A Quiet Place: Day One
I wish I could rate this higher, but I just can’t.The first 2 problems are the trailer. It contained all the good scenes, and it lied to us about the goals of the characters. You saw it. It clearly said the goal was get off Manhattan island. No no no. Samira (Lupita Nyong’o) is on a vision quest to get a slice of new York pizza. Because new Yorkers think they’ve cornered the market on good pizza. OK, there’s another reason but I won’t give that spoiler and, imo, it undercuts the movie.Meanwhile Eric (Joseph Quinn) is given no character whatsoever. We get about 4 sentences of backstory and are left to divine his character based on action and expressions. He’s up to that task (see stranger things and overlord), but really isn’t given anything to work with here.He comes on scene birthed from a flooded subway entrance. Why was it flooded? Why was he under water? We have no idea. But he sees a cat and follows it to a person then follows the person. Somewhere along the way his clothes dry out.Did I mention getting off the island? There’s a poseidon adventure conundrum here. In that story, the survivors reach the main corridor going front to back of the ship. Our heroes go to the back. Everybody else goes to the front. In the movie only our heroes get out. In the book, both sets get outHere we see all of new York walking one way and pizza lunatic walking the other. Turn around. Get off the island. Get a slice in Jersey.But then we’d have no 3rd act. The third act is plagued by another parallel to poseidon adventure, but I won’t spoil that hereBest actor nomination to the cat. That poor cat.
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Director: Michael Sarnoski
Actors: Alex Wolff, Alfie Todd, Djimon Hounsou, Eliane Umuhire, Joseph Quinn, Lupita Nyong'o, Takunda Khumalo
Country: United Kingdom, United States
