And on his farm he had an Alien

Rating: 5/10 (14 February 2020)

This isn't a bad movie, but if you haven't seen Alien, and Aliens, watch those first.
There were a few things that kept A Quiet Place from being a top shelf thriller for me.
#1 - Aliens have apparently wiped out the earth. The Big Tuna can't reach anyone on his radio, and we see he's tried everywhere. Yet one is easily killed by shooting it in the mouth with grandpa's shotgun. Wouldn't some military force have tried shooting them with armor piercing rounds, rockets, tanks, missiles, etc. at some point? Sure, they are fast, strong, with super knife arms, but Emily Blunt blows one away by doing exactly what I thought they should try as soon as I saw one of them open it's mouth. Yes, it's a horror movie, but it's hard to suspend reality when a woman who just gave birth, and speared her foot on a giant nail kills one. Yes, the daughter distracted it with "the magic frequency", but essentially all that happened was the alien opened it's mouth and Emily Blunt shot it. Sorry, but this just makes no sense.
#2 - Farmer Jim & family, other than walking around in bare feet and not making any noise, seems to completely disregard these things. They're out walking on nature trails, fishing, hanging out the laundry, playing in the old truck. The only attempt they seem to have made toward setting up a defensive perimeter in an entire year is to hang some multi-colored lights in the yard, and pull a mattress over the basement stairs. Granted, there's probably not much on a farm that can deter zombie aliens, but how about searching for a more defensible living situation?
#3 - They're really going to get pregnant during an invasion of aliens that would be alerted to a baby crying. Don't they have birth control on the farm? I'm pretty sure the movie indicated that the invasion had been going on for over a year before the baby was born.
Aside from the plot holes, it's about the excuse for sci-fi horror we're going to get, apparently. Like I said though, there is no reason whatsoever to watch this if you haven't seen Alien and Aliens yet. Both are far better, very similar movies.