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Watched this last night and very much enjoyed it.
Good concept well executed with a competent cast. Including the very lovely
Ms. Bullock and the excellent Mr. Malkovich.
7/10 from the Starships.
Yeah enjoyed it, a little different from the normal run of the mill zombie/monster/apocalypse movie genre (That seems oddly popular with filmmakers at the minute)
No spoilers please. I'll be watching tonight after the pub. Or maybe before would be more sensible.
I thought it was excellent, seems very 'Marmite'.
Lots of comparisons with 'A Quiet Place' but it's only superficially similar.
The bit with Tom Hollander in the house and the births was fantastic.
Couple of bits were just silly.
Overall it was ok I thought.
Mrs_D says it’s very good. On that recommendation I think i’ll Give it a miss
No spoilers please
I get the sentiment, but how about not clicking on a thread discussing it?
I get the sentiment, but how about not clicking on a thread discussing it?
Then how would we ever know if it's worth watching? 😉
I thought it was ok. Not at the level of A Quiet Place but an interesting concept. It’s about as much supernature as I can take in a post apocalyptic movie. Certainly worth a watch if you’re a subscriber.
Ten in and it's scuffle time.
FFS.
I thought it was mediocre at best
Then how would we ever know if it’s worth watching?
Make your own mind up about it? 🙂
Make your own mind up about it
What a concept!
I initially thought i enjoyed it and it was good...
..but the more i thought, the more i started picking HUGE holes in it..!
Agree with Dez on the driving bit. And they survived 5 years WITHOUT any form of tech being developed to allow them to 'see'.
And what's with the kids names? No matter how mad or heartless you are, you wouldn't just do that!
DrP
Bird Box and The Quiet Place were both full of major plot holes. Acting was decent enough and the films both looked ok but not enough to save it from the shite plot.
I thought it was daft.
'we must keep our blindfolds on but I'll steer the boat ok'
I thought it was daft.
‘we must keep our blindfolds on but I’ll steer the boat ok’
S P O I L E R A L E R T
To be fair, she doesn't do that well on the 'ole "steering a boat while blindfolded" trick ....
Yeah she does have a few issues that were worth the edit.
I reckon the sat nav bit isn’t too daft. Getting right to the front door though....
EDIT: and back up the drive and into the garage
Yes John Malkovich was great. Love him as a nasty type.
To be fair, she doesn’t do that well on the ‘ole “steering a boat while blindfolded” trick ….
I think they did very well just getting in it with blindfolds on!
I reckon the sat nav bit isn’t too daft. Getting right to the front door though….
EDIT: and back up the drive and into the garage
Well, I do believe that was all part of the bloody journey! Course it was daft.
And if you put 'spoiler' in square brackets, you can HIDE SPOILERS!
We watched it a couple of nights ago. It was okay...
I thought it was alright, fairly solid. However the book is excellent and superior...few bits in the film were either dumbed down or missed out completely.
Too much missing for my liking. Mediocr
e at best with a few good bits.
I was also wondering throughout how much Sandra Bullock paid for Michael Jackson’s nose !!
I thought it was pretty terrible. A five maybe. Quiet place was much better.
It was OK, but the ending was poor. Felt unfinished.
It was ok.
Can’t say much more than that...
Utterly pointless nonsense. Worst film I've been forced to watch since The Lobster. I would have thought an actor of Malkovich's quality would have thrown the script in the bin but I guess everyone needs to pay the bills. The premise was stupid and the execution turgid
Utterly pointless nonsense. Worst film I’ve been forced to watch since The Lobster. I would have thought an actor of Malkovich’s quality would have thrown the script in the bin but I guess everyone needs to pay the bills. The premise was stupid and the execution turgid
You are Mark Kermode and I claim my £5!
The best bit for me was the ending. As then I could go to bed and never have to watch the film again
I must admit when I saw the thread title I imagined it was someone looking for advice on suitable bird nesting boxes for the garden.
Is disappoint.
LOTS OF SPOILERS SO If YOU READ IT DON'T WINGE I SPOILED IT
Terrible, terrible film. So many things that didn't make sense or went unexplained.
I kind of expected we would never find out what 'it' was so I can get over that even if it was pretty annoying to not have any hint of an explanation, except for some scenes of the wind blowing some leaves about.
There was never really any explanation as to why some people were immune to the suicide bit? They sort of alluded to them having mental problems but never confirmed. Then on top of that WHY was the english guy suddenly so much cleverer than the other baddies? Also why did he suddenly kill someone? I thought the point of them was that they wanted everyone to see?! But then at one point he just diverts from that and tried to kill someone.
But the thing that wound me up worst was the end! Here you go kids, go play with all the other kids.NO! They have never seen another person in their lives, let alone another kid, they don't know how to play with other kids, they don't know what to do. They are terrified of all these other people, how do they trust them, how do they know they are good people and not baddies?! And Oh OK, we'll just live happily ever after in this random tiny blind asylum in the middle of the woods with loads (far too many) other people!
Nice idea, terrible film.
There was never really any explanation as to why some people were immune to the suicide bit? They sort of alluded to them having mental problems but never confirmed.
You're digging for plot holes - but simply those that were criminally insane were immune on the basis they would further the 'monsters' aims of wiping out the planet. So were spared.
Of course it was daft - it wasn't a documentary ffs. But we enjoyed it at Chateau J.
Just watched it, dog shit
I watched it last night.
6/10 . I was up all night though......
Worrying about that glass roof.
Marxist propaganda.
There was never really any explanation as to why some people were immune to the suicide bit?
Was vaguely explained as just the criminally insane but strangely enough only appeared to affect white men (OK one white woman too). Conversely all non-white characters are parodies of empathetic virtue willingly sacrifice their lives for the greater good.
And Oh OK, we’ll just live happily ever after in this random tiny blind asylum.
You mean the diversity garden of Eden? Keep you binkers tight on your journey to that oh and white men are bad, is the not so subliminal message of the film.
Moderately enjoyable if daft, but the ending is up there with the worst I’ve ever seen.
Some people on here sound like they've never watched a film before.
SPOILER ALERT
Thought it was ok - better acting that in your usual end of the world stuff.
Agree about the kids at the end they would be so ****ed up it would take ages before they could join in a community.
The ending always feels unfinished in these Netflix films so they can leave it open up a season or two on the back of it.
I am not bothered by the lack of explaination - I hate excessive exposition that seems to be part of recent sci fi
I watched it a couple of weeks ago, when Mrs.Willies said it was supposed to be very scary.
Not the worst film I've seen, but I just thought it was a run-of-the-mill zombie film.
I did wonder if it was about social media, as in "Don't look at it, or it'll kill you"........
And Sandra Bullock is turning into Michael Jackson.
It was ok, 5/10
Seen the latest? Holy shit.
“ https://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/birdbox-challange/“
I reckon the sat nav bit isn’t too daft. Getting right to the front door though….
Depends on the satnav being used. There is one called what3words, which uses a system where the entire world is divided up into 3x3metre squares, each square allotted three unique words to identify it, so it’s possible to find a square that’s pretty much right in front of your door, and use the three words to get there with voice guidance.
https://what3words.com
The ending always feels unfinished in these Netflix films so they can leave it open up a season or two on the back of it.
I don't know what the breakdown is at Netflix on commissioned films vs bought in studio films that no-one else wanted cause they were shite.
I suspect the later will be the most common.
I don’t know what the breakdown is at Netflix on commissioned films vs bought in studio films that no-one else wanted cause they were shite.
I suspect the later will be the most common.
They have Robot-Jox AND Arena; two "gems" I last saw on the shelves of World of Video in 1991.
They have some good movies (and a lot of garbage as well) available where they have bought the rights to stream them, I was mainly refering to the Netflix branded ones though.
Robot-Jox AND Arena
Remember them!
As for this movie. Typically Netflix. Meaning just about ok to just above ok.
No spoilers please.
Probably advisable not to read a topic discussing a movie if you don't want to know what happens in that movie.
Personally, I thought it was mediocre. Mildly entertaining at times, interesting concept, and the apocalyptic angle is always a winner. The actual execution left me a bit bored and puzzled.
SPOILERS (for those concerned, who are in here living on the edge)
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It resonated the potential greatness and then sudden downfall of Jeepers Creepers.
The film really didn't need monsters.
IMO
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6/10.
Way better effort than 'How It Ends' (also on Netflix). That really is terrible.
How it ends was a 1/10. Birdbox 5/10. Not worth the hype It's getting at all. If Sandra bullock wasn't in it, you would have found it on DVD form in Poundland.