Good but Overrated !!

Rating: 7/10 (7 December 2014)

I have no intentions of watching this movie not because it's a Nolan film. I enjoyed his Inception and think his movies are much intelligent than most other Hollywood movies which are mostly predictable or cliché in every department. After I watched this thriller, I decided to give it a miss until a new friend insisted I must watch and claimed it is a very special movie, and so I watch it just to see how reliable is my new friend. It's not up to my expectations. OK, the script is intelligent but that can be read from a book. A movie is everything visual and sound. Other than a few nice scenes and overall nice music, there is nothing much else. It doesn't give one the impact and surprise which Kubrick's 2001 did. This movie will not win anything from international film competitions. A score of 7 to 8 is reasonable. My conclusion is it is good by Hollywood standard but 8.9 here ? There isn't enough more room for a better movie then. Do IMDb members tend to rate new movies higher or mostly fanbois here ? Or maybe Hollywood moviegoers have better taste now so they think tthis is already so good ? Hopefully, this will be a good sign.