What I Watched -- Bright

Bright is a Netflix exclusive, and it had gotten a fair amount of press, most of which was polarized, and the majority of which was not good.

However, it was not a completely unwatchable movie.  It was definitely some LOTR fan-fic-style story-telling, with orcs and elves and whatnot.  But it's a present-day tale, with Will Smith playing a human police officer who has been partnered, against his wishes, with the department's first orcish officer.  He's not such a bad guy that he'll sell out his partner, however, which puts him in a bit of a tight spot.

There's a lot of social commentary that doesn't add much to the movie.  Without it, it would be just a regular buddy cop drama; with it, it's a weird newsworthy attempt at movie making.  And it's making even more news now, since Netflix, who funded the first project to the tune of $90 million, is also working on a sequel.

Bottom line: not so bad I won't watch the second one, if for no other reason than to see how it goes.