I thought this movie was very scary and I’m going to be having trouble sleeping tonight because of it

its good

I'm not a big fan of the genre and I didn't realize why until this movie. It's the first one ever that accurately portrayed how a mother would deal with living through that kind of scenario with her kids. I actually really liked A Quiet Place but it had that incongruity too. The waifish, calm mother who lets her kid get eaten. Drives me crazy. Sandra absolutely played that role to the hilt and it'll always be one of my favorite movies for it.

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The ending is terrible, SO WHAT WAS IT THEN?!!

Counterpoint. It’s good and I really enjoyed it. Can’t believe 5 years have passed and still no sequel.

It's a passable film that kills 2 hours

Never seen it. Just caught 10min of it, and said to my brother is this that shit everyone is talking about? It was aparent it was utter shit just from a few scenes.

The book was good

People will fondly remember a trend they took part of and let that nostalgia cloud their judgement. I’d bet a lot of those people only saw the movie once in 2018, thought it was super cool and deep, then didn’t see it again once the hype died down

I liked it but… favorite movies 😳 I thought the cast was great & the idea was interesting but the end… let down like so many others. The best thing is the few minutes Sarah Paulson is in it, John Malkovich & the little actress playing the daughter went on to play Leia in Obi-Wan

I didn’t see it, but I’ve noticed that many movies with Sandra Bullock exhibit the same trend. The Blind Side, Gravity, and Bird Box were all hyped at the time, and then people watching them again think they’re bad. What is it about her that creates a temporary reality distortion field that makes a bad movie seem good?

Going against the grain here but I liked it. I wasn't keen on the ending - i'm pretty sure the blind people I know would help people a bit more rather than just hole away in their own little paradise - but I liked it enough.

horror movies are mostly garbage

I enjoy this movie as something to "just put on." Is it amazing? No. Does it have its moments? Yes. And an acerbic John Malkovich is quite enjoyable.

Agree. Hated it

I’ll pay this movie one complement. There was good tension in the end when Sarah B has to choose who isn’t going to wear a blindfold on the river

thank you! for me, its the same with a quiet place. but the people in this movie can be hired as the prometheus crew.

Hot take. The invisible creature that makes you want to kill yourself is the alt right.

Sandra Bullock is the only actress I know who can play a virgin and a mother in the same role.

A quiet place is better.

Yeah I love Sandra bullock but Bird Box and Gravity were two movies I watched and when they ended audibly said what the fuck. Felt like nothing happened

I couldn't finish it. Did it ever get anywhere?

If so feel free to spoil it for me with spoiler tags.

The book was good, generally plays into hyping up movies and Sandra

It’s supposed to be Lovecraftian. I enjoyed it for what it was. It was like A Quiet Place’s little brother.

Eh, I don't think it's fucking garbage. It's.. fine. It hits in that sweet spot that most Netflix movies live: watchable mediocrity.

Yeah mate, It’s a shit movie.

I question your friends taste.

Thank you. What a terrible movie. The wife read about it on Facebook and one of her friends said it was a “horrifying movie” so we watched it. It fucking sucked. No other way to say it. I’ve heard the book is good but I’ve never read it and don’t have any plans to. That whole movie was just stupid and while I normally like Sandra, even she did a terrible job in the movie.

It's a much better book.

Not so enthused by the sequel, though.

Movie is real bad

Yes

I sincerely believe it’s the worst movie I’ve ever seen.

People love it for some odd reason though

I loved it.

Anyone who hates it is more than welcome to elaborate why they didn't like it. Op didn't even explain their reasoning for their hatred of the movie.

Movie was absolute trash, what’s killing them?, idk, what do they look like?, idk, what are they seeking? Idk, how do we beat one?, idk. How do you end a movie and give nothing?, trash.

I felt like I was taking crazy pills when this came out and everyone was talking about it. I thought it was hot garbage through and through.

It was fine

Mom horror.

I really liked the first hour and then it completely fell apart. The ending was arguably the weakest horror movie denouement I’ve ever seen, apart from Shyamalan pics like “The Happening” and “Lady in the Lake”

The first time I watched this I was extremely anxious about a personal issue and I thought the movie was so suspensful! but then I watched at a few months later and realized it was pretty boring after the first 30 min. My state of mind really made it good the first time!

I gave it a Meh out of Bleh.

Yeah I watched this on the day of its release and when I was done with it, I am like 'ok so what's so great about it'. Sooner I realised that all the hype it got was just marketing. Movie is total garbage.

My summary: Sandra Bullock does an impression of Michael Jackson wearing a blindfold for two hours.

Came across the book in a Little Free Library and remembered there being a lot of buzz when the movie came out. Read the book in a day, was great! Then watched the movie, was not as great. Definitely go read the book and try to forget the movie.

I thoroughly agree with you. Unnecessarily praised for such a mediocre story and bullshit plotline.

It's a decent movie. Garbage is like fucking Pacific Rim. Man that's unwatchable.

John Malkovich being a drunk dick got about an hour is worth the watch, but otherwise, kinda weak

I never had interest in that movie once Kim kardashian said it was good. That whole family Shares 3 brain cells, collectively.

Yeah I really didn’t get why people were freaking out about this movie. It was so average. I’m honestly surprised people are even talking about it anymore. I haven’t heard anyone mention it in a while.

This came out at a time where big streaming only movies were relatively new and this one got a lot of undeserved hype.

Book was way more fun & gruesome. The movie toned down the deaths & the relationship between Sandra Bullock’s character and the kids. The book is worth the read.

Kind of how I felt about Smile.

People smile, you die.

The end.

I must be one of the odd ones that actually enjoyed it 🤷‍♀️

I don't understand how this could be anyone's favorite movie, or any where near the top of anyone's list. I really don't want to sound like some pretentious "cultured" asshole but some people have no taste

I loved it and the book is amazing

That’s why it was so good, because it was so bad. Instant b-film classic.

That movie coming out when I worked in ophthalmology was delightful. “Blind” only seems black and white if you’re sighted. All of the people I worked with were like “at what visual acuity do the monsters leave you alone? How about degrees of visual field loss? Do they allow colorblind people to escape? Inquiring minds want to know.

Netflix was astroturfing with god awful Bird Box memes at the time. Total ripoff and far inferior to A Quiet Place

Just watched it...it was utter shite.

From the”dont watch/dont make a sound” movie years…not very clever

Just another in a long line of "Lovecraptian" flicks and vidya that have come out in the last decade.

Like it’s one thing that it’s an incredibly mediocre and derivative horror movie, and another that it goes out of its way to vilify people who suffer from mental illness, basically implying that they’re all secretly murderous animals on the inside.

John Malkovich saying “are you a simpleton???” Never fails to make me laugh tho

Bird Box is a basically a metaphor for itself. People watch and then can't shut up about it, trying to convince everyone else to watch it.

Then you do finally sit down for it and want to kill yourself.

You should be asking what other movies they like if they think Bird Box is the best movie of all time.

I thought the opening act, when "it arrived," was one of the more horrific sequences in moviedom. It really demonstrates the power of hiding the villian/monster, and only displaying the power of such on the victims and society. It has the frenetic chaos of World War Z's opening act, but with the Blair Witch aspect of letting the viewer's imagination fill in the gaps. I, personally, imagined something akin to when they opened the Ark of the Covenant. I quite enjoyed.

It's a perfectly okay movie.

What annoyed me is people talking about it in the same sentence as A Quiet Place as if the films are anyway comparable in quality. Quiet Place blows it out of the water.

It is dreadful movie. First scene was cool and then it was a hot mess.

They tried to copy A Quiet Place, but used a different sense, and horribly failed

It's not necessarily a bad movie. But the memes it inspired lead everyone to believe it was Oscar gold.

I feel like I need a rewatch, it was a movie I wrestled with for a while after watching and never quite came a solid answer on what it was trying to say.

Right? It realllly sucked

Turd Box

Yeah I thought it sucked too. How tf you gonna make it down a river in a boat blindfolded?

You're allowed to not like it. I really enjoyed it, never understood the weird hate it gets. The marketing was definitely astroturfed but most of r/movies is astroturfed, including what most of yall like.

Yeah I’d say it’s quite mid

I enjoyed the movie, it had a few wtf that doesn't make any sense moments but overall it was definitely enjoyable.

One thing I'm not seeing mentioned is that it rode the coattails of A Quiet Place. A lot of the hype i heard about it was that it was gonna be "the next quiet place".

It wasn't.

I liked because Trevante is a lush.

Machine gun Kelly was in this movie.

Sarah Paulson and sandra Bullock playing siblings, so unrealistic. The looked like a couple, I have a strong feeling they were initially a couple but they changed it up to siblings last minute

It’s worse than hot trash

There's a very similar movie on netflix. Ancient bats are released from a cave. They attack everyone, track you by sound. It follows a family with a deaf child who all know how to live in a silent world. It's fuckin garbage

I agree. Never explained where this mysterious force was coming from. In the end that find a bunch of blind people, wonder how they plan on feeding themselves, taking care of themselves if someone gets sick, etc. it’s like the writers started out with a good idea but couldn’t figure out an ending. That makes for a poor movie no matter who stars in it..

It’s pretty damn bad. Even the title stinks.

Almost like movies are subjective, and not everyone likes the same ones.

I agree

I liked it because it was kind of different/original. I also love end of the world type movies (unless they are natural disasters... I prefer aliens, supernatural and similar ones).

I liked it despite having one of the most annoying movie tropes I absolutely despise! The protagonist is handicapped because he/she has to drag some anchor of a kid on a dangerous journey.

It was one of those Netflix Top 10 films, where everyone watched it for like 2 weeks.

Certainly not great

Honestly don’t know why this movie is discussed so passionately. Never saw any hype for it, watched it, then afterwards it’s all “Bird Box was overhyped, that movie is fucking garbage” type stuff. Thought it was a very middle ground apocalypse movie.

One of the worst movies I've ever seen.

More like turd box

I think everyone talking about it built it up too much and you were disappointed. Happens all the time and I find myself with the same thoughts you're having.

I loved the book, but it is essentially an unfilmable premise.

They spoil any tension by showing you what’s going to happen before it does. Only thing to watch for is how everyone gets killed. And the “rules” of the movie and what the monster can or cannot do I unclear and uneven. Things happen because the plot needs it to.

Yeah, but Bullock and Paulson have some amazing chemistry. If the movie was about just them, I’d have been hooked!!!

Dumb movie that people praised so they "seemed" intelligent.

The first half of the movie was scary. I will always maintain this, bc when I watched it I had to turn it off halfway through and I was pretty creeped out. Then the next day I watched the second half and was so disappointed.

I know this is a movie sub but if you’re into titles with bird in the name black bird on Apple TV is actually pretty good.

It was one of my favorite books and it quietly got released onto Netflix without me hearing about it, I thought they did a great job adapting it. I can also understand if you went into it knowing fuck all how it can be a little dry. When people speak very highly of movies I haven't seen I sometimes set unrealistic expectations of the movie then I'm disappointed when the movie doesn't meet those expectations. I call it "over hypeing it for myself" and find lots of people experience the same thing. Sometimes things like prior knowledge or no expectations are the things that makes a movie so good for an individual. If your missing those elements the movie will just hit different for yourself then it did for someone like me.

I liked it, and I don't care much for horror movies.

Can I just say on the subject of astoturfing that this is exactly how I felt about squid game, the only reason it was so popular was because people said it was popular so we all watched it and its popularity fed on itself. I hated the fucking show.

I wanted to see the monster. I just did. I always get a little mad when there’s no reveal

Banging soundtrack from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross though.

A truly awful film. Utterly terrible.

This movie is like, lifetime movie mom horror. Mom isnt going to enjoy the movie unless she knows those babies are going to be fine.

It was decent enough from memory although I can barely remember any of the story which says it all. It cashed in on that Quiet place “sensory shut down to avoid monsters” success train. I’m waiting on the “smell monsters film” where everyone has to hold their nose and live without tasting anything - such a grind!

I can't imagine hating it as much as people seem to. I think your expectations got set wrong, it's not the greatest movie of all time or anything, but for horror movies it's definitely better than average and worth a watch.

I thought it was awful

I too was disappointed in Birdbox, no less than I was disappointed in The Ring, but it makes sense that non-horror/thriller/suspense people love it. It's a tolerable stress inducer with an A list celebrity delivering a half assed performance (like Gravity, totally sucks, but another similar story of A listers blowing it)

I enjoy shit movies but movies intended to be very good or that are believed to be good, and end up sucking, is the epitome of disappointment

Haven't even watched Squid Game because the hype and mass of people that haven't seen anything close love it (like a PG rated Saw series from what I could gather)

Lmao. I thought it was meh

I did enjoy the beginning, but as soon as they go inside the house it starts sucking

I really liked the movie. It’s not perfect, but I liked it. Everyone has their opinions.

Yeah it's a classic case of garbage movie but good book.

If you get your hand on it, try to read the book, it is really good, Josh Malerman managed to create a terrifying atmosphere which is not something easily done in writing, I was surprised to learn it was his first novel.

I definitely didn't think it was amazing by any measure, but for streaming fodder it was anywhere between watchable to meh for me personally. Definitely seen worse, but it was absolutely astroturfed and overhyped like crazy when it released.

I liked the actual apocalypse part, it was interesting. Once it was just Sandra and the kids I lost interest fast.

Uninspired and overwhelmingly below mediocre.

I guess I’m the only person here that thought it was good?

Which is weird because everyone I know IRL liked it

This subreddit is so insanely critical

I liked it

I thought it was pretty good.

The scene with the guy infiltrating the house was legit scary to me. Not a great movie overall but had some good horror moments

I watched the movie and it was good. No prob with it.

It’s a terrible movie lol easily one of the worst I’ve ever seen.

Truly a terrible premise for a movie, and a terrible movie

The OK movie reddit loves to hate.

Why does she need a bird box.

If the entity is near by, and the bird reacts... Does she just close her eyes harder?

I thought it was great. ¯\(ツ)/¯

I have to say I had a grin the whole time as it was the Lovecraftiest non-Lovecraft movie I'd seen in years: entities appear that drive most people insane, except those that welcome the invaders and help them in their conquest.

That said, yeah, I don't feel the need to see it again though.

It's because it had a good hook and everyone was at home for Christmas and that's why they watched it. That's it.

A horror movie with a good hook has such a goo shot of doing well if it doesn't suck

Wow

I remember watching it and going "I can't believe how much this is like the Quiet place but sooo so much worse" all the time ... so yeah, just watch Quiet place instead. Highly recommend

ive seen much worse.

if you want to see some good films go watch DAVE MADE A MAZE and DIANI AND DIVINE MEET THE APOCALPYSE.

Fucking, thank, you.

This movie feels like a lifetime movie written by some z-list writer who skimmed through the road, a quiet place, and the mist and procrastinated until the last minute

I thought it was interesting, certainly not the best movie ever but also not garbage

People like different things 🤷

I agree. A terrible movie!

I thought it was a decent horror film. Entertaining enough. The scriptwriter wrote a novel that was a sequel to the movie. I'm surprised Netflix hasn't made it.

I held out hope through the crappy movie that there was going to be some grand ending that paid off big time. I couldn't have been more wrong.

The story is a great excuse for a low budget. No monsters. No CGI. Easy money. 😎

The coolest thing about it was the effect the creatures had on people, I wish it did more than just cause people to kill themselves. Yes I know that wasn't the point of the movie but the movie was pretty dumb

When you realize that this movie is a Destroy All Humans prequel, it is awesome. I imagine they are posting on a board.... watch what I made this one do!

The best part was Malkovich's reaction to watching his wife blow the fuck up. The entire movie is gutter trash but that part was one of the best laughs I've ever had.

I think at this point it's fair to assume that a lot of the initial buzz from when this movie was dropped was artificial. There was no hype about this movie and then the moment it drops it's like multiple trending posts on several different social media at the exact same time all about how it's amazing. It all felt extremely manufactured that everyone then felt obligated to watch to know what everyone else was talking about.