A little underwhelming, but still a pretty good film

Rating: 8/10 (19 November 2014)

couldn't help but feel a little underwhelmed when watching this movie, i'm not sure if my expectations were too high or what (I've seen a lot of high praise/ 'movie of the year' comments). but regardless, this movie is still a really solid film.
First of all this movie is for the most part carried by Gyllenhaal's performance/character. This is arguably one of his best performance to date (up there with Zodiac and Prisoners). Gyllenhaal/Louis is for sure the best quality of the movie. The pace of the film was good, cinematography was good and couldn't help but think of Grand Theft Auto 5 from some of the scenes that showoff the LA scenery. The concept of the story, at its roots is pretty interesting but as far as entertainment goes, i feel thats where it gets underwhelming for me personally. As far as the other characters go in the film. Didn't really care for them at all, but that's probably intentional on the directors part, since this movie revolves heavily around Louis Bloom.