last night, i watched a quiet place and its sequel. what a steaming pile of dog shit.
how can these possibly have 7.5 and 7.4 on IMDB and 96% and 91% on RT, respectively? mind blowing.
they were unoriginal and uninteresting. and don't get me started on this weaponized hearing aid bs.
wow, let's heroically risk life and limb to get to the radio broadcasting station to hook this hearing aid up so we can save the day. any aliens that happen to be within earshot of the dozens (at most?) of energized radios in range of the station will become moderately annoyed! wow, way to save the day!
also, these creatures can cross solar systems but have trouble crossing a lake?
even ignoring that the movies are dumb as hell, they're also not entertaining. that's my main criticism.
my only conclusion is the ratings are pumped up by the wokes for having a "nontraditional" protagonist. dunno how else to make sense of it.
I saw the first one and that was enough. There were too many illogical things happening in that movie.
- The biggest problem and the one I can’t look past is that apparently you can kill the monsters with a shotgun blast but somehow the military wasn’t able to beat them? If they are soft on the inside then they could be COOKED from the outside in. And heavy impacts will cause internal damage even if you accept that they have a magically invincible shell. These things are incredibly sensitive to sound and nobody NOBODY thought of weaponizing sound against them??
-The second biggest problem was that they didn’t just live next to a source of natural or artificial white noise. If it is safe next to the waterfall, live next to the waterfall for instance.
-Why did the corn act like quicksand? Void collapses are a thing but I think that should be instant not a long and drawn out process.
-You expect me to believe that any child would be able to be silent 24/7 365 days a year? Every single one would be doomed to die and even an adult would likely slip up eventually. Maybe even literally slip, and fall, and ya know make noise?
I liked the premise, and I like that John Krasinski and Emily Blunt made it, but the science fiction elements are just too sloppy for my taste.
and definatly R.I.P. Bill, as turkydance said. I had the pleasure of seeing him at a convention to talk about that movie (“They knew we were coming!”), and also comment on others and his career, and it was great. I will not soon forget that.
Have you seen the Jeff Bridges remake? I think I still like the original the best. Some people love that Jeff Bridges remake though. I thought it was a bit bland.
They are both good. I just find that the original has more personality and is more memorable. I actually have the nice double-feature bluray set with both movies in it. (Blu-rays are another thing I collect; I have 338 SKUs in my collection)
This was a really interesting series . I really liked it .Too bad they sort of ran out of plot . JK Simmons was really good in it too . I thought I had already suggested this to raccoon city in a PM years ago ..
I got a deal on the 4K Bluray of The Mummy a while back. I was too tired to watch the whole thing but so far it looks amazing. Obviously the effects are still a bit dated but the rest of the film is native 4k. The Mummy itself actually looks pretty cool imo. It’s the scarab beetles that look the worst. (The Dwayne Johnson Scorpion King doesn’t show up till the next movie)