(minor spoilers for anyone who hasn't seen any of season 5)
#1. The characters are too heavily reactive. According to the story, things only happen because the island wants them to happen. Which pretty much makes the character's individual stories unimportant. On top of that, none of them are even trying to break the island's control. In fact, they seem to only want to give in to it. Because of this, all of them come across as whiny and unsympathetic. None of their individual back stories are anywhere near strong enough to convince an audience to love them. I sincerely hope that each of the characters gains some amount of control over his or her own lives, and in the end, defeats the island.
#2. Over-explanation. It was obvious during tonight's episode, for example, that Ben Linus stole Cesar's sawed-off shotgun in anticipation of a moment when having it could turn the tables. So why does he, not two filmic minutes later, explain it to John Locke, who saw the tables-turning with his own eyes? It is a serious understimation of the intelligence of the audience (a moment of realization followed by a clunky and pompous explanation). The writers should play fast-and-loose- give the viewers something to chew on all week, instead of a clump of answers followed by a week's worth of anticipation for another clump of answers.
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I hate Lost, I just can't get into it.
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