Cheesy Ending was A Great LetDown to its Unconventional Perfection

Rating: 7/10 (24 November 2012)

just when i thought 2008 is lacking good movies, i didn't expect a movie of this calibre to come out. I understand why it wins all the categories in all of critic awards. The key -- A one-of-a-kind originality and level of raw detail unlike anything i have seen in my life. Boyle manages to make this movie so unconventional, via many award-winning aspects from the script (well done making a good story linking to the game who wants to be millionaire?) , screenplay, background detail, soundtrack etc. (camera-angle is very different to other movies, music score refreshing and unique, very intrinsic detail on India's poverty, though i doubt some parts of its accuracy. No matter how good other movies can be, they all have to bow hands down to slumdog's raw, unconventional power for these award categories.
The style in this movie makes me wonder if this should be classified as a British film -- so unlike one. It may be like a documentary too...so like one. Again, the marvel of its unconventionality.
However, there are flaws in this film as well, though i think these flaws somehow also make up to its unconventional features. Don't expect top-class acting here...besides the slum kids' performance (I heard that they are actually real slum kids getting paid to act), the rest are like what u expect in a low-class soap opera. Certainly the director fail to master all the details about India, especially towards the second half of the movie.
The adult actors do not connect well with their past childhood characters, e.g. I don't believe the adult Jamal-version when he has been living an active, attentive and dangerous slum life throughout where survival with lots of guts and wits is a constant routine. I expect him to be more angry and street-wise, shown when he was in his teen stages.
And note that the adult actors are too good -looking. Speaking of that, the teenagers jamal and Kamil are too clean to look like slum kids.
Certainly it deserves to win whatever it won, but i have to say it is far from being the best movie of 2008. Apart from all that, the storyline is filled with many clichéd elements ,especially the disappointing cheesy ending, it might be more memorable if it based on something much larger and deeper than just a love story. Or if the director avoids the clichéd parts (he has already successfully win the hearts of millions with his unconventional work, so why does he resolve to that kind of ending?? how disappointing is that?). If u think about it, it is just an upgraded version of a typical bollywood style movie.