+1. You phrased a lot of exactly how I feel about AngularJS. I went through the React tutorial in order to compare the resulting code to AngularJS side by side. I'm holding back my thoughts until I have a chance to learn more about it, but in the mean time, a comparison of the code required to make the same app is a good start.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5790799