Bird Box Ending Explained

Summary

• Bird Box ends on a hopeful note, but despite the optimistic ending, it still leaves many questions unanswered.
• Malorie went on an emotional journey and ultimately opened her heart to her family.
• The world of Bird Box has yet to give humanity a fighting chance.

Birdhouse quickly rose to prominence when it was released in 2018, and while the film's suspenseful atmosphere kept fans on the edge of their seats, the ending left many questions unanswered. The true horror of the plot lies in the fact that the film's monsters were not something that could be fought, only avoided. Humanity is forced to hide from these invisible villains and hope that this will be enough to stay safe. However, given how the film's events unfolded, even the safest places often feel like they're living on borrowed time.

Despite its terrifying premise, Birdhouse ends on a note of hope as its protagonist, Malorie, finds refuge for her family. She has also completed her emotional journey after hardening herself to avoid further pain, but has finally reopened her heart after the harrowing journey to the ultimate refuge. However, as unexpected as its happy ending is, questions still remain about the film's conclusion and whether there is more to come for this post-apocalyptic world.

Updated on August 6, 2024 by Ajay Aravind: The 2023 release Bird Box Barcelonawith an entirely new cast of characters set in a different part of the world, it proved that the original film remains popular even today. Additionally, Birdhouse was based on a novel, which has a sequel that tells the future of Malorie, so it's entirely possible that Sandra Bullock could reprise her role in a future installment. To keep things fresh, we've updated this article with some more relevant information.

The monsters of Bird Box force its protagonists to see no evil

Mysterious Entities Drive Humans Mad and Force Them to Commit Suicide

The apocalypse in Birdhouse it's unique, like deprives humanity of the sense of sight, but not in a literal sense. Through unknown means and origins, creatures known as Entities spread across the planet. They are never physically seen on screen, but their effect is immediate. Just looking at them drives most people to commit suicide, and they often do so in gruesome ways that fuel the horror-driven narrative of the story. To avoid this fate, the human survivors have taken to blindfolding themselves when they go out and sealing any openings to the outside world in whatever shelters they can find.

For a time, this is the fate of the film's protagonist, Malorie. Soon after the apocalypse begins, she finds a small group of survivors taking refuge in a house, sealing it from the outside for safety. Unfortunately, death is not the only thing that entities can cause. In some people, the entities appear to them as “beautiful”, leading these “seers” to try to convince other people to look at the entities.

One of these seers managed to infiltrate Malorie's group and eliminate them one by one, leaving only Malorie, her husband Tom, and two children as survivors. One of these children was Malorie's biological son, and the other was the daughter of Malorie's friend Olympia, who was also killed in the attack. The film then jumped forward five years, with Malorie and Tom raising the children as their own, even though Initially Malorie refuses to give them names, referring to them simply as “Boy” and “Girl.” Although they had managed to build a life for themselves during this apocalypse, they realized that it was not possible to remain in their shelter, especially if something happened to the adults.

Malorie stumbles blindly towards salvation

He names his children as Tom and Olympia

• Unable to remain in their refuge any longer, Malorie and her children embark on a perilous journey into the second half of Birdhouse.
• Malorie eventually finds the promised refuge: a school for the blind.

In an attempt to survive, Malorie, Tom, and their children learn of a sanctuary deep in the woods that is supposedly safe. To get there, they would have to travel by boat. Unfortunately, almost immediately after leaving the safety of their home, they are attacked by more seers, forcing Tom to open his eyes to fight them off before taking his own life. Malorie is left to make this harrowing journey alone and is separated from her children. in the process. The entities, sensing an opportunity, try to convince the children to remove their bandages. This eventually prompts Malorie to admit how much she loves the children, even though she has tried to maintain an emotional distance from them her entire lives.

Against all odds, Malorie and her children manage to reunite and find a refuge before it's too late. As it turns out, this bastion was once a school for the blind and had become a safe haven for dozens of others who wanted to live (relatively) normal lives together. The film ends with Malorie naming her children Tom and Olympia and finally admitting that she was their mother. The family was now safe for the foreseeable future and had a much better chance of thriving with other people.

Even better, Malorie ends Birdhouse after going through a complete emotional arc. When the apocalypse began, Malorie suffered tragic and horrific losses. Her older sister died at the hands of the entities, then nearly all of her fellow survivors were wiped out by the manipulations of a seer, proving that even other human survivors might not be safe. Finally, Tom was taken from her, once again protecting them from the human threat posed by this world. Malorie also nearly lost her children before she had a chance to express how much she loved them. Their brush with death, as well as their new home, finally pushed Malorie to let down her barriers and embrace her new identity as a mother.

The world of Bird Box can still be explored further

Bird Box Barcelona shows that humanity is developing a way to resist entities

The reality of Malorie's story is that it only tells a small part of the bigger picture. Malorie is not an important person whose destiny it is to one day defeat the entities. She is just a human who is lucky enough to survive long enough to find a place to escape. His story is representative of what humanity may have to endure as a whole, but it is not the only response to the threat. this is the entity. In fact, there are many things about the world of Birdhouse that are in desperate need of exploration.

To begin with, there is still no definitive answer as to what these entities are. Some theories postulate that they are aliens seeking to destroy humanity through mental attacks. Another suggests that they are demons targeting humanity's worst fears and pain. Another even suggests that they are extradimensional beings observing the world from their reality. BirdhouseBarcelona focuses a lot on this aspect, proving that the franchise still has a lot of room to grow beyond the confines of the book.

The most important thing of all is this: humanity cannot survive this way. They need space to grow and cannot sustain themselves in closed spaces forever. Eventually, they must find a way to fight these entities. Again, Birdhouse Barcelona offered a hint along these lines, with scientists eventually working on a type of antibody which could make them immune to the entities and their influence. The films end with the apocalypse still in progress, but each offers a more hopeful note, suggesting that humanity may eventually find its way back.

Bird Box isn't the only story that addresses sight loss

Do not breath AND See They also revolve around blind characters

The characters in the Birdhouse franchises are indeed blind on the outside, but they are not the only ones in modern media. Portrayals of blind characters have improved in recent years, with iconic examples such as Toph Beifong in Avatar: The Last Airbender and Eli from The Book of EliOthers temporarily lose their sight and become stronger because of it, such as game of Thrones' Arya Stark. Meanwhile, Do not breath AND See in both cases the blind play a leading role in the plot.

Do not breath is a particularly gripping home invasion film: the antagonists become the protagonists while the blind old scapegoat they were planning to rob turns into a nightmarish killing machine. The sequel Don't breathe 2 It was relatively disappointing, but was successful at the box office enough to justify the production of a third installment. Seeon the other hand, it's a masterfully crafted post-apocalyptic TV series where almost everyone is blind, including the main characterstarring Jason Momoa. This sci-fi show shows how even sight can be a curse depending on social circumstances. See It ended after three seasons, all of which are available for streaming on Apple TV+.