The Book Was Better in Every Segment!

Rating: 5/10 (21 May 2020)

An adaptation of Josh Malerman's superhit Novel goes by the same name "Bird Box".
Lot of expectations were due because of how successful the original book was. But things unfortunately turned up sideways.
Although It tried its best to standout on its own, gave all the efforts to match up with the level of the novel. But certainly failed to impress upon so many aspects. Let it be the CGI, The sound design, the characters. They all seemed unfinished and hurriedly written. Except Sandra Bullock's role as Malorie, I couldn't care for anyone else. One dimensional characters who haven't got any sort of depth don't do well when it comes to Sci Fi thrillers. That's a lesson everyone should learn. The asthetics are necessary and must be neatly executed; I agree on that but it doesn't mean you can blatantly ignore the rest of the parts. Sound Design left me enraged because of how little it provided even in the most tensed moments. Sound plays a huge part in mystery thrillers, if not done properly it can disrupt the whole ambience. That's exactly what happened! It miserably failed to generate a proper vibe or atmosphere accordingly! I have read the book before and I can say the book was so much better in terms of narrative decisions and clever approach to suspenseful moments. It brilliantly builds up the tension and leave you restless until the end comes. Unlike the film where the screenplay looked loose on many occasions and didn't provide thrill/tension in a consistent manner.
The two kids and their abilities are well demonstrated in the original novel but the makers somehow thought of doing otherwise. They put so much attention to other unnecessary short tenured characters and never really took the roles of those two kids seriously. Disheartened to see such an unprofessional approach towards a potential strong point of the plot. The hype is obviously exaggerated and trust me, who have read the book already, they don't need to see it. For those who haven't yet, Read the book. It's a lot better experience as a whole.