A new video from Netflix explores the alternate history of the world of their new release, Bright. The fantasy cop thriller starring Will Smith and Joel Edgerton is a certified smash for the streaming service, racking up 11 million viewers in its first three days alone. Its success comes in the face of some truly awful reviews; the critical consensus on the film is pretty terrible.
One of the chief criticisms leveled at Bright is its largely unexplained (but prominently featured) magical mythology. The world as we see it in the film looks very similar to the one we live in, just with orcs, elves, and magic thrown into the mix. Those elements seem to have had surprisingly little impact on the world itself, however. Throughout the film, three or four exposition-heavy sidebars are thrown in to keep the audience caught up on things, but by and large, the ...
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