The hype train led me to extreme disappointment

Rating: 3/10 (31 December 2018)

Let me start with saying that I had not heard of the Bird Box movie or novel prior to a few weeks ago. I kept seeing all of these social media posts about it, so I did a little research without spoilers and decided to check it out.
The acting itself is good and the characters are okay. I would definitely say none of them are memorable though. I honestly can't remember any of their names outside of Gary. There really wasn't a lot of character development outside of the main character, and even that was fairly limited.
The plot is simple enough and easy to follow. The movie was definitely not boring, but it wasn't nearly the thriller that people led me to believe it to be. The ending was not shocking by any means and was very obvious about halfway through the movie. I kind of got the feel of The Walking Dead, but with living people.
If this is your kind of movie, by all means check it out. It isn't terrible by any means. It's just....not nearly what the hype wants you to believe it is. I don't regret watching it, but it was nothing to write home about either. I had to struggle to give it a halfway decent review simply because it wasn't anything really worth writing about.