re: Bird Box on Netflix

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No way they could run through the forest blindfolded without running into trees, falling into a hole or any number of accidents.

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kept waiting for them to run through a banana spider’s web.

It was a pretty bad movie.

I wouldn't say it was pushing a PC thing.

But, it did sort of add to the mental illness stigma thing.
Everyone who is mentally ill now tries to kill others?
That's just great.

I really don't understand how some thing (be it a movie, TV show, restaurant, song, whatever) can just explode and take the nation over somtimes seemingly at random for no real reason at all. I finally got around to watching this shite yesterday and was floored that THIS is what everyone and their mother is raving about.

The story was relatively boring, the main plot is an exact replica of the happening, the ending a major letdown, it's not scary (which isn't a problem in general, but people are hailing this as being scary as frick), etc. IDGAS about the supposed liberal bias some of the looney tunes ITT are stuck on, I just dont' think it was a very good movie period. It wasn't necessarily BAD or awful, but why in the hell is it getting all the pub and press it is? I don't understand.

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Just like the literal Trump slogan-spouting old white guy who wanted to turn away the people who eventually killed most of them, but was repeatedly told that he sucked and to frick off.

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Except for the whole fact that he was proven right in the end and ultimately sacrificed himself to save Mallory and the kids.

Oh, and let’s not for get that the male lead is military and is the purest character on the movie. Because SJWs just love the military.

Some of you guys stretch really hard to be offended. It’s almost as if ....

I haven’t seen it, but seems like a knock off of a quiet place except with sight.

I haven't seen a quiet place, is it worth watching?

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This movie was "The Road" on a river.

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I still don't know why BB isn't getting called out more for being a direct ripoff of the happening, which isn't even that old at this point

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In New York City's Central Park, people begin committing mass suicide.

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the behavior quickly spreads across the United States.

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triggering a[n] attack, signaled by what appears to be wind blowing

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Elliot and Alma have adjusted to their new life with Jess as their adopted daughter.

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So let's see, we have:

-mystery thing that makes everyone commit suicide
-soon spreads to affect the mainstream
-wind blowing signifies the thing is around
-main crew finding a safe shelter with another group
-kids get adopted in the end

I mean FFS the only real difference is in BB they have to be blindfolded. It's a complete ripoff.

Netflix used meme power to turn this into a fad/phenomenon.

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This movie just proves how far Netflix has come when reaching an audience, and how little content is out there right now.
And the power of Fads in the age of the Internet....

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Yep, Netflix is on another level right now when it comes to customer engagement.

This movie was just hokey enough to go viral during a period where everyone is glued to their phones sitting at home bored out of their minds.

The world is a violent and dangerous place. Home is a sanctuary where the violence and danger are kept at bay except when invited in; either through the people you encounter or the media you consume. The insane in the movie are metaphors for people who accept that the world is violent and dangerous and use this acceptance as carte blanche to exploit using violence or the threat of violence, thus making the regular people see the truth. If we re-engage with the community around us, we can create a harmonious world free from violence and threat and be content without living in constant fear.