Fantastic components, average plot

Rating: 7/10 (14 February 2017)

(Spoiler warning just in case)
Let's get this out of the way first: it was a cinematographic masterpiece, absolutely. The filming and the music and its A-List cast were superb. I cannot get over the brilliance of how attentively the film has been crafted.
But the plot was average and unfortunately a little too predictable for my liking.
Whether or not you want to say that it's just "to be enjoyed" or some kind of cynical meta commentary on Hollywood and the greater state of affairs doesn't take away from my opinion of the film's plot: that it's merely Your Average Romcom with little real substance, sprinkled with shiny stars to give the illusion of magic, tacked on with a bittersweet ending and wrapped up in aesthetic cinematography, ready for the masses to ooh and ahhh over something that's really not revolutionary.
The movie meanders between trying to please the audience and trying to comment on something greater, and the plot suffers for it.
If you want a brilliant (albeit mindless) cinematographic experience, be sure to check this out. But don't go into it thinking that its multitude of awards means that it has some kind of interesting, unique, revolutionary plot. It doesn't.
Did I enjoy the movie? Sure. Would I watch it again? Nah.