Missed opportunity

Rating: 5/10 (28 December 2018)

The story, theoretically, is pretty good.
How could they go wrong about making a movie about certain death from seeing invisible entities? The idea of making a movie about having to blindfold yourself whenever you walk outside or else you will die in seconds seems pretty cool in the surface, but when each death is expected, predictable and almost 'set-up', viewers will struggle to connect with characters as the characters seem to have many choices, but never choose the right ones.
Sandra Bullock's acting is impressive, as always.
The story, although the outline itself, even though cliche, works... sort of. Some of the scenes are dragged out and unnecessary. Even the name of the movie, "Bird Box" has almost nothing to do with the story (the birds freak out when the invisible entities are near; but if you keep your blindfold on, the need for the birds is obsolete). The premise gets your attention, a mother is warning what seems to be her children of the dangers of taking their blindfolds off; then it cuts back tot eh beginning of when the entities arrived to earth and what happens when someone 'looks' at the invisible entity.
My advice is to have zero expectations, especially of seeing the invisible entity (ironic yes, but not even an explanation of what they are, their purpose, how they came to earth, or anything).
This could have been a 15 minute TV movie or short. The idea and story are cool, but the movie makers missed the opportunity to have more mystery at the beginning (one of the first lines is the mother earning her kids they can't take their blindfolds off or they will die), explain more of the what, why and how if the invisible entities, and come up with a better name.
Overall, if you have more than 2 hours to kill, watch it. But if you are in graduate school trying to relax during the holidays, don't wait two hours watching this, take a nap or do something productive.