If you haven’t seen Bird Box by now, check it out. It’s stirring up the social media, as well as my brains. There’s much talk about the underlying metaphors. So here are mine (keep in mind these are just my thoughts, none politically correct. Just my opinions, and feelings):

• Malorie:
• • starts off the movie saying that her painting represents the inability to connect. With social media, and technology growing at such fast paces, humans are relying more on technology to connect. Meaning there is a lack of face to face interaction leaving us without the ability to connect, often making us feel lonely.
• • Malorie names her children boy and girl. Sometimes we are uncertain of things or people in our life, are afraid of feeling attached. So we tend not to place too much value on them, if any at all. Other times we try not to place value until we are for certain, or sure that the thing/person will be around for ever, or will benefit us.
• • Malorie on the river depicts the struggles of parenthood. Most of the time, actually all of the time you go into parenthood blind. There’s no instruction manual, and you have to literally follow your heart and do what you think is best for your children. It’s not always easy, but its worth it.
• • In the woods Malorie is told by Boy, that Girl is scared of her. Malorie trained her kids to survive, rather than instilling feelings of love and hope. She didn’t allow them to dream or anything. Very militant with boy and girl. Once she did say those kind words, sweet Girl made her way back to Malorie and didn’t give in to those monsters. However, because she hadn’t felt love, she began to seek it from the sweet voice of the “monster” portraying to be a nicer Malorie.
• • • which brings me to the fact that sometimes we are so obsessed with an infatuation, we are willing to kill ourselves to feel it, or to feel loved, or be loved. or be acknowledged, or whatever it may be that we are aching for
• • Malorie starts off the movie very detached from the human world, and very militant like. By the time she reaches the blind house she realizes that life without no real genuine human connection is no life at all.
• Mentally ill people saw something beautiful in these monsters, and people who are not mentally ill saw the opposite: So I came up with a few underlying messages that I got.
• • Mentally ill people deal with their demons everyday and can cope better than someone who doesn’t.
• • We often have different point of views, and different perspectives. However neither is more or less correct than that of the other person.
• • Some of us choose to face our fears, in hopes of living a better life after we have conquered our fear or ugly truth, whereas others are afraid to face their fears, and can not accept the ugly truth. By doing that sometimes the truth is thrown at us regardless of whether we are ready or not, and we simply can’t deal with it. (result in movie, suicide)
• • Some people choose to see the light in a situation (mentally ill in movie), whereas others do not (regular people in movie).
• • Being mentally ill means the brain may actually function differently, which is why we do not understand why mentally ill act the way they do or think the way they do. And sometimes it’s not for us to understand. We should just accept, and allow them to be them no matter the state they’re in. Especially when we can not face our own fears. You can not judge another, when you yourself are hiding from the ugly truth in your own life.
• • Some people are driven to madness, depression and suicide because of mental illness. Others are driven to enlightenment.
• Blindfold:
• • Walk by faith and not by sight.
• • A blind leap of faith.
• • We are pretending not to see issues as important, so we cover them up and choose not to see them for what they are.
• • We are not willing to face the truth, so we hide behind these blindfolds.
• • Some things are simply just not meant for us to see.
• The voices of the “monsters”, often came as people we love, or have loved. I sense that sometimes what we think is good for us, or what we love the most may be the very thing killing us. We become so lost in the feeling, we simply lose ourselves.
• Ending:
• • The Blind
• • • Some of us function pretty well when we shut everything out and create a safe place for ourselves.
• • Have faith, and don’t give up on your fight. Regardless of what it may be. Everything will be okay in the end.

PS these are my personal opinions, and what I got out of the movie. Feel free to agree, disagree, or comment your thoughts on underlying messages. And GO WATCH IF YOU HAVENT!