Birdbox movie and facing your fears

[George Fil]

Has anyone seen the movie? What do you think is the meaning and why  the people that could look the demons (their fears) were so cold hearted?

For me it was about facing your inner demons, but I was being kind of annoyed when the portray people who actually face the fears, look like psychos.

Edited January 4, 2019 by George Fil

[zambize]

I saw that film last night actually, and to me it was a lot about the necessity for both Male and female compassion.  Those are just names, I dont want to imply they are based off of genders so much as just names.  Anyways the protagonist was raised by wolves as the movie says, she has a hard time connecting with people and although she's very tactful and can survive, she has only a relationship with her sister that is good but not necessarily loving.  As the movie progresses she more and more fits the role that her father who she hates played in her role.  She becomes the person she hates the most, you can see this in the scene where her and that old bald dude freak the fuck out on the girl who let that dude in.  They dont downplay the value of this kind of compassion, because naive compassion is punished throughout the movie.  Towards the end of the movie, she is largely her father.  Cold, and just out for survival.  This allows them to survive, but at what cost?  The tipping point is in the Rapids when instead of making the logical decision, she kind of decides that that life just isnt worth living and so she decides they either all survive or mineaswell die.  After this, she balances out and renames her kids from boy and girl to Olympia and tom, and really embraces them.  So I see it as largely a film about balancing survival and pragmatism, with love and compassion which give value to it.  Both important parts or life, and a balance that can be hard to find. 

[George Fil]

52 minutes ago, zambize said:

I saw that film last night actually, and to me it was a lot about the necessity for both Male and female compassion.  Those are just names, I dont want to imply they are based off of genders so much as just names.  Anyways the protagonist was raised by wolves as the movie says, she has a hard time connecting with people and although she's very tactful and can survive, she has only a relationship with her sister that is good but not necessarily loving.  As the movie progresses she more and more fits the role that her father who she hates played in her role.  She becomes the person she hates the most, you can see this in the scene where her and that old bald dude freak the fuck out on the girl who let that dude in.  They dont downplay the value of this kind of compassion, because naive compassion is punished throughout the movie.  Towards the end of the movie, she is largely her father.  Cold, and just out for survival.  This allows them to survive, but at what cost?  The tipping point is in the Rapids when instead of making the logical decision, she kind of decides that that life just isnt worth living and so she decides they either all survive or mineaswell die.  After this, she balances out and renames her kids from boy and girl to Olympia and tom, and really embraces them.  So I see it as largely a film about balancing survival and pragmatism, with love and compassion which give value to it.  Both important parts or life, and a balance that can be hard to find. 

Interesting interpretation, what about the people that actually could see and try to open other people's eyes? They were portraited as monsters

[zambize]

2 hours ago, George Fil said:

Interesting interpretation, what about the people that actually could see and try to open other people's eyes? They were portraited as monsters

Hmmm I'm not sure what role they played other than a villain.  The main baddies couldnt go into the houses, and they had a lot of supplies.  I think that's just the way they chose to drive the plot forward, so they could have a villain push them out of the house and also so the only villain in the movie wasnt an invisible creature.  It doesnt quite feel as dramatic when the only villains of the story are an invisible creature that causes a lot of wind and leaves to be whipped around.  They were certainly portrayed as monsters and weren't fleshed out as well as I would've liked.  I'm not sure whether I'm missing something, or if they were just additions to make a cohesive story