A Quiet Place (2018)
7/10
Good, but...
3 November 2023
Warning: Spoilers
This movie was suggested to me by my 13-year old kid. It was on amazon Prime, which was perfect. It reminds me a lot of I Am Legend (killer creatures suddenly populate the earth), except in that movie there are more moments of calmness. A Quiet Place gives the audience almost no breathing room; it is relentless stress.

As I was watching, I found myself starting to question many plot holes, like: (1) Without humans, do all the nuclear power plants melt down? Is the air unbreathable?

(2) How did they plant so much corn by without machinery?

(3) Where are they getting the power to light the hundreds of bulbs strung over their crops?

(4) Why did the brother and sister sink in the silo corn, but the creature didn't?

Etc... SPOILER: The best moment of the film, IMO, was when Emily Blunt descends the staircase and steps on the...Well, I shouldn't spoil too much. I groaned so loudly, I was shushed in my own house, haha.

This movie is not bad, but there are parts that don't really make sense. Like, why is the hearing aid acting as a piercing sound generator? And, why is the baby in a diaper immediately after being born in the most gruesome circumstances?
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