Nothing new or original in this movie - we've seen it all before; almost every plot development could be predicted in advance by the viewer.

And if it were supposed to be a fantasy movie, perhaps it shouldn't be set so clearly in a 'real' American city, because then one expects real world type logic to be applied to situations. Just too many absurdities and major plot holes that detract from the movie. And the characters did nothing surprising or unexpected. The excellent Michael Shannon was wasted, IMHO. Yup he's the villain of the film; and we're constantly reminded he's the villain due to his unrelenting stream of, yes, villany. lol Many times I was left wincing at the obvious stupidity and illogic of many of the situations.

I was just amazed to see how many Oscar nominations this received; it's an ok movie (I would never RE-watch it), but nothing revolutionary or a milestone in film making, which one would think it was based on the love lavished upon it by the Academy.