hmmm... how should I put it...
Wonderful directing, stellar cast, satirical dialogues, smashing costumes and backgrounds. They are the Bright Young Things of the society, but there's quite some irony in the title. They are not actually bright (but they're young), the first part of the movies show the vulgar lifestyles of this set of young upper class people in the 30s London, fooling around, going to parties at 3am, doing things impulsively. Totally ruthless but quite an honest and bittersweet reflection of people in those days.
People say that era was like no other. I admit it's quite true, that's why its brilliance and essence is always being captured in films and novels. On the other hand, I think actually the spirit still exists. I mean who are not like these people when they're young and always eager to go on new adventures. We party, we get wasted, we spend time fooling around, we gossip with our friends, have fun, and we're more or less just like them. That's why it's quite brilliant of Stephen Fry to attract the audience by merging the glamour of that era and the lifestyle that still exists, making us want to be a part of the bright young things.
The cast is amazing. Peter O'Toole's appearance as Nina's father, really hilarious, forgot Adam the moment he saw him. lol and Simon Callow, Jim Broadbent, Dan Aykroyd and many more. The Bright Young Things are of course amazing!!! James McAvoy's Lord Balcairn is kind of sly and witty, Stephen Campbell Moore is really charming as Adam Symes, the author who's desperately in love with Emily Mortimer's fun-loving but sometimes cold Nina Blount. Moore really delivers his character well, leading the whole movie, and this is only his debut!!! Hopefully, we can get to see him more in the coming future. Michael Sheen is so amazingly hilarious.
Wonderful directing, stellar cast, satirical dialogues, smashing costumes and backgrounds. They are the Bright Young Things of the society, but there's quite some irony in the title. They are not actually bright (but they're young), the first part of the movies show the vulgar lifestyles of this set of young upper class people in the 30s London, fooling around, going to parties at 3am, doing things impulsively. Totally ruthless but quite an honest and bittersweet reflection of people in those days.
People say that era was like no other. I admit it's quite true, that's why its brilliance and essence is always being captured in films and novels. On the other hand, I think actually the spirit still exists. I mean who are not like these people when they're young and always eager to go on new adventures. We party, we get wasted, we spend time fooling around, we gossip with our friends, have fun, and we're more or less just like them. That's why it's quite brilliant of Stephen Fry to attract the audience by merging the glamour of that era and the lifestyle that still exists, making us want to be a part of the bright young things.
The cast is amazing. Peter O'Toole's appearance as Nina's father, really hilarious, forgot Adam the moment he saw him. lol and Simon Callow, Jim Broadbent, Dan Aykroyd and many more. The Bright Young Things are of course amazing!!! James McAvoy's Lord Balcairn is kind of sly and witty, Stephen Campbell Moore is really charming as Adam Symes, the author who's desperately in love with Emily Mortimer's fun-loving but sometimes cold Nina Blount. Moore really delivers his character well, leading the whole movie, and this is only his debut!!! Hopefully, we can get to see him more in the coming future. Michael Sheen is so amazingly hilarious.
They were living in a decadent era, possibly after the war and everything chaotic so they kind of went wild with their lives, perhaps with the idea of "live fast, die young". Anyway, the bright young things give you a pathetic feeling, but the best thing about the movie is that Fry makes us have sympathy for them and make them real humans who move the audience. "This so-called 20th century of angst, neurosis and panic. Reader be glad that you have nothing to do with this world. Its glamour is a delusion, its speed a snare, its music a scream of fear. Faster and faster they swirl, sickening themselves with every turn. The faster the ride, the greater the nausea, the terror, and the shame."
Another time another era. But some things never change - spirit, scandal and youth.
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