 What is going on guys welcome back to the channel critical overlord here. This is gonna be the review for bird box I know I'm a little behind on this Haven't had time to get around to it. I've watched the film and just haven't had time to sit down to do the review So this is gonna be my review on the net the latest addition to the Netflix original film library Netflix has a lot of plans going into this new year and I think with the recent with this recent film bird box despite like it's polarizing reception it got from Most mostly critics and fans It hasn't been like a big trend. There's been countless memes based on the film There's been a bunch There's even a challenge some people have gotten hurt from this challenge Netflix has issued a warning against participating in the challenge and the movie has just caused a It's just been a big piece of a lot of discussions closing out last year and coming into the new year's been one of the more than the more recent trends In recent memory for Netflix Might also have something to do with their recent hike in the prices if you've been keeping up with them But anyway, the film star Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rose, John Malkovich, Machine Gun Kelly aka Colson Baker Sarah Paulson, who is going to be starring in Glass, which I will be doing a review for tomorrow Danielle McDonald, Lil Raleh Howrie, if you recall correctly, he's from Get Out He Played TSA, but to hop right into the movie Our central character is Sandra Bullock who plays in Mallory, the film's protagonist She is basically a woman who is she's grounded in her loneliness She doesn't really connect with too many people. She you can see from the jump. She's distant from her sister She's distant from her mother She doesn't really have a she doesn't really like to get close with too many people probably do the past Relationships and then we find out during the film possibly has something to do with her father as well and how she was raised But basically this is a movie about her learning to accept motherhood Surrounding a whole post-apocalyptic while at the midst of being in a post-apocalyptic world So in this film we're in a society where unseen forces are they've begun terrorizing like not just America But it started in Europe and it's spreading all throughout the the entire world They're causing members of society to commit commit suicide after appearing as Their worst fears or regrets. This is one of the theories that's introduced from little how little real Howie The movie never makes it actually official that that's what is actually going on But everyone has taken his theory and that's what we're running. That's what we're gonna run with here. So that so These people are dying because they're seeing their worst fears of regrets From a narrative standpoint, I think this was a this was a good concept because it's based on Josh Malaman's debut novel I think I've read a few pages of that back in high school This movie isn't per se bad. It's just kind of all over the place Not all over the place. That's a bad term I wouldn't say it's all over the place is just lacking in answering a lot of questions and gets I believe it comes more focused in I Can tell that they wanted to do something special here But it was probably that that mindset that prevented them from remembering to focus on Leaving in important answers or maybe they didn't want to answer certain questions Maybe they are planning to do a sequel, but several things going several things go left unanswered You have you never really find out where these creatures came from or what what their intent is which isn't really necessary But it would have been nice To get something regarding the creatures We don't even we don't even get to see what they look like Sandra Bullock and everyone in the film. I think they give they give good solid performances Sandra Bullock being the standout Trevante Rhodes he does a he does an amazing job with his little part as Sandra Bullock's love interest in the film Basically what basically what ends up happening is it comes down to just being Sandra Bullock and a select survivor and they Together are forced to raise these two children Which I'm not going to explain how these children came to be but one of them one of them of has a connection To our main character and so does the other one, but not so much. So that's all I'll say These children they're basically faced with the challenge of raising children during the apocalypse much like John Krasinski's A quiet place was in similar fashion also similar to a quiet place this movie involves its survivor suppressing one of their five senses in order to remain alive in this Post alien invaded what I'm going to call them aliens. I Think the writing is fine. I thought the cinematographer was fine. I thought the directing was fine Suzanne beer. She has some amazing amazing shots in here as far as I capturing the people's eyes When and I love that effect in the in the victims eyes when they were about to die I thought that was an amazing effect to watch on screen I think Suzanne beer did a did a great job of capturing certain things capturing the look in the eyes of the victim as they were dying capturing an Angling like the whole scene at the end. There's a very tense scene at the end with Sandra Bullock as she's trying to find her kids and Like the way the camera is painting around Sandra Bullock like that. I thought that was amazing But really was driving this movie home for me is the character development of Sandra Bullock because that really is if you If you're paying attention to it, you'll see what I'm talking about. This is about her Coming from being a lonely person to actually learning to let people into her life and learning to accept her place As a mother because she at first did not want to be a mother. She wanted nothing to do with it She doesn't even give the kids names their names are boy and girl I Thought that was all this stuff is symbolizing or it these are all like plot devices that in the end amount to her ultimate character arc in the end where she finally learns to accept Her place in this world as a mother. She's now willing to connect with others and she's willing to let other people in All around I think Burr box is a solid six and a half out of ten I wasn't blown away by it. Not that not that this I do think it could have been better But for what was presented in front of me. I'm giving this a six and a half. I Wanted to give it a seven But it was just too many things that I thought were too many things were inconsistent in the in the story to me There were certain things where they never they didn't explain why some people were dying and others weren't I thought that could have been handled a little bit better Then like the characters just got progressively stupid as the film as the movie went on certain people They just got even stupider with time you you would think they would become more intelligent And another thing that I I didn't think made any sense at all is what now in the film everyone's wearing Blindfolds to stay alive. My thing is why? Why did everyone decide to use blindfolds? It's not it's not necessarily that blindfolds is the issue It's my issue is that why did everyone decide to use blindfolds? I just I just don't think that would have occurred But this is this is a movie. That's just something that bothered me I'm giving it a six and a half out of ten for the amazing direction the character development of Mallory The acting across the board was solid for the most part. I thought there was a lot of tension There was enough suspense and you actually genuinely started to care not necessarily for the for the supporting characters as much But if they didn't if they didn't manage to make you actually care about Sandra Bullock's character and Sandra Bullock is an amazing actor So I was surprised but if they didn't actually make you care about her and the two kids I think that would ultimately led to me giving the movie a six because it does have a unique concept I doesn't I just don't think it was executed to its greatest potential Those are my thoughts on Burrbox. I'm giving it a six point five out of ten Let me know what you guys thought about the film down in the comment section below Did you enjoy? Did you like it just as much as I did? 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