Fantastic Movie!

Rating: 10/10 (29 June 2019)

This will mostly be a counter-review to kccatfish93's review since his post was infuriating.
1. "They go to a waterfall where they can scream as loud as they want and the monsters can't hear them. Why not live there? They could fish and collect drinking water near the river. The monsters would probably stay away from the area since the sound of the falls would impede their hunting ability." Because you can't live behind a waterfall and live off only fish. Especially since they knew they had a baby on the way. (more on that below)
2. "When taking a walk, does anyone seriously let the youngest child of the group walk behind them. Why on earth would they let a young boy walk a hundred yards behind the adults in such a dangerous situation. They can't even correct the boy if he makes any mistakes, and indeed this results in his death." Welcome to story telling where characters aren't infallible and make mistakes when they get comfortable. Their mistake haunts every character throughout the film and is a good motivator for conflict.
3. "How on earth did they get the corn planted? By hand? After 400+ days you wouldn't see corn in nice little neat rows like it was planted by farm equipment." Yes, its not complicated to plant by hand. Just requires a lot of time. You don't have to have farm equipment to plant in rows.
4. "Since the monsters can't hear you if there is a loud sound nearby, why not bring out one of the downstairs speakers and blast something 24/7 on one of the nearby trees or on top of the house? The monsters would get used to the sound and leave the area alone, leaving the family to talk in peace. " Because they would charge it and destroy it, something they can't do to a waterfall.
5. "What human with a brain wouldn't consider making a soundproof room. They could go to the city, get a bunch of foam, blankets, pillows, whatever, and plaster it around one of the larger rooms until they created an effective sound barrier. In the movie, a single mattress pulled over a walkway is an effective sound shield. Imagine how effective they could be if they put some ACTUAL effort into soundproofing the room." They tried, it was the basement, which muffled a newborn baby crying (so overall, not that bad. Its obvious they are in the country, so going to a city could be pretty impossible. They showed the nearest town that they tried to go to in the opening shot and it didn't really look like it had enough supplies to create a soundproof room.
6. "Apparently the monsters can be killed by shotguns? The entire military was wiped out, with all the weaponry of the finest military in the world rendered useless against the monsters, but Emily Blunt shoots one in the head and kills it? Right." Did you miss it was only after the intense feedback from the daughter's hearing aid that revealed the unarmored portion of the head? Something that the military probably didn't try because why the hell would they? I don't know how someone can criticize a film so harshly when they can't even understand the basic story of the film. Her deafness and her father's dedication to helping her was the solution for fighting them. Just shooting them doesn't work which is why Emily Blunt didn't lead with that.
7. "The mother, Emily Blunt, is pregnant. Why would you bring a newborn child into this world, when the child will surely jeopardize the safety of the entire family. You know that babies cry right? Pull out or use a condom." The beginning of the movie starts with "Day 89" on screen. She could have been pregnant way before they even knew of these things. Gestation is 10 months, I don't know how you got confused on this one. So unless they were going to perform a very unsafe abortion procedure, they were having that baby. Pay attention.
8. "If the monsters can hear the faintest sound from far way, why do they have trouble hearing sounds that even humans can decipher at close range. A baby crying, a mother's heavy breathing, a persons heartbeat. All of these things would be loud to a creature that hear can hear footstep from a half mile away." They probably can but might not attribute those noises directly to things they have to kill. Also the baby never cried without a distraction happening.
9. "The mother's water breaks and she starts having the baby. She tries to contain her gasps and walks downstairs only to step on a nail on the stairway. She lets out a sound and falls, causing the monsters to hunt her down and nearly kill her and the newborn child. However, just in time, she is saved by fireworks designed to distract the monsters. Instead of removing the nail like any sane person, they just ignore it and leave it sticking up on the stairs for someone else to step on. Dumb." So she's going to stop and remove a nail during labor instead of warning people to avoid it like she does? Have you seen a woman in labor? They don't exactly have a lot of time to stop and do things. The way she does it takes a lot less time and results in the same exact outcome if she would have removed the nail. (No one else steps on it)
Your call these things logical fallacies when they it is all purely storytelling. Your version of the movie where there is zero conflict because everyone always acts perfectly is boring. What sort of movie would it have been if they followed all your tips and never had any interaction with the monster? Just some people living while a constant loud speaker blares. If that is your idea of a good movie, then I'm sorry. I don't understand how anyone found your "review" helpful.
Anyway, this movie was perfect for me. I enjoyed every second and found it to be gripping from the beginning to the end.