Beautifully Disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (4 January 2019)

I will try my best to keep this review short and sweet, which if I wasn't trying it would go a few pages because of the sheer amount of irritating characteristics of this movie. Never have I watched a movie that was so hyped up, that turned out to be so bad. The cast was jam-packed with big names from Sandra Bullock to Sarah Paulsen, but yet the only memorable performances were by the 2 kids that were only in half of the movie and barely had any lines. The utterly stupid decisions made by many of the characters in this movie was mind numbing, but when these pointlessly stupid decisions got these characters killed, it was nice not actually caring about them because of the lack of character development which made me not care about these characters. Another thing that irritated me was the lack of creative storytelling with the backstory of the outbreak. Just coming out and telling you what's going on seems lazy to me. Above all else though, my biggest problem with this movie was the lack of an intriguing theme. Compared to A Quiet Place, which I feel is a valid comparison, Bird Box is just inferior. AQP had a very interesting and relatable theme (the lengths you will go to protect your family) and the only theme I could grab from Bird Box was that if you aren't blind, you're gonna die.