slumdog review by ignorant.

i need to know if i missed any point while watching slumdog millioniare. For an ignorant soul like me, its quite possible.
Whats so special about the movie. A good movie, nice premise of corelating facts about indian life with millioniare show. These type of corelation has been done umpteenth time in novels, movies (though with different events etc) , can provide you with list starting with Midnight children, rang de basanti, waiting for Godot, many many more.. Selected each form novel, movie , drama.
camera work, visuals are excellent. Acting is ordinary (anil kapoor impresses only in one shot), dev patel is horrible, irfan khan is nothing special. Music: A R Rehman has done better work for sure many many times. Direction is good. Story has a flaw of being unrealistic in the Qs and As association with past life. Ofcourse one can give artistic freedom to author of novel but not convincing in cinema which is a different medium. Its about story telling necessarily and metaphors add to the value but cannot be movie itself. Though experts can disagree..
and one line about depicting poverty in India. I feel thats beyond a point. There is a reality which needs to be addressed. To credit of film it remains unjudgemental in not singling out india for that. It also shows call centers, cosntruction economy. Justs points out paradox. Its not about western perception of india. there are ills in every society and i believe many film makers have tried to capture thoses throughout history of cinema.
and about hype around the film: I think i have missed the point. or its a plain commercial gimmick very succcessfully done.