I'd heard nothing but good things about this movie. But it didn't impress me. The set-up is excellent, and the film introduces a coterie of interesting characters (and character dynamics). This and the first appearance of a vampire really draws you into the story, and promises an impressive second act.

But the film just loses steam once we're at the juke joint. I

That's pretty much how I felt. Whatever unique elements it introduced go by the wayside and it turns into a boring vampire bloodbath. I was more into the period and the music component of it, which sadly is mostly unrealized in terms of its potential.

I mean, it's great to see an "original" movie -- that really isn't -- do well in this day and age, but it's not a great movie much less "Oscar worthy". People utterly overpraising what it is.