I liked it

Rating: 10/10 (10 June 2008)

I saw this recently and thought it was great. I have been tramping in New Zealand and been lost/taken the wrong way, and in a couple of other risky situations, and this film gets the antagonism you feel when, in your view, it is the other person's fault. It also gets the feel of going out with a bunch of people who may not be your closest friends, and who have their quirks, but you are with them for the journey and have to get along, sometimes under a little pressure. It also gets the way people without realising it overrate their ability and take the wrong option, yet because of the way groups work you can wind up on a path you wouldn't choose. In my country we don't have any scary animals and I don't feel scared of what might be out there, but people die every year in the bush from exposure/injury/drowning in rivers etc, this film makes that realistic fear and turns it into a supernatural one. I thought the acting was great, I was wrapped up in it, and because some of the things the characters were going through rang a bell for me it hooked me in and sold me once their fear started kicking in. I liked the whole idea of it too.