This is a personal review of the movie 'Bright', starring Will Smith(Daryl Wade), Joel Edgerton(Nick Jakoby), and Lucy Fry(Tikka). With most of the critics whining about how it doesnt do justice to two different genres (buddy-cop/fantasy) I felt I should at least type out what I thought of it; for no other reason than: I belive they missed the point of the film, and are focusing too much on trying to tell the masses that it is something it isnt.

so, I am going to try and explain my sentiments without spoliers, but they may occour.

You have been warned.

Bright is a modern fantasy setting, where the entirety of the story takes place over a single night in Los Angeles, specifically in Alemeda. graffiti on the walls of buildings during the oppening credits give some story and setting plotlines, such as gang emblems for a group called 'FogTeeth' which shortly becomes a player in the events of the story. the movie has three intertwining plot lines that span the movie, the racial tension between Orcs and the other observed races; Ward getting shot in the opening scenes; and the hunt/protection of a magical weapon.

the basic premise is that two-thousand years ago, a war, was faught against a powerful elf simply refered to as "The Dark Lord" by 'the army of nine races'. a group refered to as The Inferni, similar to modern conceptions of the illuminati, is attempting to resurect him, when one member escapes and defects to their rival organisation simply called the Shield of Light. during a failed assasination attempt on this person, the Wand the assasin had in their possession is captured. when the two LAPD Officers arrive on the scene, they capture the girl who now possesses it, and thats when the heavy stuff of the movie begins.

the main races involved in the story are the Orcs, Humans, and Elves. however Centaurs, fairies, a changeling and a Dragon are also seen in various parts of the movie as well as in the background. as the movie begins, we see a striking resemblance to the racial tensions of today, and we can easily tell that each race is fulfiling racial sterieotypes of today's societies, and quickly create a naritive of their own. some of the steriotypes are even hinted at, or blatantly stated in the graffiti throughout the movie, and can give their own nerritive as to what is going on during the time.

I saw the movie as a good naritive as to things that are and have been happening here in the united states over the past few years, fear or hatred of the police, which the movie portrays mostly as human, or centaur, race playing a role in politics, police corruption of varrying levels, even some racial jokes using the world's setting to play off comments. at one point the comment is made 'why do Orcs always have to be the bad guys', to which a hispanic LA County Deputy replies 'dont look at me, mexicans still get shit for the alamo.'

the wand itself represents everything you could want, and it is never stated, however highly inferred throughout the movie that magic weapons are illegal, and two feds are quickly put on the task of retriving it. there is also a huge drawback to the wand, in that only a certain type of person is able to use a magic wand, a Bright, from where the movie retrieves its name. if you arent a bright, any physical contact with the wand will result in the being's spectacular death.

in conclusion, I belive the film was a good narritive of the human experiance, where some experiance great greed when faced with the means to get whatever they want, others strive to do the right thing despite their cirmcumstances. where race only plays a minor role in the overall movie, there are still several comments and nods to the racial tensions of the united states over the past decade, and in a few cases, comments that could easily apply to America's civil rights movments. the digital effects were well done, the modern fantasy setting brought in a completely new element to the movie, it was an overall good experiance to watch the movie, and it is easy to tell that the designers put a lot of thought into everything on the sets, down to the 'I love Orcs -Nobody' graffiti in the bathroom, making the Bright universe come alive.

Take it or leave it; this my oppinon of the movie.

~Tink