Disappointed and IT FOLLOWS ME!!!

Rating: 3/10 (2 February 2017)

Whoever recommended "It Follows" to me, with all my respect--- never mind, I'll save it. But just watched it last night and here's what I think: Great visuals and cinematography, some really cool eerie music, awful writing and story, decent to average acting, but then again due to the horrendous story writing. First of all- all characters are unlikable and 10 minutes into the movie and I have no problem with them dying already because I never cared enough for any of them in the first place. All typical, shallow, flat undeveloped characters with bad attitudes. Sorry but it takes more than just being really pretty to care if s*** starts happening to you. We talk a lot about the importance of writing characters that readers like or can relate to, but this- -? Storyline: basically something really creepy FOLLOWS you and you have to sleep around with people to pass it on/along to them and hopefully maybe it will stop following you and follow them instead- or maybe not? We know nothing about that thing's backstory or why it's doing the horrible things that it's doing, how does it work and does it just pick people? Did it just show up one day? Are they like zombies or ghosts? Again what do they want? Nothing is explained. Now general stupidity and character errors: The lead is at home with her sister and THREE other friends when she starts seeing that "thing" and it starts following her so she hides in her room. She goes from NOT being OK if her sister leaves her with their THREE other friends in her bedroom to go get her some water just from the kitchen downstairs, freaking out about it telling her "don't leave me", she goes from that to running in the creepiest woods all ALONE just like a minute later. I'm like are you bipolar? A minute ago you yelled at your sister when she offered to go get you some water while your 3 other friends are sitting with you to protect and comfort you- again in your room, the safest place, and now you're wandering ALONE in the middle of the night just to sit in a swing? It's like an accident waiting to happen. How do you connect these two? Just stupid. And then the incredibly slow pace at times, like how much time do you need to tell that someone is swimming in the pool? 5 Minutes?! BORING! Now expositions that just aren't believable: "When I was a little girl, my parents wouldn't allow me to go south of eight mile. I mean I had to ask permission to go to the state fair with my best friend and her parents just because it was a few blocks past the border!!" Now I would buy that if I see anything that proves it from today's life. I've only seen your mom in like one scene in the beginning of the movie that's an hour and a half long, you're still underage and you go to school, your mom/ parents have no clue where you're spending your days and nights or what's going on with you when you have all your friends over; we just never see her. One night you sleep in a public park, in a swing, the other night on top of your car not even in it, and then on the beach the day after, and then in an isolated cabin in the woods in the middle of nowhere that you drove to with your bunch of teenage friends. And then 3 days in a hospital?! Where's the so called overly protective mother in all of this? Knowing that she did appear at the beginning. Could they not hire her for a few more scenes? And then the resolution at the end- what resolution?! Still, nothing is explained?! I was hoping something would happen at the end that would miraculously change my mind, blow me away and surprise me, it did but for all the wrong reasons. I wouldn't say it was a total waste of time despite how frustrated I was when it ended, because the shots and cinematography were dope and gave me some great ideas!! IMDb ratings, I always knew you weren't to be trusted!! People, how could you possibly suggest it telling me "it's the best horror movie ever!!" Have you NOT learned proper screen writing?!