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Okay so I’ve seen Bright. I think Will is in good in it and so is Joel Edgerton - I actually felt sorry for Jacoby... but the other characters/actors in the movie would barely be passable in a d grade horror movie... and the villain like in suicide squad is appalling... and the story is completely nonsensical! (She’s after the wand!) is basically the whole plot...
you guys might not put any weight on critics but suicide squad and bright are nowhere near Enemy of the State, 6 Degrees, Bad Boys 2, Men in Black, Hitch and I Am Legend. I seriously don’t think Wills been in a good movie in 10 years. I only watch his movies now because he’s in them but otherwise I wouldn’t bother. I think his movie career is effectively dead at this point.
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We've rounded up the best critic slams of Smith and the fantasy-action feature directed by David Ayer and written by Max Landis, which begins streaming Friday.
Forbes:
"Congratulations, Netflix! You can make a visually grotesque, dreadfully dull and hopelessly convoluted would-be franchise action movie just as well as the stereotypical Hollywood machine! If anything, Bright is a giant Christmas/Hanukkah gift from Netflix to the major studios. It shows the streaming giant falling on its face in its attempts to replicate the so-called Hollywood blockbuster."
Cinemablend:
"The problem is that this richly-constructed world often comes at the expense of characters ... Will Smith is more or less on autopilot, doing what everyone pretty much expects from a Will Smith action movie these days. In fact, if the name 'Ward' wasn't directly printed on the uniform of Smith's character, we would've just assumed that we were looking at Suicide Squad's Floyd Lawton."
IndieWire:
A movie that "boasts all the production value of an episode of Charmed, Netflix’s first mega-budget film effort starts with a potentially compelling premise that never gets off the ground."
Rolling Stone:
"You'll get lots of violence and colorful threats and confusing shoot-outs, but you're not going to get much meaning."
The Wrap:
"Astoundingly bad in virtually every way, Bright shares in common several of the shortcomings of Ayer’s previous film, including conspicuous evidence of desperate efforts to cobble its under-explained and yet somehow overcomplicated mythology into something coherent."
And: "Smith seems lost here as Daryl, even as he retreads his wiseacre pose from films like Independence Day and especially Men in Black."
The New York Times:
"(Ayer) strayed into empty superhero theatrics with the slapdash Suicide Squad (co-starring Mr. Smith) and again dilutes his integrity with Mr. Smith’s lightweight sitcom likability. You’ll find beatings, shootouts, car crashes, awkward analogies and a measure of buddy badinage in Bright, but true enchantment is in short supply."
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goes live in about 3 hours.. I'm gonna watch it as soon as it's up...
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Worst movie of 2017 apparently!
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Man the reviews for bright are scathing - average 3.4 out of 10. Is Will capable of doing a good movie anymore? His choices are awful.
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That was a great interview thanks
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19 hours ago, fan 4ever said:
Damnit Tim.... why are you getting my hopes up! Hahaha.... fingers crossed that something happens!
Until we see a video of them in the studio I retain a healthy skepticism haha
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apparently Jeff has booked Will for 2 weeks in January to come to his house and see what they can come up with chasing goosebumps style. fingers crossed this actually happens! The results could be incredible!
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Great to see Will working with a great director.
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Yeah the music industry is basically dead these days. No one buys music. "Albums" don't even really exist anymore. Kids stream a song they like and that's about it. That's why I can't understand why Will even cares about a "hit song". Just do some JJFP for the longtime fans.
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All fair points Jim but I'm pretty sure the 30 or so tracks he's recorded he isn't dropping any bars.. unless he gets with Jeff and does some proper rap tracks I don't like our chances of getting some hip hop out of Will these days...
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5 hours ago, JumpinJack AJ said:
I get the impression that if he released a single, he has an album well into formation. I actually rather have this track just being a bonus track to an all Hip-Hop album.
After bomba fiesta, call in the wild and get lit I have a feeling there are no rap tracks in the 30 tracks he has recorded. He is doing a lot of experimental stuff. I’m feening for a proper rap track and 3 rap verses because I’m interested in what Will has to say these days.
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9 hours ago, JumpinJack AJ said:
I love this interview. The cool thing about Jeff's interviews is that there always seems to be at least one thing we've never heard before. "Live At Union Square" has been talked about before, but it was good to hear him talk about it, rather than read about it. Hearing him talk about DJ's parties at Philly was kind of funny. I never thought about how the music impacts the behavior of the party.
It's interesting that Jeff is the one who prompted FP to mellow out his delivery on "Summertime," which went on to impact many of his songs since then. Their exit from Jive is really interesting. It's crazy that they treated JJ+FP so poorly in the end, but didn't make it easy for them to leave. It makes me wonder if Will is so loaded these days that he can simply buy back their catalogue. With Jive being long gone, it truly is only business at this point.
Lastly, I love that they made it so that you can download the interview.
I found the stuff with Jive really interesting. To add to the backstory, back in 1996 Will went to Jive with Men in Black and they didn't like it. They didn't think anyone would buy a jazzy jeff and fresh prince album anymore. So Will went and signed a deal with Sony. Then Jive said hey you had an original 7 album contract with us as jazzy jeff and fresh prince so Jive sued Will and Jeff for not honouring their contract. Then it sounds like as part of the settlement Will and Jeff lost all rights to their backcatalogue so they receive nothing when summertime or boom is played on the radio which sucks! Obviously we know Big Willie Style went on to become one of the highest rap albums of all time so the people at Jive got that one seriously wrong!
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Really interesting stuff about when JJFP went from Jive to Sony!
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We really need to push this guys if we ever want to hear another Will Smith album. Make sure you write reviews on amazon|itunes etc. share the track on social media. We need to get the word out.
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Here are some photos of the JJFP.com crew @ Blackpool! I will write an entire article about the night but I am still processing it. It truly was an amazing concert!
- Jazzy Julie, bigted and FreshPrincess
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57 minutes ago, pudge104 said:
It’s been out a couple of weeks. I got the cd when it came out, vinyl is being released next month. First time the whole album is on cd, unedited. It sounds great.
How good is the remastering? Everything sound crisp?
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This is amazing! Carvin, Ivan, Dre, Vidal, Keith & Darren did some amazing music at a touch of jazz and afterwards. They were responsible for the neo soul movement and sold a lot of albums but their production was always on point. So good to hear you got to hang out with Carvin and that he's a great guy!
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This sounds amazing! This was always why I preferred the vinyl version of he's the dj
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29 minutes ago, stoneheartneil said:
I think Will at Jeff's studio for a week would produce a much more familiar sound that he would feel at home with. If he just hung out at the Playlist Retreat I think the result would be world's apart from "get lit" ....fingers crossed.
Feel exactly the same way man! Will should just spend a week at Jeffs house and they would probably produce a great JJFP album!
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3 hours ago, Nic61974 said:
Hi everyone,
First and foremost, THANK YOU ALL for your continued support of JJFP. For those of you that got to come backstage and meet Jeff & Will, I think you felt there genuine appreciation for your continued support over the years.
Putting these shows together was no easy task. When you try and schedule shows for one of the busiest movie stars in the world to perform with one of the busiest DJ's in the world it is quite challenging to say the least. But we DID IT!
We are working on bringing the shows to other cities in Europe and to the US. It's just that pesky word - schedule - that seems to be the biggest obstacle. But don't fret! We are going to make more shows happen. And I promise, once I get confirmed dates I'll be sure to report in on the forum so you can all plan accordingly.
To you guys that I met in Blackpool - it was SO NICE TO FINALLY MEET!
To all the fans in cities we haven't visited yet, I look forward to meeting you all soon.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you, thank you, thank you!
Nicole first of all congratulations for pulling off the virtually impossible! If it was easy to get a JJFP show up with Will and a Jeffs schedule it would have happened once in the last 20 years! The show was incredible. Secondly I hope you can get more shows up especially for our US fans. We will be cheering you on from here!
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Anyone under 25 is not interested in a movie from Will Smith... people saw suicide squad because of Margot Robbie and the joker... if bright was released in cinemas it would be another box office failure...it’s like when you see a great actor be in a string of bad movies and then they start to appear in straight to DVD type material. The fact is Will no longer is the drawer he was in the 90s because of continued poor choices in movies...