clark_conure
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SO I watched Netflix's "Bird Box" because friends said I'd like it and because of the media hype.
I found it to be a better version of "the Happening" and I swear to god it's like someone just saw that movie from a decade ago with Mark Wahlberg and thought, hmmm, I could do that better. (not hard, I could do better with sock puppets.)
One could even argue it's the same antagonist, but for the drawings the one guy exposed inside the house as the babies were born.
The only redeemable quality in the movie was the fact that the birds in the film especially parrots are the true front line of saving humanity. Just like real life.
The shortcomings in this though are:
1) there was not enough on screen time for the obvious stars or the film. (The title is named after them). I understand that Sandra Bullock and John Malkovich are box office draws but the main protagonists needs more 'on screen time'. Keeping them in a box was suspenseful but it prevented the movie from living up to it's full potential.
2) the birds aren't listed in the credits, I checked other movie sites and no one says if they were CGI or real birds, and if so what there real names or character names are. I'm sure it was a mix of both, but I say give credit where credit is due to the real heroes of the story. I mean not just any thespian can detect evil on an ethereal plain nor act it out with such nuance as the little parrots did.
3) The parrots should have concluded the movie. Many of the people who didn't like the film commented nothing was actually resolved. Obvioulsy the battle tested Parrots should have taken on the evil and vanquished it. That would have made a more plausible and satisfying ending for all.
Thank god I have two conures to protect me. Should this actually happen.
Also I thought this bit was a hilarious.
[ame="https://youtu.be/NIIUarrVtMo"]Bird Box | Birds Review Bird Box | Netflix - YouTube[/ame]
I found it to be a better version of "the Happening" and I swear to god it's like someone just saw that movie from a decade ago with Mark Wahlberg and thought, hmmm, I could do that better. (not hard, I could do better with sock puppets.)
One could even argue it's the same antagonist, but for the drawings the one guy exposed inside the house as the babies were born.
The only redeemable quality in the movie was the fact that the birds in the film especially parrots are the true front line of saving humanity. Just like real life.
The shortcomings in this though are:
1) there was not enough on screen time for the obvious stars or the film. (The title is named after them). I understand that Sandra Bullock and John Malkovich are box office draws but the main protagonists needs more 'on screen time'. Keeping them in a box was suspenseful but it prevented the movie from living up to it's full potential.
2) the birds aren't listed in the credits, I checked other movie sites and no one says if they were CGI or real birds, and if so what there real names or character names are. I'm sure it was a mix of both, but I say give credit where credit is due to the real heroes of the story. I mean not just any thespian can detect evil on an ethereal plain nor act it out with such nuance as the little parrots did.
3) The parrots should have concluded the movie. Many of the people who didn't like the film commented nothing was actually resolved. Obvioulsy the battle tested Parrots should have taken on the evil and vanquished it. That would have made a more plausible and satisfying ending for all.
Thank god I have two conures to protect me. Should this actually happen.
Also I thought this bit was a hilarious.
[ame="https://youtu.be/NIIUarrVtMo"]Bird Box | Birds Review Bird Box | Netflix - YouTube[/ame]
