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Saw it this evening, thought it was very good but not particularly scary but I'm known to be overly-critical of horror/thrillers.

4) I didn't like how the "downstairs workspace" was alluded to be off-limits because of some big secret just so that they could have the hearing-aid-he-really-loves-me payoff at the end. That whole scene seemed like it was lifted right out of Signs.

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I think the father just didn't want the deaf daughter to go downstairs because if she had stepped in the wrong place and made a creaking noise, she would not know that she needed to pause. That's how I took it, anyhow. It wasn't that he had a big secret down there.

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free_mhayden said:

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Saw it this evening, thought it was very good but not particularly scary but I'm known to be overly-critical of horror/thrillers.

1) Because you all but knew Blunt and the baby would be safe, any of the scenes involving those two were robbed a little of suspense because you knew they would get out, just not how.

2) You are 2 weeks away from the due date and you decide then is the time to leave mom alone with a daughter who is being defiant and go teach the boy something that could have been taught a month prior when the baby coming wasn't a real risk?

3) I feel like they built this very detailed environment to live in and did well to still have a life -- but you have a system setup where you are communicating with neighbors and the like... you've got the tech to have full blown surveilance... you are smart enough to start building a hearing aid... So you'd think after a year+ in this environment you would have constructed more than a few rocket/fireworks type setups for when things get hairy after a lantern falling over, etc... that are a little more easily engaged. It seemed like in certain aspects they had to live in survivalist mode, but in other aspects they had plenty of working tech.

4) I didn't like how the "downstairs workspace" was alluded to be off-limits because of some big secret just so that they could have the hearing-aid-he-really-loves-me payoff at the end. That whole scene seemed like it was lifted right out of Signs.


Overall it definitely gets a thumbs up for me, but not interesting/scary/thrilling enough to think I'll ever watch it again. Reminds me a lot of Signs in that it has some intriguing elements and is well acted, but it's something I'll only see parts of again if it happens to be on TBS late at night.

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i agree with a lot of this.

i was really looking forward to this movie and while i did very much enjoy it, its not a 2nd watch worthy movie to me personally. i know SIGNS keeps getting referenced here and I'll say that I did watch SIGNS multiple times and I think I enjoyed it more than this.

this movie is def not for everyone btw.

the thought of someone getting pregnant under those circumstances kept bothering me the entire movie for some reason. just doesn't seem like something someone with any common sense would do. again, liked the movie a lot, but not nearly as much as some other people obviously.

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they show them praying. a lot of religious people don't use "common sense" when it comes to conception and pregnancy.

*lights match and throws it over shoulder as he walks away*

To be fair, if I were with Emily blunt I don't think I'd have the ability to use "common sense" either.

they obviously wanted to replace their dead kid with another kid...which was dumb, the dad could have carried firecrackers in his pocket lit and threw them...dumb, Dad should have also put some tents near the waterfall so they could live there in relative safety..


Was a good movie but pretty easy to nitpick to death.

This is getting as bad as the walking dead thread.

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Just got back. I enjoyed it. Lots of tension. Excellent acting. Lots of things going wrong all at once, but it's a movie......

I liked Signs better.

I was invited into a Facebook group that talks about movies, and the Leftist writer for the New Yorker wrote this piece (CONTAINS SPOILERS): https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/the-silently-regressive-politics-of-a-quiet-place?mbid=social_facebook_movieclub

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The one sole avowed identity of the Abbott parents is as their children's defenders; their more obvious public identity is as a white rural family. The only other people in the film, who are more vulnerable to the marauding creatures, are white as well. In their enforced silence, these characters are a metaphorical silent--white--majority, one that doesn't dare to speak freely for fear of being heard by the super-sensitive ears of the dark others.

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Holy Jesus... the ridiculous **** that some "intellectuals" will come up with. How can anyone read this with a straight face?

OldArmy71 said:

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Just got back. I enjoyed it. Lots of tension. Excellent acting. Lots of things going wrong all at once, but it's a movie......

I liked Signs better.

I was invited into a Facebook group that talks about movies, and the Leftist writer for the New Yorker wrote this piece (CONTAINS SPOILERS): https://www.newyorker.com/culture/richard-brody/the-silently-regressive-politics-of-a-quiet-place?mbid=social_facebook_movieclub

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The one sole avowed identity of the Abbott parents is as their children's defenders; their more obvious public identity is as a white rural family. The only other people in the film, who are more vulnerable to the marauding creatures, are white as well. In their enforced silence, these characters are a metaphorical silent--white--majority, one that doesn't dare to speak freely for fear of being heard by the super-sensitive ears of the dark others.

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I defend critics more than most on here, but definitely not this asshat.

As expected, Krasinki's career about to skyrocket.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/john-krasinski-plans-sci-fi-thriller-life-mars-quiet-place-team-1101825

Just saw it, really enjoyed it.

Gotta wonder why they were wondering about the aliens' weakness - the fact that they run to the loudest sound they hear is their weakness...

Why would you not have a rope rigged in every room that you could pull on and ring a huge bell outside as a distraction??

Or dig a pit and trap them, or run them over a cliff with a loud noise, Tremors style:



I'll stop there. I'm just thinking that country boys in the south were probably dining on alien gumbo....

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Went to see it tonight and loved it...but...

1. Had a lady fall down the steps in the theater and
2. Someone started choking on their popcorn in the middle of the movie.

I kept waiting for a creature to run out and finish the job.

Saw it tonight. It was enjoyable but like always, the entertainment board greatly overrates it. I'd give it maybe a 6 out of 10. Very original, very well acted, decently suspenseful, but the items to be "nit-picked" mentioned earlier, plus some others (and one that completely contradicts the story's own narrative) are just too much to overcome for me.

If by "the entertainment board" you mean "Rotten Tomatoes" (Certified Fresh at 95%) and "overwhelming enthusiasm from general audiences," then yes, we greatly overrated it.

Yelnick McWawa said:

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Saw it tonight. It was enjoyable but like always, the entertainment board greatly overrates it. I'd give it maybe a 6 out of 10. Very original, very well acted, decently suspenseful, but the items to be "nit-picked" mentioned earlier, plus some others (and one that completely contradicts the story's own narrative) are just too much to overcome for me.

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aTmLoKi said:

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Went to see it tonight and loved it...but...

1. Had a lady fall down the steps in the theater and
2. Someone started choking on their popcorn in the middle of the movie.

I kept waiting for a creature to run out and finish the job.

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That's awesome.

Saw it last night. It's definitely a heck of a ride.

During one of the quietest and most suspenseful moments, someone down front dropped an "Oh f*** no."