Damn man I don't agree with everything you said but your style of reviewing is much fun and so genius that I couldn't help but smile through out the whole video. The birds were never explained, but birds are sometimes used to detect poison in the air, and bird chirping is generally associated with danger.
Appreciate the review, in my opinion, i thought it was key that the movie was vague, we knew just as much as the characters in the movie knew. If this is happened in real life, and everyone was dying left and right, the vast majority of humanity wiped out; what are the chances you will be clued up on what is going on? Your instinct is to just survive. As for the birds, history shows that animals reactions are one of the first tail signs of dangers to come/storms brewing. Many storms chasers (back in the day) follow the behaviour of birds to detect when a storm is coming. So i liked the relevance of the birds being their eyes in the movie, since sight was reduced. Lastly, birdbox is base on a book that came out in 2014 - a unique concept before a quite place was conceived. While i appreciated both movies for their relationship with senses and family, i felt both movie was entirely different. Love your reviews. Always looking forward to them. Much love from London xx
What do you think the symbolism of the birds are? The most I could think of was at the end where when all three were released was the MC being able to treat and appreciate her kids as an actual mother once she found a safe haven. Evident by the fact that she didn't even name them out of fear being to attached to them with the probability of them dying off pretty soon. Some of the vagueness really harmed the movie and allowed for the writers to just make up shit or write the monster to fit the scene. Like how inconsistent the monster is. Sometimes its portrayed as a physical force other times it attacks purely physiologically. It can move leaves, attacking the car and attacking the MC and her children near the end , If it can do shit like that why couldn't it just remove the blindfolds itself, or smash windows, tip the boat. To what extent can it not enter homes? does having an opening and quickly closing it once it enters expel the monster out of the house? Some were answered through trial and error that the characters did like it can still attack even through the usage of digital information. Why does it spare some people while others just kill themselves? This question I can see being answered through analysis. Reviews I've seen say the monster is a metaphor of suppressed dark thoughts or mental health, the victims kill themselves because they can't handle it, the insane that survive embrace it, the survivors with the blindfolds are the ones that hide or avoid confronting there inner thoughts or something.
I'm thinking there's going to be a part two. There's too many questions unanswered! First on my list is..... where the hell did Machine Gun Kelly and that white girl go with the car?!?!
But he can "see" their presence with vibrations. No? So do the monsters effect you if you know what they look like or do you have to look at them? Many questions this movie has left.
I LOVED the suspense of the movie, but the ending was so anticlimactic!! We didn't get any answers about the origin of the creature. So many unanswered questions. Then, is life in the school of blindness the happy ending?? I was waiting for Sandra to spot a hole in that canopy and off herself.. sorry. This MUST be a trilogy!!
And yeah, not only did we not get an explanation of the birds, but did they address any other types of animals?? Running through the woods, they could've had some infected wolves.. the wolves always go crazy, hence The Day After Tomorrow.. or 2012..
Me too I was actually into the movie but when it went to black at the end before the credits started I was literally saying out loud " don't end it like this" lol and yup they did.
I love it when the movie wants you to figure stuff out... but this movie doesn't do that. When a movie gives you pieces and you put them together with simple logic and decent observation, that makes the connection between you and the director grow. No Country For Old Men is a great example of this. Bird Box on the other hand, gives you just one piece and expect you to solve the whole fricking puzzle yourself, or not to solve it at all... which doesn't make it any better.
The creature or "presence" is unique to whoever sees it, which is why "showing the audience" would ruin the mystique. Think of Ghost Riders: "Penance Stare" (if you are into comics). This is why some people are effected differently. Humans are "born into sin" and innately 'evil". Although for THIS story, its reversed it seems. Regarding the birds: Its common knowledge that birds freak out in the presence of predators. They have been used for centuries as detection devices.
Books and films are different mediums. Not all books can be made into a movie. The success of A Quiet Place showed there was an audience for this type of material. Unfortunately the film was terrible.
Oniffe White don't agree I read the book and I like the movie and it has great acting it has gone viral so I guess they were right by making this movie
You don’t agree that books and films are different mediums, not all books can be made into a movie or that it’s a terrible film? If it’s the terrible film part then I can give objective reasons on why it’s not made very well and the results were subpar. They gave away the end within the first three minutes. We know it’s only her and the two kids. Once we knew that it took away any suspense that happened in the past; everyone is going to die except her and the kids. All that’s left for us now is how they will die and you have to be very creative as a film to make that work, it didn’t work. The characters were one dimensional and weren’t interesting at all. Sandra Bullocks character was limited to (I don’t like kids, we just went through danger down a river together and now I love kids.). That character arch was more interesting in Jurassic Park. This story may work very well as a book but film is a sensory medium which is meant to evoke emotions. This film and it’s premise failed to do that because the source material may not work as a film or it’s wasn’t translated well. I can provide more reasons but I think this should suffice.
@@TheAnimeClub1 Just because something goes viral doesn't make it good. Hell Sharknado went viral and that movie was garbage. Also Sandra's performance was the only good acting in the movie everybody else was just meh.
What I want to know is why were some forced to kill themselves and others became recruiters? Why couldn't it enter a house? Did it need to get invited in like a vampire? And the one question that really baffles me is how dude maintain the same exact hair cut for the entire 5 years?
For question 1. and 2. When thinking about the movie I could think of a symbolic reason for why the monster behaved the way it does to get across the themes and general message the film was trying to convey. From the reviews I've seen so far and my experience with he film this is what my conclusion is. The monster is some sort of metaphor of suppressed dark thoughts or mental health, the victims kill themselves because they can't handle it, the insane that survive embrace it, the survivors with the blindfolds are the ones that hide or avoid confronting there inner thoughts or something. And sure the symbolism side makes sense but it doesn't make much sense in terms of the motivation of the monster as a character or a crutch to carry the premise. Some of the vagueness really harmed the movie and allowed for the writers to just make up shit or write the monster to fit the scene. Like how inconsistent the monster is. Sometimes its portrayed as a physical force other times it attacks purely physiologically. It can move leaves, attacking the car and attacking the MC and her children near the end , If it can do shit like that why couldn't it just remove the blindfolds itself, smash windows, or tip the boat. To what extent can it not enter homes? does having an opening and quickly closing it once it enters expel the monster out of the house? (how the Asian guy died the monster was already inside the house because it killed him, yet destroying the monitor somehow expelled it) Some were answered through trial and error that the characters did like it can still attack even through the usage of digital information.
Basically if you the thing shows you your greatest fear making most people want to Kill themselves But if you have already seen your worst fear, the thing is beautiful to you
@me c yes it did the car scene, and the scene near the end of the film where it straight up rushes the characters and whips up this huge ass storm. The characters straight up book it meaning it is a physical threat
me c but the monster managed to work the string that was tied to the bed in the fourth quarter of the film. It also cast a shadow beneath the door which is proof of a physical presence.
@@passengerprincesspodcast what confuses me is the urge to kill themselves from seeing their worst fear when we know that when most ppl see their worst fear in a normal occurrence their first instinct isn't to kill themselves. They may have mental, emotional, and even physical effects from it but even if they eventually take their own lives it's rarely ever immediately after the trauma occurred.
I liked it. It think because I'm a mom it played on my emotions Lol. I also think that the entity played on the emotions that made you most vulnerable. Some saw it as a monster but others (one in particular) saw their loved ones.
I knew from the beginning that we were never going to see the entities...sort of like how you're never told the reason for the attacks in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds." With that regard, I appreciate the tiny morsel they gave us in The Bird Box when they showed us the sketches of the entities that the crazy guy drew before he started ripping the paper off of the windows.
The monsters look different in the eye of the victim. John M’s wife saw her mom, while Sarah Paulson saw some kind of monster. Gary was drawing different types of monsters in the house, so they don’t have a specific form. The point of not showing us the monsters is because the surviving characters couldn’t see them. Also, while there’s no explained reason why the birds can sense the monsters, Mallory knew they could when they started freaking out when fish fingers was begging to be let in. They made noise when they were interrogating Gary which was meant to be a little bit of foreshadowing. I think you missed some things while you were focused on wrapping presents
I really see the movie putting up us in the characters shoes, like we’re in the situation with them. None of the characters know what the thing is either or why it existed or why the birds were special or why crazy ppl stayed alive & they expressed that
My only problem with that is that they’re not gonna take the blindfolds off regardless so why does it matter if they know it’s there. I wish they would’ve played more of a role
...that's not what T.Baker was saying. He knows what the "entity" does. The question is, "who are they?" And "why?". And similarly for the birds. How and why did they react to the "entity"?
The birds went crazy when the entity was around. But it doesn't say why just birds, why not dogs. Make the situation seem a lot less scary with seeing eye dog that also act as a guard dog.
@@kittyboo2121 that cause they go crazy when the entity is near, not for the crazy people. They're affected by the entity too, they just don't feel the need to kill themselves
Its a known spiritual fact that birds and animals alike can sense danger of things that are unknown that we cannot see... having the birds with them is a pretty easy concept to understand.... 😂🤦🏾♀️
I loved the Bird Box 🐦 📦. They played the role of letting the people know when the entity was coming or close. For it to be a Netflix movie I give it 5 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
My thing is what ever happened to the couple that stole the car and ran away? Lmao, that should of been a deleted scene if they weren't gonna show their demise if any.
Birds have been a symbol of approaching storms, gas in mines and predators. Seeing as the extinction phenomena appeared to blow in with a wind I'm assuming birds can sense it similar to how they sense shifts in air currents/pressure etc. I'm more concerned with what happened to the dogs - no corpses and if animals not affected why no packs of feral dogs. I know, no movie thinks of every plothole. Also the birds are a metaphor for Sandra Bullock being this bluebird of sadness, note her paintings, blue garb and blindfold plus she doesn't go outside until her sister forces her out. Finally she accepts there can be happiness, names the children and frees the birds.
I think it's really unfair to make comparisons to Quiet Place knowing that the people who made the Bird Box had no idea Quiet Place was even coming out...
Ugh I apologize in advance for sounding like one of “those” people, but I think you don’t learn much about the entities because the movie isn’t really about that. The movie is more about Sandra Bullock’s character and how she learns to connect.
If that's the case, then the whole point of the movie was leading up to her her giving out names to two children. Unfortunately, the premise and world around her is far more intriguing for some names to be effective
Emmanuel Belaston accepting she was a mother and connecting to her children. Movie starts with her being a shut in, not acknowledging the outside world and not accepting she was pregnant. She does a complete 180 by the end.
@@queenblacc4579 Yes. That all happened. But the disaster is more interesting than her being stern with the kids at first. The demon, surviving in the world, crazy immune people, the other cast etc were all built up stronger and are all more interesting than "She's gonna be a nice mom"
Emmanuel Belaston lol more interesting sure. I’m just saying it’s probably vague for a reason. The disaster is happening but her journey is the focus of the story.
@@queenblacc4579 Too true. If the story didn't end up focusing on fixing her attitude, the vagueness would be lifted and we'd have to explore the disaster more. If only that's what happened
It never says why they leave the house, or even how, when. I would've enjoyed seeing more of her raising the kids. She looked like a Grinch the whole time. How does the school of blind get it's resources. Why didn't the birds go crazy at Gary.
All I have to say is thank God for new movies like “Us” because I’m tired of seeing the same act of a black man giving his life for the poor helpless white girl/kids. They’re always the “sacrificial lamb”. Btw, can one black person ever make it to the end of a horror film? No? Oh okay. Lol
I was about to say LL Cool J survived lol...and if it was a white man, I guess you'd still be complaining cause they didn't cast a black man? I loved his character and I loved how he died with dignity, as much as one can in that situation. He basically said F This I'm going out guns blazing and taking as many of these mf ers with me and they didn't make his death really gruesome like some of the others, so I hate that he passed away, but whoever played that role had to go, so it would be more intense as Sandra would be on her own now to keep two kids alive.
I know its a lil vague but i think its like that because its not really important as to what the monsters really are or came from its more so about the journey sandra bullock takes and the development of her character, the fact of taking away a sense u would normally need and making it the thing that saves you in more ways than one, blind faith is what saved them, learning to hope and open up
The movie wasn't vague and I believe Lil Rel's explanation was true. Knowledge and intelligence are different. People assume you must have a degree to know something when the reality is book smart is still smart.
I agree, I don't like that they did not tell you where this phenomenon came from. Or why the birds understand the "monsters." Also - Everybody keeps lumping this movie in with A Quiet Place like theyre the same when AQP was WAY better.....Bird Box isn't as developed smh
It’s more like The Happening. It’s base off a book that came out in 2014. I like it cause the movie isn’t feeding you everything. In this movie your living it thru her eyes and she isn’t trying to defeat them she is just trying to survive so she wouldn’t have ever known what it actually looks like. Now what you should have been asking yourself is, in a post apocalyptic world, a world where there is no more power, how did the brotha keep the fresh hair cut.
what Remy LeBeua says below.. that whole conversation! I feel those that didn't like this were more concerned with the 'monsters' than what the movie was really trying to convey (other than suspense I mean).
I had no idea you had your own separate UA-cam channel! This is by far the best review I’ve seen of the movie. 👏 I thought the same thing about the birds, like other than the namesake of the movie, why couldn’t other animals be of use?
I have to say I did really like the movie, but after hearing your review I did feel the same way. I was kinda lost in the movie. But I did care about the characters and that is what made it good for me. Love your reviews Tony, keep them coming.....and yes Quiet Place was super good.
i feel like he missed the point of the movie because he didnt "see the villain". its just a horror movie man the horror comes the fear of killing yourself because of something you could easily look at without knowing its there. a similar movie to the bird box was "The happening" with marc wahlberg. the difference between that movie and the bird box was the vagueness he is speaking of exists in the happening. i mean in that movie they believe plants were making them kill themselves but its never confirmed really and spoiler alert they stop killing themselves at the end for no reason.... BB was fine lol
@@kilos4058 it was supposed to be plants at the end for drama instead of the old lady just killing herself she tried to kill others. they changed the rules at the very end for almost no reason other than. movie needed good ending
I have been watching the fuck out of Reviews on the film "The Happening" I kinda love that movie for all the wrong reasons haha, since 2008 I have waited for a movie similar and this did kinda fill a void. I had no what this film was going to be about when watching either.
Man this movie had so much potential. It left a lot on the table. Like why and how did the lunatics get associated with the monsters? What happened to the couple that randomly left? How did the doctor make it to the refugee camp and not get hurt or harassed by the lunatics? I get the drawings of the monsters but how did it start and why?
1. They literally explained that ppl who are crazy already arent affected by the monsters. 2. Who gives a fuck about MGK and the girl? They were 2 unimportant characters. 3. The best films are those who leave things to the imagination
The entities are supposed to represent depression, or those darkness within each of us. The victims see it, then get sad, then kill themselves. The insane people were unaffected because they've already seen the worst parts of themselves.
i didn't see "A Quiet Place". The explanation by Charlie was enough when you include the drawings that were laid out by Gary and his crazy ass. Why did the 2 Black men have to sacrifice themselves?
Yep, I'm with Tony here. A Quiet Place a little more intriguing. They took a kid out first minutes. Bird Box has 2 kids named Boy and Girl. And they manage not to look. Shiiit
I never seen “Quiet Place”. I agree that “Bird Box” had a great cast but it was not a 5 star. I was mad that REL got killed so early in the movie. I’d give it 3 out of 5 for my review as well. If I had to pay for this movie I would be extra pissed. 😆🤣😂
When have people ever been satisfied with how the evil threat looks? It's better not to show it and feed on the viewers imagination, then show it and have the viewer not buy it. The aliens in a quiet place looked so typically lame that the movie is hard to rewatch for me. If you can design something pratical and scary go ahead, but if your threat shows up looking like a action figure don't. People wanna know where it came from also. That'd be nice but more than likely it's just an alien or a summoned demon. All I care is that the threat is effective, and that both the viewers and characters are convinced. All these things would be nice, but most of these people lack the vision and talent to pull it off. They should strive for it, but also be able to recognize their limits.
I saw the birds in the box on the movie (shocker) Bird Box as sort of reference to the cannery in the coal mine. To explain: back in the, like, 1800s coal miners had no tech to detect if chemicals in the air became to toxic and deadly, so to solve this they used canaries, small birds, and put them towards the back of the cave while mining. When the bird died it made a lot of nooce and alerted the miners to leave. They were also good because of ease of transportation. That is most likely where the writers got the inspiration for the bird box concept.
In my opinion, this was much better than A Quiet Place. The unknown kept me more intrested as I was trying to figure out exactly what was happening. This had more suspense and more intense moments. Plus way more character development which made the character deaths more impactful
The movie was about a woman becoming a mother when she originally wasn't fit to be one. It just took an alien invasion and some black cock to be ready to settle down.
honestly.... like guys really explain why u like this garbage movie 😂 u can tell exactly what's gonna happen and how its gonna end in the first 15min like it doesn't take a genius to figure out that everyone dies, they survive, the girl is obviously from a chick that was at the house at some point, and the whole boy girl thing was dumb ... like seriously horrible pacing and predictable af
I think the "hiding things" sometimes works. Not knowing what it is that they are seeing makes your imagination come up with something and sometimes That's worse. I liked A Quiet Place and Bird Box.
They couldn't explain what it was, they said in the beginning they didn't know what was happening, just knew what would happen if you looked. I think introducing Gary gave it a bit more explanation so you knew it had something to do with mental instability.
So we got an apocalypse story about being silent to survive Now we got an apocalypse story about being blind to survive What’s next we’ll get an apocalypse story about being deaf to survive? Or maybe you can’t touch anything in order to survive
I agree w you tony, I spend my workday analyzing patient charts and calculating dosing, diving into patient medics history and writing reports...when I come home I want to watch a movie to be entertained and then go to sleep...not to do more deciphering and deciding. “Issa no fa me dawg”
Saw your review on rotten tomatoes, I said the same thing and thought it was hilarious, glad i watched the video and I look forward to seeing more of your reviews!
Well, let's be fair: A Quiet Place WAS plenty vague with many of its details. It didn't openly explain the monsters' origins or intentions (aside from killing people). There were some juicy details in the background, but they were still mostly just subtle hints. But it's perfectly all right to have a limit on the amount of vagueness you can tolerate, and Bird Box was definitely MUCH vaguer than A Quiet Place. This is the first review of yours that I've watched. I liked it! Interesting, fair, to-the-point, and well-made. I think I will subscribe and watch more. :)
100% on board with this review. I don’t want. A vague movie. What are we up against? What’s its motivations? Why are mentally unstable people ok? Why are birds special? Tell me. I don’t want to guess with no resolution. This ain’t Scooby doo where we can have a mystery and come up with a villain like OH YEA!!
You're right. They were vague about most things. At least you can accept that the birds just have some ESP about the monster. Not revealing the monster was anti-climactic. Almost felt like "The Happening" all over again
Wow. I usually enjoy your reviews. I disagree about this one. The movie was great, much better and less vague than Quiet Place. Sandra did great. The explanation of the entity is irrelevant to the central message. I find this fascinating.
I understand the argument about A Quiet Place already doing what Bird Box did but Bird Box was based off of a book so people can't really say Bird Box copied A Quiet Place. In the unknown of not knowing what the creatures in Bird Box were builds more suspense and anticipation in my opinion. It allowed the characters in the movie to be attacked by their worst fears or tragedies in their lives. That flexibility was key in making Bird Box more dynamic.
I'm with you. I didn't like having all those questions about what was going on and what exactly what was causing all this or the full abilities of whatever those things were.
The whole way through the film I was wondering about blind people so I'm glad there was something about them at the end. In this scenario they'd be the only people keeping their shit together.
It have that Cloverfield feel As for your bird question: birds usually can sense danger. That’s why when lions are in the area the birds in the area start fluttering in the air and warning the other animals....that’s what natives used when they were hunting to keep themselves and their fellow hunters safe
A quiet place was coo but if I had to pick what I'd be up against I'd definitely go up against the bird box , both movies were coo but they both had their stupid parts and unexplained parts and characters that made dumb decisions
It’s crazy that Aquaman was released and this Netflix movie is what everybody is talking about. DC can’t catch a break out here lol
Remy LeBeau lol so true
Oh shit its out? Haha
Remy LeBeau 😂😂😂😂
Remy LeBeau they don’t deserve a break...
Facts lmao
Tony out here steady Workin! Most reviewers don't hit Netflix movies. Appreciate the review brother.
He was wrapping gifts while he was watching. So he worked up until Christmas. The grustle never stops.
KoopaParatroopa14s a lot of reviewers do and have. It’s all over UA-cam and the internet. Tf?
Waiting for this 😁
Facts!!
It's also the happening
Damn man I don't agree with everything you said but your style of reviewing is much fun and so genius that I couldn't help but smile through out the whole video. The birds were never explained, but birds are sometimes used to detect poison in the air, and bird chirping is generally associated with danger.
Appreciate the review, in my opinion, i thought it was key that the movie was vague, we knew just as much as the characters in the movie knew. If this is happened in real life, and everyone was dying left and right, the vast majority of humanity wiped out; what are the chances you will be clued up on what is going on? Your instinct is to just survive. As for the birds, history shows that animals reactions are one of the first tail signs of dangers to come/storms brewing. Many storms chasers (back in the day) follow the behaviour of birds to detect when a storm is coming. So i liked the relevance of the birds being their eyes in the movie, since sight was reduced. Lastly, birdbox is base on a book that came out in 2014 - a unique concept before a quite place was conceived. While i appreciated both movies for their relationship with senses and family, i felt both movie was entirely different.
Love your reviews. Always looking forward to them. Much love from London xx
Well said
What do you think the symbolism of the birds are? The most I could think of was at the end where when all three were released was the MC being able to treat and appreciate her kids as an actual mother once she found a safe haven. Evident by the fact that she didn't even name them out of fear being to attached to them with the probability of them dying off pretty soon.
Some of the vagueness really harmed the movie and allowed for the writers to just make up shit or write the monster to fit the scene. Like how inconsistent the monster is. Sometimes its portrayed as a physical force other times it attacks purely physiologically. It can move leaves, attacking the car and attacking the MC and her children near the end , If it can do shit like that why couldn't it just remove the blindfolds itself, or smash windows, tip the boat. To what extent can it not enter homes? does having an opening and quickly closing it once it enters expel the monster out of the house? Some were answered through trial and error that the characters did like it can still attack even through the usage of digital information. Why does it spare some people while others just kill themselves? This question I can see being answered through analysis. Reviews I've seen say the monster is a metaphor of suppressed dark thoughts or mental health, the victims kill themselves because they can't handle it, the insane that survive embrace it, the survivors with the blindfolds are the ones that hide or avoid confronting there inner thoughts or something.
Very well said. Excellent explanation .
Facts
ItsMsSarahToYou best said 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
The budget was taken by Sandra. So they had no money left for monsters they can show lol. Had to revert to shadows and danger leaves *facepalm*
Nigel Watt either way I don’t think any monster could satisfy what we had in mind
CrispyKrit facts smh
me c agreed. Just like he said about A Quiet Place. Just show us the monster in a cool way at the beginning.
I think that's exactly what happened...damn Sandra ever heard of pro bono work.🤑
george sebele exactly! Lmao
I'm thinking there's going to be a part two. There's too many questions unanswered! First on my list is..... where the hell did Machine Gun Kelly and that white girl go with the car?!?!
I knew that was him.
Im pretty positive they ran out of gas and died less than a day later
@Diseree R Lol I'm so serious
To bang in private lol
Ctfu, right. They just had sex and dipped out.
It's kind of like a better version of "The Happening" by M.Night
DareDevil would thrive in this universe lol
Ivan Fonkoa yes
Ivan Fonkoa he would just live his life in peace lmao
But he can "see" their presence with vibrations. No? So do the monsters effect you if you know what they look like or do you have to look at them? Many questions this movie has left.
The birds may be a reference to a "Canary in a coal mine". Birds that warned miners of threats they couldn't see like a lack of oxygen
The blindfold is a metaphor for the vagueness of the plot
My mother was just talking about seeing this film. I compared to the Happening which also share similarities too with people killing themselves.
The happening sucked ! Seen it in theaters ..snooze fest
@@KINDERGARTEN-COP oh a real snooze fest for sure and I wanted to like it so bad too.
@Diseree R like they never knew what was causing it until the very end which was....like really??
I LOVED the suspense of the movie, but the ending was so anticlimactic!! We didn't get any answers about the origin of the creature. So many unanswered questions. Then, is life in the school of blindness the happy ending?? I was waiting for Sandra to spot a hole in that canopy and off herself.. sorry. This MUST be a trilogy!!
And yeah, not only did we not get an explanation of the birds, but did they address any other types of animals?? Running through the woods, they could've had some infected wolves.. the wolves always go crazy, hence The Day After Tomorrow.. or 2012..
Me too I was actually into the movie but when it went to black at the end before the credits started I was literally saying out loud " don't end it like this" lol and yup they did.
If u go back Lil Rell talks about what the entity's are
@@sodevine5482 yeah, but it was all over the place and then they discredited him. We need a trilogy, or at least a sequel!
QueenCatTV they get chased by infected wolves in the book
I love it when the movie wants you to figure stuff out... but this movie doesn't do that.
When a movie gives you pieces and you put them together with simple logic and decent observation, that makes the connection between you and the director grow. No Country For Old Men is a great example of this.
Bird Box on the other hand, gives you just one piece and expect you to solve the whole fricking puzzle yourself, or not to solve it at all... which doesn't make it any better.
The creature or "presence" is unique to whoever sees it, which is why "showing the audience" would ruin the mystique. Think of Ghost Riders: "Penance Stare" (if you are into comics). This is why some people are effected differently. Humans are "born into sin" and innately 'evil". Although for THIS story, its reversed it seems. Regarding the birds: Its common knowledge that birds freak out in the presence of predators. They have been used for centuries as detection devices.
People obviously havent seen The Happening....same premise but the reason why people killed themselves was more believable
It's based on a book called bird box if anything the quiet place copied bird box
Books and films are different mediums. Not all books can be made into a movie. The success of A Quiet Place showed there was an audience for this type of material. Unfortunately the film was terrible.
Oniffe White don't agree I read the book and I like the movie and it has great acting it has gone viral so I guess they were right by making this movie
You don’t agree that books and films are different mediums, not all books can be made into a movie or that it’s a terrible film? If it’s the terrible film part then I can give objective reasons on why it’s not made very well and the results were subpar. They gave away the end within the first three minutes. We know it’s only her and the two kids. Once we knew that it took away any suspense that happened in the past; everyone is going to die except her and the kids. All that’s left for us now is how they will die and you have to be very creative as a film to make that work, it didn’t work. The characters were one dimensional and weren’t interesting at all. Sandra Bullocks character was limited to (I don’t like kids, we just went through danger down a river together and now I love kids.). That character arch was more interesting in Jurassic Park.
This story may work very well as a book but film is a sensory medium which is meant to evoke emotions. This film and it’s premise failed to do that because the source material may not work as a film or it’s wasn’t translated well.
I can provide more reasons but I think this should suffice.
I completely agree... because Bird Box the book came out 2014...
@@TheAnimeClub1 Just because something goes viral doesn't make it good. Hell Sharknado went viral and that movie was garbage. Also Sandra's performance was the only good acting in the movie everybody else was just meh.
Everybody was hyping this movie on social media and it was pretty mediocre in my opinion
What I want to know is why were some forced to kill themselves and others became recruiters?
Why couldn't it enter a house? Did it need to get invited in like a vampire?
And the one question that really baffles me is how dude maintain the same exact hair cut for the entire 5 years?
For question 1. and 2. When thinking about the movie I could think of a symbolic reason for why the monster behaved the way it does to get across the themes and general message the film was trying to convey. From the reviews I've seen so far and my experience with he film this is what my conclusion is. The monster is some sort of metaphor of suppressed dark thoughts or mental health, the victims kill themselves because they can't handle it, the insane that survive embrace it, the survivors with the blindfolds are the ones that hide or avoid confronting there inner thoughts or something. And sure the symbolism side makes sense but it doesn't make much sense in terms of the motivation of the monster as a character or a crutch to carry the premise.
Some of the vagueness really harmed the movie and allowed for the writers to just make up shit or write the monster to fit the scene. Like how inconsistent the monster is. Sometimes its portrayed as a physical force other times it attacks purely physiologically. It can move leaves, attacking the car and attacking the MC and her children near the end , If it can do shit like that why couldn't it just remove the blindfolds itself, smash windows, or tip the boat. To what extent can it not enter homes? does having an opening and quickly closing it once it enters expel the monster out of the house? (how the Asian guy died the monster was already inside the house because it killed him, yet destroying the monitor somehow expelled it) Some were answered through trial and error that the characters did like it can still attack even through the usage of digital information.
Basically if you the thing shows you your greatest fear making most people want to Kill themselves
But if you have already seen your worst fear, the thing is beautiful to you
@me c yes it did the car scene, and the scene near the end of the film where it straight up rushes the characters and whips up this huge ass storm. The characters straight up book it meaning it is a physical threat
me c but the monster managed to work the string that was tied to the bed in the fourth quarter of the film. It also cast a shadow beneath the door which is proof of a physical presence.
@@passengerprincesspodcast what confuses me is the urge to kill themselves from seeing their worst fear when we know that when most ppl see their worst fear in a normal occurrence their first instinct isn't to kill themselves. They may have mental, emotional, and even physical effects from it but even if they eventually take their own lives it's rarely ever immediately after the trauma occurred.
I liked it. It think because I'm a mom it played on my emotions Lol. I also think that the entity played on the emotions that made you most vulnerable. Some saw it as a monster but others (one in particular) saw their loved ones.
I knew from the beginning that we were never going to see the entities...sort of like how you're never told the reason for the attacks in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds." With that regard, I appreciate the tiny morsel they gave us in The Bird Box when they showed us the sketches of the entities that the crazy guy drew before he started ripping the paper off of the windows.
This was more like a better version of The Happening in my opinion. The Happening was blehhh
I thought I was the only one who saw that comparison
Agreed
Agree 100%
That's exactly what I was thinking...I felt like this was a mash up between The Happening and A Quiet Place.
I was just about to post that
The monsters look different in the eye of the victim. John M’s wife saw her mom, while Sarah Paulson saw some kind of monster. Gary was drawing different types of monsters in the house, so they don’t have a specific form. The point of not showing us the monsters is because the surviving characters couldn’t see them. Also, while there’s no explained reason why the birds can sense the monsters, Mallory knew they could when they started freaking out when fish fingers was begging to be let in. They made noise when they were interrogating Gary which was meant to be a little bit of foreshadowing. I think you missed some things while you were focused on wrapping presents
I really see the movie putting up us in the characters shoes, like we’re in the situation with them. None of the characters know what the thing is either or why it existed or why the birds were special or why crazy ppl stayed alive & they expressed that
1. The entity was was like a wave of depression
2. The birds notice when the entity was near
Lourdes Robinson Exactly. It brought on your biggest fears and intensified your weaknesses.
My only problem with that is that they’re not gonna take the blindfolds off regardless so why does it matter if they know it’s there. I wish they would’ve played more of a role
...that's not what T.Baker was saying. He knows what the "entity" does. The question is, "who are they?" And "why?". And similarly for the birds. How and why did they react to the "entity"?
the birds didn’t always notice. they didn’t react to gary at all.
Man if you cant answer the question right you need to shut up
Bird box is based off a book that came out a long ass time ago the only difference between the book and movie is the book is a much darker version
Sandra Bulock was so good she dazzled me through everything negative. 😂😂
She was really great in this film.
The birds went crazy when the entity was around. But it doesn't say why just birds, why not dogs. Make the situation seem a lot less scary with seeing eye dog that also act as a guard dog.
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But what happened to the birds when dude came into the house and stayed!!! They ain't do Sh*t Lol
@@kittyboo2121 that cause they go crazy when the entity is near, not for the crazy people. They're affected by the entity too, they just don't feel the need to kill themselves
@me c so the entity is a chemical warfare, if it's like that. I always wondered why it doesn't affect animals like it does people.
Its a known spiritual fact that birds and animals alike can sense danger of things that are unknown that we cannot see... having the birds with them is a pretty easy concept to understand.... 😂🤦🏾♀️
Never seen a quiet place so I loved this movie
I loved the Bird Box 🐦 📦. They played the role of letting the people know when the entity was coming or close. For it to be a Netflix movie I give it 5 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
My thing is what ever happened to the couple that stole the car and ran away? Lmao, that should of been a deleted scene if they weren't gonna show their demise if any.
Birds have been a symbol of approaching storms, gas in mines and predators. Seeing as the extinction phenomena appeared to blow in with a wind I'm assuming birds can sense it similar to how they sense shifts in air currents/pressure etc. I'm more concerned with what happened to the dogs - no corpses and if animals not affected why no packs of feral dogs. I know, no movie thinks of every plothole.
Also the birds are a metaphor for Sandra Bullock being this bluebird of sadness, note her paintings, blue garb and blindfold plus she doesn't go outside until her sister forces her out. Finally she accepts there can be happiness, names the children and frees the birds.
I think it's really unfair to make comparisons to Quiet Place knowing that the people who made the Bird Box had no idea Quiet Place was even coming out...
Ugh I apologize in advance for sounding like one of “those” people, but I think you don’t learn much about the entities because the movie isn’t really about that. The movie is more about Sandra Bullock’s character and how she learns to connect.
If that's the case, then the whole point of the movie was leading up to her her giving out names to two children. Unfortunately, the premise and world around her is far more intriguing for some names to be effective
Emmanuel Belaston accepting she was a mother and connecting to her children. Movie starts with her being a shut in, not acknowledging the outside world and not accepting she was pregnant. She does a complete 180 by the end.
@@queenblacc4579 Yes. That all happened. But the disaster is more interesting than her being stern with the kids at first.
The demon, surviving in the world, crazy immune people, the other cast etc were all built up stronger and are all more interesting than "She's gonna be a nice mom"
Emmanuel Belaston lol more interesting sure. I’m just saying it’s probably vague for a reason. The disaster is happening but her journey is the focus of the story.
@@queenblacc4579 Too true. If the story didn't end up focusing on fixing her attitude, the vagueness would be lifted and we'd have to explore the disaster more. If only that's what happened
It never says why they leave the house, or even how, when. I would've enjoyed seeing more of her raising the kids. She looked like a Grinch the whole time. How does the school of blind get it's resources. Why didn't the birds go crazy at Gary.
Trevante rhodes had a pretty good performance. Id never heard of him before
He was in Moonlight and Predator
All I have to say is thank God for new movies like “Us” because I’m tired of seeing the same act of a black man giving his life for the poor helpless white girl/kids. They’re always the “sacrificial lamb”.
Btw, can one black person ever make it to the end of a horror film? No? Oh okay. Lol
LL Cool J did in Halloween H2O as well as Deep Blue Sea. Keke Palmer was in some horrible sci-fi movie where she survived too.
Boris Kojoe survived in one of the Resident Evil Movies
I was about to say LL Cool J survived lol...and if it was a white man, I guess you'd still be complaining cause they didn't cast a black man? I loved his character and I loved how he died with dignity, as much as one can in that situation. He basically said F This I'm going out guns blazing and taking as many of these mf ers with me and they didn't make his death really gruesome like some of the others, so I hate that he passed away, but whoever played that role had to go, so it would be more intense as Sandra would be on her own now to keep two kids alive.
Carpenter's The Thing. It still holds up.
I know its a lil vague but i think its like that because its not really important as to what the monsters really are or came from its more so about the journey sandra bullock takes and the development of her character, the fact of taking away a sense u would normally need and making it the thing that saves you in more ways than one, blind faith is what saved them, learning to hope and open up
I don't understand how you can be over time jumps in movies when the overwhelming majority of movies are told linear.
I literally searched for Tony Baker's review of this movie just now after watching it and now here we are. It's a Christmas miracle!
I would’ve enjoyed Bird Box more if I didn’t see The Happening.
The movie wasn't vague and I believe Lil Rel's explanation was true. Knowledge and intelligence are different. People assume you must have a degree to know something when the reality is book smart is still smart.
"Oh there it is, I can't see nothing but it's there" 😂😂😂
Lmfao!!! Looked into the 👀 of vagueness!!! 💀
I agree, I don't like that they did not tell you where this phenomenon came from. Or why the birds understand the "monsters."
Also - Everybody keeps lumping this movie in with A Quiet Place like theyre the same when AQP was WAY better.....Bird Box isn't as developed smh
6:01 That Look you give someone, behind you, at a Movie when they wont shut up.. LMAO
It’s more like The Happening. It’s base off a book that came out in 2014.
I like it cause the movie isn’t feeding you everything. In this movie your living it thru her eyes and she isn’t trying to defeat them she is just trying to survive so she wouldn’t have ever known what it actually looks like.
Now what you should have been asking yourself is, in a post apocalyptic world, a world where there is no more power, how did the brotha keep the fresh hair cut.
🤣😂🤣
what Remy LeBeua says below.. that whole conversation! I feel those that didn't like this were more concerned with the 'monsters' than what the movie was really trying to convey (other than suspense I mean).
I had no idea you had your own separate UA-cam channel! This is by far the best review I’ve seen of the movie. 👏
I thought the same thing about the birds, like other than the namesake of the movie, why couldn’t other animals be of use?
I’ve been waiting on your review for this movie 🙌🏽🙌🏽
I'm glad you're back with the movie reviews.
The Happening was a better version of bird box
I have to say I did really like the movie, but after hearing your review I did feel the same way. I was kinda lost in the movie. But I did care about the characters and that is what made it good for me. Love your reviews Tony, keep them coming.....and yes Quiet Place was super good.
i feel like he missed the point of the movie because he didnt "see the villain". its just a horror movie man the horror comes the fear of killing yourself because of something you could easily look at without knowing its there. a similar movie to the bird box was "The happening" with marc wahlberg. the difference between that movie and the bird box was the vagueness he is speaking of exists in the happening. i mean in that movie they believe plants were making them kill themselves but its never confirmed really and spoiler alert they stop killing themselves at the end for no reason.... BB was fine lol
In the happening it was explained
@@kilos4058 it was supposed to be plants at the end for drama instead of the old lady just killing herself she tried to kill others. they changed the rules at the very end for almost no reason other than. movie needed good ending
I have been watching the fuck out of Reviews on the film "The Happening" I kinda love that movie for all the wrong reasons haha, since 2008 I have waited for a movie similar and this did kinda fill a void. I had no what this film was going to be about when watching either.
Been waiting for your review!!!
Man this movie had so much potential. It left a lot on the table. Like why and how did the lunatics get associated with the monsters? What happened to the couple that randomly left? How did the doctor make it to the refugee camp and not get hurt or harassed by the lunatics? I get the drawings of the monsters but how did it start and why?
1. They literally explained that ppl who are crazy already arent affected by the monsters.
2. Who gives a fuck about MGK and the girl? They were 2 unimportant characters.
3. The best films are those who leave things to the imagination
It explained that the mentally ill already experienced their greatest fears
PeeJay Torres did it leave the great characters, plot, and momentum to the imagination too? The movie is over hyped
@@Smorgasvord damn you are a pro at cop out responses lmao
@@pinkharmonica1312 its not a cop out response its my opinion you fool
Have not seen the other movie but I really liked Bird Box.
The entities are supposed to represent depression, or those darkness within each of us. The victims see it, then get sad, then kill themselves. The insane people were unaffected because they've already seen the worst parts of themselves.
i didn't see "A Quiet Place". The explanation by Charlie was enough when you include the drawings that were laid out by Gary and his crazy ass. Why did the 2 Black men have to sacrifice themselves?
Yep, I'm with Tony here. A Quiet Place a little more intriguing. They took a kid out first minutes. Bird Box has 2 kids named Boy and Girl. And they manage not to look. Shiiit
See if they showed the creatures everyone watching would have killed themselves
Bird box was a book created before ,the happening an quiet place 🤦🏾♂️
I never seen “Quiet Place”. I agree that “Bird Box” had a great cast but it was not a 5 star. I was mad that REL got killed so early in the movie. I’d give it 3 out of 5 for my review as well. If I had to pay for this movie I would be extra pissed. 😆🤣😂
First time seeing bird box I watched it again because I had questions, also the birds were explained near the end
No they weren't they just said the birds warn them.......why? how?
@@stpbasss3773 I can explain how but I'm to lazy
When have people ever been satisfied with how the evil threat looks?
It's better not to show it and feed on the viewers imagination, then show it and have the viewer not buy it. The aliens in a quiet place looked so typically lame that the movie is hard to rewatch for me. If you can design something pratical and scary go ahead, but if your threat shows up looking like a action figure don't.
People wanna know where it came from also. That'd be nice but more than likely it's just an alien or a summoned demon. All I care is that the threat is effective, and that both the viewers and characters are convinced.
All these things would be nice, but most of these people lack the vision and talent to pull it off. They should strive for it, but also be able to recognize their limits.
You restore my faith in UA-cam reviewers. You're actually a naturally cool dude, for once.
I saw the birds in the box on the movie (shocker) Bird Box as sort of reference to the cannery in the coal mine. To explain: back in the, like, 1800s coal miners had no tech to detect if chemicals in the air became to toxic and deadly, so to solve this they used canaries, small birds, and put them towards the back of the cave while mining. When the bird died it made a lot of nooce and alerted the miners to leave. They were also good because of ease of transportation. That is most likely where the writers got the inspiration for the bird box concept.
As always Great review!
In my opinion, this was much better than A Quiet Place. The unknown kept me more intrested as I was trying to figure out exactly what was happening. This had more suspense and more intense moments. Plus way more character development which made the character deaths more impactful
You hit the nail on the head Tony. A quiet place!!!!!
This movie was very overrated. No exposition or character development. I agree this movie was all over the place with the time jumps.
YES! I didn't care at all about the characters. Such a boring movie.
The movie was about a woman becoming a mother when she originally wasn't fit to be one. It just took an alien invasion and some black cock to be ready to settle down.
honestly.... like guys really explain why u like this garbage movie 😂 u can tell exactly what's gonna happen and how its gonna end in the first 15min like it doesn't take a genius to figure out that everyone dies, they survive, the girl is obviously from a chick that was at the house at some point, and the whole boy girl thing was dumb ... like seriously horrible pacing and predictable af
The fact that so many people are trying to interpret what the entity was proves the point of the whole review.
I think the "hiding things" sometimes works. Not knowing what it is that they are seeing makes your imagination come up with something and sometimes That's worse. I liked A Quiet Place and Bird Box.
I need to check it out! Good movie review brother🔥
Humble hands working hard!
They couldn't explain what it was, they said in the beginning they didn't know what was happening, just knew what would happen if you looked. I think introducing Gary gave it a bit more explanation so you knew it had something to do with mental instability.
So we got an apocalypse story about being silent to survive
Now we got an apocalypse story about being blind to survive
What’s next we’ll get an apocalypse story about being deaf to survive?
Or maybe you can’t touch anything in order to survive
I agree w you tony, I spend my workday analyzing patient charts and calculating dosing, diving into patient medics history and writing reports...when I come home I want to watch a movie to be entertained and then go to sleep...not to do more deciphering and deciding. “Issa no fa me dawg”
Saw your review on rotten tomatoes, I said the same thing and thought it was hilarious, glad i watched the video and I look forward to seeing more of your reviews!
Even tho Bird Box the book came out before A Quiet Place it's still considered a bite because the movie came out first! #Period
Well, let's be fair: A Quiet Place WAS plenty vague with many of its details. It didn't openly explain the monsters' origins or intentions (aside from killing people). There were some juicy details in the background, but they were still mostly just subtle hints.
But it's perfectly all right to have a limit on the amount of vagueness you can tolerate, and Bird Box was definitely MUCH vaguer than A Quiet Place.
This is the first review of yours that I've watched. I liked it! Interesting, fair, to-the-point, and well-made. I think I will subscribe and watch more. :)
First!
I also don't like the vague movies, I feel like it's lazy. But I do like flash back scenes lol
100% on board with this review. I don’t want. A vague movie. What are we up against? What’s its motivations? Why are mentally unstable people ok? Why are birds special? Tell me. I don’t want to guess with no resolution. This ain’t Scooby doo where we can have a mystery and come up with a villain like OH YEA!!
You're right. They were vague about most things. At least you can accept that the birds just have some ESP about the monster. Not revealing the monster was anti-climactic. Almost felt like "The Happening" all over again
Wow. I usually enjoy your reviews. I disagree about this one. The movie was great, much better and less vague than Quiet Place. Sandra did great. The explanation of the entity is irrelevant to the central message. I find this fascinating.
More like whack box smh. More like 2 1/2 Sax lol
Thanks for the review Tony! 👍🏾💯
I understand the argument about A Quiet Place already doing what Bird Box did but Bird Box was based off of a book so people can't really say Bird Box copied A Quiet Place. In the unknown of not knowing what the creatures in Bird Box were builds more suspense and anticipation in my opinion. It allowed the characters in the movie to be attacked by their worst fears or tragedies in their lives. That flexibility was key in making Bird Box more dynamic.
Tony u need to go back and watch it again closely cause ya missed a lot 😩😩
I'm with you. I didn't like having all those questions about what was going on and what exactly what was causing all this or the full abilities of whatever those things were.
The look back was hilarious!!
Birds have that 6th sense for danger
he said look into the eyes of vagueness 😂😂😂
Tony you were generous bc I just knew this was gone be 2.5 saxs.
this is the review that got me to click subscribe. love it
The whole way through the film I was wondering about blind people so I'm glad there was something about them at the end. In this scenario they'd be the only people keeping their shit together.
I felt like this was The Happening 2
Thankyou! I've been saying it all along!
Tony baker is the best critic! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
It have that Cloverfield feel
As for your bird question: birds usually can sense danger. That’s why when lions are in the area the birds in the area start fluttering in the air and warning the other animals....that’s what natives used when they were hunting to keep themselves and their fellow hunters safe
A quiet place was coo but if I had to pick what I'd be up against I'd definitely go up against the bird box , both movies were coo but they both had their stupid parts and unexplained parts and characters that made dumb decisions
Tell me why after 5 years Tom still had a low and even with waves? We're those clippers he got from the store solar powered?