A Quiet Place (John Krasinski)

[Dukefrukem]

I would fully and completely support this idea. This is a very fun idea.

I may have to steal this idea.

Signs
Cloverfield
10 Cloverfield Lane
Monsters
Troll Hunter
The Mist
The Blob
The Mummy
The Descent
Attack The Block
Sklyline
They live
Mars Attacks
War of the Worlds
The Faculty
The World's End
Battleship
Cowboys & Aliens
The Host
Tremors
Splinter
Slither
The THing
Battle Los Angels
District 9
Oblivion
The Watch
MIB
Arrival
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Dreamcatch
and of course, Alien vs Predator 2

[Dead & Messed Up]

Signs
Cloverfield
10 Cloverfield Lane
Monsters
Troll Hunter
The Mist
The Blob
The Mummy
The Descent
Attack The Block
Sklyline
They live
Mars Attacks
War of the Worlds
The Faculty
The World's End
Battleship
Cowboys & Aliens
The Host
Tremors
Splinter
Slither
The THing
Battle Los Angels
District 9
Oblivion
The Watch
MIB
Arrival
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Dreamcatch
and of course, Alien vs Predator 2

I don't get it. Are you saying those are similar to what Pop Trash is suggesting?

[Dukefrukem]

I don't get it. Are you saying those are similar to what Pop Trash is suggesting?

I'm saying: "get on it!". I did your homework for you.

[Pop Trash]

I may have to steal this idea.

Are you at least going to give me a story credit or something, Carlos Mencia?

[Pop Trash]

WHY IS THERE A SCORE?! AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHH. The least necessary score in cinema in my lifetime and probably before my lifetime as well. This had potential to work like gangbusters (and often does when the score / audio drops out) as an exercise in How Sound Works in films, just like how some of Nolan's films (Memento, Inception, Dunkirk) are exercises in How Editing Works, and the masterful IT FOLLOWS is How Framing Works in the sense that it's constantly forcing you to look at the margins of the frame, whether or not anything is going on there.

The only thing I can think of is either a) John Krasinsky doesn't trust his own direction enough to ratchet up tension w/o a score (incorrect) or b) there was studio, executive, or money people intervention to have a score to make the film more "accessible" or "conventional" or some other such nonsense (looking at you Michael Bay).

If Krasinsky wanted to be truly radical, he could have made this a totally silent (like no audio track at all) film from the perspective of the deaf girl, but I totally get why the Hollywood Powers That Be wouldn't let that fly. However, that score needs to go.

That issue aside, the film mostly works for me. It's not exposition heavy enough to warrant lots of plot hole complaints. It basically leaves it up to the viewer to decide how they got to this particular house and their process of learning the silent life. As for having a baby, I found it believable. People have kids all the time that probably shouldn't, plus I imagine birth control is hard to come by, also the emotional reasons why a couple would want to reproduce again following the death of a child.

Performances are on point, especially Emily Blunt and (possible early front runner for best supporting actress?) the deaf-in-real-life Millicent Simmonds. Krasinski is fine too, but was probably too busy directing, so left most of the heavy emotional lifting to the rest of the able cast.

Oh and FIX THAT GODDAMN NAIL ALREADY!

[Dead & Messed Up]

Are you at least going to give me a story credit or something, Carlos Mencia?

Okay, this was all fun and games before.

Don't you ever compare me to Carlos Mencia.

[Gizmo]

I'm on the fence about this. it was well put together, but the more I think about some of the silly things, the more it leaves a stale taste in my mouth. I think this does a good job of encapsulating my thoughts:

[Spinal]

Oh and FIX THAT GODDAMN NAIL ALREADY!

Yes! How could you just leave it there after what happened?!

[Pop Trash]

I'm on the fence about this. it was well put together, but the more I think about some of the silly things, the more it leaves a stale taste in my mouth. I think this does a good job of encapsulating my thoughts:

This guy definitely doesn't have kids.

[Skitch]

Are you at least going to give me a story credit or something, Carlos Mencia?

Thats some hard bitter insult there, son.

[DavidSeven]

Krasinski has said he wasn’t a fan of horror films, and I think that lack of genre understanding does come through in certain choices. The nail thing is one. I appreciate the filmmakers who know when and how to give the audience a small reprieve from the tension in their films. The nail was obviously left unaddressed to add an undercurrent of constant suspense to whatever else was happening in the actual story, but I don’t see the experiential value in making people uncomfortable through something that is so divorced from the plot, story or theme. Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should.

[Dead & Messed Up]

Krasinski has said he wasn’t a fan of horror films, and I think that lack of genre understanding does come through in certain choices. The nail thing is one. I appreciate the filmmakers who know when and how to give the audience a small reprieve from the tension in their films. The nail was obviously left unaddressed to add an undercurrent of constant suspense to whatever else was happening in the actual story, but I don’t see the experiential value in making people uncomfortable through something that is so divorced from the plot, story or theme. Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should.

Many moments in the final quarter where I kept thinking someone needs to do something about that fucking nail.

[Ezee E]

Wasn't there only one instance with the nail, and after it was stepped on, we never saw it again?

[Dukefrukem]

Wasn't there only one instance with the nail, and after it was stepped on, we never saw it again?

Yes but there was a scene later, I believe with the daughter walking down the stairs, and it wasn't clear if the nail was dealt with or not. So the possibility of her stepping on the nail too was still unclear.

[Pop Trash]

Wasn't there only one instance with the nail, and after it was stepped on, we never saw it again?

No, you definitely see it again. With a motherfuckin' blood puddle around it, just begging to be fixed, but no, we're just going to keep going up and down those stairs w/o fixing it. There's also a blatant close-up of the nail early on like "GEE I DIDN'T THINK THAT GIANT NAIL WOULD GET STEPPED ON BUT NOW THAT THERE IS A LINGERING CLOSE-UP I SURE DO THINK THAT NAIL IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM!"

[Spinal]

That will be the title of the spinoff movie from this film: THE NAIL. Just 90 minutes of unsuspecting visitors stepping on the goddamn nail.

[Pop Trash]

That will be the title of the spinoff movie from this film: THE NAIL. Just 90 minutes of unsuspecting visitors stepping on the goddamn nail.

DVD EXTRA ALTERNATE ENDING
In a Shyamalan-esque twist, it's revealed the monsters are allergic to iron and die after stepping on the nail. Blunt's character is hailed a genius for never fixing it.

[Dead & Messed Up]

That will be the title of the spinoff movie from this film: THE NAIL. Just 90 minutes of unsuspecting visitors stepping on the goddamn nail.

And also not stepping on the nail, so we wipe our brow and say, "Phew, I thought they were gonna step on the nail."

The Quiet Place: Nail-Poke-Alypse

[Dukefrukem]

No, you definitely see it again. With a motherfuckin' blood puddle around it, just begging to be fixed, but no, we're just going to keep going up and down those stairs w/o fixing it. There's also a blatant close-up of the nail early on like "GEE I DIDN'T THINK THAT GIANT NAIL WOULD GET STEPPED ON BUT NOW THAT THERE IS A LINGERING CLOSE-UP I SURE DO THINK THAT NAIL IS GOING TO BE A PROBLEM!"

Are you sure? I don't remember that.

[Spinal]

Are you sure? I don't remember that.

It's there, as he described.

[Dukefrukem]

Sequel in the works

[Dead & Messed Up]

Can I just say, I respect the nail. It's an effective bit of low horror where the audience can wince and feel a relatable visceral empathy.

The nail is good. All hail the nail.

It's the post-foot handling of the nail with which I take nail umbrage.

[Gizmo]

Are we all going to switch to nail avatars now?

[transmogrifier]

Are we all going to switch to nail avatars now?

The Nail > Porgs

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I have to say I kinda like that, as of now, this movie has made more money in the US than Ready Player One.