Theme

The film plays on the popular thriller theme of having to survive without one of your
senses. Once a character has seen the entity, it shows you your deepest fears,
ultimately causing one to commit suicide. One must survive without their sense of sight.

This concept gained popularity in the movies “Hush” in 2016 and “A Quiet Place”
released earlier this year. Though this concept is beginning to feel overdone, it still
makes for a thought-provoking film. It forces audiences to imagine what it would be like
to survive in a world where a sense so crucial to survival is taken away from them.

“Bird Box” uses the concept of an invisible monster. This concept was also featured in
“A Quiet Place” (even though the creatures are shown at the very end) and “The
Babadook.” Being forced to conjure your own version of the monster is often scarier
than being presented with one. Viewers are left using their own deepest fears to create
a monster.

Invisible monsters help to create a thriller that gives more attention to the protagonists
of the story. Instead of being focused on the monster itself, viewers focus on
experiencing the film vicariously through the main character’s attempts to survive.

Though all of the film’s major concepts have been done before, Bullock’s performance
ties all of these pieces together to create a great film.

Bullock’s portrayal of motherhood in life-or-death situations is raw and powerful. Her

performance shows that there is more to motherhood than cuddling and coddling.
Motherhood is preparing children for the worst parts of life as well as teaching them to
enjoy all of the experiences of childhood.

The symbolism in “Bird Box” is subtle, but it’s present. These messages are presented
tastefully and will be found by those who are willing to truly examine the film. Many
problems in today’s world are inserted into the film such as refugees seeking shelter
and the issue of gun violence. These messages are clear, but not so obvious as to
deem the film a political piece.

Moral Of the Story

The blindfolds represented hope, covering, love, faith and determination. Everyone
blindfolded represented “GOOD” and “THE OPTION TO SEE GOOD”. The blindfold
served as covering and shield similar to the way that we look to God and his angels to
cover us although we can not see them we still know that they are with us. In life we
may be going through a situation but we always keep the vision of the end results in our
mind. We may see its bad but choose to only see the good not the bad.

There were several moments during the movie when the opinions of others could have
served as a method to taint fellow survivors belief that they would survive. In the movie
we also see how many fall prey to this tactic and it results in their life ending. Sandra
Bullock throughout the entire movie did an amazing job of showcasing her will to survive
for herself and the kids that she was parenting, never allowing the bald head guys
negative opinions to throw her off course and the many moments that she kept
reiterating to the kids to not look or move under any circumstances. Bullock wanted the
kids to stay the course even if they heard her hurt or killer.Their course would still lead
them to safety.

When you see a road being built it never starts out as smooth. The process of building it
includes a bumpy road during the process before its eventually smoothed out to
perfection. The scene where Sandra Bullock had to venture across the river for about
two days was a representation of calmness (smooth) and the bumpy (rapids) in order
for them to get to their final destination in hopes to survive. We often experience
amazing journeys in life and everything is positive and smooth sailing until one action
follows with a reaction and we find ourselves on a bumpy road or river looking for an
anchor to save us. We soon learn that we must weather the storm with a positive mind
that the end results will be smooth and amazing.

Birds are naturally free unless they’re pets. Birds also symbolize freedom with their
ability to fly. They can also be seen as inspiration and one of God’s creations.
Throughout the entire movie the birds were either caged or shoved into a box during
transit until the very end when Sandra Bullock along with her kids finally made it to
freedom. It was only then that her family finally felt a sense of freedom and so did the
three birds as they were released.