 You know, I don't know this movie kind of makes me want to get a dog. My name is Brandon Keith Avery and This is just my opinion. Hey, what's going on everyone? Thank you so much for tuning in to my opinion slash review for alpha I really do appreciate it Now this is an interesting film to me. It was actually directed by Albert Hughes He is part of the Hughes brothers that also did the book of Eli Stone and Denzel Washington in 2010 I love that movie. That was just freaking fascinating to me One of the best films of the year and he's also did a number of shorts in Why this film why say it's interesting to me is you know If you want a good sense of the tone going into this movie, you're probably going to be confused I believe they were put they kept pushing this movie back I tried to react to it over a year ago and I didn't upload it to youtube because I forgot to delete a bunch of footage off my camera in the middle of me reacting You know, it got full and I you know, it stopped recording after like 30 seconds So I was pretty upset about that But when I really tried to originally tried to react to this trailer to this film When I first heard about it, um, it kind of there was really no dialogue in the film It seemed just kind of like a very somber Epic tone of survival And now when you look at the marketing material, it's not like that. It's like a family friendly disney movie to where they're like Ah, are you interested in the story of how mankind discovered man's best friend? You know all that stuff right there. So, um, that kind of turned me off and I can understand if that turns you off too And you not want to see this film just like oh my gosh I don't want to see anything like this. It just seems too dang friendly to me But it's not like that at all. Um, you know, for the most part this film is pretty enjoyable It is it takes place 20 000 years ago In europe or that's what the subtitles say kind of dealing right after the last ice age That this planet went through and uh, the first thing I noticed in this film is uh, the cinematography It was pretty good for the most part except for a couple of scenes And just the way that mankind survived, of course, it's 20 000 years ago It's completely different than how it is today And the way that they Showed us in the film of just one of the people trying to survive in this tribe Like eating insects and not just not even think about it Now there are people in this world today Across the globe that still eat insects for this and that for whatever reasons You know, I don't know much about it and that's not part of my culture But that is just something that I noticed at the very beginning like wow, you know, we're not in Kansas anymore You know, we're in a different part of the world and really in a different part of time And early on in the film the only thing that I really enjoyed early on was when they were engaged with the animals and the beast And trying to go hunting things like that But other than that when they're going around just you seeing the landscape and just kind of getting a sense of You know the tribe and how they live their everyday life and how they're traveling here and there It was very spotty Some of the shots look beautiful and now it really did feel like they were on the other side of the planet in Uncharted territory and other parts of the film at the very beginning Within the first act it looked like they were like trekking back and forth to someone's backyard I mean it just looked really bad. I'm just like a man I mean like how much money did y'all spend on this? You know just kind of reminds me of the that $12 budget that other Films was using earlier in this year and it just so it was just like really spotty I wish really was not engaged with the relationship between the main character His father the leader of the tribe his name in the film is keta and I don't see the name of his father. I think his name is tau But you know in the film his name is keta and real life. His name is cody smite mcfee Well, I know this guy. He's been in a few other movies before that. He was in the x-man apocalypse or whatever That's that's interesting. He done grown grow up on me But he's but it's uh, you know, he has somewhat of an interesting character. But you know I just didn't like the relationship between you know him and his father I mean, I like this father's performance. I thought that was great But I don't know it was just something that was off for me You know within their relationship now you can also divide this movie into two halves, of course You know the first half and the second half But what I mean is, you know, the first half of the movie to where Keta does not meet the dog and then it's another like it just kind of transitions over a completely different tone after he meets the dog or the wolf dog and You know going on in the rest of this film the breed of this dog is a czechoslovakian wolf dog I had to uh, lick uh, I finna say lick that up because of a dog. Ha ha look that up and um You know the relationship was great, you know, like I said in my intro it kind of makes me want to get a dog But something that also just stood out to me Kind of I want to say in the second act of the film when things did just get a lot better You know after we were seeing them hunting and things like that and just trying to survive and keta keta You know gets thrown over a cliff by one of the buffalo by one of the bison You know, that's where really things started like to pick up for me and I just really Started to care and got a real sense of danger like man, you know, I hope this dude makes it You know, I hope he you know, this doesn't die if he jumped off a cliff or a terrain and he was uh, You know falling into like a body of water or something like that. I was kind of tensed up in my seat like this Like oh my god, it's gonna hurt. Oh, okay. He made it, you know So, you know, that just does a really good job right there of getting you gauging the film And I just have to give you know two thumbs up to the director and he's just really started showcasing a lot of Beautiful shots like I just said that some of them look like they were shot in somebody's backyard You know with an old flip foam camera But uh, you know after you know keta got into danger and he's just trying to survive That's where everything just really did pick up There's this one shot where he's hanging on the side of a cliff And I just thought that was one of the most beautiful scenes in the whole entire movie Um, like real talk it just I was like I was blown away by you know, like I was like, whoa Okay, that looks really really good. You know, they did a great job there And then just another a number of other shots too where the cinematography on the screen did just really pop Uh, I also did see this film in 3d. Uh, when did I see this? I saw it Tuesday Um, and uh, it was uh, you know, unvoluntarily, you know That's just the format that you know, we had to see it in the screening And I'm not a big fan of 3d. Um, if they abolished it, I would not lose a moment of sleep But it also helped me in this film enjoyed just a little bit more Some of the effects didn't just feel like it was popping out at you as it's falling towards the screen Which I like that is my personal favorite You know, if I am going to watch a 3d film, but you also got a really good sense of depth Um, and when someone is trying to survive you have wolves and tigers and buffalo and bison things like that With wide shots, you know from here going past all the way to the horizon and things like that It just you know, uh, Provided a great image for you to see, you know with the 3d glasses So I never would have wanted to go see this movie in 3d, but if you are a 3d fan Um, you know, it does, uh, you know, heighten up the film just a little bit more So, you know, that's just something that you can look forward to Um, but I you know, I respect the cata cata's Roll in this film, you know, he transitioned from a boy to a man You know, he kind of grew some kahunas and just really just had to do what he had to do to survive And um, you know, I have nothing but respect for that. Like I said, I love the relationship with the dog I actually was caring or the wolf dog, whatever I actually cared about the relationship and you know One of them to make it and things like that and there were just a few moments in the second half of this Movie where I was watching it and I just found myself like wow, brenton You've been smiling for about a good three or four minutes straight or whatever You know while early on in the film, I was getting kind of bored just you know in there like that But you know, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I mean if you had absolutely no interest in saying this film You still probably want to just steer away Because I'm not just good. I'm not raving saying that it was that great But you know, if this was something, you know that she was somewhat interested in and you just didn't know if you wanted to You know go see it. I you know, I wouldn't probably spend 11 or 12 dollars or anything like that But you know, if you just want to go check out a good matinee, you know Hey, I recommend the film if I had to rate alpha out of a one out of 10 I will give alpha a seven out of 10. Yes a seven out of 10 But guys, that's just my opinion Have you seen alpha or do you want to see it? Have I turned you on have I turned you off and do you agree with me or do you disagree with me? Let me know down in the comment section below Let's get this conversation going and keep it flowing if you like this film I'm sorry if you like this video, go ahead and give me the thumbs up and if you don't that's fine But you can still subscribe to my channel. 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