Movie Details
| Title: | A Quiet Place Part II | |
| Director: | John Krasinski | |
| Year: | 2020 | |
| Genre: | Horror | |
| Times Seen: | 1 | |
| Last Seen: | 07.03.21 |
Other Movies Seen By This Director (1)
- A Quiet Place
| Date Viewed | Venue | Note |
| 07.03.21 | Internet | I watched this because I thought there would be a good chance that it'd be decent. It was decent. Not as good as the first, but not a waste of time. Really, my problem with this is on a story level, in that there is none. For me, part of the reason why the first movie was good was because it managed to present a glimmer of hope at the end but then leaving the rest to be a fore-gone conclusion. In my mind, for this movie to be as good as the first it should've taken a jump in time to a point where people thought they had things under control. Like Day of the Dead vs. Dawn of the Dead, or how World War Z's perspective is that of an oral history. 28 Weeks Later vs. 28 Days Later. Having it pick up exactly where the first left off means you start with a glimmer of hope and end with a insignificantly larger glimmer of hope. It felt like either a filler chapter in a book or like a second act in a video game. It definitely felt like it needs some third movie to follow through, but I don't know what a good version of a third movie would be at this point. But as such, this felt like a proficient execution of a disappointing script. There was a lot more they could've done with this... who knows, maybe Krasinski planned out a trilogy when he took this on? I feel mixed about it... mostly, the first probably rated higher when it was a one-off. Which brings me to this thing that I've been thinking about with regards to this site and my movie-watching habits of the last decade or so. I'd say years 2008 - 2012-ish was me dealing with a new job, a new life partner, buying a house, playing more video games, generally doing other things with the time I used to spend at the Alamo. And I felt a little guilty about that, since I still loved movies and the magic that they're capable of... but then I think things started to shift. Now, I am well aware that there will always be an ocean of good past movies to fish from if I wanted to. World cinema, obscure forgotten gems, fleshing out filmographies of masters like Howard Hawks or revisiting classics to find new stuff in them... but when it comes to new movies... I think there's probably a 35% chance that I'm just not seeing the good new movies, but that means I'm 65% sure that feature-length cinema is in trouble. I feel like these days I'm watching a ton of TV... so much so that I have to keep a running list so I don't forget what's available. And almost all of it is good. And not good like ER was good but good like how Children of Men was good. Except these shows get 10 hours to develop their characters and end when they want to end so it never turns the corner to feeling like they're stretching things too thin. So when I watch a movie like this, I kinda feel justified in thinking this should be an episode of a longer series rather than some 200 million dollar tentpole release. Nothing happens! So I still every once in a while watch a movie that re-ignites that passion I once had, but more and more I'm feeling like the stuff I love doesn't qualify for my rules about this journal. Stuff like Chernobyl or Watchmen, Righteous Gemstones or What We Do in the Shadows, The Jinx or I'll Be Gone in the Dark... all better than most of the new movies I've seen in the last five years. I don't really know why I'm shouting this complaint or who i'm shouting it to, but I guess I'm just starting to get over my guilt for not watching so many movies anymore. Perhaps it was because it was a point of pride to begin with (which is probably unhealthy), but I've long had this sigh of regret when I make entries to this site like I should be doing more, but I'm now realizing that I've been pretty lukewarm on almost all these latest entries, and it's not that I am just getting older and grumpier (although I'm sure that's a contributing factor)... I don't FEEL like I'm hating everything I see... but I think this journal is no longer as representative as it used to be. Now, that doesn't mean I'm going to change the rules of this site. It's still a movie journal, not a TV journal, youtube journal, or anything else journal. And most of the shows I watch I don't necessarily have succinct viewpoints on that I'd like to record anyway, but I did feel like I had these thoughts bubbling around and it was time to commit them to digital paper. And as I always say, maybe things will change and this will be another trend recorded for the annals of random internet history. Or not. Either way, I feel better for exploring it in these last few paragraphs so there you go. |
