Bird Box turned into one of the most popular and well known scary and secret thriller on Netflix. Starring Sandra Bullock, critics announced the movie’s success was offered thanks to her belonging to the cast. Seeing the success, quickly enough a follow up or more like a spinoff was prepared.
However, the movie has actually received average outcomes at best, with lots of calling it to be ‘unneeded’ and ‘unnecessary’ to contribute to the story. Many fans even revealed their dissatisfaction over the lack of Sandra Bullock in the film, given that it was her outstanding efficiency in the very first that made it a success. And now the director has actually revealed the reason.
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Bird Box Director On Sandra Bullock’s Absence From Spin-Off
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What makes or breaks a movie relies on the story, efficiency of the stars, marketing, and a lot more. But if the film has a star in the cast, the majority of the time, the movie is a provided success. And so it occurred with the very first Bird Box, where fans loved Sandra Bullock‘s acting together with the fresh story.
However, the Gravity starlet was missing from the sequel/spinoff Bird Box Barcelona which was launched simply a while back. While fans questioned the choice to not have her in the follow up in spite of her outstanding efficiency, the director, David Pastor lastly revealed the reason,
“I don’t think that was ever discussed. I mean, the beauty about doing this sort of expansion of the franchise was that we had absolute freedom to just do whatever we wanted. We were not tied to the original movie beyond respecting the rules of the world and making sure that the movie was consistent with what happened in the first movie.”
While we comprehend the reasoning behind the choice, one cannot help however question that Bird Box Barcelona may have received much better responses had it starred Sandra Bullock.
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Fans Blast Bird Box Barcelona As Completely Unnecessary
Bird Box Barcelona has actually up until now received combined responses from critics and the audience. Many have actually been calling it boring and doing not have the creativity of the very first one. Critics even called it as doing not have any guaranteed story, the movie appears to be an average re-conceptualization of the initial one however without any fascinating qualities.
While the director, David Pastor said it can be enjoyed as a standalone movie too, fans blasted it as being technically absolutely nothing, a story that doesn’t link nor makes any sense. Some even went on to duplicate that the movie would have done far better had it starred Sandra Bullock.
Bird Box and Bird Box Barcelona can be enjoyed on Netflix.
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