@kcador actually, the ones who could see the creatures and still be alive had different eyes. it is revealed with Gary in the house. I guess the group didn't notice it from the start because of the low lights inside the house, but when Gary starts acting strange you can see that his eyes were different
@kcador I'm not fully convinced that the creatures were killing anyone, or if we should actually call them creatures. Gary's sketches are an accurate representation of what HE witnessed, but maybe it's not the same for everyone. After all, most people referred to what they were seeing as beautiful. Remember in the beginning, John Malkovichs' wife saw her mom before calmly entering the burning car. Everything is not what it seems, and our understanding and interpretation of certain things can certainly be WAY off. With that being said, my money is still on fallen celestial beings.
Imagine first that there are multiple dimensions that exist here on earth. Some are more beautiful than the mind can contemplate, and others are too horrifying to even imagine. These dimensions co-exist within the world we live in and see normally everyday, but our minds are incapable of making the necessary sensory connections to see them on our own, much like a person who was born blind has initial difficulty making connections with what they can see after they gain sight surgically. We know our minds invent much of the world we think we see as demonstrated by experiment and popular optical illusions, thus it isn't much of a stretch to believe we are unable to see something our minds cannot put into context on its own.
In the movie, the walls separating the different dimensions from our plane are being taken down and the celestial beings roam our earth in forms that are visible and physical, and by seeing them creates an instant bridge in the mind of the human who saw them. This bridge enables such a human to not only see these other dimensions, but also makes it obvious where that person's soul is destined. So what you have are fallen celestial beings deliberately bringing about the end of humanity by appearing to humans. This also explains why evil people who are destined to the dark bottomless pit of the abyss are unwilling to kill themselves, while still being tragically motivated to reveal the most High to those who can achieve it.
Review by Kevin CadorVIP 10BlockedParent2018-12-31T16:15:58Z
Enjoyed this movie a lot.
Reading the plot and seeing the movie arts, I feared to watch a rip-off of A Quiet Place. It wasn’t the case for me. Yes, it’s about a creature we don’t know much about that kill people. Okay, there‘s a boy and a girl. Yep, you can also check the pregnancy and delivery box. Oh and at the end, the disabled are the key because the creature can’t kill if you don’t have one of your 5 senses. But both movies are delivered differently. They touch the same subject in more or less the same way. But for me saying they are the same is like saying all Marvel and DC Comics movies are the same. It’s the result of an oversimplification of what those movies are.
If you look at it closely, this movie is not far from The Happening also. Again, not the same.
What I liked about this one is the acting and the unwrapping of the story. I loved John Malkovich in this one. A perfect asshole! All character are a bit a stereotype but it wasn’t too much a problem. They all deliver a more than good performance.
The budget and CGI, even if there’s not a lot of it, was pretty good.
I didn’t care to (not) see the creatures. It added to the mystery.
What I didn’t like was the too easy parts like the car scenes where they avoid everything just by using the proximity sensors and the gps, the running in the woods without hitting a tree really hard, the fall in the water then 5 mins later everybody is safe and sound,...
Also not a big fan of the end. They let them enter just by looking at their eyes. The last guy to enter the house and the last group they encounter hadn’t special eyes. It’s like they had the special eyes only when looking at the thing. Kind of foolish to let them in that easily.
Then, she finds the doctor. Really? Adding happiness on top of the happy ending.
The movie was a bit long but I was still entertained during the whole thing even with the similarities with the two mentioned movies that a love. Hence the good rating despite the small flaws.