Friday, December 17, 2010

The box movie unboxed!

I saw this movie on the plane and I wished my flight was longer so I could see it again. This movie, for me, depicts the story of man. It narrates the story of Adam and Eve as we know it from the Bible (Quran has a different point of view about the story but I can get to that later).
If you have not seen the movie, please do not continue reading.

Norma and her husband are living a happy life together (Adam and Eve in Heaven before the fall). One day a stranger knocks on their door and lures them with a box that will give them a million dollars if they were to press a button in it (Satan luring Adam and Eve to eat from the forbidden tree). The husband resists when he knows the other part of the deal: someone you dont know will die. But Norma keeps nagging and finding excuses why it is ok to press the button. The husband thinks of the worst (a child could die), but Norma thinks only of what can make her feel ok about pushing the button (it could be a criminal waiting for his death row). Again this is a depiction of the Bible's story about Eve being the one who pushed Adam to eat the fruit. Then, when the button is pressed, hell breaks loose (Adam and Eve fall from heaven to inhabit earth). Norma and husband are faced with choice after another, none of which is reasonable. The movie portrays that human beings are faced every day with choices that are all bad ones and we choose the one that we think is less bad. There is nothing that is good. Even when something good happens, it is short-lived and one doesn't have time to enjoy it (they took the 1 million USD a didn't get to spend it and enjoy it). Life is about tests and unfortunately, it seems that no matter we do, we lose in the end!

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