Today I watched a very interesting movie called “The Box.” The story revolved around a decision to press a button in a box by a married couple (played by James Marsden and Cameron Diaz). If they press the button they get one million dollars and someone they do not know will die. If they do not press the button the box is given to another couple they do not know and the same deal is made. At this point in the movie I began to wonder would I press the button. Could I put a price on another human’s life even one I do not know? If someone offered me a million or even a billion dollars and all I had to do is press a button would I do it? It would be easy to say I would not do it, but do any of us really know what we would do or are capable of when the situation is real? Well I am sure you could have predicted they pressed the button and by doing so changed their lives forever. Interestingly enough the movie ends with two ironic choices. The first being the husband must choose between his son having to go through life without being able to hear and see anymore or shooting his wife so his son’s senses will return. The other choice was that another couple had to deciding if they should press the button or not. The movie was very complicated and when it was over made me wonder what just happened. The movies theme would have to be about the different choices we make in life and how they affect us.
*I give “The Box” a 7.5 out of 10*
I had seen the movie The Box as well but I thought it was more of a disappointment. I did not expect much from a movie where the fate of another persons life rest on your hand by you pressing a button for money. The theme I think it was going for was a suspenseful movie that made you think, but I found it confusing as well. But out of curiosity I had watched it, but that was only because it was for free on TV. I would have never paid to watch that movie
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