Just.... Under what moon do they think people act that idiotic?

Rating: 2/10 (13 June 2018)

Some Minor Spoilers, nothing of real import.
Just finished watching the movie for myself, and honestly, the plot had potential. The CGI alien monsters or whatever were quite fascinating to look at, the gore factor was done pretty well without going over the top, in my opinion. However, what I can NOT forgive is the major lack of common sense the humans in the movie have. Seriously, it's like watching sacks of potatoes try to survive. Infuriating even to the point I found myself wanting to scream at the screen at how moronic they were.
OK, first off lets start with how the human race has almost been obliterated without a single scientist even imagining that maybe something that has super powerful hearing might also have a same weakness stemming from that. Seriously, no one? Are our scientists and great minds of the world just as jello brained as the people portrayed on the farm?
Now, let's dig into the reason why I ABSOLUTELY can't stand those children. The deaf one first, because... oh my god, I do not even have words for her. Born deaf AND stupid? It's dangerous times, where even making a peep of sound can mean a death sentence, and you hand a small child, who doesn't understand the danger they are in, the toy back without even making sure to confiscate the batteries!? Are you kidding me!? She has a younger brother, who is older then the youngest, so this isn't her first rodeo with how young kids act and behave, so why does she act like it is? Then, as her mother, who is pregnant, is staying at home and doing chores that any pregnant woman really shouldn't be doing and could really be using the daughters help for, said mentioned daughter runs off to go be mopey at the grave, one of which she caused and deserves all blame for. The real catch the mad me hate this character so much, is the fact that her hearing aid literally saves or potato brained self several times, and she doesn't figure it out till the very end! What, you think that the creature, who clearly knew you were there, just didn't feel like feasting on your entrails anymore? Fat chance. The moment she has a chance to save her father from self sacrifice, she ends up turning the one thing that could've made the creature go away, the hearing aid, off... WHY, GOD WHY!? Next time, incompetence to that level, should just dig a ditch and jump in.
Now, onto the mother. Once again, potato, all of them. In fact potato mom baffles me with her subtle potatoness. If I had to ask her a question it would be, "If a bag is caught on a nail while going up the stairs, why do you keep pulling?". So, oh so, much of the pain and suffering could have been avoided if she used common sense and dictated that maybe it would be a good idea to unhook the laundry bag first, then resume going up the stairs. Instead, she decides to tug with all her prego potato mom might and cause a foreshadowed doomsday event.
Onto the overall potato, at this point I think I have drawn a vivid picture of why this movie is so well... potato, honestly. However, I want to go into some minor nit picking. First off I wanna point out that they all know for a fact that the creatures are sensitive to sound, and reducing all sound makers would lessen casualties to a huge extent. So, why is there no soft padding for the floors? Not only would that solve the numerous dropped objects issues they had throughout the movie, but would also dampen the sound of their feet scuffling. The live on a farm for Pete's sake, are you telling me they couldn't use a bunch of those corn husks to make a makeshift padding for the floor, at least in the "safe" room? Also, why in the world does people, who know full well these creatures are attracted to sound, not think of using sound as a way to lure the creature far, FAR away to somewhere not being inhabited by humans through sound? Use stereo comms to do so, play music there from a distance, the creatures sure as hell can't fly even though they can climb well enough, so if you had the stereo sitting high tethered to two far spread poles the creature wouldn't even be able to hit it. Problem solved, now you can make all the noise in the world as long as it isn't louder then the speakers. Also, lets exam the plot hole mess of a creature, that are supposedly invulnerable. How? Really, look at them, they are spindly and small, if a decent sized blast went off, I'm sure not only would their super sensitive hearing cause those massive ear drums to literally implode on themselves, but would do a damn well good job making their insides a complete mess, armor or not.
These are my reasons for such a low star rating, people don't have to agree, but the flaws can't be ignored. Overall the suspense was thrilling, and it made a good horror film if that was all that was looked at. However, the things that lead up to and provided the scenarios for the suspense was complete nonsense and garbage. There are many more flaws I would love to cover, but this review is very long as is, and I don't expect many to actually read it all the way through. If you have read to this point, I want to say thank you, even if you disagree with my views.