Bright (2017)
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Campbell1oo4
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I mean, this might suck if it's trying to be a D&D diversity movie. Shit, it might suck at just being fantasy movie. I don't think it looks terrible, not great but maybe interesting.
"Dungeons and Dragons-style fantasy, with its species-specific stats and attributes, is a pretty suspect well to draw from if you're trying to pull off some kind of modern-day race relations metaphor."
"Neither a satisfying treaty on diversity and 'race' wars, nor a fulfilling fantasy, it derails at the end of the first act with a confusing moment of anti-heroism, and never recovers."
Seems like standard SJW language from critics...
"Bright has some merit, especially if you're into magic wands, explosions, gun fights and Will Smith, but perhaps the most disappointing thing about the film is that it could have been so much more."
Well, three out of four ain't bad? Though, as a parent, I will say I like Will Smith's clean rap!
"Dungeons and Dragons-style fantasy, with its species-specific stats and attributes, is a pretty suspect well to draw from if you're trying to pull off some kind of modern-day race relations metaphor."
"Neither a satisfying treaty on diversity and 'race' wars, nor a fulfilling fantasy, it derails at the end of the first act with a confusing moment of anti-heroism, and never recovers."
Seems like standard SJW language from critics...
"Bright has some merit, especially if you're into magic wands, explosions, gun fights and Will Smith, but perhaps the most disappointing thing about the film is that it could have been so much more."
Well, three out of four ain't bad? Though, as a parent, I will say I like Will Smith's clean rap!
pharmakos
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Yeah, 6-7/10. There was some plot inconsistency but nothing really terrible IMO. The negative reviews are just stemming from critics wanting it to embrace a social narrative and it largely avoids it. No one likes orcs, elves are super upper class and humans just go along with it. Fresh prince ends up playing himself for the most part, orcs partner comes off as Drax lite.
Like the one negative review says, if you like magic, guns and explosions this is a solid movie. I'd watch the sequel.
Like the one negative review says, if you like magic, guns and explosions this is a solid movie. I'd watch the sequel.
Campbell1oo4
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29% on Rotten Tomatoes and dropping, 31/100 on metacritic. Also now people are saying Max Landis (the writer) has raped a lot of chicks, i thought he was gay always from his pics lol
Ah the fuckin' weirdo from the Red Letter Media video.
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Yeah, I get how if someone was getting a shadowrun vibe from the trailers, watching it would be a let down.
I just watched it and enjoyed it. I don't think that Elves and Orcs were specifically white and blacks. I agree that some parallel was there though. I think it felt much more nuanced than that and they did a good job of using race to show you the difference.
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