RE: Review of A Quiet Place: Day One
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Oh dear, the IMDb score is only 6.2. When it comes to films, I have two rules:
- Never watch anything starring Tom Cruise or Tom Hanks.
- Never watch anything with an IMDb score below 7.
And I'm considering adding a third rule which is not to watch anything made after 1999:)
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I have a rule too: If it's popular, I probably won't like it. That's true for books and for movies. This movie does not have one sex scene. Oh no! The violence is constant, but not gory. Oh no! I did read one comment where the viewer complained the monsters were not featured enough. Most people want a monster film to be monstrous. I want a film to tell a good story. I want it to be sharp, and to feature credible actors. I want it to be reasonably original. I don't want it to waste my time with fluff and fillers.
It's got to be a pretty good movie these days to hold my attention for every scene, to the very end. I don't have a problem with attention span. I have a problem with shallow scripts.
The IMDB rating for the show Landman is 8.1. That show is garbage. I couldn't even get through the first episode. Half way into it my husband turned to me and said, "You don't like it, do you?" I hadn't said a word. He just knew I would think it was garbage.
The list of authors and moviemakers for whom I have little regard is long. Many of those are popular. I don't care 😂
As you know, I am an ornery person with an independent view. Probably why I don't talk to many people :))
Ornery? You? Not at all 😂 😂
No sex scenes? That sounds right up my street. One of my many objections to modern movies is too many sex scenes, and same sex, even worse, though I know it's not PC to say so. I think the last really good movie I saw was 'As good as it gets' and that was 1997 😁
This doesn't offend me. What offends me is the deliberate insertion of a political view in the show/movie. It seems we have to count heads to see how many demographic groups are represented in the show/movie. We've gone to complete exclusion of groups (which was not 'real') to bean counting. It's got to the point where I say OK, there's the token so and so. It's just irritating, I agree.
I once lived with three gay men, so same-sex sex scenes don't particularly offend me; they just irritate me, for precisely the reasons you mention.
I think you have material for three books, based on your life :))
Mine is a 6. A 6 can be watchable and entertaining. I usually think any zombie or post apocalyptic that gets a 6 might be upped to a 6.5 or 7 on my rating system as not everyone 'gets' this kind of film. I'd give it a solid 6.5.
I love zombie movies. They offer a vacation from the real world. It's an invitation to suspend disbelief. However, some zombie movies are quite serious: 28 years later, for example. The best zombie movies offer an opportunity to deal with life's most profound questions.
Mostly, I don't pay attention to ratings. Reviews sometimes are revealing. At least I can tell if someone is looking for the same qualities in a film that I am.
Thank you @discovery-it. I greatly appreciate your support.🌟
OH MY GOD - you love zombie movies? I'm so darn pleased. My Mum (78) is also a fan. There's a zombie book series I also loved called 'The Reapers are the Angels' which always stuck in my mind and was well written southern gothic take, and Colston Whitehead's 'Zone One'. I think a lot of people think they're all guts and brains, but they're much more than that. They're an opportunity to critique social ills and a way to imagine how life can reform anew around an apocalypse. There's a multitude of different ways to explore it, and as you say, you can suspend disbelief and sub 'reanimated dead' for 'general pandemic' if you're struggling with the concept of reanimation. Jamie hasn't enjoyed one since the remake of 'Dawn of the Dead' and usually tunes out, but I don't think they make enough films to feed my appetite, so to speak. Obviously, if it's just jump scares and gore it's a missed opportunity to philosophise about humanity - although that's exactly why people shy away from them.
There was a remake of Dawn of the Dead?
I had a student in one of my classes years ago whose father made zombie movies. I can't remember his name, but he was fairly well known. She said he dressed her up as a zombie and allowed her to be in one movie as an extra. She was tickled about that.
Can't say I've watched many zombie films, but I did watch the first four seasons of The Walking Dead as my last beau was a big fan.
I have no idea why I love them so much. I think it's because I like to imagine how I'd survive, and the chance for the world to be made anew. I'm not a fan of, say, The Evil Dead - but more the survivalist ones, and how a zombie invasion can be a metaphor for social ills.
Yes!
I watched The Walking Dead for a while, then it got tedious. They just kept looking for more plotlines.
I agree. The first few seasons were good, but they should have cut it before it became boring.