Whait, what?

Rating: 3/10 (12 March 2018)

Why don't I ever learn?
Never ever trust a fine cut trailer.
It's like: "Whoo, hooo! Check me out, I'm an epic film about sci-fi stuff!"
So, ofcourse I watched it and expected an epic film time.
Kind of dissapointed, the least to say.
Just for starters, the movie sets the tone quite nice.
It got that look, that tells me that I'm in for a treat.
The music and sounds feels mysterius and dark, works well with the picture.
But when the story get's going, that's when everything falls apart.
The tone, music and looks can't carry the entire movie all by it self, it needs some assistance.
But it aint getting it!
Flashbacks and epic jumps in storytelling makes up for a confusing story.
Big gaping holes, unravels before my eyes.
"Whait, what?"
There is a scene where our five female companions wake up after entering the shimmer. No one remembers anything from the last days. They can tell by their ransons that they been there for a significant time, but they don't know for sure. They got no sence of directions or when they even set up camp.
I sit there like, ok.
And then they just drop that for the rest of the film, never talk about it again.
So time works different in the shimmer... and then?
Nope, there is nothing more to it. Our female compadres walks on and remebers everything like normal and the days seems to go on without memory gaps.
These holes in the story, I don't really enjoy them.
And talking about our female gang.
Someone has to die first, like always.
And I don't know if I wasnt paying attention, or if my memory is bad.
But when the first lady get's grabbed by our mystery monster of the eavning, I actully had no clue to who actually got eaten. And I'm not talking about our crocodile Dundée moment, I'm talking about the bear Grylls moment. Who got eaten? They scream out a name, but I can't really remember who that name belonged to.
There are five female characters, and they failed to make any of them important. Could be because I zooned out from time to time, just because the film got boring. Or a case of bad writing, I don't really know.
Would be nice to actually feel something for at least one of the characters.
And the movie just clumpsy stumbels on, deeper into the shimmer. Some flashbacks thrown in from time to time, adding to the runtime but nothing added to the story. Ok, so she is a sad person who owes her husband something. Was it because she had an affair or because she painted the bedroom without approval from husband? They walk, they die, they cry and they look bored. At least one feeling they managed to make me feel also.
Time runs on and one of our bright minds suddenly understand everything and decides that she wants to embrace the event, turning into a flower? Three? Bush?
Ok, whait what?
So our "hero" is now alone.
At this point, I actually didn't care anymore. I wanted the film to end!
Looked at the timer and... MY GOD, there is actually 35 minutes left!
Wishing that the end credits were going to be 30 minutes.
Long time ago I was this bored.
To sum things up: Another review said: The film doesn't know what it wants to be. Action, sci-fi, horror or drama? What is it?
If I see past every crack in the story, every dip and turn, it's just a film without soul that don't belong anywhere.