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Idiot lead boyfriend

posted 13 years ago by WriteJoe72
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The idiot lead boyfriend is the dumbest character in the movie. He believes that because he is studying to be a doctor he is smarter than everyone else. He also has huge control issues. Watch as most every single choice he makes either backfires or does not work. I know they were in a bad situation to begin with, but even him prodding Jena Malone's hung-over character at the beginning of the movie to go with them is annoying. We can see early on they are not in love and she and he are about to go splitsville -- he to college and her to any other guy she chooses (eg. flirting with Mathias on the beach). This is pretty well shown in the movie as well as in the subtext (eg. Stacy goes nuts believing she is fooling around with her boyfriend also at the ruins.)

Anyways the lead guy is such a fool the only thing he ends up doing right at the end is getting killed to save Amy. Look at the expression on his face when he gets shot -- it's one of egotistical bafflement, as if "How did this happen? I thought I had everything under control?!"

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[–] RoadSideAssistance 11 years ago

Seek education, sterilization, and incarceration quickly.

Very very quickly.

[–] laeyisoracle 12 years ago

Actually, I thought he was the most level headed of the bunch. His girlfriend was a dumbass. The other couple were throw-away characters. Matias, well, wasn't that talkative, but he was also likable. The only part I started to think the main character was stupid when he started ranting about how "4 Americans just don't disappear without them sending the national guard to investigate"(okay, not literally that, but similar). It showed his ignorance of the situation and reality. Americans disappear in Mexico ALL OF THE TIME! They are always abducted by drug cartels, used as hostages/kidnappings or just killed. It showed that the main guy was a typical privileged young American prick that doesn't quite know how some parts of the world operate. Especially having faith in the Mexican police. Y'know how many of them are corrupted? On the cartels' payroll? LOL!

Actually, they were all stupid for decided to go to the ruins in the first place. Those types of decisions are EXACTLY how dumbasses get their butts nabbed by cartels. That's why they say, if you go to vacation in Mexico, stay at the resorts. Don't stray out of the popular tourist locations.

By the end, actually, I thought the blondie girl was the only likable one. She seemed more grounded. She was screaming that the plants were in her, but nobody believed her until they saw them. What friends, huh? Her boyfriend was a douche before they got to the ruins, and was like a zombie when they were at the ruins. Amy, urgh, I believe girls like her are the reason why slashers kill young adults. I can just see Jason Voorhees revving himself up for a new batch of kills by watching clips of Amy in this movie. "Okay, bitch needs to die! Bitch needs to die! I'm doing a service for humanity! I'm ready!!!".

[–] vestdennis 12 years ago

You are right. People go missing, especially in Mexico or South American countries and unless the family is insanely wealthy with connections you're out of luck! That's why I'm amazed these spring breakers go to these so-called "resorts" where if you disappeared the State Department isn't going to give a rat's arse about finding you...

[–] drrclavan 12 years ago

"Bitch needs to die!"... That was hilarious!

[–] Observer_2020 11 years ago

When I heard the line about Americans not disappearing in Mexico, I thought about Marion in "Raiders of the Lost Ark": "You can't do this to me! I'm an American!"

[–] essex9999 10 years ago

I thought Jeff was a bit of a tight-a**, but not to the point of being obnoxious. He was a good guy to have around in an emergency. Amy was unbearable. Mattias was likeable, too. And, yes, Americans go missing in Mexico a lot, although maybe not so much in Yucatan.

http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/alertswarnings/mexic o-travel-warning.html

[–] kowloonzai 12 years ago

Probably not as idiot as the bespectacled girlfriend who makes it a point to do every possible stupid thing, exactly the opposite she's told, everytime.
Getting drunk, making out with other boy, puking her bellies out, taking pictures at the most awkward moment when told not to, causing the kid's death by throwing him vines, touching the cute little flowers. The list goes on.
But hey this is a horror flick, what do you expect.
Pissess me off she's the only one who (SPOILERS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

survives.

[–] imperialcross 12 years ago

Jeff was definitely not an idiot. He was by far the brightest of the bunch and if not for him they would've all perished long before they really did.

[–] ScorpionTDC 12 years ago

I thought Jeff was among the most likeable :/ And definitely the smartest of the group. He and Stacy were tied for my favorite :)

Amy was far, FAR worse! What a bitch!!!

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[–] jt2002b 11 years ago

While Jeff was obviously the smartest and most likeable, his problem was that he was ultimately far too optimistic about the rescue.

Nuff' said.

[–] mishelly05 8 years ago

Yes exactly. He kept saying the Greeks were coming. But wasn't that like 2 people? Lol. every time he said it I thought, well no rescue but you'll have company. The Greeks were unarmed, unaware of what was happening and didn't speak Mayan either soooo they'd just end up dead or on the temple with Jeff and co.

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