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Streaming or currently airing TV shows (AKA Netflix thread) (11 Viewers)

Bright was so bad for so many reasons but I'll admit, I was still pretty entertained so I sat through it. I enjoyed the concept but it just felt so poorly executed. 

 
The Gator said:
i was excited for idea, not so much for the way it turned out. Every episode is a struggle to get through. Plus, a real life Beaker as the main interview subject doesn't work.
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:lol:

I thought he was pretty solid and well spoken. But yea, pretty gooberish. 

 
Waingro said:
Bright was so bad for so many reasons but I'll admit, I was still pretty entertained so I sat through it. I enjoyed the concept but it just felt so poorly executed. 
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can you post the reasons why it was so bad? while I didn't think this was citizen kane or anything, I still enjoyed it and am not getting the extreme hate for it.

 
El Floppo said:
can you post the reasons why it was so bad? while I didn't think this was citizen kane or anything, I still enjoyed it and am not getting the extreme hate for it.
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I liked the world that they built but it felt like a cookie cutter movie with many genres smashed together along with all of the clichés that goes along with those genres. Also Will Smith being typical Will Smith: 2 straight hours of cheesy one liners and cringe worthy tough guy moments. I guess this was expected going into the movie.

 
I turned off Bright 30 minutes or so in. 

The acting was just...bad. Even Will Smith seemed like he didn't bother to try. And he probably did the best job. The storylines seemed so painfully forced. He's just putting in a few more years! He's paired up with a partner he doesn't want because nobody else wants him! Others on the force are resentful! 

The scene where an orc was getting beaten and Smith demanded his partner choose if he was a cop or an orc...wtf was that? Why is being a cop mean he has to be a dirty cop?

Just felt like they tried to be way too many things. Instead of a silly fantasy buddy cop movie they tried to force some ridiculous heavy handed social commentary, go with some Training Day, Lord of the Rings, but also an 80's buddy cop flick. 

 
Bright, watched it twice, I was entertained.  Will Smith has witty lines, Joel Edgerton nailed the humble Orc role, LOL at the centaurs.  Not as bad as the critics are making it sound.

 
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Hilts said:
I turned off Bright 30 minutes or so in. 

The acting was just...bad. Even Will Smith seemed like he didn't bother to try. And he probably did the best job. The storylines seemed so painfully forced. He's just putting in a few more years! He's paired up with a partner he doesn't want because nobody else wants him! Others on the force are resentful! 

The scene where an orc was getting beaten and Smith demanded his partner choose if he was a cop or an orc...wtf was that? Why is being a cop mean he has to be a dirty cop?

Just felt like they tried to be way too many things. Instead of a silly fantasy buddy cop movie they tried to force some ridiculous heavy handed social commentary, go with some Training Day, Lord of the Rings, but also an 80's buddy cop flick. 
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This is what I thought. Very ham handed simple, social commentary. It was also very cheesily done. Orcs looking like people with painted faces, please. 

Even all that would have been ok, but it was just boring.

 
belljr said:
Anyone check out the WIll Smith movie - Bright?
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Better than expected.  Cool universe, but stil has Will Smith. Left room for a sequel or series.  I didn’t expect much but enjoyed it.  3.5 /5

 
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I thought smith was pretty good in it.

Getting back to being the fresh prince....spent way too many years chasing that oscar trying to be denzel.

 
RC94 said:
When I was in college there was Cheers reruns at like 10 or 11pm every night.  We used to watch and then go out to the bars afterwards.  We did this 4 or 5 nights a week usually.
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Friend had a roommate that was an early fan of Seinfeld.   Two TVs.   Stacks of VHS tapes, Madden, and bong rips.  Didn't make it out much during the week though.

 
Bright was pretty good.  Very interesting world that could have been fleshed out better, but still high production values and interesting world.

3.25/5.

 
EYLive said:
Has anyone checked out Russel Peters' Indian Detective? The trailers look good but it's only 4 episodes?
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I started it because I like Russel, but didn't finish the episode. It was okay, but I started it late too...I'll give it another shot this weekend. 

 
James Daulton said:
Just started Season 2 of Travelers.

This show is very well done. 
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Just saw this was out, looking forward to watching season 2.

Watched Bright last night because I’m a sucker for Will Smith alien stuff. I was kinda meh afterward. Seems like Smith mailed it in, dropped a few Will Smith lines but not MIB funny. Feel like that movie should have been a series to really flesh out everything they tried to pack into 2hrs. Left a lot of room for prequel/sequel (which I would watch because ya know, Will Smith alien stuff).

 
Pretty psyched for this.

At long last, the trailer for David Wain’s movie about National Lampoon founder Doug Kenney has arrived. Titled A Futile and Stupid Gesture, the film stars Will Forte and features a killer cast of today’s comedy stars playing ‘70s comedy pioneers, including Forte as Kenney, Thomas Lennon as Michael O’Donoghue, Joel McHale as Chevy Chase, Jackie Tohn as Gilda Radner, Jon Daly as Bill Murray, John Gemberling as John Belushi, and tons more, plus Martin Mull playing the narrator (Wain described the role to Entertainment Weekly as “a modern-day Kenney who helps Wain ‘tell the story in as creative and outside-the-box way for today as Doug Kenney did what he did then.’”) The film is based on Josh Karp’s 2006 book of the same name, written by Michael Colton and John Aboud, produced by Jonathan Stern and Peter Principato, and makes its Netflix debut Friday, January 26th.
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http://splitsider.com/2017/12/check-out-the-star-studded-trailer-for-david-wains-a-futile-and-stupid-gesture/

 
shuke said:
3.25 stars?  That's weird. 

Why not just use a 15 star rating system?
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I'm a man of precision my friend.  Now you know that to me the movie was better than 3.00 stars but not quite 3.5 stars.  That information could be valuable to the general public. 

 
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I’m 3 episodes in to the new Netflix documentary “the toys that made us.”  I’m enjoying it.  Not wow’d, but worth watching IMO.

Every episode they tell the story of a popular toy line and how it was developed, etc.  The first ep was the original Kenner Star Wars line.  It was interesting and I enjoyed learning about the business side of the toy business, but it moved a little slow for my tastes.

Ep 2 was Barbie, which was paced better; then ep 3 was Masters of the Universe, which I really enjoyed and was my favorite ep so far.

Up next, GI Joe...

 
Bright is bad but not horrible. Not sure what it is. The idea is interesting and the two leads aren't horrible. It's just not good. Also not as bad as critics are saying. Better than suicide squad. I think critics may be biased against movies on Netflix. I wonder of it hurts their career because if a movie is streaming on Netflix viewers don't base their decision to see a movie based on their review. 

 
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shadyridr said:
Bright is bad but not horrible. Not sure what it is. The idea is interesting and the two leads aren't horrible. It's just not good. Also not as bad as critics are saying. Better than suicide squad. I think critics may be biased against movies on Netflix. I wonder of it hurts their career because if a movie is streaming on Netflix viewers don't base their decision to see a movie based on their review. 
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Okja got fantastic reviews. It currently has an 86 at rt. It's a Netflix movie.

You think people who get paid to watch stuff and give their review are going to hate Netflix making their own stuff? If anything they love it. That's even more stuff being dumped on the public making a critics job even more valuable to sift through it for us. 

Bright was a bad movie. That's it. Heck, look at what you wrote. The nicest thing you said about it is the two leads weren't horrible and it's better than Suicide squad. I agree it was a fun premise. But the reality is it just sucked. At its absolute best it was a fun idea with brief moments of fun spliced into an otherwise mediocre movie.

It honestly sounds like you mostly agree with the critics. You might say it's a month old pile while the critics say it's a fresh smelly one, but you're both saying it's a turd nonetheless. 

 
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Hilts said:
Okja got fantastic reviews. It currently has an 86 at rt. It's a Netflix movie.

You think people who get paid to watch stuff and give their review are going to hate Netflix making their own stuff? If anything they love it. That's even more stuff being dumped on the public making a critics job even more valuable to sift through it for us. 

Bright was a bad movie. That's it. Heck, look at what you wrote. The nicest thing you said about it is the two leads weren't horrible and it's better than Suicide squad. I agree it was a fun premise. But the reality is it just sucked. At its absolute best it was a fun idea with brief moments of fun spliced into an otherwise mediocre movie.

It honestly sounds like you mostly agree with the critics. You might say it's a month old pile while the critics say it's a fresh smelly one, but you're both saying it's a turd nonetheless. 
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:confused:

Shady said it was bad, not horrible.

 
Finished S2 of "The Crown" and liked it maybe more than the first. Foy is doing really fine work at HRH. Vanessa Kirby is terrific with Margaret too. I go back and forth with Matt Smith as Phillip. A little of him goes a long way, I suppose. I did enjoy the stories and the overarching theme of the season. Interesting to see what they'll tackle in S3 with a whole new cast.

 
Over the break I watched the following

Mindhunter - Excellent, the guy who played Kemper was incredible 

Ozark - Also Excellent, I'd put it a notch below Mindhunter but still very good. I wanted more Mindhunter immediately, Ozark I'm fine waiting for more. 

Godless - Slow at times, think I said this before I liked the characters better than the story. Worth watching though and I'm a sucker for Westerns. 

Trailer Park Boys - I'm up to season 3 and it's hilarious in it's total ridiculousness, I'm enjoying it 

 
Just finished Future Man on HULU.

If you like super raunchy humor, 80's pop culture and something fun to watch - give it a shot...

 
Kraft... said:
Trailer Park Boys - I'm up to season 3 and it's hilarious in it's total ridiculousness, I'm enjoying it 
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I binged this a few years back and remember laughing my ### off but it got a little tired near the end as it hits the same notes throughout.

leahy and randy are awesome..theres a #### storm a brewin

 
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