Interesting generalizations. Maybe you're right and it is just a bunch of "...idiotic 12 year olds," however I really doubt that based on the fact that idiotic kids usually can't spell or type to save their lives. It's what makes them idiots in the first place. Most of the reviews bashing this movie are actually written semi-coherently and they generally do a good job expressing exactly what they disliked about it. So you can stick to that argument, the negative reviews being written by a bunch of children, or you can come to the correct conclusion: Most adults who saw this hated it.
The main issue most people had with this project isn't the fact that its premise was flawed, or that it was poorly acted, written, edited and directed. Although it was all of those things as well. Most of those issues can be ignored or even forgiven in some cases. The real reason was the fact that this project represents Hollywood's greed and control, especially within the super watered-down horror genre. The movie had absolutely no soul, and it came off as if even the actors were running to the finish to get this whole thing over with and collect their paycheck. Did you pay attention to the editing at all? There were entire things MISSING, as in someone just didn't feel like taking the time to fix it. They simply didn't care enough.
This entire project, from the ground up was designed to appeal to the lowest common denominator (the 12 year olds you were talking about earlier - they dropped it from an R to PG13 for that exact reason), to hit all of the cliche horror standards, and to rake in as much cash as possible before being dumped and recycled all over again for something similarly atrocious. The movie's title itself literally sounds like they came up with it in a single meeting of Executives after all of the creative people were kicked out. Obviously you're entitled to your opinion, and to your ability to "like the movie," but I honestly believe you deserved either a better movie or your money back.
I know it might not sound like it, but I'm on your side, and I really believe Hollywood needs to realize their customers deserve better products. If the ticket for this movie was $2, I would understand, but it wasn't and you earned that money.
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