Bright on Netflix

andy1839

Watched it last night. 

Its been panned by the critics but I really enjoyed it. 
Loads of scope for a series/sequels. 

Anyone else seen seen it yet?

BigBearKris

I haven't seen it yet but was a bit reluctant to be honets. Smith is playing the same in every movie- some love it, some don't.  I've heard it's "different" so it can be a good thing. Anyway- if you recommend I may give it a go on one of those lazy Xmas afternoons  ;-)

EricTheWeary

I’ve noticed it being advertised but didn’t notice it was direct to Netflix. 
Looks like a MrsTheWeary type film so am likely to watch it at some point. 

andy1839

BigBearKris said:

I haven't seen it yet but was a bit reluctant to be honets. Smith is playing the same in every movie- some love it, some don't.  I've heard it's "different" so it can be a good thing. Anyway- if you recommend I may give it a go on one of those lazy Xmas afternoons  ;-)

It passes a couple of hours mate, Ive certainly seen worse films. 

bingefeller

Does it have references to Scientology?  

andy1839

bingefeller said:

Does it have references to Scientology?  

Nothing overt jumped out at me, but I know nowt about it anyway. 

Whats the craic there then? 

bingefeller

andy1839 said:

bingefeller said:

Does it have references to Scientology?  

Nothing overt jumped out at me, but I know nowt about it anyway. 

Whats the craic there then? 

Will Smith denies he's a Scientologist, but he has donated money to them, and his film After Earth has Scientology references and themes.  

wave100

A fairy tale for our times.

cpcompany

Just watched it. Absolutely fucking lifting, as bad as Battlefield Earth but without the unintentional comedy.

bingefeller

I figured the "normal humans" in the film = non-believers and the non-humans are Scientologists.  

I just read the synopsis but it seems the end scene could also be seen as Will Smith denying to be a Scientologist, to fit in with the crowd, but he actually secretly is.

Wolfetone

I tried and lasted about ten minutes until his wife asked him to kill a fairy that was flying around the kitchen. As soon as he uttered the immortal line "I ain't killin' no fuckin' fairy", I soon realised that the script and the plot were not going to reach out to me in any meaningful way.  

I don't mind bad language when it's used to accentuate emotion but when it's just gratuitous, it's a distraction.

Just finished 'Timeless' which was ok. Also just finished 'The Punisher' which was stupendous. 

axisus

Saw the trailer and I plan to watch it. I'd have preferred it without Smith in it, I don't mind him but he only does one thing in this sort of film and we've seen it a million times now.

I don't quite get how they make their money from this compared to cinema/DVD release? 

axisus

cpcompany said:

Absolutely fucking lifting

lifting?????

bingefeller

axisus said:

Saw the trailer and I plan to watch it. I'd have preferred it without Smith in it, I don't mind him but he only does one thing in this sort of film and we've seen it a million times now.

I don't quite get how they make their money from this compared to cinema/DVD release? 

It's most likely funded by Scientology in some way, so it doesn't really matter if they make their money back or not as they have so much.  

cpcompany

axisus said:

cpcompany said:

Absolutely fucking lifting

lifting?????

Means shite, ugly, smelly up in deliverance areas of Northumberland.

TimmyO

I quite liked it - it's no blockbuster but it certainly has more than enough detail in the general setting to support a series (doubtless minus Will Smith)

EricTheWeary

What did the Weary family do Xmas eve 2017? We watched Bright.
Bright as in rhymes with bag of shite. 

I spotted at least one MIB in joke, don’t know if there were any Alien Nation ones - should have been. Sequel agreed already apparently. 

Awful. 

SidNewton

I knew nothing about it until I read this thread. It was awful.
Bright? Should've been called Shite instead.

RaymondLin

I didn’t like the orc character, apart from 1 scene he was unlikable, weak, and tedious.

danishbacon

Shockingly bad, couldn't wait for it to end. 

RaymondLin

I think they have created a good fictional world with lots of possibilities but the story wasn’t that good.  Plus I really dislike that orc....wish he could talk half as much.