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Snake5555555555 posted...

PrinceKaro
I just felt I was more invested in the present day story rather than the flashback, and the way the latter almost completely takes over the movie just so it can be a mediocre version of The Walking Dead is a bit disappointing.

This is my biggest pet peeve with contemporary storytelling. I'm sick of nonlinear plots and how writers ignore the present conflict in favor of retreating into backstory.

red13n - I've probably said this on another list, but I hate the fad of movies starting in the middle. We are introduced to a bunch of characters and with the tone of the movie, we absolutely know their fate. You kind of lose a lot of suspense when you do that.

While it's ideal to start a horror/thriller story with intrigue and/or energy, I agree that starting in the middle is not always the best way to achieve this.

jcgamer107 - This is kind of a better version of The Happening: unseen force causes people to kill themselves, wacky bunch of misfits band together to survive

That's actually a great take. Strangely, I found The Happening more enjoyable (probably because I was in high school when I saw it).

Inviso - Bird Box is fine. Its not great, its not awfulits just fine. Honestly, it feels like it took a bunch of the better elements from other horror movies (The Happening, Dawn of the Dead, The Mist) and mashed them together for half the filmwhich makes for a split movie that doesnt quite hit the mark its trying to hit.

Another great take. BB indeed feels like multiple horror stories mashed together in a clumsy, ineffective way.

Sandra loses her love interest, and takes a blindfolded boat trip down a difficult river in search of a sanctuary she heard about over the radio. THIS could have been a really good plot of theyd fleshed it out and consolidated it into its own movie.

@Inviso You should absolutely read the book. My memory's a little fuzzy (I read it in 2015), but IIRC the story plays out very much like what you said. The main cast was Malorie and her kids--almost all the others in the movie were add-ons. I suspect that the studio was afraid the movie wouldn't have enough mainstream appeal if they kept things small and isolated.