What was the best premise for the worst movie you've seen?
For me, it was Brightburn.It was sold as a different take on "What if Superman was evil," which, to be fair, has been done to death in other media, but I was excited for a high production quality version and that James Gunn was producing.It was really disappointing. First, it switched genres halfway through. It started as a somewhat psychological horror with mounting tension: the parents find this alien baby crash-landed and do their best to raise him, but realize there's something off about him. Can they intervene through being loving parents and prevent him from becoming a monster? But then, it just became a supernatural slasher film.Secondly, there was so many interesting things set up that they just didn't explore. Like, how far would a parent's love go for their child? I was expecting to see the mom and/or dad struggling with covering up for some horrendous thing their adopted kid do and how they might work to try to keep him from mass atrocities, etc. But it's all just small petty stuff.I was hoping too, to see some moral ambiguity and struggle. But it never really happens. There's a hint of hesitation about him killing his parents after they try to kill him, but nothing significant. Also, the whole movie is just a couple of days of his childhood. I was hoping to see an exploration of his life, but instead it was just a superkid going on a killing spree for a couple days after creeping on his aunt. via /r/movies https://ift.tt/5mAQCkq
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