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I’ve always liked Bright’s message about doing the right thing even when it’s tough. Ward and Jacoby had multiple opportunities to give up the wand, hell, they could have dropped it in the nearest trash bin and gone home, but they still chose to do their duty no matter what.

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Jul 1, 2023Liked by Misha Saul

Such contrarian takes! Love them

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Jul 3, 2023·edited Jul 3, 2023Liked by Misha Saul

There's a massive chasm between the reviewers scores for Bright (26% positive) and audience score ( 83% positive) on RT.

Btw I think there's a typo here: "Very this is how Gen Z do things, and Tom Cruise and the old guard humour them."

Also you write "flying close to the wind". Isn't it flying close to the sun?

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as in it's very "this is how Gen Z do things", and (Tom Cruise and the old guard) humour them

So reads ok to me? (But thank you for pointing out potential errors - every time!)

I'm probably mixing metaphors somewhere (should it be sailing? whatever)

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Jul 1, 2023Liked by Misha Saul

I watched Bright just after it appeared on Netflix, and I really don't get the hate. Is it just too on-the-nose for today's audiences?

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Does anyone hate it? Heaven knows when it dropped 4chan was memeing it a lot. Just seems to me like it never got much popular traction, direct-to-streaming being the new direct-to-DVD.

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I couldn’t believe when Avatar 2 ended up in a Titanic sinking ship sequence. Cameron can’t keep getting away with this! Loved the film.

Bright was also too fun not to get a sequel but Netflix can’t let us have nice things.

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