Not as good as I was expecting but still enjoyable

Rating: 7/10 (27 November 2012)

Saw this movie a couple of days ago, thought I would give it time to sink in. I was expecting a little more from this movie. I thought it fell a little short of what it was being portrayed as, but alas that's not the filmmakers fault.
First things first. The story was the strongest part of this film. Yes the movie had impressive visuals but it was the story that really pushed the film through. The ending(I wont give it away) was both confusing and satisfying. Leaving the viewer to make the decision of what they believe or not. Very Nolan like.
The acting was impressive and the writing, directing were above par.
Now onto the visuals. Here is my problem with films like this. It's almost too much visual eye candy. At times I felt the visuals got in the way of the story. They felt a little forced in my opinion. The 3D was sub-par(could have been the theater) but the film looked too dark. At times I found some shots to be lacking, after seeing amazing visuals the not so great shots looked even worse. I myself am not a big visual effects fan but the Animals were truly amazing and life like. I know this film will get all kinds of attention for it's cinematography but honestly I think the VFX shine a lot more and really aide the cinematography along.
All in all not it was a pretty great movie but not as great as it could have been.