So I had a life again

At the movies seeing A Quiet Place: Day One

Mild spoiler alert:

Today I ventured back to the cinema for the first time since seeing The Fall Guy… well actually I did see the Kevin Costner Western (part of it), but I went alone, felt both out of place and terribly bored and walked out.

The Fall Guy was bizarre but pretty good. It’s not difficult to appreciate Emily Blunt in any movie, nor to not be jealous of Ryan Gosling’s good looks and build.

The Quiet Place: Day One, is the best movie I’ve seen in a long time.

For Christian movies, Amazing Grace was inspiring, and that was quite a while back. For intellectual fare, Magic in the Moonlight was a lot of fun.

For detective stories, the Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes’ series was inventive. For superhero films, Christopher Nolan’s’ Batman trilogy rocked (too bad there was so much tragedy accompanying them), and for mysteries, Knives Out was fantastic.

The Quiet Place: Day One tells of a beautiful, gaunt, smart and cynical African American woman dying of cancer who is in New York City at the genesis of the alien invasion further told of in the first two movies.

The acting is superb, the writing genius and the sets outstanding. Most of all, the story was intriguing and touching. I was impressed, entertained and moved.

I went to the movies and had a life again…

Highest rating.

With Lupita Nyong-o & Joseph Quinn

Story by John Krasinski and Michael Sarnoski

Directed by Michael Sarnoski

Paramount Pictures