Top 10 Differences Between Bird Box Movie & Book
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Date: 2023-11-20
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cesar
I watched the movie and than read the book and I liked both but prefer the book a little more. The movie did some things better than the book (like the woods scenes and stuff like that) but the book was just great. The characters were much better in the book that when they all died I felt it more than I expected and I didnt as much in the movie (if that makes any sense. I was rooting for them even tho I knew what was going to happen. What happen to them in the book was so dark and horrifying that it made the movie look less sad in comparison. My heart went out for the main character in the book more and I enjoyed her more than the movie version. As for the ending, I dont know which one I prefer. Both were similar and different for many reason.
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I watched the movie and than read the book and I liked both but prefer the book a little more. The movie did some things better than the book (like the woods scenes and stuff like that) but the book was just great. The characters were much better in the book that when they all died I felt it more than I expected and I didnt as much in the movie (if that makes any sense. I was rooting for them even tho I knew what was going to happen. What happen to them in the book was so dark and horrifying that it made the movie look less sad in comparison. My heart went out for the main character in the book more and I enjoyed her more than the movie version. As for the ending, I dont know which one I prefer. Both were similar and different for many reason.
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Ryan
I think the biggest difference that wasn't noted for me. The children.
In the movie they were helpless little beings.
But in the book, she trained them for 4 years to only use their sense of hearing. Going to different rooms and making noises, the difference between crushing a leaf vs stepping on it. She trained the kids and once slapped a child for getting the wrong answer. To me that showed her desire to live but also her need for the kids since her hearing wasnt as good because she used all her senses her whole life where the kids used only hearing.
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I think the biggest difference that wasn't noted for me. The children.
In the movie they were helpless little beings.
But in the book, she trained them for 4 years to only use their sense of hearing. Going to different rooms and making noises, the difference between crushing a leaf vs stepping on it. She trained the kids and once slapped a child for getting the wrong answer. To me that showed her desire to live but also her need for the kids since her hearing wasnt as good because she used all her senses her whole life where the kids used only hearing.
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Frankie
I think many people who said they didnt like the movie are so used to loving movies where they show the horror or creature whatever it is. This movie wasnt like that and its truly what made it terrifying because it leaves it all up to the imagination and not many people these days appreciate suspense and horror that uses your imagination but instead just shows you the horror and thats that. I could be wrong its just an observation and an opinion and i dont mean it to be rude.
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I think many people who said they didnt like the movie are so used to loving movies where they show the horror or creature whatever it is. This movie wasnt like that and its truly what made it terrifying because it leaves it all up to the imagination and not many people these days appreciate suspense and horror that uses your imagination but instead just shows you the horror and thats that. I could be wrong its just an observation and an opinion and i dont mean it to be rude.
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mikedehoogh
Maybe. just maybe I'll give the book a shot, now that I know one exists, but definitely not based on the merit of the movie I just finished watching. Jeez, what a stinker. Figures that Douglas, the only character I enjoyed in the movie, was an add-on. They sure had incredible homing skills arriving at destinations whilst stumbling around blind folded. or driving for that matter.
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Maybe. just maybe I'll give the book a shot, now that I know one exists, but definitely not based on the merit of the movie I just finished watching. Jeez, what a stinker. Figures that Douglas, the only character I enjoyed in the movie, was an add-on. They sure had incredible homing skills arriving at destinations whilst stumbling around blind folded. or driving for that matter.
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Anarchist_Parable
I hate that people analyzed this movie from a horror perspective when the entire thing was just an allegory for motherhood. Who cares what the monsters looked like? The point was there was a monster, a very real but very mysterious danger that she couldn't protect her children from.
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I hate that people analyzed this movie from a horror perspective when the entire thing was just an allegory for motherhood. Who cares what the monsters looked like? The point was there was a monster, a very real but very mysterious danger that she couldn't protect her children from.
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TheOnePistol
Ha, for those of you who didn't even know that there was a book. You'll be mindblown to know that there's actually a direct sequel that just came out. I'm picking it up tomorrow. The first book was amazing, can't wait to see where the next part goes.
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Ha, for those of you who didn't even know that there was a book. You'll be mindblown to know that there's actually a direct sequel that just came out. I'm picking it up tomorrow. The first book was amazing, can't wait to see where the next part goes.
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Steef
Omg it wouldve been so cool if everyone was killing each other while the two woman gave birth! They couldve just had Tom survive it and be all affected that he had to kill his friends to survive. They also shouldve kept the eye gouging.
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Omg it wouldve been so cool if everyone was killing each other while the two woman gave birth! They couldve just had Tom survive it and be all affected that he had to kill his friends to survive. They also shouldve kept the eye gouging.
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Kajsnsbana
In the movie don is based off on Douglas in the book and I think its funny how in the movie everyone should have just listen to Don while in the book its basically Douglas fault Gary killed everyone except for Mallory and the kids
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In the movie don is based off on Douglas in the book and I think its funny how in the movie everyone should have just listen to Don while in the book its basically Douglas fault Gary killed everyone except for Mallory and the kids
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ells
For me, the reason I liked the book more was the fact that Gary was never killed - he just left. It created the sense of paranoia for Malorie and the reader, never knowing if he was near or not, never knowing if he would return
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For me, the reason I liked the book more was the fact that Gary was never killed - he just left. It created the sense of paranoia for Malorie and the reader, never knowing if he was near or not, never knowing if he would return
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Lianna
Just finished the movie. Was not expecting it to make up literally half of the story. So many major differences it really bugs me when movies do that. This movie wasnt an adaptation of the book; it was _based on_ the book.
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Just finished the movie. Was not expecting it to make up literally half of the story. So many major differences it really bugs me when movies do that. This movie wasnt an adaptation of the book; it was _based on_ the book.
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Madeline
Is everyone just gonna forget that in the book, Tom (I think it was Tom) had a daughter who killed herself? I dunno but I thought it was a kind of important part of the book as far as character development and such goes.
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Is everyone just gonna forget that in the book, Tom (I think it was Tom) had a daughter who killed herself? I dunno but I thought it was a kind of important part of the book as far as character development and such goes.
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Kiro
also I think maraly. looked idk it's just this videos thumbnail is maraly. with red eyes and a bloody head, which would indicate that in the book she looks not to mention that the thumbnail is maraly standing outside
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also I think maraly. looked idk it's just this videos thumbnail is maraly. with red eyes and a bloody head, which would indicate that in the book she looks not to mention that the thumbnail is maraly standing outside
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Gabriel
One big difference: In the book, they NEVER take the blindfolds off outside the house before they get to the school of the blind. And in the movie, they take it off a lot of times, like in the supermarket.
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One big difference: In the book, they NEVER take the blindfolds off outside the house before they get to the school of the blind. And in the movie, they take it off a lot of times, like in the supermarket.
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Dwreaming
THEROY:
Okay so the monster feeds off yours biggest fears. So if you look at the monster, you see your biggest fears. Like, if your biggest fear is losing a loved one, youll see that?
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THEROY:
Okay so the monster feeds off yours biggest fears. So if you look at the monster, you see your biggest fears. Like, if your biggest fear is losing a loved one, youll see that?
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ChristophProbst
Having seen the movie and read the book - the movie was better. The book moved too slowly and the part with the dogs sometimes being affected, but not always, didn't make any sense.
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Having seen the movie and read the book - the movie was better. The book moved too slowly and the part with the dogs sometimes being affected, but not always, didn't make any sense.
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ImJasonD
I only watched it today and loved it. I think the hype and memes may have ruined it for people. I just wish people would go in with their OWN expectations and enjoy it for what its for.
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I only watched it today and loved it. I think the hype and memes may have ruined it for people. I just wish people would go in with their OWN expectations and enjoy it for what its for.
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Wendi
The only thing I liked better the movie over the book was the use of the birds. The book shouldn't be called birdbox considering the actual birds play such a small role in the book.
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The only thing I liked better the movie over the book was the use of the birds. The book shouldn't be called birdbox considering the actual birds play such a small role in the book.
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The
I enjoyed how I didn't know who her kid was til the end, when she said one would have to look and the boy said he would and she said no. it made those scenes more tense nor knowing.
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I enjoyed how I didn't know who her kid was til the end, when she said one would have to look and the boy said he would and she said no. it made those scenes more tense nor knowing.
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Hope
I loved the plot twist where don was hiding Gary in the hose and I was so disappointed it wasnt in the movie. Also, the fact that animals can go mad was pretty important soooo
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I loved the plot twist where don was hiding Gary in the hose and I was so disappointed it wasnt in the movie. Also, the fact that animals can go mad was pretty important soooo
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ACD
Also two other things about Tom. 1) he had a daughter who killed herself 2) he was a school teacher and is described to dress like one (they dont do this in the movie)
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Also two other things about Tom. 1) he had a daughter who killed herself 2) he was a school teacher and is described to dress like one (they dont do this in the movie)
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Name
lol could the birds in the box swim in the book? Cause apparently they could in the movie after the boat flipped. also 5 minutes to give birth. lucky ladies; p
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lol could the birds in the box swim in the book? Cause apparently they could in the movie after the boat flipped. also 5 minutes to give birth. lucky ladies; p
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Isabella
My mom and I didnt like the fact that Mallory wasnt motherly like we got that fact that she was trying to save their lives but she wasnt motherly at all
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My mom and I didnt like the fact that Mallory wasnt motherly like we got that fact that she was trying to save their lives but she wasnt motherly at all
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Yolanda
I feel like the people who found this movie to be mediocre, didn't understand that it's more of a self-actualization story, rather than a horror film.
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I feel like the people who found this movie to be mediocre, didn't understand that it's more of a self-actualization story, rather than a horror film.
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1rwjwith
Mallory and Shannon her sister are Way younger, early 20's in the book. Gary survives the book, I am reading the sequel book Mallory, now.
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Mallory and Shannon her sister are Way younger, early 20's in the book. Gary survives the book, I am reading the sequel book Mallory, now.
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Alinek
So if, in the movie, not sure if it was in the book, the children care support worker wasn't there, would they still be called Boy and Girl?
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So if, in the movie, not sure if it was in the book, the children care support worker wasn't there, would they still be called Boy and Girl?
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Gavin
Pause at 1: 52 who is that guy with the khakis and the light blue shirt and the dark blue sweater? Never remembered him being in the movie
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Pause at 1: 52 who is that guy with the khakis and the light blue shirt and the dark blue sweater? Never remembered him being in the movie
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Friendly-1ntrovert
Did Girl even get named Ariel or Jasmine like Olympia wanted? Seriously. Why wasnt she named the Disney Princess name.
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Did Girl even get named Ariel or Jasmine like Olympia wanted? Seriously. Why wasnt she named the Disney Princess name.
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THE
This is an exact copy of The Happening. Down to the last detail. Personally, I thought The Happening was better. More blood and guts.
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This is an exact copy of The Happening. Down to the last detail. Personally, I thought The Happening was better. More blood and guts.
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ACD
I hated how they kept Tom alive. It was such a unique and non stereotypical ending and the movie ruined it by keeping him alive.
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I hated how they kept Tom alive. It was such a unique and non stereotypical ending and the movie ruined it by keeping him alive.
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Mariela
Malorie gets attacked by wolves. Malorie looks for the fork in the river instead of her kids almost looking at the rapids.
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Malorie gets attacked by wolves. Malorie looks for the fork in the river instead of her kids almost looking at the rapids.
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