Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 22:58     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote:
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.


+1
I totally got her "all business" attitude. It must have been exhausting to never let your guard down for five/six years straight.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 19:04     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The part where one guy is trying to get an infant to look at the light outside? Infants do not have clear vision. The see clearly only a short distance.

I was wondering if the guy showed up because of the babies. Strange they both went into labor at the same time. Did he do something? I also thought he was there to see if one or both were psychotic like him, especially with the mom “deciding” who would look on the boat. I thought for sure that Girl was psychotic and could look.


I kind of thought they should have let the kids look. The creatures show you your worst fear, but they are blank slates, no fear. No comprehension. Perhaps they could grow up evolved to process them.

I disagree. I think the creatures aren’t necessarily creatures, but rather, specific things or people that the individual who is to see them can’t look away from or will be mesmerized by. Not necessarily scary (one saw a mom), but something that draws you in (“WTF is that?”)
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 18:46     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The part where one guy is trying to get an infant to look at the light outside? Infants do not have clear vision. The see clearly only a short distance.

I was wondering if the guy showed up because of the babies. Strange they both went into labor at the same time. Did he do something? I also thought he was there to see if one or both were psychotic like him, especially with the mom “deciding” who would look on the boat. I thought for sure that Girl was psychotic and could look.


I kind of thought they should have let the kids look. The creatures show you your worst fear, but they are blank slates, no fear. No comprehension. Perhaps they could grow up evolved to process them.


Mallory had placed a lot of fears in those children long before the river trip.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 18:40     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote:The part where one guy is trying to get an infant to look at the light outside? Infants do not have clear vision. The see clearly only a short distance.


He was from the criminally insane home. How would he know about a baby’s vision. He just wanted everyone to see.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 17:13     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote:Speaking of crazy guy, how could his eyes look normal at first? All the other crazies clearly had the weird eye thing.

I noticed that the Car Gang and the River Guy also had normal eyes. The “things” aren’t always around.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 14:00     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Speaking of crazy guy, how could his eyes look normal at first? All the other crazies clearly had the weird eye thing.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 13:54     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote:The part where one guy is trying to get an infant to look at the light outside? Infants do not have clear vision. The see clearly only a short distance.


Ha, crazy guy wouldn't know that. Also, how would an infant deliberately kill themselves? There were a number of logic gaps, but still a good suspenseful film.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 13:40     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The part where one guy is trying to get an infant to look at the light outside? Infants do not have clear vision. The see clearly only a short distance.

I was wondering if the guy showed up because of the babies. Strange they both went into labor at the same time. Did he do something? I also thought he was there to see if one or both were psychotic like him, especially with the mom “deciding” who would look on the boat. I thought for sure that Girl was psychotic and could look.


I kind of thought they should have let the kids look. The creatures show you your worst fear, but they are blank slates, no fear. No comprehension. Perhaps they could grow up evolved to process them.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 13:40     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote:The part where one guy is trying to get an infant to look at the light outside? Infants do not have clear vision. The see clearly only a short distance.


He probably didn’t know how to change a diaper, either. Poor crazy guy.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 13:38     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote:
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.


I hear relationships based off intense situations never work
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 13:28     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote:The part where one guy is trying to get an infant to look at the light outside? Infants do not have clear vision. The see clearly only a short distance.

I was wondering if the guy showed up because of the babies. Strange they both went into labor at the same time. Did he do something? I also thought he was there to see if one or both were psychotic like him, especially with the mom “deciding” who would look on the boat. I thought for sure that Girl was psychotic and could look.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 11:38     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
The part where one guy is trying to get an infant to look at the light outside? Infants do not have clear vision. The see clearly only a short distance.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 10:18     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.


The dead bodies are what made it realistic. No one’s going outside to drag corpses around - especially when the threat is visual.


The one upstairs by the computer, for instance. Just showing them coming up with more solutions to problems would have given it a more authentic feel IMO.
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 09:21     Subject: Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote: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


Ditto.

Although I think the word stressful describes it better. I do not watch any horror movies and I don’t think this is horror but kept me on the edge of my seat and stressed out for the entire time .
Anonymous
Post 01/03/2019 09:01     Subject: Re:Birdbox on Netflix ** spoilers**
Anonymous wrote:I wish I didn’t watch this movie. I won’t be able to sleep tonight.


I watched it this morning, and found it very stressful. Screaming "no no no" at the tv for the last 30 mins was not a great way to start my morning! But I am glad I didn't watch it right before bed.