Not the greatest movie ever made

Rating: Null/10 (29 January 2016)

I had my phase of being a pretentious elitist armchair film critic but that's over now, I've grown out of it. Back then I would have given this film 10 stars and agree blindly with the snobs that this is the greatest movie ever made. But not today, today I will be honest with myself.
The story is not engaging. There have been other movies since with similar arcs that do a better job. Same with the use of the MacGuffin. Some of the acting is poor. The pacing is too slow. And before anyone says I was predisposed to hate old movies, I actually loved Casablanca.
This isn't a terrible movie by all means, it's just mediocre. I would never recommend it to any of my friends, unless the have insomnia. I just had to get this one out of the way for my bucket list.