We did a double header watching movies today.

We started in the early afternoon on Slumdog Millionaire. While the visual imagery of life in Mumbai was rather interesting, the story never grabbed me. The story has the typical structure of today's movies where the story jumps back and forth between two time frames. In this movie, one time frame was when the protagonist is a child and the other when he is a young adult.

I had high hopes for the movie because a couple of weeks ago I watched Sunshine, who has the same director, Danny Boyle. I just found myself fast forwarding through a number of slow bits.

While eating dinner, we watched Bride Wars, Marketa's pick. The movie was predictable, unfunny and soulless. I found myself laughing more at the supporting cast than either of the main characters. Kate Hudson was absolutely horrible. Her character didn't have one redeeming quality.

I give Slumdog Millionaire 3 out of 5 stars, mildly interesting but nothing more.

I give Bride Wars 1 out 5 stars. I would have given it no stars if I hadn't chuckled 2 or 3 times at something a supporting cast member said.