A Quiet Place: Day One Open Caption (On-screen subtitles)

I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF HAVING LYUPITA NYONG'O'S CHARACTER READING ONE OF OCTAVIA BUTLER'S NOVELS. I REALLY HOPE THAT THIS WILL LEAD TO A CONTINUATION OF INTEREST IN MS. BUTLER'S IMAGINATVE & WELL-WRITTEN NOVELS!

DIRECTOR MICHASEL SARNOSKI HAS MANAGED TO RECREATE THE TYPE OF CLASSIC SCIENCE FICTION HORROR FILMS (SUCH AS "ALIEN" & "INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS") THAT WE USED TO SEE IN THE LATE '70'S. A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE WAY THAT HE USES LENGTHY MOMENTS OF SILENCE TO CREATE AN ONCOMING SENSE OF DOOM. THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE IN THE SCENE WHERE ONE CHARACTER BREAKS THE SILENCE BY SHOUTING, "WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!" & WHAT HAPPENS IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIS PROCLAMATION MAKES EVERYTHING SCARILY PROPHETIC. ANOTHER REASON THAT THIS FILM WORKS SO WELL IS DUE TO THE WAY THAT LUPITA NYONG'O & JOSEPH QUINN'S CHARACTERS FORM A BOND. AT FIRST, HER CHARACTER IS ANNOYED AT HIS CLINGINESS. BUT, WHEN HER CHARACTER TELLS HIM WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR HER TO GET TO PATSY'S PIZZERIA, WE SEE THAT SHE NEEDS HIM AS MUCH AS HE NEEDS HER. AND THE SOFT, WHISPERY TONE THAT MS. NYONG'O USES IN THIS SCENE DEFINITELY ENHANCES THE TENDERNESS OF THE SCENE. AND, WHEN THE TWO OF THEM FINALLY GET TO PATSY'S, THE WAY THAT THEY EMBRACE EACH OTHER AT THAT MOMENT SHOWS US HOW PEOPLE CAN GIVE EACH OTHER COMFORT AT THE WORST OF MOMENTS. THE ONLY TIME I COULDN'T LIKE HER CHARACTER WAS WHEN SHE RIDICULED TWO OF THE MEN IN HER ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FILM. IT WAS ESPECIALLY TROUBLING BECAUSE ONE OF THE MEN WAS A WAR VETERAN. I HAVE NEVER UNDERSTOOD HOW ANY CIVILIAN COULD DELUDE HIM-OR-HERSELF THAT HE OR SHE WAS AS IMPORTANT AS A WAR VETERAN OR A POLICE OFFICER. FOR EXAMPLE, I LOST ALL RESPECT FOR WHOOPI GOLDBERG WHEN SHE SAID THAT SHE HOPED THAT WORLD WAR TWO WAR HERO SEN. ROBERT DOLE WOULD "MEET UP" WITH LORENA BOBBITT & I ALSO LOST ALL RESPECT FOR ROSIE O'DONNELL WHEN SHE SAID "BOB DOLE SUCKS!" I WOULD ALSO HAVE SAID THAT I LOST ALL RESPECT FOR DONALD TRUMP WHEN HE RIDICULED VIETNAM WAR HEROES LIKE SEN. JOHN MC CAIN & GEN. COLIN POWELL , BUT I NEVER HAD ANY RESPECT FOR TRUMP IN THE FIRST PLACE!