Worth The Hype

Rating: 9/10 (16 April 2018)

So I was skeptical about seeing the film as it had high ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB but also heard that a lot of people didn't like it... it was definitely worth paying 10 bucks to see.
I am frustrated with everyone whining on here about "bad choices" made by the characters and "insufficient details" on the part of the writer. First, as in life, no one goes through life without making mistakes. Especially children. The movie does a good job of showing this phenomenon of humans making mistakes that end up being costly or important to the story in some way without being over the top or unrealistic. If no one made a mistake than the story would be boring. Also, as with most situations in life, the view from your vantage point is almost never holistic. If you knew everything about a situation when making a decision you would never have regrets. The film puts you almost directly in the seat of the characters and you see and experience the horror as they see and experience it from their vantage point. So of course they don't know exactly how many monsters are out there or even how this tragedy happened. And HINT, that is what makes this film so good. If you knew everything about the story than why would you want to see the film? The film has you guessing at every scene as to what is going on and where the story will go and I really appreciate films that do that. Definitely worth the hype.