Review of Bright Future (2003) by Luna S — 04 Nov 2009

There are many ways to take a movie like this, but I can only leave it as brilliant. This is one of those social commentary movies that will be had to fathom for US audiences, but I can still feel good about giving this 5 stars despite the one flawed scene in this movie. It?s really about the generation gap and how you can nurture something or care for something and think you are doing right and still not get what you want. And on the reverse, you can feel that pressure from someone who just wants you to follow and you may never realize why they are doing it if that is not something you want at all. There is the fable of the frog and scorpion, this movie plays out just like that, but in beautiful visuals and great subtle tones. The situations seem real (except the one flaw), and they make you think. Nothing is overplayed and this makes me that much more excited to see and pissed that I missed Tokyo Sonata in theaters. Kurosawa is one of the absolute elite in my book.

This is both the simple and deep kind of movie that could be those film study university class.