Comments on: Slumdog Millionaire: Will the Real Hero Please Stand Up? The Sequel http://www.colettebaronreid.com/blog/conversational/slumdog-millionaire-real-hero-stand-sequel/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:39:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: kdawg http://www.colettebaronreid.com/blog/conversational/slumdog-millionaire-real-hero-stand-sequel/comment-page-1/#comment-586 kdawg Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:52:08 +0000 http://www.colettebaronreid.com/blog/?p=1315#comment-586 Salim is capable of kind things, like any human. But no matter how many times he saves his brother, he cannot save himself. Salim does not live by a code of self respect, the kind that is so apparant in Jamal. Jamal holds so strong to his inner light that it illuminates others (and perhaps this is why we see moments of light in Salim). However, Salim fights so deeply with his own darkness that it often taints others and always behind his brothers back. He knows his brother is special, and in some ways he tries over and over to take on a role with Jamal as protector, but he simply cannot because deep down he is an abandoned child starving for love. As is Jamal, but for whatever reason (an act of the divine perhaps) Jamal is able to nourish his own soul, his connection to the light is pure, direct and unflappable. I too, was enamored with this film right out of the theatre. A solid reminder that the simple story of the heroes journey regenerates itself throughout time. Salim is capable of kind things, like any human. But no matter how many times he saves his brother, he cannot save himself. Salim does not live by a code of self respect, the kind that is so apparant in Jamal. Jamal holds so strong to his inner light that it illuminates others (and perhaps this is why we see moments of light in Salim).

However, Salim fights so deeply with his own darkness that it often taints others and always behind his brothers back.

He knows his brother is special, and in some ways he tries over and over to take on a role with Jamal as protector, but he simply cannot because deep down he is an abandoned child starving for love. As is Jamal, but for whatever reason (an act of the divine perhaps) Jamal is able to nourish his own soul, his connection to the light is pure, direct and unflappable.

I too, was enamored with this film right out of the theatre. A solid reminder that the simple story of the heroes journey regenerates itself throughout time.

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