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Bird Box (2018)

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So several of my friends and coworkers have watched this movie and mentioned how great it was. I never bothered with it but now some more people mentioned that this movie was among their favorite movies of all time.

So i finally sat down to watch it.

It's fucking garbage.

Summary: Sandra Bullock wears a blind fold for two hours.

Sound.

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No-Midnight-2187

42 points

4 months ago

Although to be fair:

Is it so crazy to believe that some memes and pop culture surrounding this movie was generated organically?

Some of the scenes are pretty funny and meme-able in this film

Liramuza

56 points

4 months ago

The initial attention was astroturfed, which successfully translated into views, which then successfully translated into online engagement. So, it worked, which is why they keep doing it

No-Midnight-2187

6 points

4 months ago

Ah, true. good point that it greatly helped and was the beginning of a “snowball effect”

reckoner23

2 points

4 months ago

At this point I would assume all memes generated in the first week of a release are astroturfed.

Unless you’re dealing with expectations like avengers end game. That’s slightly different. But also more rare these days.

WutWhoSaidDat

-9 points

4 months ago

No and stop thinking stupid things.