Brightburn (2019)
Directed by: David Yarovesky
A hero is someone who fosters many positive personas. We are used to seeing them portrayed as sources of peace or at least the cookie cutter one's. 🤣 Consider a similar premise, where one day a child crash lands on earth and finds himself in the arms of a welcoming family. However, as his super powers come so does reality and it may not be the same formula some of us are used to. Possibly, a more sinister one. Grab your tub of popcorn and get comfy because the ride you're about to go on may be something you weren't expecting at all.
Brightburn was my first #horrorfilm I watched alone in theater. I really never lost interest. It had oh to familiar and realistic scenarios that provide scares that really sink your senses in, gut churning gore with just enough detail to leave you apart at the hinges, and enough jumps to really pull you in. I didn't find this one scary.
One scene in particular really preyed on my nerves because it's something I realistically worry about lol 😂 for that it really is worth the view. I definitely enjoyed this one!
MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD
This film was well done once he chose his destiny, he was engulfed in it. There was no turning back and it was one hit after the next. The cookie cutter image of a hero was shed and from it came the ulterior sinister one. One of arrogance. The soul only a mother could love. She saw her son still there although he was no longer there. He knew his full extent of power and no one would be safe from it going forward. No one. Once he made up his mind it was a dark path and there was simply no turning back. Anything that tried to humanize him would suffer the consequences. Rather tragically everything that once saw the innocence in him was gone. Until the only thing left in his world was really his mother. His human mother who saw the child she once protected and cared for unapologetic to others. Her son was "different" than others but not to her. He was her child and her answer to when she needed it to be answered. She only saw love when at this point her child was gone. He knew for as long as his mother remained so did the very fiber that connected him to his human existence once she was gone so was his past. Going forward he only answered to himself rather arrogantly he was all he had. The memories of the life he once had besides his blanket would now be his company.
The consequences of really treating others poorly were reviewed in this film. In a way, some empathize with Brandon. They see the fragility of truth. The truth although hard to take at times was hidden from Brandon and once it was known there was no looking back. It's a present reality he's not afraid to look forward to. Any rejection and ill humor that pushed him were the past because no one dare make him feel different again. If anyone chose to push that boundary, he wouldn't be afraid to cross it.
So, in other words Lex Luthor was right
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