original screenplay and best actress. It is AMAZING it got that far but it too is an ORIGINAL and great film. Rent it as it is available now on DVD and Blu-Ray. I don't watch the Oscars. I can't stand the pompous pseudo aristocratic atmosphere of it. If the Oscars want any kind of audience maybe they ought to just make it a comedy show and spoof the whole thing. But that would lose the audience who faithfully tunes in the show yearly: those women who religiously read those "star"gossip rags you find at the grocery checkout.
