Because I was up when it dropped on Netflix, I just got done watching Bright.
It had the the odd feel of being a TV script filmed with a big Hollywood budget. Y'know how TV movies are often written so that big events play out in a conspicously small way on a conspicously limited stage, because the budget is so small that the story has to be written entirely around it, like the way software had to be written back in the 8-bit days? It's that kind of script... only shot with big-budget production values.
But it works. I enjoyed it. There's some good urban fantasy imagery in there (check out the centaur in police riot gear) and they REALLY take the advantage of the allegorical leaning elements in ways that actual realistic fiction or historical dramatizations about the same subject too often chicken out on, yet feels real.
From the trailers a lot of people were comparing it to Shadowrun, and that's just as apt in the movie itself. No cyberpunk, and the world in this film has always had fantasy folk in it, but otherwise it's pretty spot on, and I'll bet Shadowrun fans will absolutely eat it up.
Also I really liked the orcs. I kinda favor the modern sort of "fantasy klingons" interpretation of orcs you see in video games, but feel like most versions of that I see are only half good (including the actual Star Trek klingons). The scene with the orc gang boss in this movie manages to pretty much hit it out of the park in one go. Plus the orc makeup is really good.
