I liked the fish and game expert dude and the black lady.
You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.

I disagree. I normally hate kids in movies, but I liked little dude. He was my favorite.

I loved Rich! In fact the whole "fish and wildlife" crew was like able.

i actually thought the boyfriend character was likable. It seems like whoever wrote the screenplay probably patterned that character after himself. At least that's my theory

These modern monster movies depend heavily on casts full of oblivious (and often willfully oblivious) characters. And there's almost always some variation on the "can't scare away the tourists" theme.
Build a man a fire, he's warm for a day. Light a man on fire & he's warm for the rest of his life!