343: A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)

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Wow, we're so compatible. Can't stand you. Greetings and salutations, and welcome to Hackerslash. If you're joining us again, welcome back. I'm going to get pizza. If this is your first time listening, welcome to the party. We are a horror movie review podcast dedicated to telling you whether a movie is a hack, a total joke, a waste of time.

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Or a slash. Totally killer. Pun intended.

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We believe horror is for everyone, and as such, we're rating these movies with a perspective we've gained from our varying walks of life and the flavors of fear we fancy most. My name is Chris, I'm your friendly neighborhood slasher enthusiast. And this week I'm joined by the classic horror connoisseur Sean.

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When he wants to hide that he shit his pants.

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And the paradigm will pair more things. This place is shit. This week we're looking back on a 2024 film that's set in the chaotic beginning of a familiar nightmare. Before we get down to business though, we have some follow-up.

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Let's follow up on a movie, and specifically a quiet place. So taking it back to the beginning, well, not necessarily the beginning, but somewhat the beginning for the franchise. We asked our listeners what they thought, and 25% said it was a hack. 75% said it was a slash.

SPEAKER_04 1:18

Dang, 25% hack?

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That feels about right.

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For the OG? I was pretty surprised about that, right? That is surprising.

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75% slash for sure, but there are people that really don't like this? Well, some people had some thoughts to share. The lack of dialogue was not only unique, but really added to the suspense and tension of the film. That was trust the heart.

SPEAKER_04 1:40

100%.

SPEAKER_02 1:41

And I'd have to agree. I think that the quietness of it all, obviously, is what really makes it eerie and s and suspenseful for sure. That was really cool about this one. Now, interesting on the hack side of things, this one does not do it for me. It's the weakest, in my opinion. That was strange and unusual.

SPEAKER_04 1:58

Weakest of the whole franchise?

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Weakest of the whole franchise to them.

SPEAKER_04 2:02

Interesting. Okay.

SPEAKER_00 2:04

Maybe for them. It gets better with every movie, and there's nothing wrong with that.

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That's fine. It's a unique take. I will say that. It's a unique take. Now, some people share particular scenes or quotes, so Page Master Ole said that nail scene. And if you know, you know. That nail scene's it.

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Holy shit. That nail, don't worry. It's still working. It was featured in X. Also Home Alone, I think.

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Absolutely. And probably like another movie somewhere.

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A slew of other ones. Absolutely. There's also I Have Always Love You. That's a sad quote. That's a sad moment. Yeah. Definitely a tear jugger. That was Jackson Todd. Yes, Jackson. Definitely remember that scene. Definitely slash material. And last but not least, we have a great comment from someone we love dearly, Paris. She said, A truly original once-in-a-lifetime theater experience. I have to agree, I did see this in theaters, and that's one hell of a way to watch this movie.

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Yeah, the theater experience, I feel like, for any of these films is just unique, right? I feel like it's something you have to see you have to experience. And that's our follow-up.

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Well, years before the story we saw unfold in Krasinski's initial film, the streets of New York became the hunting grounds for the very same bloodthirsty alien creatures with deadly ultrasonic hearing. The invaders manage to silence the city that never sleeps as they engage our world in a deadly game of cat and mouse. At the center of the chaos, we follow a woman fighting to survive not only the initial invasion, but the ticking clock of her terminal illness as well. This week we're talking about A Quiet Place Day One. What were you both expecting going into this?

SPEAKER_04 3:43

I mean, I think we pretty much know what to expect by now if you've seen the first two films in this franchise. But outside of that, I was also expecting to maybe learn a little bit more about the origins of these alien creatures that have invaded Earth. You know what I mean? Like where did they come from? Why are they here? Because outside of a couple of hints sprinkled in both of the first two films in the franchise, we don't really learn a whole lot about these creatures in the first two films. I know Krasinski shed some light on this topic in an interview, but I'm talking about seeing some of this stuff on screen. You know what I mean?

SPEAKER_02 4:21

Yeah, absolutely. I I'm definitely a fan of the original film. I think it was such a fun and tension-building, true nightmare-fueled, good scare that's just rooted in the story. I think that definitely in terms of my expectations going into this one, I thought that there would be a lot more focus on the people. I don't know what it was. Something gave me the idea that it's gonna be more focused on the people experiencing it versus exposition on who these aliens were, because at this point we're at the third film, even if it is a prequel of sorts, right? I will be honest though, saying that it's a prequel, I didn't even remember the second one. So that's the other part to it, right? I saw the trailer for this one and I noticed that there was a character that seemed familiar to me. And I'll be real with you, didn't even dawn on me that they were a main character in the second film until after I finished watching this movie. I'm such a clown, I know. I just I I it's not that I didn't like the second film, I just don't remember it. So going into this one, I was like, this is gonna be a bit of a fresh slate. I don't know who this person is, but maybe that's an Easter egg. And I just was like, well, it's probably gonna give a little bit of a spin-off vibe, if anything.

SPEAKER_00 5:33

That's fair. If you want to refresh on either of the first two movies, we covered the original Quiet Place back in episode 86, and then A Quiet Place 2 in episode 162. So those are linked in the show notes if you want to check it out. But when you have those two films, it's this a continuation of one story and you're following a family, and you see how this utter devastation has unfolded through their lens.

SPEAKER_04 5:58

Right.

SPEAKER_00 5:58

But it's very character-driven, it's very people-driven, they're very much the heart of the story. So honestly, I didn't have super high expectations from this. I did expect it to be a good rock solid movie, absolutely, but I did not expect much different beyond reskinning it, and it's just a different environment with people who obviously you will care about and love because there's great character work in all of these films. I expected more of the same tension, but on a larger scale with even more chaos, and absolutely I felt that tension the entire time. My problem is I didn't give a damn about the baby. It's a bad situation. I get it. It's really tough, but I think for me I couldn't really super relate to that experience watching the first two films. It's more like logically, I know, wow, that's really fucking hard to be in, because newborns, you can't control how vocal they are. But then these motherfuckers put a cat in this movie, and they just got all the pet owners out there, and holy shit, they got me good gal.

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My wife literally looked at me when this movie started and the cat was introduced, and she's like, if this cat dies, I'm fucking walking out.

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I feel like that's the first thing that most people say to each other if you love animals watching this movie with someone.

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We're gonna get the hell into that, folks.

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I run the animal report, we're gonna get into it. I've got lots and lots and lots of feelings about that in particular. Fun fact about that, actually, Lupita Anjongo actually is deathly afraid of cats. So she had to go through cat therapy.

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That's wild.

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Literally, exposure therapy, to be able to overcome her fear of cats. And a big part of when she was signing on to the film was, you know, like, hey, could it be any other animal? And the director was like, No, it has to be a cat because yeah, a dog would be a goner.

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It's not realistic.

SPEAKER_02 7:57

It's not realistic. It's maybe other animals would have sufficed.

SPEAKER_04 8:00

A lizard.

SPEAKER_02 8:01

Okay, yes, a lizard, a snake, sure, but that's not gonna captivate audiences and everything like that unless it was a cat.

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Rolly poly.

SPEAKER_00 8:09

Okay.

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Let's be honest, folks.

SPEAKER_00 8:11

Okay, this is really interesting because I didn't even look at it from that perspective. I thought there's no fucking way they would put a dog in because dogs are so easily trainable. And you can get a dog to not be super reactive to stimulus. That is a possibility. But a cat, you can never really fucking control a cat. Those guys have their own fucking agenda.

SPEAKER_04 8:32

This is also true. It's a good point.

SPEAKER_02 8:34

That's a very good point, yes. However, consider that in order to train a dog, that is a lot of repetition and a lot of hours and a lot of fucking time that they would not have.

SPEAKER_04 8:46

You would have had to have done it already. Yeah, you would have had to already have a trained dog.

SPEAKER_02 8:50

You would have had to have done it already.

SPEAKER_00 8:52

But it's plausible that that would have been the case. But there's no fucking way you're gonna get like, okay, we're gonna get into the cat later, I know, but I'm just saying I think there's a very specific reason.

SPEAKER_02 9:02

There's a very specific reason, and actually it it goes a lot into how I felt about this film altogether, right? In terms of, I feel like the overall world and rules of a quiet place, even as the films keep going, it's a little wild. I feel like in times there are things that you can get away with, and other times there are things that you can't. Light sounds are passive, others would get you killed instantly. And a big part of that is as I was watching this film, I literally wrote down my notes if you farted, you'd be fucked, okay? You'd be a goner. Or would you? I don't know. You can't necessarily control the sound of your fart, okay? So figure it out. Clench the ass cheeks because you might be able to get away with it. You might not. I don't know. The rules keep changing with every fucking film in terms of how these aliens react to sound. It's just true. It's just honestly true. So I was trying to make sense of the logic throughout the film a little bit.

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Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 9:59

A lot of it had to do with the fucking cat, I'll be real. That aside, though, I was generally impressed and I was very invested, not just in the cat, but actually in the characters and what they were going through. And that's why when I came into this, I was expecting it to be more people-centered. I was happy that it was. It wasn't a lot of exposition or learning more about the or alien origin stuff. Like, who really cares? I don't even think that a quiet place has ever tried to be that. So to expect it to, it's gonna be a letdown for you.

SPEAKER_04 10:31

Yeah, and you know what? I think there's probably a good chunk of people just on the conversations that I've had that did expect just that. And so maybe they got let down, I don't know. But you know, this movie really just has all kinds of feels. It's just, if I'm gonna be honest, I was a little worried with a new writer in the mix for the screenplay that's also the new director, and and maybe it wasn't gonna have the same feeling that you got from the first two films. But I gotta say, this movie definitely delivers on the feels. There is laughter, there's crying. Well, I didn't cry, but my wife definitely did. But don't get me wrong, it was a heart-wrenching film to say the least. But this shit really hits all the feels, it pulls on every emotion and heartstring and all these things throughout the movie. So there's just so much going on.

SPEAKER_00 11:20

There really is so much going on. I, like your wife, absolutely fucking sobbed in this movie.

SPEAKER_03 11:28

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 11:28

They played me like a damn fiddle, and that's okay. At some point, I stopped even trying to hide my tears from Allie as she was sitting next to me. I was like, fuck it. I just'm just gonna be out here crying in the open. But the other thing I struggle with in this movie is there's this element to it that is on one hand a disappointment, on the other hand, beautifully unique. And this is where I would say, could this be a near-perfect film? Yes, but here's the misstep for me. You have the setting of New York City, and that really begs and demands grand scale. And there are moments in this movie where we do get that grand scale, and I don't think this movie was as gory as it as it could have been.

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Facts.

SPEAKER_00 12:13

Granted, the first two films are also not that gory, but in a city of this magnitude, it just feels like we didn't get almost enough of it. And maybe that was just me having an unrealistic expectation. But on the other side of that, if I want to reframe this in my mind, where I think this movie is surprisingly so successful is it felt fascinatingly singular and intimate despite the entire population of the city. This felt as intimate as a farmhouse with a small family miles away from anyone else when these people are trapped in a city with feasibly hundreds or thousands of other survivors. I'm all torn.

SPEAKER_04 12:53

Yeah. I mean, you're kinda on opposite ends there. Like that part surprised you, but the disappointment was the vast city.

SPEAKER_00 13:02

The disappointment is it feeling like it didn't live up to the entire amount of bloodshed. And I'm not talking terrifier through bloodshed, right? But we think about what we see when all the shit pops off, and I feel like we didn't get enough of that.

SPEAKER_04 13:17

Yeah, we didn't get enough. I I'm tracking you, I gotcha.

SPEAKER_00 13:20

There's a little bit too much safety in this movie for me.

SPEAKER_04 13:22

It makes sense. I I think outside of the fact that this movie has this ability to evoke all this emotion out of you, I think the most surprising thing for me was maybe the cinematography, because I think we do get some really cool shots in this movie, and I wasn't sure. Like it felt like there were some really interesting, really well thought out shots that we got where it just was really beautiful to look at, and there were moments that I just thought were really well done. So I think the way that they captured the scenery in the film was pretty good. There was some really cool shots there. I gotta say, I was one of those people that did expect to see a little bit more origin story. So I will put my hand up there and say, given the title, it's a little bit misleading. So I I would say if I had, because if I had to pick a disappointment, it would be the fact that maybe not the aspect that they really didn't play heavily into that stuff without getting into any really spoiler stuff. Maybe it's just the fact that they chose this title, because I don't think this title matters, you know what I mean, to what the story is. I don't think it really matters. They could have chosen something else, it could have just been a quiet place three, for all I care.

SPEAKER_00 14:40

It could have been a quiet place NYC, it could have been a not so quiet place. Right. It could have been unquiet. Yeah. It could have been a loud place.

SPEAKER_02 14:48

Y'all are absurd. Yes. I mean, I suppose, but I have an argument here, and it's that, although I forgot who he was, there is a character that is then in the second film.

SPEAKER_04 15:00

There it is.

SPEAKER_02 15:01

So you kind of need to establish that it is the first day, right? So perhaps there is a little bit of prequel energy to some extent.

SPEAKER_04 15:10

There is.

SPEAKER_02 15:11

I suppose that I just figured there was nothing really to reveal in terms of the origin of these aliens, because what happens with those kinds of films is that typically when you're discovering who these aliens are and where they came from, you're going on a journey of what to do to prevent them from reckoning your whole frickin' place. You know what I'm saying? Or discovering how to take them down. And it is very evident from both the second film, the first film, that it has not been resolved even months, years, I think, even afterwards, right? So I think maybe that's why the approach of not even bothering to continue to explore what these aliens are or how to defeat them. I guess they just figured it wasn't worth it because you kind of see how to do so in the first and the second film, too. Now, that's what really surprised me, right? Now, the disappointment. We've already talked about it a little bit. We're sure as hell gonna get into it in depth in the spoiler zone. I love animals, but my disappointment is the use of the cat, is the cat's involvement, actually.

SPEAKER_04 16:15

Really?

SPEAKER_02 16:15

It's used as a major plot device to drive the story forward, and I spend the whole time worrying about this cat that I have to actively focus and make sure that I care about these characters too, which I did, but the whole audience is only worried about whether that cat's gonna make it or not. And it's like, okay, and the cat is really the guardian of this whole movie. That the cat is the one that's gonna take you forward in the story, no one else. So it seems a little bit strange.

SPEAKER_04 16:47

Nothing wrong with caring for the cat.

SPEAKER_02 16:49

I guess it's a little bit unconventional, and I would say it's probably why the film is scary too, for me at least, because what I found scary was whether this cat was going to die or not. Those circumstances, not if the characters were gonna die or what kind of things happened to them.

SPEAKER_04 17:06

Just the cat.

SPEAKER_00 17:07

The cat. The cat. Here's the brilliant thing about this, though, and maybe this is super niche, but one of my favorite books about screenwriting is called Save the Cat. And it's a guy breaking down how you use uh story beats to drive a story and how you tell a story of transformation and how you get if there's an unlikable hero, how do you get the audience on their side and how do you keep the audience script? I need to see a beat sheet from Save the Cat because they'll break down famous films and show how this formula works. I need to see a beat sheet done for this movie where they literally save a cat. I'll put a link in the show notes to the book. It's great. There's a version for screenplays, there's a version for novels. It's something that I read back even when I was like in school for film. I absolutely love this book. So that's all I could think about the entire time I saw the cat.

SPEAKER_02 17:59

That's so interesting. Yeah, I'm actually really interested in reading that. So to clarify, is it that they are kind of writing it so that you are following along with a potential main character that maybe you don't resonate with or don't find savorable? Is that what it is?

SPEAKER_00 18:14

Yeah. It's like you gotta you have to have them do something to get the audience on their side, like save a cat from a tree or a burning building or some shit like that.

SPEAKER_04 18:22

Oh, okay. I got you now.

SPEAKER_02 18:24

Okay, but my so my curiosity is here, are we then saying that the main character here is someone that the audience does not like?

SPEAKER_00 18:31

No, not at all. I'm just saying that save the cat, and this is a movie all about saving the cat. That's where the comparison lies. I'm just giving the context of what the book is.

SPEAKER_02 18:40

Gotcha. Okay, okay. Not because our main character, she's a fun one, but she's a little sassy and I kind of really dig her, that's for sure. But I was just curious if maybe we saw that utilized as well.

SPEAKER_00 18:50

No, no, no, no, not in that sense. But I think there is a lot here to unpack in terms of what why this movie can still be frightening.

SPEAKER_01 18:59

Sure.

SPEAKER_00 19:00

I felt like this movie is a lot of more of the same. And I think the scares that got you in the first two movies are gonna be the same scares that got you here. I think if the scares got you for the baby, then maybe they won't get you for the cat, but it's vice versa. I think this is hey, let's broaden the demographic. It feels to me almost how I couldn't get that into The Walking Dead because I couldn't relate to any of the characters at all. But when they put it in a more urban environment and I had Latinos in there, I'm like, oh shit, I can cling to this. I am now more interested in this story. That's what this feels like to me. So the monsters are scary, yes, but what's really scary about a quiet place is when you're able to see yourself or your circumstance represented on screen, and you can empathize greater with the characters, and I think that's what this movie manages to do.

SPEAKER_04 19:52

Yeah, that's fair. I think that this movie definitely has a horror feel to it. It's in there. I think they balance the sci-fi and the horror really well in this movie. There are moments where you have these really suspenseful scenes, that feeling of being stalked. There are some good moments like that. There are some jump scare type moments throughout the film as well. So there is something there, but outside of that, it still has a lot of other layers that aren't all horror. You know what I mean? It's a very layered film. There's a lot to unpack in the film, and so it's not a movie that is gonna create this like everlasting fear as some horror films do, where they just stick with you for a while and creep you out. I don't think that's what this movie is doing, but it is interesting to think about, you know. If you think about putting yourself in that situation, that could be maybe the moment that really kind of like sticks with you. I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 20:47

It could be. See, and this is where I think I'm getting stuck. You know what was actually scary?

SPEAKER_04 20:53

What?

SPEAKER_00 20:53

Cloverfield. Cloverfield was a movie in the city, and we follow people during an alien invasion, and shit is going wrong.

SPEAKER_04 21:01

Yes.

SPEAKER_00 21:02

Again, this is a really good movie. However, I think that's where I skew with the scale here. It feels like same, same but different. It feels like let's give Cloverfield the quiet place treatment. It feels like let's just take a quiet place and put it into the city, which it does enough. Just don't expect it to be more than that. I think a lot of what we see in this film is rinse and repeat, but we have different, almost arguably more interesting people to follow, and there's a lot of heart in the story. And I don't say that as a dig, but just call it what it is. Don't go into this expecting a whole new fresh thing.

SPEAKER_02 21:40

Yeah, I think perhaps it's fresh for the franchise solely because they could have done something cookie cutter, decided to explore a new set of characters. That's my thought on it, right? But in general, we've seen films like. This, regardless of the fact, right? And even in these franchises where it's the apo the apocalypse, the journey, or you know, survival with a stranger, that kind of pairing. And actually, it reminded me a lot of The Last of Us, both games, in truth. There were even some shot for shot moments that I was like, I've literally played this part in the game. So that's funny. And I, of course, love that. I, as a massive fan, had no problem with it. But I don't think that the film is entirely original amongst all kinds of horror apocalypse films. But for the franchise, I was pleasantly surprised that they did go this route.

SPEAKER_04 22:40

Yeah, I don't know. I think that although this movie didn't really give us much more than we really already knew about this universe, right? Like it didn't really give us that much more to work with. So there's that, but I feel like it did deliver a story that was relatable in a sense, and I feel like a little bit unique. Like it's not the same journey, it's not the same story that we get from like the Abbott family and whatnot in the first two films. It is a different environment, right? We're in the inner city, and it's a different character or characters and their story. And I think that that's where it separates itself from the rest of the movies in the franchise. So, you know, overall originality, you're not getting anything new that hasn't been done already, but you are getting a different story that I think you can relate to that might give it, you know, that's where it gets its charm.

SPEAKER_00 23:35

Yeah, I think something that is different is how it approaches its endings and the things that you're supposed to feel and the differences in what your feelings are between this and the first two films in the franchise. I personally was really satisfied by it. Again, that third act absolutely wrecked me, which we can expect from the first film. We get it. But there's there's a way that this movie plays on your emotional strings and you follow the context of who this person is, what their relationship, what their circumstance is, what they're accepting and what they're willing what they're what they are and are not willing to accept. So I think when this movie reaches its conclusion, I think it sets up things very nicely to see where the rest of the franchise would go in the future.

SPEAKER_04 24:19

That's true.

SPEAKER_02 24:20

Absolutely. I think it's a great conclusion for the main character and overall story. I didn't cry, but I certainly felt the feels to some capacity. I think it's an emotional conclusion to what evidently is a crazy shit show of a circumstance that I certainly wouldn't be able to survive. That's for damn sure.

SPEAKER_04 24:39

I agree. I think the third act to your point, Chris, is where like the really heavy emotional moment or moments come from, and and we get the very end, that ending scene that I think is really just really impactful. The ending overall was really fantastic. It was heart-wrenching, it was impactful, it delivered a moment that gives another moment in the franchise a run for its money, in my opinion, but we'll talk about that later in the spoiler zone. Overall, I gotta say, it landed the plane perfectly, in my opinion.

SPEAKER_00 25:10

Well, I think I can see where this is going in terms of its ratings. But before we get there, Sean, how would you describe the gore score?

SPEAKER_04 25:17

Well, you kind of alluded to it already when we were talking about disappointments in the film, because although the special effects as a whole is really phenomenal, I'll give it up to them. There isn't a whole lot of gore in this movie. This one is really just getting a very quiet and low gore score.

SPEAKER_00 25:34

It's a very palatable blockbuster. But what about the animal report?

SPEAKER_02 25:39

Well, quite frankly, this animal report is probably one of the most important animal reports I've ever provided. And for the first time, might be a spoiler of some sorts. So I'm a little conflicted in truth, but we're gonna give it to you because that's what I'm supposed to do, right? And that's my role. So I can't speak to the general animal population of this world, but I can tell you for what you do see, this film is shockingly safe.

SPEAKER_00 26:07

Well, let's go ahead and get into our ratings. A quiet place day one in 2024. Was it a hack or a slash?

SPEAKER_04 26:14

I remember telling you that I heard some interesting takes on this movie from some friends and co-workers that had seen this before I had the chance to see it. Some didn't like it, sharing that it didn't really give us anything that we didn't already get in the first two films, or something like that, or I didn't really get like the day one that I was expecting, or just plainly that they didn't like it as much as the first two, and they were more indifferent than anything about the film. I heard some people loved it, absolutely fantastic. And I want to say though, everyone that shared maybe what their dislikes, what their gripes were with the film, I hear you. I understand where everyone is coming from, I see all of your points for sure, but I also understand that this was a really good movie. This was just a really good movie. It delivered far beyond my expectations. From like the story to the acting, it was all just so damn good. Were there some things that I wanted but didn't get questions to answers left unexplained? Sure, but overall it doesn't take away from how good this movie really is. I think it's a prequel, only in the sense of the timeline taking place before the first two films for the most part, but it's more of just a really good story that branches off of the Abbott family tree and delivers a powerful story that in the same universe as more of a spin-off within the franchise. That's kind of like the vibe that I would say I got from the film. Although this is indeed a quiet place film, there is nothing quiet about this movie because this is a screaming to your death slash.

SPEAKER_02 27:55

Absolutely. I watched this in a Dolby theater, okay? Imagine that. It was definitely loud, believe it or not. But you said it best, right? It's definitely not a typical prequel, maybe even more of a spin-off. And I think in the world of prequels, we've seen, we can assume a lot of what we're to watch, right? And I think a quiet place day one changes that on its head and instead gives us an opportunity to explore what it's like to survive a world like this one alone instead of with a family. It provides more of that human connection and investment as a viewer that you may have not expected. And for me, I've already said this earlier. I don't need to know where these creatures came from because ultimately I know that they don't go anywhere for a good damn while, anyways, right? So why bother? At least that's my opinion, right? I had a great time with this one. Specifically, the chemistry between Lupita Anongo and Joseph Quinn was Chef's kiss all the way. I loved it. And I think that's a bit of the reason why I shared that. For me, I don't really think that they needed to use an animal to carry the story or, you know, use it as a plot device of any kind. Because the emotional weight that the two of them conveyed in their performances was enough for me and enough to keep me invested. And if anything, the cat was a little bit of a distraction, but that's okay because it's a cute cat, so it's expected. All that to say that for me, this was definitely a slash with or without the cat.

SPEAKER_00 29:26

Listen, we have some things to say about this cat, but what I can say for now is this is a good movie. I've had my fair share of moments I wish were a little bit different. Maybe I wanted the scope to be a little bit bigger, but that in no way diminishes how absolutely rock solid this movie is. I'm more invested in our main character. I had a deeper emotional resonance with her than I recall being in the first two films. And that's no shade of the first two films because they were also emotional, they were also impactful. This could have been a lesser film with a different cast. And yeah, sure, we have a different writer director, but it's clear to me he understood the assignment, and this is undeniably a slash. And with that, a quiet place day one has earned a universal slash. Now, if you've already seen this movie, what would you rate it? Let us know. You can join that conversation for free in our Discord server, and you can find the link to join that specific forum in our show notes. But if you haven't seen it yet, you can follow the other link in our show notes to see where you can find it streaming right now. And when we return from our break, we'll dive deep into the spoilers on territory together and unpack our feelings on that cat. We'll see you in a bit.

SPEAKER_02 30:49

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SPEAKER_00 31:53

Welcome back, folks. You're now entering the spoiler zone for a quiet place day one, which has earned a Universal Slash. We have a lot to unpack here, but before we get into the specifics of our ratings, let's go through those kills.

SPEAKER_04 32:04

Yeah, you know, this one is a little tough because there are definitely some moments that are hard to track an accurate number of deaths. There is at least one moment specifically where there is so much going on, so much chaos between the death angels killing people or people getting trampled by the hordes of people trying to run somewhere, anywhere. It's just really tough to follow. But for the sake of this podcast and my dedication to this show, we did land on a number. Kind of, kind of. I have 14 deaths plus the millions and millions of the rocks kills. No, probably like hundreds, maybe thousands, I'm not sure, that died in the city in those moments that they didn't really give us the kills, you know what I mean? But we know it happened, and people died for sure. Like, but okay, let's settle on an unofficial, I don't know, 214 if we're being nice, maybe, and a semi more official 20. That seems right.

SPEAKER_00 33:06

Incredible. It's the New York City scale for me.

SPEAKER_04 33:09

Yeah.

SPEAKER_02 33:09

It's the Virgo precision for me.

SPEAKER_00 33:11

We gotta kill count as bigger than rats.

SPEAKER_04 33:14

There has to be something there. We had to land on something. But you know, we're gonna get into the kills. I'm gonna ask y'all what your favorite kills are, but I feel like there's an obvious favorite kill here, so I'm curious if anyone has like a differing favorite kill.

SPEAKER_00 33:27

Ooh, I don't know that it's that obvious.

SPEAKER_04 33:29

What is it not? Okay, well, that's great. Let's hear it. What you got?

SPEAKER_00 33:32

Okay, mine is that little bitch man who is fucking freaking out. I swear on god! Oh no! You guys had the same favorite kill again.

SPEAKER_02 33:41

No! I swear on god, the day that we post on our social media that we have the same kills every time, and it's been done again. What the fuck? Every time, and it's been done again. This is nuts. I'm done. I've it's been nice, it's been real, it's been fun, friends. Wow, we're so compatible. Can't stand you. Is that the obvious kill though, Sean? Was that the one?

SPEAKER_04 34:05

No. Oh, because it was for me. The obvious kill is the last death.

SPEAKER_02 34:10

Oh, yeah, of course. Of course. No, we'll get there.

SPEAKER_04 34:13

It's the most impactful death, and it gives fucking Lee Abbott a run for his money. In my opinion, she's so much more badass for doing it her way that way than he. Like, and I get impactful. He did it to save his family, but this was just fucking badass.

SPEAKER_00 34:29

Yeah, it absolutely was. And I'm feeling good.

SPEAKER_02 34:32

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 34:33

What a savage. Never gonna be able to hear that song the same.

SPEAKER_02 34:37

No, absolutely phenomenal ending for that kill in and of itself. But the guy shouting, absolutely, I was Henry. I wanted to bash that motherfucker right through the brick. Just guy at la boca. It was just, oh, I was so I was a little shocked though.

SPEAKER_04 34:54

I was a little bit, I'm not shocked is the right word. I feel like, yes, I had the feeling too, this guy needs to stop. This guy is putting everyone in danger, but I didn't expect for him to be murdered. I don't know why. I thought maybe he would cover his mouth, maybe knock him out, maybe whatever. But this dude literally, maybe accidentally. I don't know. But he definitely fucking killed this dude.

SPEAKER_02 35:17

It seemed like it was an accident.

SPEAKER_00 35:19

It was giving, I just want you to shut the fuck up, but I also don't know how to fucking that was an innocent mistake, and you can see it weighing on him in the immediate aftermath. He doesn't feel good about it. But Henry, you did what you had to do.

SPEAKER_04 35:34

It was a little jarring, but yeah.

SPEAKER_01 35:35

And did everyone a favor, I'll tell you that much. The other kill that I actually wanted to highlight, because of course I now have to prepare two of them, knowing that Chris and I are going to have the same one.

SPEAKER_04 35:45

Gotta have a backup.

SPEAKER_02 35:47

It was a highlight for me because it's Alex Wolf, love him, didn't know he was in this movie, so that was a great jump scare. I was shocked, mostly because Alex Wolf with a beard, because you're trying to age him up. Okay, I guess I'll buy into it. But what makes it sad is man, you really went through all that effort. You really did the things. You really tried. Just to be whisked away that quickly from a torn shirt. And this is what I'm talking about in terms of the rules. A torn shirt is what got you killed.

SPEAKER_04 36:22

While everyone's walking on glass and shit like that.

SPEAKER_02 36:27

Oh, okay. Thank you. While there were hordes of people walking through the streets of New York City, stepping on things, and they didn't die immediately. It's getting suspicious.

SPEAKER_00 36:39

Well, I think it's how isolated a specific sound is within the context of other sounds.

SPEAKER_02 36:45

Correct. That's where my mind was going. I was like, all right, well, let me try to rationalize this. They're in an alleyway, it echoes, the generator was on at some point, so they were probably already on their way, they were vigilant at the time. You gotta make up all these fucking reasons to make it make sense. But it was sad that he passed. I was down for a little more Alex Wolfe and some hereditary moments. Oh well.

SPEAKER_00 37:09

You know, for as nonsensical as the rules may be, the sound continues to be, and the sound and the lack of sound continue to be the best parts of this production for me. It's something that's a standout from the first two films, and perhaps in a quiet place when you have even the wind blowing through a vast open space, it hits a little bit different. But for me to experience, okay, I think about not going to New York City because I imagine it's too fucking overstimulating. But the eerie quiet in this film, ooh, it was chilling. And honestly, there are some moments in here thinking about such a big city in the immediate aftermath of chaos and the silence of that and the deafening silence of that. There are moments in here that absolutely reminded me of footage that we've seen from 9-11.

SPEAKER_04 37:59

Even just the impact where the movie tells you in the beginning the audio decibels of the city is like the equivalent of someone screaming constantly, right? But thinking of what they give you there, and then thinking of post-this initial attack, and the city that is once just a constant scream is just silent, which is eerie, right? And we actually got a little bit of that with COVID.

SPEAKER_03 38:25

Mm-hmm.

SPEAKER_04 38:26

It was like one of the first times that the city was freaking quiet and there wasn't shit happening.

SPEAKER_02 38:31

Which is absolutely scary.

SPEAKER_00 38:33

Yeah, there's a really sinister energy to an ambience of just silence. I hate it. I'm gonna give a backup though. Shout out to those cat trainers, the two cats who played Frodo, immaculate work.

SPEAKER_04 38:46

Absolutely.

SPEAKER_02 38:49

It's not time yet. Let me cook on the cat real quick. Not cook the cat, to be clear. To be clear. Just let me simmer on my thoughts on the cat because they've been boiling for a while. Yeah, sound design is incredible. I actually realized I had said that I went to see an indolby. I actually saw it in IMAX. I got it confused, which either way, recommend. If it's if you're listening now and you can still catch it in theaters, I would say definitely watch Indolby or IMAX. But I saw it in IMAX, and of course you would anticipate, just like the Dolby alternative, the sound design is incredible. The sound design in those kinds of atmospheres, insane. You feel everything while you're in that chair. It was a little too much at times, that's for sure. But my favorite production element was just in general that cinematography. I think Sean, you had brought it up earlier. There were such incredible shots, so exquisite, so rich. There was one particular scene that I loved, and it was when everything was just like pure white ash, and all you see are just bright red smudges here and there, obviously blood. And I know that this movie is not gory at all, but with the little that they give in that particular scene I thought was so unsettling, so surreal. It kind of reminded me in a fucked up way of heaven, right? These are things are called death angels, and that scene in particular is all white ash. And we see that in film and in paintings and imagery and art, heaven is portrayed as just an all-white space, right? So it was so creepy to me that these things are called death angels. Everything looks like heaven in this what is obviously a barren bloodbath. Could have been more of a bloodbath, but you get what I'm saying. You see these spots of red here and there. I don't know, it felt like a painting to me. It felt really symbolic, it felt super cool, and I loved that particular shot.

SPEAKER_04 40:43

Yeah, I think the cinematography is fantastic. I even talked about the special effects looking really good. You can even give it up for how they made the set design and things look in this movie, because yeah, it takes place in New York City, but it's not filmed in New York City. It's filmed in like London, I think, or something like that, which is absolutely crazy that they got that feel to it, which is cool. Outside of, I think, getting patsies, because that's an iconic pizza place in New York that I think most people contribute to being like the originator of New York pizza, but outside of that, you gotta give it up for that. But yeah, who could have anything more to say about this film outside of the sound design? The sound design makes this whole movie. I think we're all gonna be aligned on the sound design because when a movie is this quiet with very little audible dialogue, there is really nowhere to hide. Everything has to be spot on. All the little details have to be spot on, and let me tell you, every little detail with the sound in this movie was phenomenal. From the subtle sounds of footsteps, uh bustling over there, the sound of water, it was just all so perfect, and so you have to give it up for sound design as like the champion of this film.

SPEAKER_00 42:00

You know, I think that sound design really shines in what really was my favorite scene, and that was the pharmacy run. We have this moment of endearment between our two central characters when she's in pain, she's suffering without this medication, and he's going to just bite the bullet and make the plunge, but there's so much anxiety of that with that. When we get these moments of look turning around and looking, you realize that Frodo is there with him, and then this ends up resulting in Frodo fucking going off on his own into what feels like a hive or a nest of these things. And I know that's not literally what they were in, but I wouldn't say it's the most tense moment, but it does feel like one of the most endearing moments for helping me care even more about these characters. We have such a level of charm and getting to understand who these people are, and for him to say, Hey, all right, I've been following you this whole fucking time, but I can see you need this. What do you need? And to actually make that plunge, I think that's where this movie really shines. It's the dynamic between the two of them. Not that she needs him, he does need her, but the fact that they work together, I I absolutely loved it.

SPEAKER_04 43:14

Yeah. Even following that scene, that shot of the helicopter sticking out of the fucking building, that was such a cool thing to look at.

SPEAKER_02 43:22

And that's a scene that reminded me of The Last of Us, another one of the many. Yeah. There's a scene in particular in the game where it's a helicopter out of a mall, actually, and she is trying to find medication for Joel, the main character in the first game. So it's almost eerily similar. But yeah, fantastic scene. Mine is them in the lounge with the two of them doing the car tricks, eating the pizza, which okay, I've already gone too far into this episode without saying it, so I'm gonna say it now. Joseph Quinn is hot as hell, fine as hell. I love Him. Yeah, I've already gone what, like 14 minutes into the spoiler zone about, and I haven't mentioned it. Criminal. I love Stranger Things. Listeners, if you don't know this about me, I'm a mega Stranger Things fan. You don't see it on camera right now, but behind this monitor is a slew of Stranger Things items, some of which are Eddie Munson, which is Joseph Quinn's character in the show. I love him immensely. Him eating a pizza almost knocked me out. I was unwell. So that entire scene was just incredible, immaculate, loved it, loved the chemistry builds. And I want to be specific in saying that what I appreciate about this particular scene and the two of them together is it doesn't give a romantic relationship entirely. It just gives two people that really care and want to survive. And I think that that's also awesome. It doesn't always have to be a romantic situation for you to want to help someone else to survive or get to the end. You know what I mean? And I think that their relationship is so ambiguous in this film. Of course, you're going to want to root for them and, you know, have them be together because a big part of that is also like the heteronormative aspects of things, right? And so you're just going to w wanna push that. But I think we can also entertain the fact that they could be platonic friends and they just care about one another. And in general, that scene is a great gray line, right? Or it's on the fence about that, that I thought was so sweet. It's that human moment that I've been talking about that I love about this film. It's just two people, despite being complete strangers, spending some time together. And let it be whatever it is. If it is romantic, if it is just friends, who cares? It's the end of the world. It's the least of your worries at this point.

SPEAKER_00 45:48

Yeah, I never got an ounce of romance from them, but I did just get pure wholesome companionship. Sure.

SPEAKER_04 45:54

Yeah, yeah, for sure. Same. So I agree completely with what you're saying. Yeah. I didn't feel like there was any romance going on. I I did feel like an emotional bond of some kind, you know what I mean? But yeah, definitely didn't feel like relationship-y.

SPEAKER_02 46:10

Good, because he's mine. Just kidding.

SPEAKER_04 46:11

It's all yours. I will tell you though, for me, it's the subway scene. The subway scene I thought was really great because it's the moment in the film that feels the most horror. They're in that subway, it's dark. You know they're being stocked. You can hear them behind you. You can hear all the little creepy sounds that are probably echoing through the tunnels of that subway system or sewer system or wherever the fuck they ended up. And it was just so good. The sounds were creepy, it was super tense. Man, the dude having a panic attack in the midst of that and trying to like get him out of that panic attack with everything that's going on, it just really had you on the edge of your seat. And so that was the best moment in the film for me.

SPEAKER_00 46:57

It really was, but I gotta just say something, and this relates to the cat.

SPEAKER_04 47:02

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 47:02

That cat was submerged too many damn times to be alive still.

SPEAKER_04 47:06

Dude, yes.

SPEAKER_00 47:08

Cat was way drier than it should have been when they got to the other side of this. And that's how you know. Again, back to the whole you can't fucking control a cat. These cats worked hard. These cats, immaculate work. Really love Frodo in this film. But I think even the dryness of the cat is a testament to how much they cannot be controlled.

SPEAKER_02 47:28

Are we ready to buckle in? Are we ready? Is this time?

SPEAKER_00 47:32

For the best character in the whole fucking movie? Or at least the most hotly contested character in the whole movie. Contested. Let's say contested.

SPEAKER_04 47:39

I mean, I was gonna say, if there's a supporting, best supporting actor in this film, it has to be the fucking cat.

SPEAKER_02 47:46

Dude, let's talk about it for a second, even on that front, okay? Because what was happening on social media when this movie came out was the dog from Anatomy of a Fall. If you guys have seen that movie or heard about it, there's a dog that's incredible in that film. That dog deserved hella Oscars. And now this cat is its enemy, right? It's like the next that was the 2023 winner, this is the 2024 winner. Because it is incredible to me that that cat was so professional. It's probably more professional than most actors in the industry. It's insane. Truly, absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 48:24

Shows up, hits their mark. Hits their mark every time. Both of them, not one but two.

SPEAKER_02 48:28

It's incredible.

SPEAKER_00 48:29

One take every time.

SPEAKER_02 48:30

But here's my problem is that a real cat out in the wild like that would not be like that. Now, I will say, I understand that this cat is a service cat. It's a service cat. How did you train this cat not to even meow? Is that a thing? I don't know enough about cats.

SPEAKER_04 48:47

Not one meow.

SPEAKER_02 48:48

Not one?

SPEAKER_00 48:49

I mean, cats and animals can have issues with their vocal cords.

SPEAKER_02 48:52

This is true. We're reaching. We're reaching. Okay? Because here's the other part. To your point, that cat was submerged several times underwater in a bag, dried faster than my own hair out of the shower. Okay. Was completely fine. Have you ever seen a cat act that normal after being in water?

SPEAKER_00 49:14

Here's the thing. The worst part of this movie, and I know that's not a serious worst part, we're gonna get there in a little bit. The worst part of this movie is them thinking they could put a cat and get it wet in this film without anyone getting fucking scratched. Not enough scars in these people.

SPEAKER_02 49:32

Not enough scars. If you're gonna do this, then do it right and make it real. That cat also got hit hard as fuck against those rocks when they were like finally reaching the end. That cat is fine. Get the fuck out of here, dude. That cat is immortal. That cat is immortal.

SPEAKER_04 49:51

It's got nine lives.

SPEAKER_00 49:53

No man, he fucking expanded like 13.

SPEAKER_04 49:56

Maybe.

SPEAKER_02 49:57

At minimum. I just couldn't. I just I really struggled with this cat. I really did, because it felt like the only reason that they were going to certain places, or again, every single thing that they did was because the cat kind of led them there, or we were trying to follow the cat or make sure that the cat was okay to some extent. And I'm like, dude, I feel like this is a quiet place version of a secret life of pets. Okay. All I needed was the cat just to talk. A quiet cat.

SPEAKER_04 50:26

You know, you brought up a good point you talked about just now, or you just said something about the cat almost guiding them, you know, where to go throughout the city. And historically, ancient Egypt, they believed cats guided them through the afterlife. So, I mean, there's a connection there, maybe.

SPEAKER_00 50:43

What a mic drop. You're so right. Shit. Cats are also just incredible at surviving. Listen, there's a fucking colony of cats outside, those things just don't fucking go away.

SPEAKER_02 50:54

Fair.

SPEAKER_03 50:55

Yep.

SPEAKER_02 50:55

I get it. Look, I don't want National Geographic either. You know what I'm saying? I I don't have a problem with cats. We know. Yeah, we do know. We already watched that movie, actually. So I don't need it again.

SPEAKER_00 51:07

Oh my god, give me in a violent nature, but it's from Frodo's perspective of a quiet place? Fuck yeah. Also, RIP to literally any fucking cat who has a bell on its collar.

SPEAKER_04 51:19

Um, true.

SPEAKER_00 51:21

That's so sad.

SPEAKER_04 51:22

Dang.

SPEAKER_02 51:23

It's terrifying. It's terrifying. You know what's also terrifying? To Sammy's defense, okay? It is a little creepy to find a white man, no matter how hot he is, following you. I would also be suspicious.

SPEAKER_04 51:38

Oh my gosh. That was a good moment, though. There was a moment where she definitely felt like there was something behind her, and we all thought it was gonna maybe be an alien, a death angel, but it turned out to be this dude.

SPEAKER_00 51:51

Yeah, okay. So that we asked the question who would you rather encounter in the woods? A bear or a man? Oh, bear. Who would you rather encounter in the streets of New York? A death angel or Joseph Quinn. Joseph Quinn, obviously, but just a man.

SPEAKER_02 52:08

Oh, Joseph Quinn, obviously.

SPEAKER_00 52:10

Right? Like just a man. You know, just remove the charm and the likability of Eddie uh of Eddie. But absolutely, it was a great moment. It was a great moment. I love that he looked like he was a stray cat following her. You feed him once and you never get rid of him.

SPEAKER_02 52:27

Dang. That was very sweet. I also just love that he is a panicked young guy who is freaking the fuck out, brand new to the city. How real is that? Because there's so many transplants in New York, right? And so so many people that probably just arrived, whether it be for an internship or a new job or had just moved there. I mean, we're experiencing a lot of that even here in Miami. So many people moving here for the first time. And if things were were to pop off, where would they even go? What would they do, you know? And in New York City, it's so systemic. Everyone, even in their personalities, everyone is to themselves, so isolated, they figure their shit out on their own. Miami is a little bit more community focused, so I could never in New York, and I've got family there, and I still would be panicked outside of the circumstances, right? But to be by yourself, it's frightening. It's frightening, and it's very interesting to see it in a male character, a male character that's vulnerable enough to be freaking out, to be frightened, to be panicking, full-on panic attacks. I thought that was pretty interesting. Approach.

SPEAKER_04 53:36

Definitely. Sam's character was just like, man, the best. I mean, Lupita's performance gave you so much emotion throughout the entire movie. What this woman can tell just with her fucking eyes, I'm telling you. This was phenomenal, absolutely phenomenal.

SPEAKER_00 53:54

It's almost incredible, and it gives us a character who's been looking at the end of her life for seemingly a long time at this point.

SPEAKER_03 54:02

Right.

SPEAKER_00 54:02

She makes very comfortable casual jokes about maybe she'll be dead by the time this all rolls around to go to the Marionette theater later. And for her to be so dead set on this, she has her cat, she wants to go get this slice of pizza. And at first that can seem a little ridiculous, but then you realize what this slice of pizza means to her.

SPEAKER_03 54:25

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 54:26

And you see the fact that hey, in this moment, she gets to not die in hospice.

SPEAKER_04 54:33

True.

SPEAKER_00 54:33

She gets to go out on her own terms.

SPEAKER_04 54:36

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 54:36

This entire movie is her making a choice and really regaining control over a life that maybe has felt out of control.

SPEAKER_04 54:46

You're right, though. As the thinking back as I watched this film, you know, the first couple references to this fucking pizza, I was like, haha, okay, the pizza. Oh man, they're still carrying on with this pizza joke.

SPEAKER_00 54:58

But then it's never about the pizza.

SPEAKER_04 55:00

It's never, well, I mean, yeah, it's never truly about the pizza because as the story progresses and the more you learn, it just becomes this big emotional thing that means so much to her. So it is, to your point, really crazy because yeah, it starts out being something that you just don't think is going to be that important, and it's just this silly thing that they're throwing in there, but it really develops into something so impactful with trying to get something that one last time, this thing that brings her back to these memories with her grandfather or whatever.

SPEAKER_02 55:29

Absolutely. There's so many films that use that though, that I think everyone can kind of relate to. If we were all in those circumstances, what would be that last thing that you would want to do, right? And the journey that you'd go on. And it's never really about the thing or the memory or the activity or whatever it is, right? It's more about coming to terms with the finality of it. And going back to what you were saying about Lupita Nyongo's performance, I think she's just an incredible actress at conveying such a range just within her face. She has such an understanding of how to tap into someone's deepest, darkest fears and anguish, and how to convey such anger as well. I think that's so fascinating. She's a rock star. I think she's such a great actress, and I love seeing her in this horror space constantly, because I think she's such a killer at horror, not obviously in dramas as well, but in horror, like she's that's green queen, and we need to keep her around for as long as we can.

SPEAKER_00 56:30

See, and that's the thing for me, Binx. This movie is rock solid. I know I've talked a little bit about the cat, I've talked a little bit about how uh absurd some of these moments are. But the real crime of this movie is how perfect it is with how it treats Lupita and her character of Sammy, and the fact that we're not gonna get any more of her. Yeah. That hurts.

SPEAKER_02 56:52

Yeah, I think cat aside, the worst part really is knowing that that's it for her. Although an incredible conclusion. It's odd to say that she's a final girl because she isn't, but one hell of a final girl though, in reality. You know what I mean? If she didn't have cancer, you know, and if she didn't have this horrible disease, she would have fucking made it far.

SPEAKER_04 57:20

Oh, for sure.

SPEAKER_02 57:21

What a way to go off on your own terms. Absolutely. And it's such a shame that we don't see more of her, even just one more film. She fucking nailed it, but what an iconic character. And I think that the shame would be to never give this movie an opportunity just because you think, oh, it's just not gonna be more monster origin or all this other stuff. Like, it's worth just seeing this particular character because she is uh up there, I would dare say supersedes the abbots. Absolutely.

SPEAKER_00 57:54

Definitely for me.

SPEAKER_04 57:55

I definitely think so. I think this story that they give you surrounding her and her quest to have that moment before she inevitably dies and she's gonna go out her way, which is awesome. I think, yes, I don't even know what to pick for a worse part. I don't want to say the same thing as you, so I will, I guess, continue to just talk about like the misleading title of day one. I just don't want it. Just give me something, anything else. It it could be in the timeline. Marvel does this all the time. They put movies out that are technically in different timelines before or after any other specific movie, but they don't call it a prequel, they don't call it a sequel or anything like that. And so just figure out what to title this because unfortunately, I think a lot of people were expecting to see some origin story or something a little bit more about the Death Angel creatures. And if Krasinski's gonna go out there in an interview and tell you what the origin story about these creatures are, and then not put it in the movie, that's also kind of like a slap in the face. So just leave it all alone if you're not gonna if you're not gonna fuck with it.

SPEAKER_00 59:04

Yeah. Just learn to let sleeping dogs lie.

SPEAKER_04 59:07

That's it.

SPEAKER_00 59:08

I know I mentioned earlier that this movie is a lot of the same, and there are a lot of scares that you'll get in previous movies that you'll find again here. The thing for me though, is that this movie was so solid and it's I think more attuned to my flavor and my preference that I would watch this movie again before I watch A Quiet Place or A Quiet Place 2.

SPEAKER_04 59:30

That's fair. I definitely am gonna watch this one again. I would probably just watch them all together just because I love all of them. So if I did revisit this, there's a good chance that I might just binge all of them.

SPEAKER_01 59:44

Oh, absolutely. I'd re-watch this one.

SPEAKER_02 59:46

And like I admitted, I don't remember the second one whatsoever. I know that Killian Murphy's in it. I know that this guy from the prequel like I know that obviously these people are revisited, but I don't remember what happens. So now that I've enjoyed this movie and I've got that Easter egg, I'll definitely watch this one, you know, do it in chronological order.

SPEAKER_01 1:00:09

But to say that I would re-watch this one on a standalone as well, without a doubt.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:13

Well, I can't wait to hear back from you once you watch it within the context of the rest of the films, so you can really recapture the story and be more familiar with those characters. But for now, there you have it, folks. A quiet place day one has earned a universal slash. We've certainly had a robust discussion here, but the conversation doesn't end here by any means.

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