Bad Script and Just Plain Bad (SPOILERS)

Even with the issues that you pointed out, I still liked the movie. I do think that the script could have used more development. I found myself intrigued at the backstory of the virus and they could have totally expanded on that more.

even though i did kind of sort of enjoy this film, i agree w/ much of what you wrote. i do like Diego Boneta (Will) but his acting is just really bad much of the time. the Will character kept saying the 2 women's names so many F'ing times i was going to scream. lol.

and it pissed me off so much that they kept being very loud when they were trying to escape in the woods. lol. i did love how the rage/violence only happens for as long as the "high" is. that part (as far as i know) was pretty original.

That's exactly how I felt. They have a good concept, a familiar genre which they do something unexpected. Yet they didn't spend any time on the script and character's backstory.

I really wonder how actors can just do the scene saying the other's name over and over again. Doesn't it feel so fake? Can't they think of something else to say like "hey what's wrong with you?" Because if someone doesn't respond to their name after the first 10 times, they're certainly not going to respond on the 11th. It really takes you out of the movie.

So if the script is something they completely forgot to do, the backstories were something they crammed in at the last minute before having to turn in their homework. Several points were brought up but it never impacted or foreshadowed how the chracters would act later:
1) Why did Antonio lie and say Will was the one who slept with both girls when it was actually him? He died almost immediately so we never got to see how that impacted his character.
2) What was this urgent thing that Michelle had to call home about? Maybe she ran away from home (based on her conversation with her mom at the end)? But she was a counselor in France the year before, so what's the problem with doing the same thing in Spain? Overall, what impact does this have on her character in the story?
3) Was Will a vetrinarian? Pre-med? Why did he not take the shot? And again, what does this have to do with how his character acted later on?
4) Christy was the only one where we have a character we can understand, though it's a very shallow, cliche princess type. But at least we know that and that informs how she reacts to different situations.

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