Very Cool!!!

The Worst Film Ever

Thanks for the memories!

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Bright Young Things concerns a group of bored rich twenty somethings, drinking, whoring and snorting drugs in the 1930s. Great idea, sadly with characters such as these I couldn't care less if the film started then all the characters line up and have a piano dropped on their heads. Credits. Rich, idle, bored. Sad tale eh, poor things. Sadly I was waiting for Mr Fry (himself a depressive rich bloke went to Cambridge etc) to show us how empty and soulless these imbeciles were. And I waited. One really obnoxious woman went potty and ended up in an asylum. Peter O'Toole appeared and wrote a cheque in the name of Charlie Chaplin, John Mills did some coke. Then the camp guy got caught with a bloke, then the writer won loads of money and give it to a drunk to put on a horse and spent the rest of the film trying to get it back and then...I went to the toilet so I must have missed the lesson to be learn-ed in all this. That the young born rich are indeed mindless idiots who have no aim or desire in life as they have had it all on a silver platter from the start. Still the war came. Then it all ended. It looked good though. I was a bit drunk at the time.

I have not read Waugh in years, and while this adaptation made me recall how much I enjoyed "Vile Bodies," the film does not do justice to the novel. The film is muddled and episodic, and requires the audience to do too much work. There is none of the subtlety here of a Woody Allen, for example, to reward us for remaining engaged amid the sloppy editing and choppy pacing. In fact, the excellent cast seems wasted, as does the novel itself. The movie brightens up during fleeting and sparkling party scenes that make us feel we are in London at a certain time -- though it's not clear what time that is. This adaptation pushes the hedonism of the 20s forward to the 30s (I believe the novel was published around 1930, whereas the movie seems to be set in the 30s). And the jazz score only reminded me what a cultural backwater London was at this time, relative to New York, where the Jazz Age and the real parties were in full swing. So, it doesn't work as a character-driven drama, and it's not a compelling portrait of the age. It is, however, perhaps worth seeing for some performances. We do not see enough of James McAvoy and Alec Newman, who are excellent. What a strange coincidence that both of these actors played the leads in the SciFi Channel's mini-series adaptations of the Dune novels.

I had never heard of this movie, just got it in the mail from my movie club. It sounded like some sordid sex movie and so I had no interest in watching it. However, since injuring my back being laid up bored, I thought I'd check out the trailer, at least. Since it looked like a period movie, I thought I'd give it a go. It started slowly, not really introducing much of a conflict or plot. What I liked about it was the attention to period detail and the great character development. What I didn't like about it was the boring content and lack of a compelling plot. There was some promising use of color in the direction at the beginning of the movie, but for some reason that didn't continue! The brightest moments in the movie were the scenes with Peter O'Toole and Dan Aykroyd.

The best thing about Bright Young Things is the brilliant and fun atmosphere that's created. Writer/ Director Stephen Fry has established himself as a brilliant talent. His camera work and acting direction sets a perfect stage to seeing London in the 30's.The movie is adapted from the novel "Viles Bodies" that tells the story of a writer who reports the celebrity gossip to the local newspaper. The movie is filled with sex, scandal, and celebrity. The film brings London to life and makes you wish you were a part of this elite circle even from the opening credits. Unlike many movies, this movie's flaws will start you in the face while you watch them. The story doesn't fit together perfectly, which is usually the case when adapting classic literature. But in the end, I'm not sure you'll mind it. It's too gitty to focus on things like that.The film has two unforgettable attributes which I won't go into depth about or spoil. Just look for Stockard Channing.