Slumdog Millionaire

Just watched this movie and I totally understand why this movie is picking up all the awards right now. The concept for the movie is amazing, and the way the director pieced together the Indian culture with the English acting was perfect. I especially enjoyed the child actors in this movie and how they portrayed the Indian childhood in the slums. I'm also amazed at how the actor Dev Patel (who portrayed the main character Jamal) presented his character as a true underdog hero. I definitely enjoyed this movie.

There is something I picked up from this movie that gave me an interesting thought. In one scene, the police investigator questioned Jamal about how come he revealed about his childhood crimes. The response from Jamal was that he answers questions as it is. If it is the truth about his past childhood, it is what it is. This is something that got my attention because of the straightforward truth that is presented. Jamal really gives his honest answers for every question he gets asked. This is funny because I was making sermon notes today and I was listening to Kingdom Ethics #6 (The Covenants of the Kingdom) again and one theme from this sermon by Pastor Tim was about being truthful and honest. One quote from Pastor Tim was that: "Being believed has to do with being truthful in everything that you do and in everything that you say". This quote directly describes Jamal. The only reason Jamal got out of custody was because he was truthful about everything, and that made him believable. I think this is something we all struggle just because we just can't seem to be truthful about everything or else something will happen to us that we wouldn't want to happen. I believe we all need to be honest and truthful about everything, or else our believability is nothing. This is definitely something I can work on because I feel I'm sometimes not honest enough to people. It's hard, but I do think I can significantly grow spiritually on this.