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TJ (15 KP) rated Bird Box (2018) in Movies

Feb 3, 2019  
Bird Box (2018)
Bird Box (2018)
2018 | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Amazing birds
This was a really good film, intrigued by what was seen but not seen, wanted good to win over evil/monster. Love the characters as they unravelled. Possibly predictable but still enjoyable. A good ending.
  
Tremors (1990)
Tremors (1990)
1990 | Comedy, Horror
Kevin bacon (1 more)
Graboids
Classic early 90s monster movie seen this so many times and i still love it both kevin bacon and fred ward are excellent and so are the creatures called graboids always worth a rewatch
  
The Host (2006)
The Host (2006)
2006 | Comedy, Drama, Horror
Profoundly idiosyncratic, but also overlong and sloppy. Should it be sufficient that this has something to say about Korean culture, excessive US force, and familial relationships when it dawdles *this* excessively and is more passive about its (still very sound) ideals than anything? Mainly tries to be a satiric spin on the prototypical monster movie, but ends up being this pseudo-Del-Toro-esque comedy that doesn't really have all that much of a benefit as opposed to if it were played straight. There is stuff to value here: that monster is pretty fucking cool, the cast act their hearts out, and there's some okay cinematography every now and again. But most of the positives fizzle out as this drones on. One of those monster movies that center around the characters over the monster itself - which would be fine - if they weren't such nonentities in their own story, defined by a single quirk each. The plot isn't much better as it fails to reconcile with the scope of itself - throwing in deus ex machinas that are supposedly momentous but just sorta come right out of nowhere, acting like they had sufficient buildup but... they didn't? Desperately wanted to love this, as everybody involved shows full commitment to this project, but it just does too many things wrong. Kind of a chore, predictable, and of very little consequence. A way better monster movie - at least - than ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜ฎ: ๐˜œ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.