As Oscar week draws to a close, and we are bombarded with reports of who is wearing whom and who plans to show or not show, I find myself this year more interested in whether or not my favorite movie for the year so far, "Slumdog Millionaire" will at least take home one of the ten Oscar's for which it was nominated. I sincerely hope it gets the coveted movie of the year award, in my mind it should be. If you have not seen it, you should!

I love movies, just like most other people, but I am never pressed or feel the need to see a movie so bad that I have to be right there for the opening weekend, I can wait, really I can. (well with the exception of SATC:Carried Away, the one and only time I went to see a movie on its opening night) Anyway, a friend of mine over the Christmas holidays suggested that we go to the movies and suggested "Slumdog Millionaire", a movie which I had never heard about, never saw a preview and was not being shown at the mainstream theatres. I like off-the-wall things and experiences and have adopted the motto, "don't knock it till you've tried it" so I was game to go see the movie, way out in Novi...

I went, I saw, and I loved it... And apparently movie critics did too. As a result, it won the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture and is now poised as an "underdog" (no pun intended, well maybe just a little) to win the gold man for Best Movie. I am not sure who has or has not seen the movie, but the poignant tale of lost love and overcoming evil with good as most Hollywood and now Bollywood movies are prone to set their theme on, is timeless and yet relevant. Growing up on an island where at the time 46% of the population was from India, I could relate to a lot of the scenes as well as the characters in the movie, and had to admit to my friends who I was with that I too had the biggest crush on India's most famous of movie stars, Amitab Bachan, lol... I truly did... He was hott in a very Hinduish sort of way... Mother Lakshmi please forgive me...


A couple weeks ago I had an incident with a customer service representative from Spirit Airlines, who after further inquiry confirmed for me that indeed he was based in India, and my mind went immediately to the movie and I could not help but lol... I had been double charged for a booking I had made and was trying to rectify the mistake on the part of the airline, which had also waylaid my account...Anyway the young man told me there was nothing he could do about it at the moment, and upon asking to speak with his supervisor, he promptly told me, "Ma'am I do not have a supervisor"..."Really you don't have a Supervisor" I said. And as natural as ever the next thing that came out of my mouth was, "You must think I don't know any better, I saw "Slumdog Millionaire", so I know you have got to have a supervisor". Needless to say, Supervisor Ethan Spears (I still don't believe that was his real name) came to the phone and assured me that my funds would be back in my account in 7-10 business days. It took more like 14, but I did get it...

Anyway without giving away the movie, I would implore you to go see the movie before the Oscars and see for yourself what a great movie that it truly is and hopefully you will have enjoyed it as much as I did.

See ya on the red carpet...

Soapy Bubbles