Will Smith, Joel Edgerton to Star in David Ayer’s Cop Thriller ‘Bright’

[MadVillainy]

Different strokes for different folks.

I don't get it at all, but hey...

I do think it has to do with this hyperbole that goes around talking about music or movies. A lot of the time it seems like nothing can be "fine." "good," or "bad." Everything has to be "classic," "the greatest ever" or the "worst."

 

[Boy Scout]

What the **** is the issue critics are having with this film? It's like it's personally insulted their families or something. The film isn't that bad for crying out loud.

It’s really not. It’s a perfectly fine movie.

 

[MadVillainy]

It’s really not. It’s a perfectly fine movie.

Even then, I 100% get not liking Bright or any movie. But saying it's the worse of the year or "please don't watch the sequel" seems so excessive.

 

[Abudefduf]

It's weird, all I had to do to understand why so many aren't liking this flick was to read a few negative reviews. Crazy, uh? But it worked.

 

[MadVillainy]

It's weird, all I had to do to understand why so many aren't liking this flick was to read a few negative reviews. Crazy, uh? But it worked.

I think we all get why someone wouldn't like this movie. I think what we're confused by is the amount of vitriol from some corners. Crazy, huh?

 

[Abudefduf]

Nope. It doesn't surprise me because we're all guilty of irrationally hating stuff from time to time for reasons that only make sense to us. This movie is just rubbing many people the wrong way... it's that simple.

 

[Teelie]

I can see why some people dislike the movie but there are a lot of people who hate it too. Some have legitimate reasons for one thing or another (the social commentary or casting choices, don't like the story, etc), others are hating it merely because it is on Netflix, written by Max Landis or hate some actor in the movie (Joel Edgerton or Will Smith imparticular) and has nothing to do with the movie itself in terms of likability.

The irrationality to hate this movie is what isn't easy to understand. Don't like it? Fine. Not everyone will. But the hate? That is excessive. The movie was not and never was meant to be any kind of great classic blockbuster perfect allegory. It was meant to be entertaining and a not so subtle look at race and social economic relations in the world. Some people have way too much hate for even a hint of that.

 

[terry78]

People tend to take stuff insanely personally these days for some reason, especially when it comes to entertainment.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I can see why some people dislike the movie but there are a lot of people who hate it too. Some have legitimate reasons for one thing or another (the social commentary or casting choices, don't like the story, etc), others are hating it merely because it is on Netflix, written by Max Landis or hate some actor in the movie (Joel Edgerton or Will Smith imparticular) and has nothing to do with the movie itself in terms of likability.

The irrationality to hate this movie is what isn't easy to understand. Don't like it? Fine. Not everyone will. But the hate? That is excessive. The movie was not and never was meant to be any kind of great classic blockbuster perfect allegory. It was meant to be entertaining and a not so subtle look at race and social economic relations in the world. Some people have way too much hate for even a hint of that.

It was Landis Star Wars though.

Though I am curious. This argument seems to comes up every time a movie is not well liked.If it is just a movie, one someone isn't all that passionate about, why do you care if others are passionate about it, either way?

 

[Kuwolski]

A lot of it has to do with the political climate we live in, which often times poisons rational thought

Me personally, I just see this as terribly written drivel.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

A movie that decides it wants to to tackle racism and bigotry in general should not be discussed on those grounds? That feels... strange.

 

[Kuwolski]

A movie that decides it wants to to tackle racism and bigotry in general should not be discussed on those grounds? That feels... strange.

The movie should definitely, my response was to terry78's post which I took to mean in the more general sense, not just entertainment.

 

[Teelie]

It was Landis Star Wars though.

Though I am curious. This argument seems to comes up every time a movie is not well liked.If it is just a movie, one someone isn't all that passionate about, why do you care if others are passionate about it, either way?

Why does passion have to be involved in asking why someone has an excessive reaction to a movie, positive or negative? The people who hate something beyond reason are a valid subject. If they can have such an overreaction to a movie, how does this compare to their reaction to other aspects of their lives?

I really think people have started to take things far too personally and something that should be viewed as entertainment being reacted to with such vitirol is why people ask how a movie can be so hated.

How do they react to something of importance in the world (civil rights, religion or politics for instance) and what does that mean for the world when something otherwise as banal as a movie can cause people to seethe with anger?

 

[Boy Scout]

Even then, I 100% get not liking Bright or any movie. But saying it's the worse of the year or "please don't watch the sequel" seems so excessive.

I don’t think there’s enough to the movie to get angry over, to be honest.

 

[Consona]

I don’t think there’s enough to the movie to get angry over, to be honest.

Yea, compared to Django Unchained or even some more serious films...

It's something else, I don't know what. But "Please Don't Watch It." from a guy who writes for Forbes, it's so weird... More so when the film is actually good.

I even think it was better written than anything MCU, DC or Star Wars released the last year. Which of course could be quite a precarious thing to say due to the situation around Landis these days but from the standpoint of the movie itself, I felt it had much better connected and realized plots, subplots and all that other stuff than the competitors. Ok, Thor was improvised from the most part (should I take that as an excuse?), League was butchered by the studio and Whedon (no excuse here), but things like TLJ felt like a first draft of some fan fiction novella compared to the Bright. And look at the critics scores and ratings and reviews.

You'll think I'm *that* crazy conspiracy guy but this reeks of some, at least bias, but maybe even behind the scenes politics or something. "Please don't watch it." is not a normal critic statement.

 

[Kuwolski]

Yea, compared to Django Unchained or even some more serious films...

It's something else, I don't know what. But "Please Don't Watch It." from a guy who writes for Forbes, it's so weird... More so when the film is actually good.

I even think it was better written than anything MCU, DC or Star Wars released the last year. Which of course could be quite a precarious thing to say due to the situation around Landis these days but from the standpoint of the movie itself, I felt it had much better connected and realized plots, subplots and all that other stuff than the competitors. Ok, Thor was improvised from the most part (should I take that as an excuse?), League was butchered by the studio and Whedon (no excuse here), but things like TLJ felt like a first draft of some fan fiction novella compared to the Bright. And look at the critics scores and ratings and reviews.

You'll think I'm *that* crazy conspiracy guy but this reeks of some, at least bias, but maybe even behind the scenes politics or something. "Please don't watch it." is not a normal critic statement.

Seems more delusional then anything. Broken rant of some sort with a subtext of deep denial..

 

[BestGirl]

A lot of it has to do with the political climate we live in, which often times poisons rational thought

Me personally, I just see this as terribly written drivel.

I think it's got more to do with driving traffic to critics' webpages. Vitriol sucks in more eyeballs than a reasonable, rational critique.

Though politics could have something to do with it. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Landis was unpopular in Hollywood.

 

[chamber-music]

There were plenty of far worst movies released last year than this. Chips, The Dark Tower, Wish Upon and The Mummy were worst than Bright.

 

[jmc]

Bright at least tried to bring a new idea to the table also. I think that's why to a lot of viewers its flaws are forgivable, it is for me at least. Yeah, the pacing falls of the rails in the second half of the movie, but the world is such a bizarrely interesting idea that you can still get something out of the movie.

 

[Lencho01]

If Bright was based on a comic and had a theatrical release, I think we would be hearing cast's reaction to the critics be something like "Well, we made this for the fans."

 

[Ninjablade]

Finally got around to watching this. I thought it was just fine. Wasn't very good, but I didn't think it was the worst thing ever. The acting was good, and I thought the world was interesting. I thought the writing was pretty bad, and the plot never really grasped me.

It was passable. I'm interested in what they do with the sequel, but this one never got me to really connect with it to like it. Maybe that'll improve without Landis.

 

[Kane52630]

There were plenty of far worst movies released last year than this. Chips, The Dark Tower, Wish Upon and The Mummy were worst than Bright.

And Resident Evil: The Final Bowel Movement or the Bye Bye Man.

 

[chamber-music]

There is a comic published by Image at the moment called Realm that has a bunch of mythical creatures like Orcs and Dragons turn up fifteen years ago and plunge the world into chaos. There is magic and evil wizards. It reminds me a little of this movie. The big difference is that the realm comic takes place in a post-apocalyptic world like The Walking Dead.

 

[Consona]

If you're searching for Bright inspirations, it's just more Tolkienish Shadowrun.

 

[LoganPool]

Watched this finally. Definitely not a bad film, but not great either. Acting was superb. Especially Joel Edgerton. Story was good for the most part, although very predictable... and the third act kinda bored me. Overall about a 6.5 or 7/10. I'll watch the sequel.