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| It has no skin! Or does it? This sculpture of an alien is said to be from the H.R. Giger Museum. Photo Credit: Pixabay.com |
I finally saw A
Quiet Place yesterday evening. It was really good in almost all
aspects. The story to this film
was not made to be merely an audience pleaser. This was an
intelligently made movie with well-developed characters and a
well-written storyline. But the monsters were designed terribly. So
as not to create any spoilers I won’t go into too many details, but
at many points in the film the monsters looked like they were cut
open in parts of their bodies. I know that’s been a major
characteristic in the creatures of horror films ever since Alien
in the late ‘70s, but it’s been over done too many times.
I’m not against
the design of the Alien movies’ exoskeleton creatures that’s
muscle tissues seem to be exposed. In fact, the first movie has been
one of my favourites among sci fi horror. But those monsters were
Ridley Scott and H.R. Giger’s creations and so were unique to them.
After the
first movie, it
seemed like
monsters in every sci fi horror flick, both Alien
knock-offs
and films
with original
storylines, were
skinless regardless of
what environments they evolved from.
(Warning:
Even though I said I’m trying not to give away spoilers, some of
the details ahead may be considered by some to be spoilers. Enter at
your own risk!)
It was no different
with the monsters in A Quiet Place. For what reason did
the producers have to use monsters, that are not zombies, that’s
intestines seem to be naturally exposed? No scientific knowledge in
the movie indicates any kind of evolutionary element that determines
such a characteristic. Speaking about characteristics, the monsters’
distinctive feature was their extrasensory hearing. So, particularly,
the intestines of their ears appeared to be exposed all the time.
Well, bats have extrasensory hearing too but evolution didn’t leave
the skin off of their ears to show the intestines!
I think Hollywood
studio executives just had to get their way with this movie in the
end in order to make the profit they always want. Gore draws the
masses, especially here in the commercial-infested U.S. And so, very
unfortunately because A Quiet Place was made with such
high quality on almost every level, the logic of world-building has
once again been sacrificed for capital gain.
Have you seen A
Quiet Place? If so, what did you think of it? What did you think
of the monsters?
Until next time. . .
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I guess they moved so fast I didn't notice.
ReplyDeleteI thought the film was excellent and deserves the success it's enjoying.
Yes, they did move really fast (which I was okay with). Don't get me, wrong, other than the aspect I mentioned in the post, I thought the movie was very good and would recommend it to anybody to go see. It's rare today that you get a great horror movie with a good quality storyline and well-developed characters you can really care about.
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