Insane Metal
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I agree. I liked the movie but come on...
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Bird Box - Netflix Movie (No Spoilers)
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Badlucktroll
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Here is a link to what the monster looks like in a scene that was cut. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/8128220/bird-box-monsters-revealed-see/
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kingwingin
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Alright movie but the last 20 minutes were pretty lame.
ThatStupidLion
Member
It was okay. Enjoyable but nothing special. Would have liked more lore too.
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AnotherOne
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The most logical person died.. and everyone thought he was an asshole.. lol
DoctorEkkoUK
Member
More like turd box, right guys....right?
I'll get my coat.
I'll get my coat.
Duallusion
Member
Eh, it was a'ight I guess. The smartest thing it did was never actually showing "the monster", given its characteristics.
Typhares
Member
There is something that usually takes me out of the movie when there is an actual 'monster': how the fuck are these monsters everywhere? If they are physical how can they be everywhere in the world all the time just to be 'seen' in seconds of anyone looking? And they travelled to Alaska somehow? I can see why they scrapped showing them because their design was bad too.
Chairman Tickles
Banned
Worth 1 viewing. I didn't find it terrible. Wasn't great either. Good while fresh and then buried from my memory.
Skyr
Member
This. This movie has no rules established that make sense.
So the monsters can't enter buildings or cars hm? Ye fuck off.
Just finished watching it and honestly think it's a steaming pile of garbage.
The scene where they cover up the car windows and drive only by GPS made me cringe so hard. Go ahead and try that in real life and see how far you get lol.
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I actually didn't understood the need for the monsters in the first place but I suppose they where needed in the original book to make the reading more interesting?
Btw, I don't have netflix and saw it because my brother has a netflix sub and came for xmas and just magically streamed it from his Galaxy Note the the television - tech is becoming wild.
Btw, I don't have netflix and saw it because my brother has a netflix sub and came for xmas and just magically streamed it from his Galaxy Note the the television - tech is becoming wild.
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Geki-D
Banned
I'm seriously vexed by the fact that
Where's the attention to detail?
Anyway, movie was alright, I guess.
Tom's beard, after 5 years of living in a post-apocalyptic world is exactly the same as it was the day everything went to hell. I can overlook how jacked he still is, there's no way he'd be able to keep that body weight living off scraps but you can't make a guy lose weight for about 10mins of a Netflix film. The beard though? They didn't have a fake one lying around? They couldn't film that part like a month later? 2 weeks later? Fuck, 1 week?
Anyway, movie was alright, I guess.
For anyone wondering this is what they were meant to look like:
It really is no wonder they cut them. Seeing that would have instantly made the movie a comedy.
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Omega Supreme Holopsicon
Banned
flood gate of eldritch abominations entered the world, though how the mad people could cope is an interesting question.
mckmas8808
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I feel the same way. The premise and characters were good. The ending was kinda bad. And the monster was HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!
mckmas8808
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TrainedRage
Banned
It was ok. Great looking film. I love the effectiveness of John Malcovitch. I thought the "love" interest was forced and unnecessary.
The end was laughable. Overall a tense movie with a bad story and some cringe inducing moments. I don't get the hype.
The end was laughable. Overall a tense movie with a bad story and some cringe inducing moments. I don't get the hype.
Omega Supreme Holopsicon
Banned
Kinda ruin my constant message through the ages
the idea that the barrier between the realm of the divine and the physical would break soon. That all nations would be overpowered by the light of the living truth, mathematical perfection of a general intelligence solution, healing all nations and all people seeing the light, overwhelming power above that of the atom and all military might.
Though that one's supposed to work with its ability to control self-replicating self-modifying molecular machines that would encompass the earth, neutralizing all threats, everything from a petty criminal to a dictator with nukes simply overpowered. People have trouble with roaches and rabbits, let alone a living breathing self-replicating god like perfect lifeform capable of withstanding direct assault with all military including nuclear weaponry and not only remaining unscathed but unhindered in its expansion.
Though that one's supposed to work with its ability to control self-replicating self-modifying molecular machines that would encompass the earth, neutralizing all threats, everything from a petty criminal to a dictator with nukes simply overpowered. People have trouble with roaches and rabbits, let alone a living breathing self-replicating god like perfect lifeform capable of withstanding direct assault with all military including nuclear weaponry and not only remaining unscathed but unhindered in its expansion.
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Geki-D
Banned
I assume they could cope for the same reason people are safe in-doors:
Plot convenience. It's to offer up a threat for when the characters are blindfolded and/or sitting safe in a house. I honestly don't think anyone involved in this movie actually thought of a more detailed reason beyond what made for an interesting movie. Same for being safe in-doors; it makes no sense why the beings can't enter buildings or cars, but if they could there'd be no movie.
You could say all movies do this, but most will generally explain the rules of their universe at one point with at least some reasoning. When a movie doesn't even try -like this one- it's often because there is no reasoning behind it.
You could say all movies do this, but most will generally explain the rules of their universe at one point with at least some reasoning. When a movie doesn't even try -like this one- it's often because there is no reasoning behind it.
Badlucktroll
Member
Sorry for the bump. I just finished reading Malorie, the sequel novel yesterday. I hope it gets a movie. It was better than the first one! Here are some spoilers from the novel i liked;
The creatures have more than tripled since bird box. They probably spilled in from another dimension but have made no efforts to get back where they came from. Olympia (girl) is one of the people that can see the creatures without committing suicide. She confesses that she looked and could see them from the beginning. They travel through a city that is littered with skeletons of people who have killed themselves. Tom and Olympia work together to come up with a way for normal people to see the creatures. (it's some kind of goggles Tom invents. People have tried to come up with ways to look at the creatures, but it all ends in suicide. Tom finally cracks it.)
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We're the creatures ever really corporal? I. E. Could you shoot one? They seemed kinda ethereal and insubstantial in the film (though I guess they rocked the car, right?). Anyway, the ability to suicide folks through cameras seems like a pretty insurmountable capability for revealing them via other technological means but maybe the book was more grounded versus the film.