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RE: 'Brightburn': A lyrical noir . . .

Posted by beach cruiser on May 25, 2019 at 23:10:16:
Spoiler alert, I discus the plot below. I didn't think it is a noir type movie , no exotic camera angles to emphasize mood, and nobody meets a doll who starts the ball rolling towards a guys eventual doom.

The kid goes psychopathic along with hitting puberty. The film flirts with splatter effects, too gory to not turn away from some shots, and not all of them advance the villainy of the character.

My big enjoyment of the film was the reverse superman aspect of the film. I spent a lot of time with superman in my youth, so having an origin story of a farm couple , just like the kents, raising a kid who fell from space that turns out the opposite of superman was the fun I found here. They don't exactly put a big "S" on his chest, but the kid does wind up in a lot of blue and red colors, and gets a cape from somewhere towards the end of the movie.

ONe gets the premise without triggering any lawsuits, if you know the story of superman's early days on the farm, right down to regular praying for a child.

It's an elevator pitch of a movie, and never goes far from that one theme, but it is a heck of a theme, if you have ever enjoyed the ultimate hero. This kid doesn't fight for truth, he's a big lier , and justice, forget it, the body count has nothing to do with that.

It was a fun watch, but after it was over I went down the hall and saw the new Aladdin movie, from where he is a price in the place, trying to get the girl.

It kicked the crap out of brightburn. If you are only buying one ticket, between the two, go for the kid stuff.

I went to bightburn without any idea beyond that it was pitched as sci fi, so I gave it whirl. Not a bad movie, but I didn't need the gore. I can only guess why it was included.