Why Does Everyone Love This Movie?

Rating: 5/10 (27 January 2015)

I don't quite understand the hype. Just watched it, finally, and had many expectations given a 7.3 rating here. To me, it wasn't outstanding or remarkable in any sense. The characters were mostly annoying. The movie was longer than it needed to be, and the scenes establishing the core group of women were too long and unnecessary. It was visually hard to watch due to darkness, abruptness, etc. After the threat was established, it was very repetitive (and repetitively gruesome). We saw the same fight and kill scenes over .... and over ...., and over. How many times do we need to see someone almost get eaten? How many different ways do we need to see creatures get killed? It was a gore-fest for sure, but that's not a positive attribute in my book. I guessed at the beginning that Juno was cheating with Sarah's husband, and even if you didn't, the movie certainly provided enough hints prior to this "revelation." Given the betrayal, I expected Juno's poetic end. The fooled-you ending was okay, but at that point, I didn't much care what happened.
Note: I realized I happened to watch the unrated version. I can't speak for the content of any other versions, but I imagine the gore factor might have been somewhat lighter.