Thanks to Netflix, I was invitedt to a private screening of their original streaming movie which everyone now is familiar with of Bird Box. I was one of the first people to see this amazing thriller before Netflix streamed it on their platform. It was a cute screening at CineBistro in Atlanta, hosted by Kandi and special apperance by Lil Rel, who stars in Bird Box.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – DECEMBER 19: Kandi Burruss attends “Bird Box” Atlanta screening at Cinebistro Town Brookhaven on December 19, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Netflix)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA – DECEMBER 19: Actor Lil Rel Howery attends “Bird Box” Atlanta screening at Cinebistro Town Brookhaven on December 19, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Netflix)
BIRD BOX stars Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, Jacki Weaver, Rosa Salazar, Lil Rel Howery, with Sarah Paulson, John Malkovich and more!
Synopsis: When a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, only one thing is certain: if you see it, you take your life. Facing the unknown, Malorie finds love, hope and a new beginning only for it to unravel. Now she must flee with her two children down a treacherous river to the one place left that may offer sanctuary. But to survive, they’ll have to undertake the perilous two-day journey blindfolded. Academy Award® winner Sandra Bullock leads an all-star cast that includes Trevante Rhodes, with Sarah Paulson, and John Malkovich in BIRDBOX, a compelling new thriller from Academy Award® winner Susanne Bier.
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DEEP ANALYSIS/DECODED
If you are into movie that you can make think piece commentary on, Bird Box is the perfect film! You can look at this film and see there is more than meets the eye…ok pun intended on this one. If you seen the movie and want to see my deep take on the interpretation of Bird Box keep reading.
*Spoiler Alert*
If you are seeking for a deeper perspective of the movie Bird Box, this is my interpretation. The “apocalypse” isn’t a literal one where people are purging themselves it’s a metaphorical one where people are “mentally” killing themselves by what they pay attention to. We are distracted, feeding our minds garbages and essential we are “killing our selves”. We are the demon, our own self-destructive person so that’s why we as the audience don’t see it, because it’s a personal demon for each person.
Some people are immune because it could be a metaphor that the crazy people are woke to stuff and people always assume conscious people are nuts so they have no demons. They are clear with what is going on in the world. The Bird Box deaths are really the fears we have been projected on our whole lives. Whatever fears your parents, your friends, society put on you from childhood into adulthood, is the cripling fear that literally kills them in the movie but figurally kills us in our everyday lives.
Younger children are not born with fear. They are projected over time. That is why the children are imperative to this film, because it shows how young parents instill fear in us. As you can see BOY has more fear in him than GIRL. Girl is more curious and fearless than boy.
GIRL would of been safe with or without her blindfold. She didn’t have fear. My opinion if she were to talk her blindfold off at anytime she would of been safe, similar to the “crazy” people who didn’t need a blindfold. It teaches us that most children do not have many fears holding them back, most fear is a taught emotion.
Sometimes we are all living in a world where the blind is lead the blind in fear. Towards the end the irony is that the true blind people were safe, they didnt live in fear because maybe never saw evil. You know the phrase SEE NO EVIL…can’t really fear evil if you’ve been blind your whole life.
This movie is also a metaphor to me that us as a society are easily distracted, and our distractions could be the death of us. We no longer live in harmony with nature, we are technology driven – materialistic society, and seeing and being engulfed in these distractions can be the death of us. Children again are “taught” these distractions from adults.
Bird Box looks literal but it’s a big metaphor for how our mind society thinks and what is killing us off mentally.
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THIS!!! I’ve been seeing it all over my timelines and have added it to my Watch List. I can’t wait but I need to wait until after the Holidays. I think it may be a movie night watch with the Hubby 😉
Netflix original movies are usually SO GOOD. This looks to be no different.It is on my Netflix watch list. Post apocolypse movies have always fascinated me.
Clearly I’m missing something because this movie is all over social media. I said I was gonna watch it this weekend. It’s literally all I’ve heard about. Confused because there are mixed reviews
This movie took over the holiday. Everyone was talking about it, I need to see it ! The trailer seems interesting. I love seeing all the celebs at the screening.
I love psychological thrillers like Bird Box and it was nice to see a more diverse and interesting cast of characters than you typically find in movies.
It was so crazy how this movie went viral. I enjoyed it a lot #supportblackleads cause Tom was my fave. Loved Lil Rel too and Sandra still looks great!
Birdbox is definitely getting a lot of buzz. I’ve seen people trying to blindfold themselves on social media, which is not safe. It sounds like a different concept, so that’s why it’s getting so much attention. I’m planning to check it out.
I had to stop reading once I got to your spoiler alert (thank you for including that spoiler alert by the way!) but I think that Birdbox sounds like it is worth a watch for sure!
After all the talk on social media about this movie, I need to see it. It is on my “to-do” list for this weekend, mainly because I need people home while I watch it because I’m scared I’ll be freaking myself out lol.
I’m so glad I watched this movie as soon as it was availible on NETFLIX the mix reviews would have definitely made me not want to watch it. It was a good movie to me.
I haven’t gotten to watching this yet, although everyone I know that has seen it has loved it! Although I read and heard about the general idea of the movie so in that relation, you give a very interesting interpretation that I totally could see.
Everyone is talking about this movie and my husband watched it and said was really freaky. I don’t do well with scary movies, so I think I’m going to trust your review 😉
I must be like the only person on the planet who has not yet seen this movie, but I do like your interpretation. I think it is true we are in a day and age where we are easily distracted, and it’s a shame we don’t spend more time doing what we love, with the people we love!
Also, Sandra Bullock rocks! 🙂
I like your Deeper meaning to it, and it looks like this was such a fun event!! I haven’t seen the movie yet myself, but spoilers have never bothered me lol
As much as I love Sandra Bullock, I liked the book more. The film was still a great watch though. I really like your interpretation of the evil force and how it affects the seers. The story is a good one to spark conversation, that’s for sure!
I still haven’t seen Bird box yet but everybody is loving it! True that most fear are just the result of social conditioning and that kids don’t fear anything
It was a very interesting movie, although I personally liked A Quiet Place more. However, there was a lot to understand about society and humanity at large through this movie. Particularly interesting to me was the behaviour of the group in the house. I would like to know more about the couple that ran away with the car and why did they did it.
The movies that made from Netflix was totally amazing and beautiful! And guess what, I am now always watching movies on Netflix! I’ve already watched this Bird Box movie, and I will give a big thumbs up on this!
Wow you make some great points!! I agree that some instill fear in their children when trying to teach them about the world. I figured the kids would be fine without it but mom was so scared she instilled that same fear in them.
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THIS!!! I’ve been seeing it all over my timelines and have added it to my Watch List. I can’t wait but I need to wait until after the Holidays. I think it may be a movie night watch with the Hubby 😉
I love watching Netflix movies! I’m planning on adding this to my must watch list when I’m done with all my Christmas movie.
I saw it last night and it was pretty good. I have so many unanswered questions but I liked it.
I have it on our list to watch this week. The internet has been buzzing like crazy over this movie. I need to know what the hype is about.
I’ve seen it trending all over social media. Seeing mixed reviews.
I’ve been hearing a lot about this movie. I’m adding it to the must-watch list.
I get a quiet place feels from this trailer. As soon as Christmas is over I’ll be back to my normal watching mood and this is at the top of my list!
Netflix original movies are usually SO GOOD. This looks to be no different.It is on my Netflix watch list. Post apocolypse movies have always fascinated me.
Clearly I’m missing something because this movie is all over social media. I said I was gonna watch it this weekend. It’s literally all I’ve heard about. Confused because there are mixed reviews
I’ve heard so many great things about this movie. I’m going to have to watch it when I get a chance. I like a great scary movie.
I watched it on Tuesday. It was really good! I would definitely watch it again.
I’ve heard so much about this movie and had no idea what it was about. I must see what all the fuss is about.
This movie took over the holiday. Everyone was talking about it, I need to see it ! The trailer seems interesting. I love seeing all the celebs at the screening.
This movie is so amazing! I’ve already watched it three times and told everyone I know to go watch it, too!
I like Sandra Bullock. I haven’t seen her in anything for awhile so I may take a look.
I really love Sandra Bullock. I grew up watching her. I have heard a lot of good reviews about Bird Box. Hope to watch it soon.
I saw this one. The ending was a little disappointing, but it was a very interesting concept.
I love psychological thrillers like Bird Box and it was nice to see a more diverse and interesting cast of characters than you typically find in movies.
The birdbox is ABSOLUTELY amazing! Eveyone was talking about it over the last few weeks and now I can really see why.
This was such an amazing movie. I was curious if it would live up to the hype, and it totally did!
It was so crazy how this movie went viral. I enjoyed it a lot #supportblackleads cause Tom was my fave. Loved Lil Rel too and Sandra still looks great!
This was such a good movie! I love psychological thrillers so it was definitely up my alley!
I have been hearing about this like crazy! It went viral so quickly and I just need to watch ASAP. I’m usually not about the hype either.
Birdbox is definitely getting a lot of buzz. I’ve seen people trying to blindfold themselves on social media, which is not safe. It sounds like a different concept, so that’s why it’s getting so much attention. I’m planning to check it out.
Thank you for your post! My whole family is abuzz by Bird Box. We haven’t seen it yet but glad we plan to do it soon!
I attempted to watch this movie and I think that people hyped it so much that I couldn’t enjoy it. Maybe I will try again!
I haven’t actually got to see the movie ( I KNOW! SOON!). This movie sounds amazing tho! I love movies that have a deeper meaning behind them.
I had to stop reading once I got to your spoiler alert (thank you for including that spoiler alert by the way!) but I think that Birdbox sounds like it is worth a watch for sure!
I have not watched Bird Box yet but I have read some great reviews about the film. Hopefully we will be able to see it this weekend.
After all the talk on social media about this movie, I need to see it. It is on my “to-do” list for this weekend, mainly because I need people home while I watch it because I’m scared I’ll be freaking myself out lol.
We haven’t watched it yet, but it is on our list! Hopefully sometime in the next month or so!
Seems that the Bird Box movie is a deep and full of meaning movie. I should watch it with my husband. This is the kind of movie we like!
I can’t watch this movie I don’t follow the hype I’ve heard mixed reviews
I have heard a lot of good things about this – I really need to check it out soon! 🙂 I love Sandra Bullock.
I have heard a lot of good things about this
I have not seen Bird Box and not sure if I will watch it. I am not a huge suspense fan especially when kids are in the movie.
We just installed Netflix for grandpa. I am amazed at the selection of movies one can watch.
I haven’t seen this yet, but I have heard about it. I might have to watch it at some point.
I watched this and freaked me out, I do like your perspective because as a nation we are literally killing ourselves.
I’m so glad I watched this movie as soon as it was availible on NETFLIX the mix reviews would have definitely made me not want to watch it. It was a good movie to me.
I haven’t gotten to watching this yet, although everyone I know that has seen it has loved it! Although I read and heard about the general idea of the movie so in that relation, you give a very interesting interpretation that I totally could see.
I actually enjoyed this movie. Great post!
Bird Box was an interesting movie for me. I just kept thinking that for me (someone with panic disorder), I would never make it.
I can’t believe I haven’t watched Bird Box, yet! It is on my watchlist for this upcoming weekend.
It sounds like an interesting twist that makes it intriguing to watch. The fact that one needs to go down a river blindfolded does sound scary.
I haven’t yet seen the movie so I skipped your spoiler alert. It’s scheduled for this weekend, together with Bandersnatch.
Looks like an interesting thriller. I’m not so good with scary movies nowadays as I won’t be able to sleep, but I still want to see it >_<
I love watching Netflix movies very much. I want to watch this with my hubby.
I have seen so many good things about this movie. I really have to find time to settle down and watch it because everyone is saying it is awesome!
Everyone is talking about this movie and my husband watched it and said was really freaky. I don’t do well with scary movies, so I think I’m going to trust your review 😉
This is one of the best movies i have seen in a long time. What an opportunity to be able to attend a private screening!
I must be like the only person on the planet who has not yet seen this movie, but I do like your interpretation. I think it is true we are in a day and age where we are easily distracted, and it’s a shame we don’t spend more time doing what we love, with the people we love!
Also, Sandra Bullock rocks! 🙂
I need to make time to watch this – I haven’t seen it yet!
I like your Deeper meaning to it, and it looks like this was such a fun event!! I haven’t seen the movie yet myself, but spoilers have never bothered me lol
As much as I love Sandra Bullock, I liked the book more. The film was still a great watch though. I really like your interpretation of the evil force and how it affects the seers. The story is a good one to spark conversation, that’s for sure!
I still haven’t seen Bird box yet but everybody is loving it! True that most fear are just the result of social conditioning and that kids don’t fear anything
I haven’t seen this movie yet but you look like you had a wonderful time.
It was a very interesting movie, although I personally liked A Quiet Place more. However, there was a lot to understand about society and humanity at large through this movie. Particularly interesting to me was the behaviour of the group in the house. I would like to know more about the couple that ran away with the car and why did they did it.
I’ve seen a lot of peoples theories on the deeper meaning of Bird Box I think it is really interesting all the different takes people have on it.
I enjoyed reading your analysis of the movie and I tend to agree with you.
I haven’t check out this movie yet, I am not into watching movies these days.
I’ve tried to watch thosf
I heard alot about this. And believe me I need to watch this but not getting enough time. Will definitely going to watch this for sure.
The movies that made from Netflix was totally amazing and beautiful! And guess what, I am now always watching movies on Netflix! I’ve already watched this Bird Box movie, and I will give a big thumbs up on this!
Wow you make some great points!! I agree that some instill fear in their children when trying to teach them about the world. I figured the kids would be fine without it but mom was so scared she instilled that same fear in them.
I haven’t watched Bird Box yet but I love your analysis of it! I might watch it over this weekend.
Great analysis! I just watched the movie last week and absolutely loved it!
I was only able to watch part of this movie before I gave up honestly. I love that you have shared a deeper meaning of it though.
Ah the birdbox mania is still going on. I personally thought the movie was overrated.
I’ve already watch the Bird box movie and it was give a lot lesson and very thrilled movie specially the boy and girl kids they are really brave.
I actually really liked the movie. However, the end got me a little twisted, LOL!
I loved this film – one of the best I’ve seen in a while on Netflix, had me gripped until the end x
I loved this movie! I though it was well though out and kept me on the edge of my seat!