Bright Movie Review

First can I just say that the movie was not terrible. I don’t know why they are getting bad reviews and sure it could have been really bad but I liked it. Trust me I’ve seen terrible movies and Bright wasn’t one of them. So lets get to the things I enjoyed and didn’t.

Things I liked.

• I really really loved the chemistry of Nick and Ward. I believed their friendship toward the end of the movie. Their banter were hilarious and I loved all their scenes together. Will Smith and Joel Edgerton did a great job portraying two cops who were forced to work together and now after the wand event are great partners. I really want to see more projects of them together.
• I enjoyed the comparisons of Orc/Elves to racism in America especially with law enforcement. It totally reminds me of X-men and how they use mutants to represent racism. I do wished the movie got deeper into subject matter. They could have done so much more.
• The action scenes and effects were really good.

 

Things I didn’t like

• The villains. Now sure they totally kicked some butt and the action scenes with them were great but what was their story? Why were they summoning the Dark One? They had no backstory at all. Very one dimensional. They are forgettable that I don’t remember their names. Actually did the two in the background have names?
• I think the plot would have been from good to great if it wasn’t a movie but instead a limited series. A good 5 episodes that answered some questions like what happened 2000 years ago with the Orcs? What is the Elves and Orcs history? How they got here? Who is the Dark One? Villains backstory. Whats with the fairies? Maybe more on Nick and Ward’s family life. Maybe an episode of them arresting the Orc that shot Ward. Backstory of the FBI magic crew. How other parts of the world dealing with these different races? What happened to the Internal Affairs story? The list goes on and on. I know they are making a sequel but I would have preferred a mini series instead.
• Another thing, how did the safe house not explode? A room full of bombs on fire and no explosion. Not possible.

Other than the things I disliked, I enjoyed the movie and took it for what it was. Like I said before it wasn’t terrible because the friendship carried the movie. I suggest to watch it for yourself first before you judge it.

Rating B

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