What's with the !@#$ blue lines?

Rating: 6/10 (14 March 2012)

The kids carry this film from start to finish. They do an admirable job to keep it moving.
I have to say that I was amused at the supposed location of the story. As I saw it on the map, it's about 40 miles from my current location. The place on screen looks nothing like that, of course, since they shot it about 2 hours from there.
There was plenty of personal interaction and it seems genuine, believable. I can't fault the actors for giving good and sometimes, great performances.
If anyone was over the top, the military was, and I would imagine it was written that way. It seemed as though it was written by someone who had no real contact with the military.
The more I think about it, the more things didn't really fit together, but the kids carried the film and kept it going. Someone would say that it was bound together with trite conversation and emotion, but that's daily life, isn't it? I've seen plenty of regular 8 and super 8 film and I just want to know, what is with the !@#$ blue lines? This must be Mr. Abrams' mark, as Star Trek had annoying light features also.
It's worth watching, but great cinema? It isn't.