wow what a time to be a horror fan I'm
not even a huge horror fan but you know
what I'm gonna come over and join you
guys because these smart high-quality
productions are not only impressive but
wildly entertaining I'm talking about
get out it and now a quiet place and you
know what I'm gonna throw 10 Cloverfield
Lane and split in there too and you know
who produced a quiet place Michael
freakin Bay he actually produces a lot
of horror movies he's behind the purge
franchise now he does that one with
Jason Blum and you might think well it's
all blum but this is Bay you know you
know Bay's the main producer here
through his company Platinum Dunes so
clearly creatively there's more to him
than meets the eye but the person who is
really going to benefit from this movie
as they should is Jim from the office
he's directing he's co-writing he's
co-starring and well I wouldn't say he's
an auteur director I wasn't aware of his
creative vision so much while watching
the movie but after having seen it you
realize his ability to deliver a slick
complete and profound horror package
that's right profound is mighty
impressive and I would actually put his
movie on par with those other films I
just listed and I hope that it enjoys
the same success and recognition and I
think it will because the buzz from this
for this movie coming out of South by
Southwest where it premiered has been
anything but quiet however when the
movie starts you're going to think that
I have lied to you because the first
half of this film is super slow and by
the time John Krasinski and his
real-life wife Emily Blunt were slow
dancing in silence I was like those
South by Southwest people lied to me but
then after the movie is over you might
think well I don't care how good the
second half is grace that first half
should have been so boring but here's
the thing you realize that slow quiet
first half of the movie was to prepare
you for the roller-coaster ride that is
the second half of the movie which is
honestly one of the most terrifying
movies I have ever seen I know I don't
have a high threshold for being able to
take scares to be honest with you
but this is this movie I couldn't even
look at the screen most of the time I
was like I'm just gonna listen to it I
was so scared I can't stress
how much this movie had me in its grip
and I loved it I had a very good time
now for instance I couldn't understand
how this family was able to keep quiet
especially from the jump scares in the
movie like John Krasinski was like oh
I'm gonna go look out this window and
see if there's a monster outside of it
now I was like how are you gonna keep
from screaming when his head pops up
right I mean I would just have duck I
would just duck and cover and like a
little hole and be like what I don't
hear them anymore
I'll come out this family had amazing
self-control I mean I guess under the
circumstances they had to but I mean the
movie really really will make you think
could I keep quiet these circumstances
but again that's how much it got me now
why is the movie so successful why is it
self to have fine well I have three
reasons that I think is the answer now
the first is that the monsters that are
hunting them are not only very well
designed but also fairly well realized
VFX wise this movie costs just 17
million to make and I'm convinced that a
very large portion of that was spent on
visual effects they are in the caliber
of the highest blockbuster and like you
really get to see them on screen - this
isn't like oh there's a monster elbow I
mean they do that too but eventually
like you get full monster and well some
of their behavior doesn't make sense
when you think about it and we'll
discuss it in the spoiler review it
never occurred to me while I was
watching the movie I was really
impressed and blown away I mean it was
great stuff and even now that I realized
some problems with it I still wouldn't
take points off the movie because it
didn't occur to me while I was watching
it was really good alright then - this
movie uses the domino effect brilliantly
like a seemingly small mistake triggers
a series of increasingly bigger ones and
bigger problems very much like real life
this family made a lot of mistakes we'll
talk about the family momentarily so the
first half is a lot about setting up
those dominoes to fall for the second
half so think about that
setting up dominoes boring watching them
all fall quickly exciting that's how you
have to feel about the first half of the
movie they needed to do the work now
three the quiet the quiet actually works
because I think it pulls you in closer
to the story it's like when someone's
like come closer and then they go boo
and you jump because you know
put you in that in that moment I think
that's why I think that's what amplifies
the scares because you think about it
you're like I've seen scary movies kind
of in the same vein before where
monsters are chasing people around and
on a farm but the quiet I think just
makes everything so much more heightened
so you're more vulnerable to eventually
being scared out of your damn mind
now luckily nobody in my theater because
it was a press screening and they had
security watching us like hawks not to
have our phones on so nobody made any
noise but there was a crucial moment
during the movie when John Krasinski and
Emily Blunt were actually able to have a
conversation and a whispered
conversation and some people outside the
theater decided to have really loud
discussion I mean it wasn't their fault
they didn't know it was playing inside
and I think you know they were just
talking normal normal voice well
actually they were a little bit loud but
you know a regular movie had been
playing inside our theater it wouldn't
have been a problem but here they were
kind of like background noise during
this crucial moment so I worry about
people having a good viewing experience
with this movie like going into it I
thought it would be fun if people made
jokes and chimed in and said a bunch of
stuff during the beginning of the movie
but now that I think about how important
it is to get you to that place to
experience the the second half maybe
that one to keep you keep that from
happening so I think that if you when
you go into this movie and I of course
highly recommend that you do you might
want to consider a matinee or even a
morning show and maybe even paying extra
for a premium theater just doing
whatever you can to make sure you're
with an audience that's going to
appreciate this and want to have the
experience as it's meant to be and not
you know mess it up just because you
know they're not taking it too seriously
so that in addition to this movie being
terrifying here's another warning for
you it is extremely sad Wow like it
actually made me burst into tears
what's really surprised me I was like am
i crying what does I didn't like the
family very much but in fact I almost
was like this is too sad like I was
really sad but you know what if you're
gonna list it if John Krasinski can
elicit that kind of emotional reaction
for me again for characters I did not
really like well then I have to say
kudos to him now why didn't I like the
family again no spoilers but they not
only did they make like we're in a
horror movie mistakes like if they
didn't make mistakes there'd be no movie
obviously right you know like oh yeah
and they did everything perfectly good
job family but all
so there are very bland and devoid of
defined personalities like so often you
know one thing I'll say to you is that
you know there's an argument about what
child can do what chores on the farm and
it there do they seem to be dividing it
along gender lines and you would think
that you know in a modern film you know
this is supposed to take place in the
near future that the daughter would be
like really post-apocalyptic gender
rules are you kidding me with this you
know look like the only people
practically left on earth who cares
don't worry I didn't spoil anything so
you know you would think that the
conversations never went to that kind of
real personal level like the characters
didn't feel like real people in many
ways and then also for instance emily
Blunt's character at the beginning of
the movies pregnant so again not a
spoiler and you're like well why would
anyone have a baby in this situation but
they never discussed the pros and cons
like I would have loved for them to be
like maybe this is a John Connor baby
and we hate we have to have it you know
but the you know the more we'll talk
about this all a lot in the spoiler
review but thinking about it after I saw
the movie last night I think that maybe
that was intentional as well though to
make the family more ciphers so you can
imagine yourself in this situation and I
did do that as I said I was like could I
stay quiet in this situation and I think
maybe giving them more personality would
have made the experience less intimate
and kept the audience at more of a
distance so I'm still breaking this
movie down in my head as to why it
worked so well why it's so effective but
what I am sure of is that it is
incredible it is an incredibly
well-constructed movie like Wow
probably not since inception has a film
been able to manipulate me emotionally
and mentally to exactly where it wants
me now inception for instance made me
question reality for a few days that's
impressive but I didn't love the film
because ultimately I thought it relied
on cheap tricks
but a quiet place I think because maybe
it's a smaller film it created such an
emotional intimate experience and it
both terrified and made me very sad that
it really got me I think this is just a
really well made film
I mean crits like almost like a magic
trick I'm not impressed with that so
yeah
don't miss this movie it's very special
and protect your movie going experience
with this really think ahead be like
this family how are you gonna make sure
that you learn oh you're in an audience
it stays quiet I almost wished they
would make an announcement being like
you might be tempted to chime in but you
got to trust the movie and go with it or
you're not gonna really experience it
the way it's meant to you're not gonna
you're not gonna be able to experience
that magic trick and yes John Krasinski
is definitely a triple threat to keep an
eye on going forward
hey Jim I'm so happy for him look for
awhile like he wasn't gonna make it
let's see how his uh his uh Jack Ryan
serious is on Amazon but anyway that's
my review of a quiet place be sure to
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