Unimpressed by the story

Rating: 4/10 (5 January 2020)

I was surprised to see the high ratings for this movie, in comparison to my own view on it. I am one of those who found this movie unexceptionally boring, and even almost felt like it was missing the plot. And no, I did not expect an action movie or huge thrills, I just wanted a story or a morale, and this extremely slow paced movie did nor really give me that. I've seen other reviews state that the lack of 'events' reflect the main characters life, which probably is true. But however cool the thought is, I'd rather watch a story that drags me into a world, rather than one where I can hardly focus on it.
On top of that the written plot describes a 'mentally unstable' person, and then he goes on getting his hands on a lot of guns, and you expect - or maybe I just hoped - that here was a smart way to introduce a morale to the story that encourages gun control in the U.S. But in the end Travis goes out, almost attempts to shoot a senator, runs away, and instead shoots a lot of "gangsters" and is proclaimed hero. A mentally unstable person, who has stalker tendencies, anger issues and a twisted sense of judgment end up being prised for a shooting massacre, and he didnt even have registered guns... Is that really a story worth telling?