Bright - Will Smith - Netflix original movie

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McCordRm

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Finally got home from my holiday trip and got to watch it.

Overall, it was a fun watch. That being said, however:

 

1. It should have been a Netflix series instead of a movie. There was WAY too much

being crammed in all at once. As for the stuff they didn't get in with the first installment,

they seem to be taking a John Wick stand by making you feel like there's more to the

world, but waiting to tell you about it.

 

2. I would have loved this to be a Shadowrunner series. Have a Mr. Johnson hire a

team to retrieve the wand and make the first Season be about that. Then, in future

Seasons, have new "Runs" (or Missions) and new Mr. Johnsons and team members.

 

Also, I'm left with one question:

Why is the Wand blue for Elves and Red for Humans?

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+Fahim S. MVC

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Watched it on Monday.  Thought it was good.  Not sure it would translate to the big screen, but certainly an interesting enough watch.

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FloatingFatMan

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6 hours ago, McCordRm said:

Finally got home from my holiday trip and got to watch it.

Overall, it was a fun watch. That being said, however:

 

1. It should have been a Netflix series instead of a movie. There was WAY too much

being crammed in all at once. As for the stuff they didn't get in with the first installment,

they seem to be taking a John Wick stand by making you feel like there's more to the

world, but waiting to tell you about it.

 

2. I would have loved this to be a Shadowrunner series. Have a Mr. Johnson hire a

team to retrieve the wand and make the first Season be about that. Then, in future

Seasons, have new "Runs" (or Missions) and new Mr. Johnsons and team members.

 

Also, I'm left with one question:

 

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Why is the Wand blue for Elves and Red for Humans?

 

Maybe they'll treat it as a pilot and serialise it later?  That'd be cool. This would make a great weekly show.  Kinda reminiscent of Alien Nation...

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Mando

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On 12/24/2017 at 11:26 AM, FloatingFatMan said:

Saw it yesterday and really enjoyed it.  Interesting take on if Orc and Elves really existed in the real world.

 

Looking forward to the sequel.

good enough reason for me then :) 

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dragontology

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I thought it was just a little above average. I didn't dislike it, but I didn't really like it, either. It's really just a buddy cop movie, the fantasy elements are just window dressing. They're not unwelcome, but they didn't really present any storytelling opportunities that weren't already there. Sometimes they were just stand-ins for real world issues (e.g. "today faerie lives don't matter"). As far as fantasy films go, it was stupid. As far as buddy cop movies go, it was different.

 

I'll watch the sequel, probably.

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Draconian Guppy

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liked the whole premise, but yeah character interaction between nick and ward felt forced during several points. (maybe thats what they were going for?) definitely liked the orc and elves among humans, but they should have delved into this moar!

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Dysphoria

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2 stars out of 5....  story was all over the place, flat and not engaging.

Orc was the most believing character in the movie with some emotional depth, everyone else just seemed to be there to collect on a paycheck. Did not care if Will Smith or the Bright elf died... Stupid and shallow parallels -> African-Americans with Orcs. (Cops beating Orcs senselessly while the Orc-cop sits quietly as W.S. tells him he is ether one of the Cops or one of the Orcs...)

 

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