The Box

After reading the review, The Box seems to be put in a negative light. John Swansburg does not seem to take the movie seriously based on the director's other failed attempts to create a decent movie. As Swansburg writes, he continuously throws in jokes trying to make the reader feel like the movie is pointless. The reasoning for Norma and Arthur pushing the button has no real meaning. Swansburg makes it seem that if they just gave up on life's luxuries, they wouldn't need to press the button. It almost seems like they don't really need the money if they stop trying to spoil themselves. According to Swansburg, the director Richard Kelly, creates another unsatisfying movie. If I was placed in a similar situation as Norma and Arthur, I don't think I would be able to push the button. I know one million dollars is a lot of money, but I don't think I could live knowing that I killed someone even if that someone was a complete stranger. Killing for money is a little unethical to me. I could be killing a single mother whose children have no other family or a child itself. The only way I could push the button was if I was guaranteed that the person I was killing was a criminal like a murder, rapist, or a child molester. Something serious. No petty crimes like taking a baseball bat to a mailbox. I might not know the person, but I wouldn't want someone's death on my conscience.