Four years into quarantine the virus has changed and so have we... In the Michael Bay-produced thriller Songbird, the COVID-23 virus has mutated and the world is in its fourth year of lockdown. Infected Americans are ripped from their homes and forced into quarantine camps known as Q-Zones, from which there is no escape, as a few brave souls fight back against the forces of oppression.
Amid this dystopian landscape, a fearless courier, Nico (KJ Apa), who's immune to the deadly pathogen, finds hope and love with Sara (Sofia Carson), though her lockdown prohibits them from physical contact. When Sara is believed to have become infected, Nico races desperately across the barren streets of Los Angeles in search of the only thing that can save her from imprisonment ... or worse.
The first feature film to be made during COVID-19 in Los Angeles, and about the pandemic itself, Songbird also stars Bradley Whitford and Demi Moore as a wealthy couple who may hold the key to Nico's mission; Alexandra Daddario as a singer enmeshed in a messy and forbidden affair; Paul Walter Hauser as a disabled veteran whose best friend - a drone named Max - is his eyes and ears to a world that has left him behind; Craig Robinson as Nico's boss; and Peter Stormare as the corrupt head of the city's "sanitation" department, which seizes those infected and transports them to the Q-Zone.
* Not directed by Michael Bay - hence the replacement of his name with the year of release *
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Idea is great. Its not the first movie made during the pandemic or a lockdown. There have been several. I guess this is the first thats high budget.
Calling it poor taste is lol.
Its not.
Shows the extreme people believe will happen if the virus isn't put under any control. So if effective, it is in great taste. Itll put some idiots into panic mode and they'll smarten up and maybe it'll save a few lives.
Bay just paid for it and helped make it.
Edit.
I hope there's a trump moment in there where he runs for 4 more years and starts his campaign for 2024 elections. That will be in poor taste. But taking the pandemic to extremes, all good in my moral books. No different than a zombie movie. Will be very interesting to see the politics in it, if any.
flappy wrote:
Michael Bay... Bye
Now you're gonna make me defend a misogynistic piece of shit who shows up late on set with a freshly wet dick.
Some "shitty" things bay produced.
Black sails
Amazon's jack Ryan
Quiet place 1 and 2
So he does produce shit and also not shit.
Just cause he's a dudebro director doesn't mean he doesn't knows what can sell. His other shit also makes bank, so he can mass produce shit for the idiots, and some decent shit for pc master race.
Shows the extreme people believe will happen if the virus isn't put under any control. So if effective, it is in great taste. Itll put some idiots into panic mode and they'll smarten up and maybe it'll save a few lives.
One can never predict where pure stupidity really ends up to, for all we know the dystopian-esque style might just do the opposite and reinforce their anti-lockdown #neverlettheytaekmuhfreedom views instead
I think it's in poor taste and even besides that, it's a bad idea to fuel peoples worries with more worry.
It ain't going to worry people who don't give a shit, it'll just worry people who are already worried.
Thats exactly how I see it too. The majority of us might not be bothered with something like this..but there are loads of people who are.
shitloads of new stuff in my pc. Cant keep track of it all.
I think it's in poor taste and even besides that, it's a bad idea to fuel peoples worries with more worry.
It ain't going to worry people who don't give a shit, it'll just worry people who are already worried.
It should worry people.
Biden himself said when he wins he'll force every single person to wear a mask to stop the virus. What happens if you don't? Labour camps. Lol.
Sometimes extremes are needed to put shit into perspective. Cause even with something as extreme as this the storylines in it aren't dire. Theyre about hope. So not bad. If everyone dies and govt is evil then yes. Paranoia ahoy.
So he does produce shit and also not shit.
Just cause he's a dudebro director doesn't mean he doesn't knows what can sell. His other shit also makes bank, so he can mass produce shit for the idiots, and some decent shit for pc master race.
Uhm.. Sure. That's one way to put it. Another way would be to say that the (extremely) few mildly watchable things he's had a hand in might have been in spite of his involvement Yet another way would be to simply state that even a broken clock in right twice a day.
You only have to look at his directing career over the last two decades to realise that he's pure shit. And everything he does is shit. No matter how much it rakes in.
I mean Universals highest grossing franchise is the Fast&Furious + spin-offs abominations
WaldoJ wrote:
It should worry people.
Biden himself said when he wins he'll force every single person to wear a mask to stop the virus. What happens if you don't? Labour camps. Lol.
Oh boohoo. You'd say the same about a seatbelt? You get a fine that's it. Like in every other civilized country, where it's mandatory. Well, civilized in this case might be pushing it.
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