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Why did they choose to follow just 2 characters when we had a war scenario filled with new and potential interesting characters?
I honestly think it ruined a bit the pace and the dinamics of the movie. It was a total missed opportunity.
Why making a prequel with an epic and grand scenario and choose to make it way more confined during the movie?
It makes no sense at all.
I get what you're saying...but that's not the movie they wanted this one to be. This was more of an arthouse film than a suspense flick (although there was plenty of suspense). Completely different director than the previous 2 movies, and a different vision.
If we followed multiple people and their struggle to get away from danger, we wouldn't have gotten the beautiful vignette of Sam and Eric....and the sacrifice each makes for the other. For me, it was ALL about their story, not the masses. And it worked fo me. It....elevated the movie.
Eric helps Sam find some peace and even a graceful moment of happiness....in her dying days, when she was living a solitary life of pain, waiting to die. (When she smiles for the first time--pure magic). And Sam makes the ultimate sacrifice for Eric....so that he could have a chance to live.
This was actually a rather beautiful movie. The story.....the way it was shot. Little scenes like the puppet show....the silent magic trick......the pizza box. It's a shame so many people feel duped because the wanted another alient attack flick.
I'm not even saying following multiple characters all the time.
At least they should have followed more than just 2 characters. It made the pace way off and made the movie less unpredictable and versatile. And of course, at the end it felt more like "more of the same" instead of trying something a bit different.
The movie followed more than two people. I can think of several other characters that I was rooting for to survive.
But, there was one main character, the woman Sam. A movie like this works better from the viewpoint of one vulnerable person because the moviegoers see the immense destruction and threat from her viewpoint. I was on the edge of my seat during most of the movie. I found it very relatable and realistic. Another thing that I liked was how strangers helped each other. They don't show it enough in movies, but that happens in real life.
BTW, I agree with Ripkens25 that this wasn't yet another mindless action flick, but a character-driven film. I enjoyed it and found it refreshing.
The movie basically only followed 2 characters.
Everyone else was or just dispatched quickly or just lost their entire importance during the movie.
And being a character-driven movie is no excuse to follow just 2 characters. And these movies always had and have action.
The other residents, the nurse, the two guys at the fountain, the family in the theater and the mute cat.
Sam was the main character. Eric came in late and was more of a supporting character.
It's easier to make an emotional connection with one or two characters. That's the reason why Titanic focused on Jack and Rose instead of the thousands onboard. Ditto with other movies. The brain won't emotionally connect with 1 million dead, but it will with 1 or 2 dead.
I've been in a few real manmade and natural disasters and what I saw in the movie was very realistic to what I experienced and saw. I like the viewpoint from the one or two actors because it heightens their vulnerability.
It sounds like you just want to see things blowup and U.S. win. That wasn't what this movie was. The army quickly loses to the aliens. Humans are wiped out. Citizens are on their own to eventually die. No heroes except for the few who attempt to help a stranger before being killed off.
"Everyone else was or just dispatched quickly or just lost their entire importance during the movie."
Yes. That's reality. The hopelessness was real. No one is saved. Death is everywhere. No heroes to save mankind. I know this doom because I experienced it and the PTSD Eric had. Movie captured it perfectly.
You want a happy ending when there shouldn't be one.
Wrong. The movie basically only followed 2 characters.
Everyone else was or just dispatched quickly or just lost their entire importance during the movie.
And being a character-driven movie is no excuse to follow just 2 characters. And these movies always had and have action.
And yes, the ending was poor as well. It's life.
99.99% of movies have 1 or 2 protagonists. Can you name a few movies which don't?
Ending was great and realistic. It made sense that during this apocalypse, her only desire became to return home. And pizza is a comfort food. People, including myself, had the same goal when disaster hit locally. A newspaper even ran a story about why people need to find a way back to their home. Home feels safe especially during a "trying time".
Yes, people quickly died as they should have. Yes, your life and theirs are meaningless which the movies shows. You're upset because you wanted an unrealistic happy ending with heroes saving everyone. LOL!
You must be young. Life is going to disappoint you since it always ends sadly. Your family and friends, if they are lucky, will all grow old, become ill or infirmed and then die. You'll get to witness it before it becomes your turn.
I suggest you don't watch apocalyptic movies since you can't handle them.
Wrong. YOU are desperate because you are trying to make this movie you love so much filled with meanings.
I have bad news for you: the ending is not good and this movie is not that good.
You shouldn't even try to watch good movies because this isn't a very good movie.
I have bad news foor you: this movie basically only follows 2 characters that are boring and it's a missed chance.
Capiche? Nice try. LOL!
You couldn't name any movies without one or two protagonists.
Movie wasn't for you. Stick to Spiderman.
He is right, the movie not only just follows 2 characters ignoring the other posible protagonists (Alex wolff, the two kids, Djimon hounson) but also ignores the real chaos It would Be an alien invasión of these Kind in Manhattan. It should've been like Cloverfield, damn it (It steals its best scene from that movie btw). Why the hell should we care about a dying woman and a Guy we know nothing about?
After two movies It was time to explain more about the creatures and the invasión, not making an stupid drama without any sense.
Cloverfield suxed!
Yes, most movies have one or two protagonists. I'm still waiting for the list of movies with dozens of them.
It's not always possible to get an explanation. Not all mysteries are solved. We still don't know where Predator or Alien originates.
Keelai, wrong you mega troll.
This movie only followed 2 characters and was a total missed chance.
Cry more and go back to your usual barbie Dolls movies.
Stick to Barbie movies.
Yes, most movies have one or two protagonists. I'm still waiting for the list of movies with dozens of them that you insist exist.
You're the one who is crying ad nauseum about Quiet Place! Just stick with your Disney Star Wars and Spiderman.
Keelai, wrong you mega troll.
This movie only followed 2 characters and was a total missed chance.
Cry more and go back to your usual barbie Dolls movies.
Stick to Barbie movies.
Yes, most movies have one or two protagonists. I'm still waiting for the list of movies with dozens of them that you insist exist.
You're the one who is crying ad nauseum about Quiet Place! Just stick with your Disney Star Wars and Spiderman.
Keelai, wrong you mega troll.
This movie only followed 2 characters and was a total missed chance.
Cry more and go back to your usual barbie Dolls movies.
Stick to Barbie movies.
Yes. Creatures and invasion were undeveloped in first movies. It was time to pay attention more. And they gave us some dying sad boring woman to follow.
I was move interested in Djimon Hounsou character in those few scenes he was in. And I had more connection to Alex Wolff character then for Stranger Things one. He was actually charismatic.
Keelai, wrong you mega troll.
This movie only followed 2 characters and was a total missed chance.
Cry more and go back to your usual barbie Dolls movies.
Stick to Barbie movies.
Batbie's main protagonist was Barbie. All the others were supporting or antagonists.
"You couldn't name any movies without one or two protagonists."
Still waiting for your movies list.
You are a troll who loves Barbie movies.
This movie turned out boring rather boring because they started follwoing only 2 rather boring characters.
Fact.
You're nonstop crying and complaining over a movie you likely downloaded is boring. Grow up!
shareYou always crying because you are a crying babie who got destroyed only because your favorite movie ever is a borefest!
Cry more, you epic troll! Grow up!
Yes, most movies have one or two protagonists. I'm still waiting for the list of movies with dozens of them that you insist exist.
You're the one who is crying ad nauseum about Quiet Place! Just stick with your Disney Star Wars and Spiderman.
Keelai, wrong you mega troll.
This movie only followed 2 characters and was a total missed chance.
Cry more and go back to your usual barbie Dolls movies.
Stick to Barbie movies.
Are you still crying about a movie that you likely illegally downloaded, Cosplay-Skywalker?
shareKeelai-Tard, wrong you mega troll.
This movie only followed 2 characters and was a total missed chance.
Cry more and go back to your usual barbie Dolls movies.
Stick to Barbie movies.
You have an unhealthy obsession with a plastic doll since you mention it in every post. Seek help with that.
shareKeelai-Tard, wrong you mega troll.
This movie only followed 2 characters and was a total missed chance.
Cry more and go back to your usual barbie Dolls movies.
Stick to Barbie movies, you insane wacko.
It's easier to make an emotional connection with one or two characters. But now with these two borefaces.
I had more connection to Alex Wolff and Djimon Hounsou characters.
Why?
shareBecause Lupita and Stranger Things guy are not lead actors. They could not carry movie.
Bearded guy from Hospice was actually very charismatic. And Djimon Hounsou played himself as usualy. But his character was promising. And then he vanished from movie.
Even kids journey was more interesting to see then Lupita walking with her bored face whole movie being sad. And Stranger Things guy was even more boring to watch and I did not care about him at all.
That worked in the first two films in a rural secluded town. It can’t sustain an entire franchise. They need to broaden them and reveal new information.
The creatures are the most interesting things about the movies. At this point, the film should have focused more on them, their origin, and how officials deal with them. There was no other reason to make a prequel.
Seeing authorities coordinate the evacuation with the military while dealing with and studying the creatures would have been a lot more fascinating than yet another story about generic characters wandering around.
That could have happened in another small town instead of New York. All they did by putting it in New York is disappoint everyone who thought they we're going to do something like I suggested above.
Instead, they gave us the exact same film as the first two, only in a bigger location with different people. Boring!
New York City is larger and noisier. Another small town would have been redundant. Completely different story.
It's clear that the military doesn't deal with the aliens and fails very quickly. Anyway, the military coming to rescue is a joke since they don't always show up. Civilians are on their own.
That's bizarre! How would anyone find out their origin? Four years in and covid's origin is still a mystery. You've watched too many fake
How is the noisy military going to evacuate millions of noisy New Yorkers? That's not happening and the movie makes it clear when the noisy helicopters were destroyed and the New Yorkers killed.
> New York City is larger and noisier. Another small town would have been redundant. Completely different story.
This entire movie was redundant. And the noise in NY was only a small and very short part of the movie. It barely factored in.
>It's clear that the military doesn't deal with the aliens and fails very quickly.
I don’t want to guess or imagine what happened. I want to see it happen, Including authorities trying to figure out what the creatures are and where they came from.
>Anyway, the military coming to rescue is a joke since they don't always show up. Civilians are on their own.
No clue what you mean by a joke. And the civilians were on their own in the previous films. Once again, the exact same story.
>That's bizarre! How would anyone find out their origin? Four years in and covid's origin is still a mystery. You've watched too many fake
Fake what? Movies? We aren’t talking about real life here. This is a science “fiction” movie. They can make anything happen, just like in thousands of other fictional films. And I said trying to figure out their origins. Studying them. Which is a lot more interesting than generic people stumbling around — again.
>How is the noisy military going to evacuate millions of noisy New Yorkers? That's not happening and the movie makes it clear when the noisy helicopters were destroyed and the New Yorkers killed.
Watching them try to figure it out is the fascinating part. They obviously managed to coordinate the boats to rescue some people. There’s so much more happening besides the little we saw on screen. I wanted to see that.
"noise in NY was only a small and very short part of the movie. It barely factored in. "
Wrong! The noise is the main reason the population was doomed and were quickly killed.
"authorities trying to figure out what the creatures are and where they came from. "
Clearly, they're extraterrestrial as was shown in the scene showing them falling from the sky. Which planet is irrelevant.
"We aren’t talking about real life here"
You want another boring unrealistic cliche instead of a refreshingly realistic film in which the U.S. quickly loses. It's obvious that the military and police were quickly dispensed with by the aliens, as shown, and the civilians are on their own. Civilians surviving on their own without help arriving happens all the time. It's refreshing to see it in a film.
"the exact same story."
Nope. The first two were about a family who luckily were equipped for survival by knowing sign language and living in a rural area. This film was about people not equipped for survival and quickly die. Sam's illness leaves her vulnerable and unheroic - just a regular person who is relatable. No unrealistic film heroism.
"They obviously managed to coordinate the boats to rescue some people. "
LOL! What coordination? There are ferries docked throughout New York City! The helicopters would've easily seen a few undamaged docks and direct the few survivors there - a few hundred survivors left from 2+ million!
"I wanted to see that."
This film wasn't for you. Just rewatch Independence Day for the umpteenth time.
The aliens weren't intelligent, just mindless killing creatures, so it's obvious they were part of a bigger invasión of a truly intelligent race, probable a biological weapon sent as the first part of the attack.
That's what this movie should've been about, not another drama with even less sense than the previous two films, where at least there was a thematic connection between the family protagonist and the antagonist aliens.
"The aliens weren't intelligent, just mindless killing creatures"
True.
"part of a bigger invasión of a truly intelligent race"
Nope:
"In Krasinski’s mind, the aliens came to Earth after their homeworld was destroyed:
“And the other idea was [the armor is] also the reason why they were able to survive kind of the explosion of their planet and then survive on these meteorites, because they’ve evolved to be bulletproof. Until they open themselves up to be vulnerable, they’re completely invulnerable.”
https://collider.com/a-quiet-place-monsters-explained/
Director Michael Sarnoski:
"One of the great things about the Quiet Place universe is that you have this sort of fundamental creature, and beyond that, you can explore any human story you want to in that world. You can tell a thousand different stories in this world because it’s just about the characters."
https://time.com/6993136/a-quiet-place-day-one-horror-prequel/
Like I previously wrote, this franchise is meant to be character-driven survival stories. If you want something else, then this franchise isn't for you.
Wow, that's the less interesting path they could have chosen. In any case if you want characters driven stories you need, you know, interesting characters, which isn't the case. I repeat, in the two previous films at least there was a connection between the protagonist and the aliens, here there is nothing.
As someone said, the Monsters are the most interesting part of this world and they keep ignoring them, and the answer of the government to their attack too (which btw doesn't have any sense, as a 13 years old girl discovers how to kill them but the army can't).
It appears you want an optimistic story in a dystopian film. That's not this franchise.
"the Monsters are the most interesting part of this world and they keep ignoring them"
Not ignoring. It's better to keep them a mystery because a person's imagination can be scarier than anything shown on film. We see them briefly. Things are scarier in the dark for a reason.
"a connection between the protagonist and the aliens, "
Connection not needed. Humans = food.
"13 years old girl discovers how to kill them but the army can't)."
She discovered it by accident long after the military had been quickly vanquished. You could see their mistake when they thought destroying bridges would contain the aliens. They at least figured that they couldn't swim.
I thought the 2nd film, especially beginning, was repetitive and boring. I wasn't going to see this one at all except it took place in a large city, therefore I thought there would be something new.
"interesting characters"
Of course, to each their own. I liked all of the characters and found them interesting.
me:
"Anyway, the military coming to rescue is a joke since they don't always show up. Civilians are on their own."
you:
"No clue what you mean by a joke."
Secret Service and local authorities completely messed up Trump security by not properly securing rooftops and then ignoring and/or reacting in slow motion as crowd attempted to warn them.
Now do you get it??? You're on your own! Don't depend on rescue or help from others including government or military.
I was trying to warn you because I've seen indecision and incompetence from "people in charge" repeatedly. The strong leadership and competence you see in other movies is BS. This movie captured the reality of government incompetence and inaction to a T. I've literally seen "leadership" try to decide if they should tell everyone to leave when there was a fire in the building, for Christ sakes!!!! WTF???
IMHO there is a longer term trend of science fiction settings being used for emotionally driven and relationship focused narratives which are not directly related to the science fiction premise or setting.
I think it’s partially a grift so writers and directors who want to be “serious” can get a movie made in an era where audiences are less interested in artsy drama and more into starships and space aliens.
I think it’s also partly also people who make science fiction movies think they have auteur skills too and believe they’re making intelligent films about emotions and people.
I agree it’s kind of annoying because a lot of interesting premises get wasted on drama rather than the Air Force carpet bombing Queens.
Plus studios and streamers are in on it, pushing these kinds of titles even though they’re not really what they say they are.
I agree with you!
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