Wednesday, February 7, 2018

I'm not a fan of Bright, here's why

I know, this blog is a little late. It seems like everybody and their dog has posted a review about Bright. I wasn't going to watch it, but then I caved and watched it after seeing someone tweet about what a great Urban Fantasy it was. I write urban fantasy, so I found myself wanting to check it out. I watched about half of the movie before deciding that it wasn't for me. The biggest problem with the movie was good 'ol show vs. tell. What is show vs. tell? Imagine you're writing a book and your character is chewing grape bubblegum. You could say: Tina was chewing grape bubblegum. That would be telling instead of showing. You could also write: Tina leaned closer to me, her breath smelled sickeningly sweet. She puckered her lips, forming a purple bubble with her gum. I watched as the bubble doubled in size. "Yuck," Tina said, as she began pealing the sticky mess from her face. Bright doesn't show, it tells you things through the characters. I could see the potential in Bright, but sadly it didn't live up to all the hype.