![]() That whatever is going horribly wrong is caused by seeing something they shouldn’t. Quickly, the people in the house learn that they have to cover up the windows, and stop looking outside. Thankfully though, the other people taking shelter from the insanity on the streets took pity on the vulnerable pregnant woman and brought her in. But Douglas (played the one and only John Malkovich, made famous by a million movies, the most appropriate for this site of course is Being John Malkovich) is 100% unhappy that she is there, having just watched his wife die to save her. Thankfully, Malorie is pulled into a nearby home owned by Greg. She then climbs inside a convenient burning car, and turns it into a makeshift pyre as she immolates herself. But a woman, out of the blue, comes to get her, protects her, and then also sees this apparition. Suddenly, Malorie, finds herself pregnant and alone in the middle of a raging inferno of chaos all around her. And on the way home? Things only get worse when Jessica sees this uh, thing… too, crashes the car, and then steps into oncoming traffic. And as they are leaving the hospital, Malorie watches as a woman bludgeons herself to death. They had known that something wrong was happening sprinkled around the globe, and now it has suddenly hammered the United States. But while at Malorie’s appointment, there is an outbreak of insanity hitting the streets. She and her sister, Jessica (played by Sarah Paulson of Martha Marcy May Marlene fame – which, as a freebee, is a movie I can’t recommend enough) discuss Malorie’s lack of desire to be a mother, and how she is going to cope once the day arrives. The film then jumps backwards in time, to a pregnant Malorie heading to the doctor for a physical. Right.) and two children, drifting down a river, eyes covered, totally adrift. The movie opens with a woman, Malorie (played by Sandra Bullock – you know Speed Sandra Bullock, Gravity Sandra Bullock. There are also key plot, and ending differences from the book as well, but we’ll talk about those differences later. ![]() And yet, the changes are understandably different. The architectural layout of the movie and book are really quite different. And yet, Susanne Bier, stood up to the plate, called her shot, and crushed a home run afterwards. And yet, film? Living Technicolor? Are you kidding me? Only a lunatic would take this movie on. BUT I COULDN’T FIGURE OUT HOW IT COULD POSSIBLY MEET THEM. So yeah, I had really really high hopes for this movie. Because I was the one that ate their chips without cessation. ![]() I was the one that didn’t take no for an answer… because the book was just that good. You see, because I was the one that read the novel, Bird Box, and literally made everyone I knew read it. Over the past month or two, friends (some who’ve moved on to other jobs, moved away, or just don’t even like me anymore because of deeply personal rifts caused by my desire to eat all their chips… I’ve done it again, haven’t I?) have contacted me randomly and out of the blue to tell me that Bird Box is almost out, and they want to be sure I’m aware. It’s really is a wonderful celluloid envisioning of a truly great novel, written by Josh Malerman. right after you show a freaking modicum of self control dangit! hehehe.Ĭome on. So, do us all a favor, step away from the scroll button on your mouse, and click this link over to Netflix, and watch the film first before you go further down this page. That is a huge cinematographic leap you have to make to solve before this can go to the big screen… and it does. I mean, how do you film a movie where everyone that removes their blindfolds die? Yeah, you don’t. The directing and the screenplay are brilliant in that they solve a number of nearly impossible problems from the book. Ok? So trust me (and not all the other movie review sites that are giving this movie one big pile of MEH for reviews) that this is a great little movie. You can’t enter the inner sanctum of hyperventilation until you do one or the other, or better yet? Both. It is so good! Anyway… I’m still freaking out.īut why? Oh, we’ll get to that later… for now though, I’m not 100% sure that you’ve even seen this movie yet. That is just a different topic for a different day.) So yeah, I just finished this fantastic movie – and yet? I’m flipping out? What is up with that? Eric Heisserer! My friend (ok, so he’s not a friend in the real world, but in my mind he is dangit), you absolutely destroyed this screenplay… like, in a good way. Right? Because I’m hyperventilating about some Netflix movie? (Ok, I’m probably insane, but decidedly NOT because I’m hyperventilating about this particular movie. And I literally just finished the movie Bird Box by Netflix with Sandra Bullock.
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