Comments on: The System and Rules for A Quiet Place Explained

By: Alan Winter

Alan Winter — Tue, 24 Nov 2020 16:04:55 +0000

Have you seen/reviewed Orbiter 9?

By: Ria15

Ria15 — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 02:29:38 +0000

Regarding the corn/silo scene…
I teach in a small farming community and had two teenage boys who were working the corn silo fall in and suffocate to death.
Shook the community.

By: Hev

Hev — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 08:12:59 +0000

I just watched this movie and really enjoyed it! This movie has a real M. Night Shaylaman feel to it mainly because of the low budget, small cast, and the sealed-off style. This movie requires the audience to use their imagination to fill in the plot holes, and I think this is the reason I like this style so much; however, I find that many critics do not have an imagination and want every detail explained. Many critics have written about the fact that the world armies should have taken these creatures out, but I think the key here is the number of days. In just 89 days the world is nearly wiped out. That tells me this all happened so fast there was not time to study the creatures well enough and find the weakness.
The waterfall is another point everyone refers to. Why didn’t they live by the waterfall? But is that really feasible? I mean 2 adults (one pregnant) and 2 children living outside in a tent presumably, and therefore even less protected from both animals and elements?
The other thing is the pregnancy. How can she let herself get pregnant? Well folks contraceptives are not 100%. Plus I thought their planning was pretty good. I’ll admit I can see some of the holes, but I have a good imagination which helps to fill them.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 12:40:00 +0000

Absolutely fantastic. I loved this movie and thought it was beautifully made.
I am a stickler for storyline details, both with books and movies, which can make me that annoying person next to you on the couch who questions everything.
1. The water in the basement detail drove me nuts. Also, how did the alien find its way into the soundproof room? If it was drawn by the sound of the pipes bursting then surely that would have woken her up?
2. The fire not drawing the aliens baffled me. Even a small, very dry fire would make noise. Also, her running out of lighter fluid… we all know the sound an almost empty bottle makes. But maybe that’s a moot point because the aliens where about to come to the silo anyways.
3. I’m a farmer so the I can’t get passed the fact that, after over a year of living perfectly silent, there was a large corn field near harvest. Perfect rows and spacing, no weeds… how you could do that silently, by hand is beyond me.
4. The aliens apparently want to stop the source of all noise. Not necessarily to feed on. (Correct me if I’ve understood this incorrectly) They simply hate noise. Wouldn’t the waterfall and river drive them insane? Either they would blindly attack it or completely avoid it, and it seems they chose to avoid. With that information wouldn’t you try to create a continuous, loud ‘sound-screen’ that they couldn’t destroy which would cause them to avoid the area? Then you’d be able to live a slightly noisier life without fear. I realize I’m overthinking this but that’s where my brain goes.

My obsessive questions aside, this movie blew my mind. I know I wouldn’t last long in this dystopian world, one fart and I would be toast.

By: Taylor Holmes

Taylor Holmes — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 15:24:37 +0000

In reply to Hans.

Fair. Definitely fair. How does this entire farm exist with these monsters in the area?

But, we have got to cut this movie slack on the physics and semantics piece. Sure, its nigh on impossible to survive in this world. The movie creators did their best to explain a lot of the details necessary. (The pathways, no doors, etc.) But ultimately, it was one of the most interesting new ideas cinema has seen since like, Get Out. And this is way more grounded in reality than Get Out. So yeah, they get my standing ovation just for the go at it. It was brilliant. It had holes in it, but heck, every movie has holes.

My opinion – take it for what its worth.

By: Alan Winter

Alan Winter — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:58:56 +0000

I believe this was corn, but Tim is right. Silo drowning does happen, and about half of all deaths happen in corn silos. BUT– not in the way depicted in the movie. Humidity causes grain/corn to stick together and create ‘bridges’ that seem solid but then suddenly collapse under weight. Also, if outlets are open at the bottom of the silo, an outward flow can get started. Just falling into loose corn won’t generally do it, for reasons stated in previous comments.

I lived on a farm in farm country until I was 18, and never heard of anyone dying this way. This stuff usually happens in commercial graneries.

By: Shelby

Shelby — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 15:05:40 +0000

There’s going to be some things that don’t make sense. I don’t think any movie has created a perfect world where you have no questions or accusations about the plausibility of something that you see.

For example – do they ever get sick? Coughing, blowing their nose, even just hiccuping? Hanging photos, accidentally hitting your elbow on the door frame, chopping wood, etc.
These are things that are not important to the overall STORY, so they are fun to discuss but shouldn’t make the movie/story any less powerful.

By: Hans

Hans — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 14:59:05 +0000

How did they manage to plant and harvest so much corn without attracting the monsters?

By: Taylor Holmes

Taylor Holmes — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 19:14:02 +0000

Was this grain? If it’s grain in this silo I have zero knowledge. Let’s be 100% clear. I have plenty of corn silo experience… and nothing else. So yeah! hahaha. I totally think that grain and corn would act completely differently.