Maybe you should stop capitalizing words as you've done in the above post and in the quote I was referring to. It causes you to appear as if you're taking this a little too seriously and it doesn't assist you at all in making your point. A commercial piece of entertainment that pleases it's audience is not instantly a great art piece of art.
Maybe you should stop instructing people who make six-figures largely based upon the quality of their writing how to write in an informal setting.
Especially when you, as my self-appointed writing instructor, don't seem to know the distinction between "its" and "it's."
Back on topic, I do see your point about Slumdog not being especially "deep" or "thought provoking."
I was, however (and apparently, so were countless others), so drawn in by the acting, the history, the cinematography, the format, the nostalgia (of growing up and acting ridiculously) and YES, the love story.
No, it didn't make me THINK as much as The Usual Suspects (another of my all-time faves) did, but The Usual Suspects didn't move me to tears, either.
So, I'll restate:
Slumdog Millionaire:
(a) made me laugh A LOT; AND
(b) moved me emotionally A LOT (several times to tears); AND
(c) made me think A GOOD BIT (although admittedly NOT quite as much as some other great movies).
A piece of art does NOT have to do absolutely everything imaginable in order for some people to reasonably call it great.
If you personally weren't moved sufficiently by it and/or found it formulaic, I respect your opinion; I thought that
Forrest Gump was monumentally overrated, and the fact that it defeated BOTH Shawshank and Pulp Fiction is one of the greatest travesties of justice in the history of the Academy Awards.
I think I understand your critique of Slumdog, and why YOU don't personally find it to rise to the level of "GREAT."
But, alas, as we all know, art is subjective, and many many many well-respected movie-reviewers and movie-enthusiasts would happen to disagree with you on this one, just as many idiots

disagreed with ME on "Stupid Is As Stupid Does."
Peace On You,
LL