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I hadn’t watched this when it was on air, but I found this to be the most Star Trekkie of the treks. The Xryillians were absolutely fascinating and I wish they explored them more. I don’t know why these series have aliens who ‘shoot’em up’ instead of Aliens more like the Xyrillians who were the most alien, aliens in Trek. I was hopeful that strange new worlds would take up where enterprise left off, but it seems wokeness is killing imagination in Hollywood. I want a Star Trek which comes up and introduces species like the Vulcans, Xryillians and his knows what role, instead of just Aliens that want to kill us all so to speak. ,

I found it intriguing that it was getting bad reviews, mainly from the Woke, so I had to watch it for myself and see. An enjoyable movie, portraying the experience that Marilyn had, the disconnection she had from ‘that thing in the screen’. Her intelligence was often displayed, attracting condescending laughs from some men, but others we’re attracted to it such as Arthur Miller. I looked at her horoscope and saw that she had much control over her image, and that she wasn’t as ‘dumb’ as she portrayed herself, that leaks out in other aspects of the film. But it’s a really sad endorsement on the treatment of women in the early to mid 20th century, and how much progress they have made. This was set in the past and one cannot judge the past by present day values. Just enjoy the story for what it is, the story of a beautiful, but flawed individual swept up in the maelstrom of her fame. Longing for the father she never meets. The archetype femme fatale that was Marylin 🙏🏻

The film hits you in the face hard at the beginning, as Bullocks character, we find out later is the last woman is standing - the survivor of a mysterious force sweeping the planet. Her interaction with the two small children seems inappropriate, but does convey the urgency of the situation and it grabs your attention. That continues through the film. A mysterious force, sending people into a unexplained misery explained later in the film which has something to do with an effect on the victims eyes, which seems to be their worst fear. To the sane it’s their worst fear, to the mad it’s their most beautiful vision, an interesting contrast. As the film progressed, I felt empathy for the small children - especially the girl as she seemed to cop the brunt of Bullock's fury, and harshness. There are scenes towards the end of the film where she clearly feels favouritism towards her child, but remembers the promise to her now deceased colleague who wanted a promise to protect her child if anything happened to her, which Bullock seemed to reluctantly give. Bullock’s character seems to resist the idea of parenthood throughout the film, but resolution does seem to come when she pleads with the mysterious force to not take her children, as if she is imposing her will over the force and taking responsibility for them - because at the prospect of losing them, she just cannot have it. This is when Bullocks character steps into her parenthood, a mother’s instinct to protect her children like the mysterious force, Bullocks character imposes her will over the mystery, and guarantees the children's safety. This film has an underlying narrative of what it means to be a mother/parent, countering the mysterious force with an equally mysterious force that is of a mothers/parents protective instinct. The overwhelming sense I got from this film is just sadness and the reaction that people have to such sadness, maybe a reaction to their own loss of youth, people go mad - they either go into survival mode, or give hope to others by protecting and nurturing. Bird box is an ode to the terror and rewards that come with parenthood.