Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 00:53     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote:I hated this. Sandra Bullock is panicking or crying for much of the movie. It's a real downer.


No she wasn’t. She kept a steady head - that’s the point of her naming the kids ‘Boy’ and ‘Girl’. No frivolities until safety. Unlike that blond ditz who let in the psycho.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 00:50     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I found it enjoyable for an entertainment movie. But very unrealistic.
The electricity never went out. Faucets continued to provide clean drinking water.
A woman who blindfolded found a drowning child in a raging river after boat capsized


Aside from the scenes from very early in the apocalypse when electricity would still realistically be available, if by generator if nothing else, I don’t recall electricity or running water. Was there?

Weren’t the kids tied with rope to the boat?

I thought there were a few things they could have done to make it seem more realistic- disposing of the dead bodies, sourcing water, and generally showing the struggle of survival given the dangers and limitations they had to deal with.


The dead bodies are what made it realistic. No one’s going outside to drag corpses around - especially when the threat is visual.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 00:47     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote:I hated this. Sandra Bullock is panicking or crying for much of the movie. It's a real downer.


She does that in all of her movies. It's annoying.

When she was in Speed I dont think she ever had a line in a normal tone.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 00:47     Subject: Re:Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
I finished it - loved it. Sandra Bullock always gives a command perform. And I didn’t find it as scary as traditional thriller just really intriguing.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 00:43     Subject: Re:Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
I wish I didn’t watch this movie. I won’t be able to sleep tonight.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2019 22:09     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Just finished. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time, but the ending was underwhelming. I was hoping something substantial would have happened. It was too utopian.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2019 20:58     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
I enjoyed the movie. It was not meant to be a horror flick. At least I did not take it as horror. It was more suspense
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2019 12:18     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
So when he saw five birds, does that mean she’s oregnant? Since there was just Tom, Malorie, Boy and Girl?!
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2019 07:43     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
I loved The Root's analysis. It's obviously ironic and it's hilarious.
Anonymous
Post 12/31/2018 20:53     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I found it enjoyable for an entertainment movie. But very unrealistic.
The electricity never went out. Faucets continued to provide clean drinking water.
A woman who blindfolded found a drowning child in a raging river after boat capsized


Aside from the scenes from very early in the apocalypse when electricity would still realistically be available, if by generator if nothing else, I don’t recall electricity or running water. Was there?

Weren’t the kids tied with rope to the boat?

I thought there were a few things they could have done to make it seem more realistic- disposing of the dead bodies, sourcing water, and generally showing the struggle of survival given the dangers and limitations they had to deal with.


I actually did enjoy the movie, but did need to suspend belief for the reasons stated by previous posters, but just came across this article today. I really didn't catch any hit of racism or the such in the movie, but https://www.theroot.com/netflixs-bird-box-is-really-about-how-white-people-dont-1831345159/amp

I'll probably watch it again with my DH, but racism didn't really strike me at all when I watched it the first time.


That is the most f-ing ridiculous analysis ever. The Root would find racism in The Jetsons. Bullock said it was a metaphor for our fears - our individual fears. For her character (and for her as a person), the fear of losing children was very real to her. So she did all she could to protect them - and that meant detaching herself from them in order to keep them alive so that emotions didn't cloud her thinking.

racism - lol


+1
I'm pretty sure the PP is joking about the "racism"??? Let's hope so, anyway.
Anonymous
Post 12/31/2018 20:51     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I found it enjoyable for an entertainment movie. But very unrealistic.
The electricity never went out. Faucets continued to provide clean drinking water.
A woman who blindfolded found a drowning child in a raging river after boat capsized


Aside from the scenes from very early in the apocalypse when electricity would still realistically be available, if by generator if nothing else, I don’t recall electricity or running water. Was there?

Weren’t the kids tied with rope to the boat?

I thought there were a few things they could have done to make it seem more realistic- disposing of the dead bodies, sourcing water, and generally showing the struggle of survival given the dangers and limitations they had to deal with.


I actually did enjoy the movie, but did need to suspend belief for the reasons stated by previous posters, but just came across this article today. I really didn't catch any hit of racism or the such in the movie, but https://www.theroot.com/netflixs-bird-box-is-really-about-how-white-people-dont-1831345159/amp

I'll probably watch it again with my DH, but racism didn't really strike me at all when I watched it the first time.


OMG. Surely you jest.
Anonymous
Post 12/31/2018 20:48     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Not long into the movie I wondered why they didn’t just blind themselves as a survival technique.

Not a great movie.


That occurred to me too, until it was clear that the “immune” criminally insane would take advantage of the situation. The only way to distinguish the bad force’s crazy minions from normal people was by looking at the eyes.


They do in the book.
Anonymous
Post 12/31/2018 20:43     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote:I found it enjoyable for an entertainment movie. But very unrealistic.
The electricity never went out. Faucets continued to provide clean drinking water.
A woman who blindfolded found a drowning child in a raging river after boat capsized


+1
She actually found *both* children, while blindfolded, in a raging river. Hmm. And the electricity plus abundant drinking water was a little too convenient too. I enjoyed the suspense, but would have liked a little... more.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2018 10:54     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
I hated this. Sandra Bullock is panicking or crying for much of the movie. It's a real downer.
Anonymous
Post 12/30/2018 10:51     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote:In the book what happened to Felix and the police chick?


They arent really the same in the book. In the book they all die when Gary rips down the window shades.