Be Reel Blog: A Quiet Place

The new horror movie A Quiet Place directed, produced, and starring John Krasinski, the star actor from the Office. This movie is a thriller about a family living in a post disaster America where most of the population has been taken out by monsters with an acute sense of hearing. Anytime something makes a sound, these monsters attack it. Anything from television to a human, these monsters will detect sound from miles away and destroy whatever is making that sound. At the start of the movie the family loses their youngest son, which sends the group into a panicked frenzy and becomes a main part in the seemingly small plot. Speaking of which there isn't really much of a plot or end goal in the movie. It seems as if everything happens, just cause. The story is rather made up of many subplots that end up coming together. For instance, the rocket ship, the baby, surviving, and the creation of their daughters hearing aid. All of these subplots come together to make a compelling story with likable characters (even though they don't talk much).

Subjectively, I thought the movie was very enjoyable. The characters were enjoyable to watch, and the story line was suspenseful enough to keep the audience on the edge of their seats. I felt as if the audience could feel their frustration, considering a good majority of the movie was pretty silent. The daughter was incredibly angry at the whole situation, and blamed herself for the death of her youngest brother. You could clearly see her suffering, which is another way the director made us as the audience feel the frustration. As for the parents, they were very passionate about protecting their children from these monsters, since they lost their child at the beginning. Towards the end, the main character played by Krasinski, gave his life for his kids. There was a really powerful message of love for family throughout the whole movie, and it was nice to watch that progress.

Objectively, I thoroughly enjoyed the subplots. Although there wasn't one main point or purpose, I thought that it fit in well this this movie. It added to the whole feel of the movie, the unexpectedness of it that is. Each subplot had a purpose instead of just being abandoned. For example, the hearing aid subplot. The father kept attempting to create a hearing aid for his deaf daughter. Unfortunately, he didn't succeed in giving her the ability to hear. But what he did do, unintentionally, was find the monster's weakness. High frequency radio waves messed with the monsters' hearing, causing intense pain. At the end, when they figure this out, they use it to their advantage to kill all of the monsters in the area. This is just one of the many examples that subplots are used throughout this movie.

Overall, I'm going to rate this movie good good. The way that this movie was produced that the actual content together made a near-perfect movie. I would 100% recommend this movie, and any movies like it. Speaking of similar movies, if you're interested in this movie or one like it, here's a list of movies that are similar! Enjoy!

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