Over-rated!

Rating: 4/10 (8 February 2007)

I cannot understand why this movie's rating is so high. I saw it in a theater, somewhat "against my will" and hated it. I kept thinking "there has to be a payoff" at the end (to compensate for how ordinary the first hour was). Instead it just got worse.
When the rat scurries along the railing, my boss (who had dragged me to the movie) said to me, "see, that makes sense, doesn't it?" My reply was that it was the only thing I'd seen in the last 30 minutes that made sense.
Are you fascinated by the lurid violence? Are only Scorsese fans going to it and voting? The only movie he's made that I liked was Cape Fear, and even that felt like a guilty pleasure.