It's a strange world...

Slumdog...really? Best film? I mean, did we all watch the same movie? Don't get me wrong. It's good film. But, better the Curious Case of Benjamin Button? I know my tastes differ from the mainstream, I know. But just when I think the mainstream cinema-intelligencia is on the right track, No Country For Old Men getting the Oscar for instance, which almost made up for Crash winning a few years before...
The Academy turns around and votes the obvious crowd pleaser as its favorite film. Am I the only person who feels the ending was flawed? No, not the ode to Bollywood dance ending. That was fine. I am talking about the last question. That whole scene just didn't work for me. In a movie that shares the idea that all of our experiences are connected like a giant tapestry that tells the story of who we are, we are supposed to believe that at the moment when we are most empty, it's ok to let Fate take over. Actually, he tells us that Random Fate will save us.
Shmuck.
Thanks. Everything in our lives is connected. Every moment has meaning if we are paying attention... except if you wanna be a millionaire, then you just randomly pick an answer as if you were picking Lotto numbers.

I hate everybody.