I grew tired of the endless stream of similar scenes. In the begining I looked at the details of every scene and thought about how the camera moved from shot to shot. After a while it became dull and I felt like a large majority of the scenes could be scrapped and it would make an interesting film and one that I could keep my focus on the whole time. It was like eating 20 course dinner. Three courses would be fine.
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I enjoyed it, though it tested my patience a little here and there. But I have to say, I find movies that are able to hold a shot for more than a few seconds fundamentally more interesting based only on that simple exception alone. It's nice to watch scenes that have room to "breathe." I found myself daydreaming a bit, but (usually) in a way that was connected to the visuals.
As much as I wanted the camera to pan, zoom, move, etc., I ended up also appreciating the movie's aesthetic discipline (that sounds unintentially pompous), but one lens, one perspective, (no drone shots), seemed to make it pure in a unique way.
If I had any kind of expectations going in I might have been disappointed. And it should go without saying that nobody under 10 is going to make it more than 5 minutes. But everything considered, I actually appreciate the film for some of the very same reasons it was a challenge a times to watch.