Great movie, not perfect

Rating: 8/10 (6 February 2015)

It certainly was some experience ! The way they shot the movie was just spectacular, you feel you are in the moment, keeps the pace up and the close to face camera work takes you right inside the movie. Performances, direction, cinematography were all hands down top notch no need to say anything about that, it was perfect, music was good too, I feel they maybe over did it a little, but it was very good.
There were few problems I had with the movie and therefore the 8/10. The ending first of all, if the movie ended ten minutes earlier I would have had no issues with it, though it continues and the final Emma Stone's expressions are confusing, not taking anything away from her performance though. Other thing was Edward Norton's unfinished story, they just dropped his character of, even though one might not feel it but it bothered me, because he had a very likable character. The final problem I had, or just the thing that annoyed me, was the genre. I started watching thinking it was a comedy/drama, like the genre says and they did the marketing that way. It was not a comedy, apart for three or four scenes, I didn't mind it but it annoyed a bit.
Apart from these little issues though it was an excellent experience, brilliant performances from everyone, mind blowing cinematography, and Oscar worthy direction.