Platinum Dunes Latest Cinematic Trash Fest

Rating: 3/10 (5 April 2018)

A friend told me to watch a trailer to a movie called "A Quiet Place". Whilst I didn't think the trailer looked too great, it was an interesting concept. As this movie began to premiere it gained increasingly positive reviews, as it currently stands it has a 100% on rotten tomatoes, not an easy achievement. I saw this with a group of my friends and as this movie played I began to wonder why it is so appreciated.
As it stands this movie failed to engage me or entertain me. every second there was a logic problem. For example there was a scene in the film where Emily blunt was going into labor, this resulted in a baby being born. (Obviously) Usually the baby would cry and scream, not in this film, the baby stayed quiet only to the point where the plot wanted it to cry. There are many examples of things like this throughout the film, for example the monster in the film is blind and can only find its prey via hearing. The film establishes that small sounds are minor and cannot be heard by the monster. In the male leads death scene he makes no noise, and the monster sees him and chases him.
The cinematography of this film was bland and boring. There were no memorable shots or camera movements, everything seemed bland and safe. Towards the start of the film they attempted to hide the monster through use of the camera, I appreciated this as it did show the attempt to create suspense. This was a abandoned soon after, we saw the monster and it looked lame and fake, the CG was poorly done. It did not compliment the un-creative design at all. The monsters in this film looked like bland Xenomorph rip offs. A clear rip off of the famous design from the alien films.
The characterization was also fairly poorly done, as they did not develop the characters at all. They merely expected us to care because they were children and big name actors. The actors are clearly not doing their best to characterize either as there is not one moment of acting I would call good. In the opening they try to establish that this child wants a toy rocket, but after being told that it is too loud they leave it behind. However it turns out that the kid stole the rocket and turned it on, resulting in the monster eating him. They expected us to care even though there was no reason too. I thought this kid was supposed to have a mental disorder, but no I guess he's just a dumb kid.
The leads have no character and are merely defined by a trait, for example the girl was deaf, the boy was scared, Emily Blunt was pregnant and the male lead was a man with a beard I guess.
The music in this film does not need to be talked about as I can't remember a single piece from it, I wouldn't be surprised if it was all temp music.
The directing in this movie was not very good at all, as the man in charge of the entire film you would assume John Krasinski would have thought a little harder about various elements of filmmaking. Elements such as sound design and audio editing. The sound usage was very minimalist as you'd expect from a film that is meant to be quiet. However they attempt to put us in the head of one of the leads who is deaf by cutting out the sound and muffling it. This was a decent effect, however it was very inconsistent as sometimes they'd use it and sometimes they wouldn't. In my humble opinion, I think that they should have used this affect throughout and not sacrificed consistency for a cheap jump-scare. This would have worked in the favor of the film as the constant silence would have provided for a more unique style as well as more suspense, as it is the quiet and buildup that scares us more than the actual jump-scare.
The Director also uses basic filmmaking skills and screenwriting rules incorrectly. The editing is very inconsistent often creating more questions as it goes on. They also set up things and plot elements only to not pay them off, for example they set up a waterfall about halfway through and they never come back to it. This waterfall provided safety as it allowed them to speak without being heard by the monsters. This is never brought back into play as it is completely disregarded.
In conclusion, this film was incredibly boring with uninspired characters, forgettable music, bad performances and awful logic. I would ask you to not see this movie. If however, you do decide to see this film then try to think about it more than the director and writers had.