My bright review

 My bright review 

Oh, look at how the mighty has fallen. I mean July use to be Will Smith Day now he's making movies on Netflix what a shame.

Bright: This movie is centered on two cops who live in a world where fairies, Orcs and Elves co-exist with humans. While on patrol they come across a wand that can grant you any wish and of course a lot of people are after it. So, they have to keep the wand from falling in the wrong hands.

I thought this was going to be a Man in Black but with fairy tale creatures boy was I wrong. What annoys me about this movie is that the creatures in this movie are used as an allegory for racism, police brutality and class division. This was wasted because the writers are not telling us anything new about this because we are already aware of this. Doing this is also disingenuous because what are we doing to fix this problem? Having the Orcs replace Black people and the Elves replace White people should bring up interesting questions but the movie doesn’t do it. Questions like are what does it say about Black people to have the Orcs endure our suffering just so that we won’t have to anymore? Is this arrangement enough to make up for all the messed-up things White people have done to us? Are White people OK with not being on top of the food chain?

Another thing we don’t get enough world-building to justify why this world is the way it is. I don’t like that the Orcs and Elves are adapting Black and White stereotypes I mean what’s the point of having these creatures if they don’t have their own culture? This allegory was handled better in District 9 and Zootopia. I say that because the aliens and animals didn’t have to be someone else to get the movie’s point across. I also notice a Dargon or two in this movie that's not problematic? Another thing that hurt this movie is the writing, this movie would have played out differently if the writers didn’t forget about the plot points that were set up in the movie. For example, we were told that only a few people can use the wand so why does everyone want this MacGuffin? The movie also suffers from some cringy lines for example someone said the don't think a magic wand is possible despite the fact that they live among fantasy creatures. Either he's an idiot or this is bad writing. There is one scene where the director tried too hard to make the gang come off as intimating. Why is this movie called bright if it doesn't focus on that? 

Daryl Ward is a wisecracking douchebag. He doesn't have a good working relationship with his partner not because he's an Orc it's because of a incident in the past. What the movie does with him would have been surprising if the movie didn't foreshadow it.    

Nick Jakoby (Daryl partner) is trying to be an upstanding cop. I feel bad for not because the police department is giving him a hard time the Orcs are giving him a hard time for being a cop. This movie sets up a plot point with this character that goes nowhere.           

The one complement I can give this movie is that it's unintentionally funny. Overall, this is one of those movies with an interesting concept but bad execution. 

Rating = Trash   

My rant about business people in the media

My rant about business people in the media 

Intro: This is another rant that's been a long time coming. The reason I didn't talk about this sooner is because my knowledge on business is limited and screw it, I want to talk about this. If I got any information wrong, then I stand corrected. 

Is it me or does Hollywood portray businessmen in a negative light? Can anyone who’s reading this think of ten businessmen in movies or TV shows that aren’t heartless douchebags? When they’re about to fire or kill someone how many times do you hear them say the famous line its not personal it’s just business? When you see a businessman on screen do you think he’s the villain? This is an example of what you watch can affect your mind, I’m sick of seeing businessmen as the next Gordon Gekko or Mr. Scrooge. The fact that Mr. Trump is our President doesn’t help either.  

This has been going on for as long as I can remember. This is what made the twist in Big Hero 6 work because we are conditioned to think that businessmen are the bad guys. That’s another reason why the twist in Iron Man 3 worked because of how we view bad people in general. To be fair I can understand why people are like this because of the Justice system, that is a business as well. Businesspeople are like everyone else they have friends, neighbors and family. Plus, they're not always cold-hearted, do you think we would have food, clothes and technology that makes our lives better if that was the case? (Well, you can get food by hunting and growing your own crops, but I digest.) Do you think we would have those things if it wasn’t for businesses? 

Whenever we do get a kind-hearted businessman they're either incompetent, they let their virtue get in the way of business, or they run a small company. 

                             

Look at Tony Stark in the first Iron Man movie for example when he learns that his weapons fell into the wrong hands, he stops manufacturing weapons. He didn't need to do that because A people are going to get their hands on weapons regardless. B despite how you feel about war and guns weapons are needed. That's my problem with capitalism, it ruins people's sincerity or integrity.     

To have Hollywood vilify businesspeople is insulting to what they bring to society. Do you think a community would last if the people in that community don't preserve or contribute to it? Also, I find it funny that Hollywood would display businesspeople in this light because Hollywood is a business too. I would love to see a movie where Hollywood makes itself look bad. There are so many stories from directors resenting studios for undermining them from producing movies they want to make. If there’s a movie like that, please let me know. Making money doesn’t make you evil being attached to it does. Being selfish isn't always a bad thing as long as it doesn't affect others. Do you think people with deep pockets got them if they worry about everyone else's problems? 

The Bottom line is this business shouldn’t be about making money off of other people’s expense it’s about creating new products that the world can benefit from. The media demonizing businesspeople can hurt society because we need more of them if we want them to thrive.