In Bright Axiom

Close to the end of In Bright Axiom, my mother asks me if what shes watching is about a real thing and if it's still alive, I answer simply 'it was in 2015' because I know the difference between In Bright's fiction and the reality that people thought it was real but when someone has experienced a member of their family devoting themselves to a cult they think that what they are watching (i.e In Bright Axiom) is about a cult because the line between Fiction and Reality was so blurred that to the participants thought the fiction was their reality and in some sense it was real to the creator but in the end it was something that the creator Jeff tried to turn into a real sustainable thing but didnt work out. For those who will try to watch In Bright Axiom after seeing this review keep this question in your mind 'what is real and what isn't' and maybe you'll understand their mindset

While it's ambitious, interesting, and a manifestation of a true talent's development, I'm left sure of only one thing: The people behind this are most likely quite insufferable...

What a human being really needs is: 1. 4 or 5 close friends who care about you and good enough. 2. a spouse who is loving and good enough. 3. a job that is good enough. 4. a hobby like playing the drums or a book club.

If you don't work on the above, then you'll find yourself going in to a pink room, holding on to two balls, while a giant plaster face tells you the next clues in a lame treasure hunt.

This mockumentary shows us how absolute desperate some individuals (read millennials) are to feel part of something. Something big. And important. While remaining on the fringe because they're edgy.

It was semi unbearable to listen to some of the blatherings in the confessional interviews.

Someone decided to string random words together and create a mock religion and pretend to chase self important and easily manipulated characters into thinking they were chosen.

I hope the people were all in on the joke. Bright axiom and high pretensioness.

I'm not sure I can watch it all. Does everyone involved in this get the gag? The con?

So apparently american culture has created a disjointed society which in turn has produced enough lonely and bored people, desperate for connection and meaningful experiences, that their needs could be capitalized on by a company providing a secret society or -depending on how you look at it- "cult" experience. Art is essential, so is a sense of belonging and good intentions are laudable, still I cannot help but feel perturbed by the fact that someone came up with this idea and others bought into it.