Miss: Jenn don't pull the sharp object out of Brad, now he's gonna bleed to death. Which he does shortly after she comes back with coconut milk.
Real Talk: *Jenn stumble across some very old belongings in the jungle.* Oh hey, a Game Boy!
Hit: *Jenn gets situated with fish for food, fresh water from the rainstorm and a makeshift tent.* Just because this is a horror movie doesn't mean the character has to be a dumbass.
Hit: *Jenn finds Brad's body dug up out eaten.* And the shit begins hitting the fan for Jenn.
Hit: *Another night on the island, Jenn spots an airplane flying overhead and quickly fires a flare gun. But as the plane continues flying away, the flare falls straight to the ocean until Jenn sees a silhouette of a large figure in the water as subtle music chings in.* This particular scene demonstrations that not every quiet scene in a horror movie needs to end with your face jump scares. And that it's OK to be subtle while building tension.
Hit: Movie has a Predator vibe with Jenn hiding from the creature while the movie keeps the creature hidden for now.
Real Talk: *Jenn builds a makeshift raft but doesn't work out so well.* At least she try to leave the island; better than just sitting on her ass.
Miss: So this sea creature can't even so much as tear through a hollow log where Jenn is hiding in.
Hit: So far the character Jenn is shown to be capable and adaptive to her current situation. Instead being another one dimensional Mary Sue with plot convenience powers, Jenn is an ordinary character dropped into an extraordinary situation and she has to rely on survival instincts to get out of it.
Hit: Also despite the lack of dialogue so far the movie still provides important information through Jenn's action on the island.
Real Talk: *Jenn leaves a bait hung on a tree only to look away for a few seconds and the bait is gone.* Apparently the sea creature is freaking Batman.
Hit: *The next night Jenn is camping in the trees with a makeshift hammock until she spots the sea creature from a distance stalking quietly.* Another excellent example of subtle scares/tension without the predictively annoying jump scares.
Hit: *After the sea creature tears down the hammock, Jenn makes a run to the beach with sea creature giving chase. The sea creature then jumps into the water able to catch with Jenn.* Better than just running after the main character until they do something dumb for the plot.
Real Talk: As interesting the creature is why does it only come to the island at night?
Miss: Why's Jenn giving them old ass sodas to Lucas and Mia? I mean yeah they been adrift for days and are really thirsty but them Coca-Colas have been on the island probably since the 90s. They gotta be flat as shit by now.
Real Talk: Jenn talk to Lucas while showing him the makeshift spear: "I got it last night, that's black blood." Well as the saying goes, "if it bleeds, we can kill it".
Miss: Jenn: "I'd rather die on the raft than this place." Mia: "You don't know what it's like out there." Well it can't be any worse than what's been coming to the island, unless you know something you're out telling. If I was in Jenn's position I'd take my chances with the raft.
Miss: Jenn's using Lucas' pocket knife which has dried up blood on it. Jenn never brings it up to him, it's never shown again and the movie doesn't follow up on it. I could guess that something bad happened on the raft but again the movie doesn't follow up on this plot point. And it's not like Lucas and Mia are gonna say anything to connect the narrative dots. Point being that it served no narrative purpose and was just a waste of a plot thread.
Real Talk: *Jenn stocks up and takes the raft until she's stopped by Lucas and Mia.* Now trying to leave those two behind was a bit douchey but in Jenn's defense she's gone through a lot of shit to stay any longer. It's not like the movie is treating Lucas and Mia like a couple of sketics they're just being idiots.
Miss: Well Lucas is such a sweet guy. Jenn tries to warm him about the creature and all he does is talked her down like some scumbag pimp.
Real Talk: *Mia is near the water until she's attacked by the sea creature attacks. Lucas tries to fight it off but gets knocked away, after which the sea creature takes the wounded Mia out to the ocean.* I bet these two feel a lot safe now after that. And no I don't feel bad for Mia, she was given ample warning about the creature and choose to ignored them. So fuck that bitch....
Miss: *Jenn and Lucas head out on the raft until the creature starts attacking the raft.* So it does come out during the day. And it hasn't done so this whole time because???
Hit: The creature design is incredible, even in CGI it's impressive.
Hit: Now the more I think about it I wouldn't be surprised if the creature designer was inspired by the Zoanoids from the Guyver anime/manga.
Hit: *Jenn sets off a field of fire and does a stab and run tactic.* Suddenly I'm getting Predators flashbacks.
Hit: Another believability from Jenn is that she's not built like Wile E Coyote just to take a shit ton of punishment because the script says so. Unlike some other character whom just magically shrugs off a lethal death punch to chest with zero explanation of fucking how.
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