 Unite us as one. No chains will hold you. Balal, a new breed of hero. And how did I think about it? Well, let's get into it. My name is Brenikithavery, and this is just my opinion. Hey everyone, thank you so much for tuning in to my opinion slash review for Balal, a new breed of hero. Thank you so much. I do appreciate it. But before we get into the review, help your boy out by clicking that subscribe button, click the bell so you can also be notified when I make uploads and give me that thumbs up. Let's see if we can get this video to 100 likes. So now we have Balal, a new breed of hero. This is a pretty popular voice cast to me, and that's really what I did enjoy about the movie. This came out originally in 2015 in different locations in different parts of the world and also some funeral festivals. It didn't do too well, but now they're really trying to make it pretty big here in the States. And it's being directed by Karam, H. Alavi, and Yaman Jamal. I've never heard of them before, but they are co-directors. And what this movie is about is the real life story of Balal, a band, Raba from the years of 580 to 640 AD after death. And this movie is like really big in the Muslim community. That's in the news, that's in the press. I also know because I was speaking to someone about this last week when I went to a screening for it. I know my review is late. You know, I was the first one in the theater just kind of sitting down, getting comfortable. People started coming in, guys sitting next to me right before the movie started. You know, he was like, so what brings you to the movie? And I'm kind of thinking like, OK, what the hell kind of question is that? And I was just like, oh, I'm just, you know, I wasn't real. I'm just here. I just want to see a good movie. You know, he was I was like, what about you? He's like, oh, I'm here before, you know, in support of the Muslim community. And I just kind of like, look, start looking around. I was like, wow, OK, yeah, there was a lot of Muslims in here. You know, that's what's up. They're trying to, you know, support their people. But what the movie is about is a 3D computer generated film takes place in the days that I just listed. And Bilal, he is a he's a young boy when the film starts off. He has a sister and he has a mother. And due to some extreme unfortunate circumstances, he's ripped from his family, his murder, his murder, his mother is murdered. And then he's thrown into slavery. And Bilal is like, you know, he's like like the title suggests he's like a new breed of hero. He is known as a hero to his people. He's also known for his beautiful voice. And so when I was really hearing that premise and kind of seeing the trailers online about it, that kind of got me really excited. Well, you know, I like heroes. I like people standing up against oppression and things like that. And so, you know, that is something that really got me interested into the film. And some of the things that I really did like about it is what I noticed. The first thing was the sound mixing and the sound editing. That was stiller. That was top notch. I was loving that across the board. If you do go to see this in the theaters, I think it is worth it just because like all the pops and the booms and the music and sound effects and things like that really did stand out. Sometimes we go to the theater and that kind of can blend in with the rest in the environment, with the voice acting score and all that things. But I really did feel the base. I really did feel just all the sound mixings from every type of sound effect possible on screen. And, you know, that's just I mean, I like sound. I like scores. But in this film right here, it really did stand out, especially, you know, they're also diving within the story. You know, every group of people, every civilization has not every civilization, but most has somebody they worship. And, you know, in this film, they did, too. They had a bunch of idol gods that some people did worship. And that was pretty greedy, pretty selfish. You know, was really just about material things. And when these so-called gods or idols were speaking, when they was coming through with all the sound mixing in the base and things like that, that stood out to me as well. And I'm just kind of like, whoa, you know, that's kind of threatening there. You know, I'm kind of feeling this, you know, the film has kind of portrayed a worthy antagonist, as you would say. And so that's just kind of something that got me on board. I also really did like the voice acting. We have Adewale, Ekanoe, Akbaje. He's an African brother. I forgot what country he's from. I think he's from Nigeria. If he's not, I'm so, so sorry for botching that. I should have wrote that down, but I thought I had him memorized. But we also have Eegh machine and another gentleman by the name of Al Rodrigo. And the voice acting in this movie could not have been any better for the roles that they were trying to portray. We also got, you know, like Adewale, Ekanoe, Akbaje. He is voicing Bala as a man. But, you know, we see Bala as like a six year old as a teenager and then, you know, as a grown man. And so, you know, we get to see him in different stages of his life. But I liked it a lot more when it was when it was out of Wale, you know, voicing his voicing the character as a man. Now, I just said that the film shows Bala the hero in like different sections of his life. And that's kind of where I want to get into the negatives of the film because I really didn't get into it other than the sound mixing and all that and the voice acting and too much. And so he got to a man. But when he was a young boy and a teenager, you know, I was watching it and I'm just like, OK, this is this is somewhat interesting. You know, where is the story going? But the pacing of the story was just kind of like all over the place. And when I'm seeing him as a little boy and I'm seeing him as a teenager, I'm just starting to kind of lose interest in like, where is the story going? I mean, every time something interesting is happening, even when he becomes a man and things are revving up like the film transitions over to another scene and it's just kind of knocking the wind out of me. The transitions were not that good. I didn't know where the story was going. It was hitting a brick wall unnecessarily over and over and over again. And I just kept getting bored. And I'm just like, OK, really, what is making Bala such a hero? You know, that's really what I wanted to come see. What is he going to do? That's just really going to turn me over and convince me, like, OK, this guy right here, he is the man and he can really just lead his people. Now, when Bala got older, you know, I did like him as a character and he is somebody that I would not mind getting to know. Wouldn't mind going to lunch with or anything like that. You know, somebody that I would not mind hanging out on the weekend. He's a very respectable guy, very respectable character. You know, when he was oppressed, there was certain times to where he did stand up, you know, for injustices and just kind of like, you know, when he's monologuing through certain scenes and kind of reminiscing on the past, like, you know, hey, my mother taught me that it's not just about physical change. It's about mental change. I'm like, OK, I respect that. But there was just like really just one or two small incidents where there was a public crowd to where, you know, he really just did something to move everybody. And to me, that just wasn't enough. Like when I got towards the end of this film, I was just kind of asking myself, OK, is that it? I mean, you really didn't show anything. I mean, he finally got out of slavery and he was doing this and doing that and learning how to fight and went over here, went over there. And, you know, through kind of like a montage, that's kind of when they showed him rise up on a building. And, you know, everybody just started following him. And I'm just like, you know, I'm not really convinced here. I'm not I don't I'm not saying that the character is bad. I'm not saying that the character is not a hero at all. I am not saying that at all. I am not trying to be disrespectful to this real life character. But what I am saying is that in this movie, they did not portray it well enough to sell the point, you know, of this subtitle for the titular character, Bilal. Now towards the end of the film, there was an action film that did, you know, kind of get me a little excited, kind of did give me to the edge of my seat because I really do like action. But I'm thinking, OK, hey, this is going to be the scene to where he comes through with his sword slashing everybody down. You know, you know, something like that. But, you know, that never came. And I'm just like, OK, he really wasn't a hero in this last war, this last battle, either, you know, not saying anything bad about him. I'm not. I'm not there. There is nothing bad about Bilal in this movie, but there is something wrong with the way the story is told and how they did, you know, portray just how everything flowed. It wasn't a smooth story. It did not flow well. The pacing was off and it wasn't even that long. It was like an hour and 45 minutes and I was kind of like, OK, you know, when are we going to get to something interesting? And then the battle came at the end. It was interesting. But then I kind of just left, you know, feeling like it was a let down. If I had to rate this movie, Bilal, a new breed of hero out of a one out of 10, I would give it a six out of 10. Yes, a six out of 10. And that is still a positive rating and also something I did leave out that also was a negative for me was the CD, the CD, the 3D CG animation. It was very clear to me that at some points in the film, they did spend a lot of time on the animation to make it pop and stand out and, you know, just, you know, make it beautiful, especially in the slow motion scenes. But there was other points in the movie to where they didn't put too much concentration on that at all. And it was very obvious to me. But hey, guys, that's just my opinion. Have you seen Bilal, a new breed of hero? Or do you want to see it? Have I turned you on? Have I turned you off? Do you agree with me or do you disagree with me? Let me know in the comment section below. Let's get this conversation going and keep it flowing. If you like this video, go ahead and give me the thumbs up. And if you don't like the video, that's fine. Leave me a comment below why and still give me the thumbs up. 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