I generally don't like horror movies because usually they are just stupid. But as horror movies go, this one is pretty good. The acting (love Emily Blunt, not a big John Krasinski fan, but he's talented, and successful) the cinematography, and the music (not the songs they played, I'm talking about the cinematic score by Marco Beltrami) were all good. But as usual in horror movies, there were glaring plotholes.
The plotholes and questions go on and on. These things are hard to digest if you have an analytical mind, and look at things logically. But if you don't think too hard about it, and suspend disbelief . . .
- If the Emily Blunt character can kill an alien monster with a shotgun, what about the militaries of the world? Don't they have bigger, stronger weapons?
- Why is it a good idea to bring a 4 year old shopping in a world full of alien monsters that kill anything alive that makes noise? Aren't little kids noisy? Couldn't the daughter stay home with the 4 year old while the parents go shopping?
- Why take a noisy toy away from a 4 year old. But leave the toy and batteries where the 4 year old can retrieve them?
- Why walk back home in a dangerous world with the 4 year old bringing up the rear, out of everyone's sight?
- Why does a single shotgun blast bring multiple monsters running, but a fireworks show only distracts one monster?
- If people can scream and yell safely next to a waterfall, why not live next to the waterfall?
- Who has a nail sticking up in the middle of a stair step in a house full of little kids, where everyone runs around barefooted? I know the mother pulled it up with a sack of supplies. But why was it there to begin with? And why leave it after discovery?
- These people were running around barefooted with jackets, coats and sweaters on. What do they do in the winter when it's cold?
- Where did all that sand come from? Did they live by a beach we never saw?
- If your shotgun kills the monsters, why isn't it with you all the time?
The plotholes and questions go on and on. These things are hard to digest if you have an analytical mind, and look at things logically. But if you don't think too hard about it, and suspend disbelief . . .