THIS is what passes for a good movie nowadays?

Rating: 3/10 (12 October 2009)

It is a sad comment on moviegoers in general if this piece of junk has done as well as the trade publications claim. I can't think of a single redeeming feature of this film, other than the fact that it had better production values than most indies. It's not that it's offensive. In fact, it's pretty darned bland. It's just a lot of nothing. (I gave it three stars simply for production values.)
To start with, all four of the leads are unlikeable. (And Woody "leads" the list.) I never gave a flip what happened to them.
Add to that the total lack of originality in the script and shooting. Whole scenes were taken from other films (survival films, zombie films, vampire films, road trip films...take your pick) with predictable results. There's a total absence of originality, quirkiness, or any other aspect that might make this movie memorable.
The movie does make a lame attempt to provide some "guidelines" or rules for survival, but they are idiotic at best. Furthermore, the lead characters all commit egregious errors time and time again, placing themselves in those wacky comedic situations as their lives are once again endangered. ("Hey, dude, you were surprised once before. Don't you think you ought to be careful this time and look behind the hay bales?")
Finally, I felt so sorry for Bill Murray. I really do hope that he got a great paycheck and that he can afford milk for the rest of the year.
Oh, yeah...the CGI is about average for most video games. Are we EVER going to get back to practical FX in movies?
Watching this movie lowered my opinion of many of my fellow moviegoers yet again. A lot of people in the theater (which means about 10 out of all 25 people) were laughing at the stale jokes and puns like they had never heard them before.