The Ending Of Bird Box Will Probably Make You Go Insane And Suicidal



     My Facebook News Feed has been abuzz with posts about the apocalyptic Netflix movie Bird Box so I felt obliged to immediately watch it (I am usually not really excited regarding Netflix-made movies). Bird Box is about invincible evil creatures that once seen will make an individual go insane and suicidal. They say it’s a A Quiet Place rip off, and that accusation is not without basis (although the book Bird Box is based on a 2014 book and A Quiet Place was released in 2018, so it’s possible that A Quiet Place ripped off the Bird Box book. Lol). The movie The Happening (2008) also comes to mind.

     But still, rip off or not, Bird Box is quite suspenseful, terrifying, and enjoyable. Some people found it so scary that they watched it blindfolded. Lol. Sandra Bullock, as usual is fine, and John Malkovich, a first-rate actor, is always a delight to watch and the two children are really good.

     But the ending… the ending sucked the stars out of my review, it disappoints and it just doesn’t make any sense. It’s idiotic considering the difficulties Sandra and the two children had to go through. But then, it has always been the problem with movies that have all-powerful, indestructible villains: it will always be difficult to end them. And yes, the presence of the creatures is vaguely explained. Are they aliens? Or are they demons? What do they look like? Someone in the film says the monsters take the appearance of the thing one is most afraid of. Then, why did someone in the film see her mother when the monsters appeared to her? What do these creatures want? Although a character (a wannabe-writer), in the beginning of the movie, tries to elucidate on it. Quite a lot of things aren’t explained in the  movie, including Sandra’s character’s decision to name the two kids Boy and Girl. 

     Now, if it's the pilot for a mini-series, then, it's quite brilliant...

     Three stars out of five.


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