Bright Future on DVD (2003)

SpikeMarshall from Bingley , 09/02/2008

Bright Future's an interesting little movie, more allegory than film. It's beautifully shot, it amazes me how quickly and succesfully DV was used in Japan, and it has this really fragile thematic beauty which sort of counteracts against a plot which has no literal bearings.

Asano is great in it, but Jo Odagari completely steals the show. It's essentially a story of the listlessness that young people have, a desperation to achieve something and their fight to either pursue it or be safe. It's really quite incredible.

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bornANDbled from Wraxall, Bristol , 07/10/2008

The flim is basically about 1 guy who's friend entrusts him with a project to aclimatise a salt water jellyfish to fresh water. Sounds boring but the film is really about a man who dreams of a brighter future, however he is slighlty slow and after his friend commits suicide on death row he's left to a mind numbing world on his own whilst still continuing with the jellyfish project. He ecounters friendship with his dead friends dad, meets a group of youths that appeal to the lose cannon side of his nature.

The flim is nicely shot, almost has that depressing indie feel to it. Its problems lie with the slow pace, sometimes this moves agasint the film. Certain incidents such as the 2 friends hating their boss, the boss's murder, the friends suicide aren't relly explained and are left for you to decide. The strangest moment of the film comes at the end, when you're left unsure whether it was an excellent way to finish the movie, fitting with the slow depressing pace, or a strage ending that doesn't explain much giving little closure.

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bornANDbled from Wraxall, Bristol , 07/10/2008

The flim is basically about 1 guy who's friend entrusts him with a project to aclimatise a salt water jellyfish to fresh water. Sounds boring but the film is really about a man who dreams of a brighter future, however he is slighlty slow and after his friend commits suicide on death row he's left to a mind numbing world on his own whilst still continuing with the jellyfish project. He ecounters friendship with his dead friends dad, meets a group of youths that appeal to the lose cannon side of his nature.

The flim is nicely shot, almost has that depressing indie feel to it. Its problems lie with the slow pace, sometimes this moves agasint the film. Certain incidents such as the 2 friends hating their boss, the boss's murder, the friends suicide aren't relly explained and are left for you to decide. The strangest moment of the film comes at the end, when you're left unsure whether it was an excellent way to finish the movie, fitting with the slow depressing pace, or a strage ending that doesn't explain much giving little closure.

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