Maybe I just don't know what good is anymore

Rating: 5/10 (24 January 2008)

This movie is very highly rated here at IMDb, so I guess I'm just out of the loop. Listen I'm not labeling the movie as "bad" I'm just acknowledging the fact I personally no longer am on board with what most voters here at IMDb think. The numbers here indicate that most people enjoyed this movie and found it refreshing. I didn't dislike the movie but I would not rate it highly, something like a 5.
I think it was directed well, and by that I mean, they set out with an objective and it was executed probably exactly like the blueprint they had. But the problem was the blueprint i.e., the script. That first 20 minutes of setup was so typical. This guy wrote Felicity and it felt like Felicity. Like any one of those WB, then UPN, then CW shows. It had all that typical "young people" dialog that's a staple of Hollywood's version of young people.
I had no care for any of those people or their plight. I just watched them do stuff. It's hard to explain what's missing in the writing that makes that happen. But I think if none of the characters on screen care about a character then I don't care. And the people in this movie who did care about each other either weren't in the film at the same time OR if there were on screen together it was during a fight with each other. That's just a guess, but to reiterate; I didn't care about any of these people. And so much of the plot was predictable from my viewpoint. For exampleÂ…
Who didn't think that the guy who rejected the camera would end up holding onto it for dear life? Who didn't think that the minute they got on that bridge the bridge was a goner? Who didn't think the minute they entered that tunnel you'd get monsters? Who didn't think the minute the girl got bit that it would end badly? Who didn't think the girl would be found but it wouldn't be a happy resolution?