I was thinking more about the movie and people who didn't like the ending. I think a Signs comparison points to why I like the end.

Signs lost me because the weakness to water was basically pulled out of a hat, made no sense in relation to the aliens and was a weakness that would have been revealed the first tine it rained.

A Quiet Place, the weakness was an organic part of the monsters. They had super hearing abilities, so they were particularly susceptible to sound weapons. It made total sense that Krasinski would be trying to build a hearing aid too.

As for unanswered questions, I liked that. Too many movies are 90 minutes of tension ruined by 15 minutes of forced exposition scenes that kill momentum. Quiet Place was 90 minutes of tension. Adding exposition would have detracted from the edge of your seat thing that was the best part.

At the end, I knew what I needed to. I didn't need the backstory on where the monsters came from, heck, in that world, the people themselves didn't know. The movie wasn't scared to be itself and do the things it would naturally do.

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Posted by LEASTBAY

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Posted on 7/18/18 at 6:16 pm to Rep520

I looked up the origin and I think John Krazinski said their homeworld was destroyed and somehow go to earth travelling through space on an asteroid or something. Their armor is so tough they didnt need a ship or something. Answers some questions about the military not killing them.

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Posted by AU_251

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Posted on 7/30/18 at 1:30 pm to ipodking

I'm super late to the party. Just watched it last night in my bedroom with my gf who refuses to watch scary movies. Guess I was sweet enough recently where she tolerated it.

Anyway, I liked it a lot. From reviews and other people talking about it, I thought it was gonna be a life changing film for me, so I was slightly let down, but still enjoyed it. Definitely left me wanting more.

I enjoyed the silence, the minimalism, and the cinematography. The little boy getting whacked in the beginning was awesome and set up the rest of the movie to where you weren't sure what could happen.

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I was stunned to see a movie in 2018 with so little spoken dialogue

The beginning where it is dead silent for like half the movie, I couldn't stop thinking how much I would love a world where everyone was very quiet with everything they do. So much more peaceful

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Posted by Blob Fish

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Posted on 8/5/18 at 3:48 pm to athenslife101

I just saw the remake of Signs, I mean A Quiet Place, and found it very entertaining. I honestly did.

But I was led to believe this was some uniquely terrific movie. That it is not...

1) Family all alone being targeted on a farm by fast moving sneaky creatures
2) One of the kids is sick and it protects him/her from being killed (asthma and deafness)
3) Alien weakness is very basic and related to a quirk of one of the kids (water cups and hearing aids)