Not the masterpiece it has claimed to be, but still an enjoyable watch

Rating: 7/10 (17 June 2012)

The film is good. Defiantly not 8.0 or as good as everybody says but still enjoyable. There are a few plot holes and inconsistencies but I still enjoyed watching it. As I said before it had a few plot holes and inconsistencies it was also riddled with very obvious dialog and scenarios which doesn't really make it a masterpiece as everyone is calling it.
I don't normally like Ryan Gosling but he was good in this, and he suited the character, although the character didn't really have much depth I still enjoyed watching his life as it went up and down and spiraled out of control. The character just felt flat, he felt lazily written. And with a film like this you need to connect to the character, much like Taxi Driver and A Clockwork Orange.
Overall, I enjoyed it and I would recommend it. But the praise is undeserved and it is overrated. Although, as I said, it is a nice little watch if you have 100 minutes or so to spare.