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A prequel would have been a smarter choice

posted 4 years ago by [deleted]
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Although the first one was the critics' darling, many viewers had complaints about the weak plotting. A prequel might have given us some important answers such as:

i. Who the hell builds stairs with the nails STICKING UP?

ii. One newly widowed Mom figures out how to kill these creatures despite their apparently indestructible armour. How come the entire might and minds of the military and government were unable to do the same?

iii. Given that one daughter was deaf and one of the other kids was barely past being a toddler, what happened previously to make these parents so stupid as to take these kids with them on a shopping expedition?

iv. Why were no condoms or birth control pills available to these parents because who doesn't want to bring a new squalling baby into a world ravaged by powerful super-predators with super-hearing?

There are many other questions that should be answered but I'll leave it to others here to add to my list...

[–] bohemianroxie (2471) 4 years ago

I don't care about the critics...I simply liked it on my own. I love me a good apocalypse.
As far as a prequel; it looks like from the trailer that there would be flashbacks to the beginning. It doesn't seem necessary to have a full film to answer questions that the characters themselves have not been able to answer yet.

1. No one does...a board likely had come loose. It happens
2. They probably went into attack offensive overdrive and were overcome before they figured out what attracted the creatures.
3 They had been training their kids how to behave and had to trust in that (the kids were good at being quiet) and probably did not want to leave them alone ..
4 Accidents will happen. Nothing is 100%.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

"No one does...a board likely had come loose. It happens"

That's my point. Stairs aren't built like this... anywhere. If a nail worked its way out, it wouldn't be the sharp end sticking up. I guess critics spend too much time in front of keyboards and not paying attention to the actual world around them.

I didn't even touch on other major wobbly plot points... the river scene, why they are walking around with noisy kids at the back of the line instead of an adult at each end, and on and on. Read some of the threads on the original board to get a sense of how many ways the original script didn't make sense or was illogical.

Yes, you could respond with 'accidents happen'... but this was a script so full of accidents that I just couldn't suspend my disbelief after seeing so many of them. At some point, I just threw my metaphorical hands up and acknowledged it was badly written and conceived.

[–] bohemianroxie (2471) 4 years ago

I guess for me I could say the same about at least 75% of films that I see...but if I become immersed in the film; if the plot, the acting and the direction is working for me then I don't nitpick. It's rare enough that I find something I like these days so I just enjoy the experience.

I'm not looking for reality anyway.. I'm looking for entertainment and escapism. If I'm enjoying what I'm watching why should I be looking for whats wrong? I just don't enjoy doing that.

[–] kwestmo (4127) 4 years ago

Ha!