 So we got another movie with Denzel Washington as the main star. This guy has like over 50 acting credits which is pretty good. My name is Brennickie Thavery and this is just my opinion. Hey guys, I want to thank you so much for tuning in to my opinion slash review for Roman J Israel Esquiar. I really do appreciate it and before we get into the review, help your boy out. Go ahead and click that subscribe button, become one of my subscribers. Also click the bell so you can be notified when I do make uploads and also give me that thumbs up. Let's see if we can get this video to 100 likes. So now we have Roman J Israel Esquiar and if you don't know what that means, it is a term that was brought up in the UK which means it's right above a gentleman but right below a knight. And if you want to like look it up on Wikipedia, there's like a ton of levels of social justification that you know is listed on and it's at the bottom but it's right above gentleman and right below knight. And I like how you know that was used in the film and I'll get to that in just a second. This movie is being directed by Dan Gilroy written and directed by Dan Gilroy and Dan Gilroy. He also, this is his second film that he's directed and I'll just go ahead and say he did a pretty decent job but the first film he directed was Nightcrawler which I believe came out in 2014 and that movie did, it didn't win an Oscar I don't believe but it was nominated for an Oscar for the writing of the best writing department and I will go ahead and say that you know I do agree with that as well. That movie was written quite well. It was one of the best films of the year to me in the you know 2014. So now we have Dan Gilroy's second film starring Denzel Washington. And of course you know who Denzel Washington is. He's won a ton of awards before, been nominated left and right, can play any type of role. He's one of the best actors in the business today and probably continue to will be in future movies you know headed on. And when you see Denzel Washington in a movie, when he's playing a role he's like nine times out of ten you know the main star, the main role in the film and you're not necessarily going to go see the movie for the plot or the story you're mostly going to go see it for the acting. And I won't say that at all in cases, sometimes you may be going because you want to see the story as well but everybody knows that this guy can act his butt off and you know he did the same thing in here in this movie. The co-star in this movie is Colin Furrell. You know he does a great job as well. I just talked about you know like the plot and the story and how you're mostly going to go see Denzel Washington and of course he is the best part of this movie. He is playing a defense attorney and this movie is set in prison day and what I liked about his character which drives the whole film is his character is really grounded in his roots and has true core beliefs that he believes in and won't be shaken you know from those beliefs at all. You can't throw a bunch of money at him to get him to bend at your will he just doesn't care about that you know he lives an average life you know at one point in the film it was talking about how he at one point he had to decide if he wanted a family or if he wanted to pursue his career and that he just knew that he couldn't do both and I'm not an attorney but you know I know I have a few couple of friends that are attorneys and some acquaintances here and there and what I've seen in media and movies and things like that you know an attorney is a very busy life and you know it takes a lot so you know I can't necessarily disagree with him as far as you know him you know wanting to choose his career over his family that's just his personal choice you know in the film and you know we do get a good account of that. His role in this film he is very peculiar like super duper something I did find about him just and then Gilroy wrote this in the movie for no reason is the guy is obsessed with peanut butter sandwiches like if you open up his cupboard he has like 50 jars of peanut butter like a drift peanut butter or whatever and when he's eating his sandwiches like he just you know tears it down just like no no no flips over one side we eat that side and like eat all the crust and then just devour it like that and it's just kind of funny you know that that's just something unique about his character really didn't have to do anything else but Dan Gilroy just wanted to hey you know this guy he likes peanut butter sandwiches and also something else that I liked about his character he really just doesn't care about what anybody thinks about himself he's polite for the most part no yes he is polite for all parts but he just has no filter and he doesn't have a problem you know telling you what it is and how it is it just how he really feels or whatever and in doing that sometimes he can rub people the wrong way and they could you know get the wrong impression of him but he's not doing it on purpose just to be an a-hole or whatever that's just kind of like who he is and so he doesn't care about what any people feel about him as far as that is concerned but he also doesn't care about I mean I don't want to say that he doesn't care but his dress and his you know the way you know the way he goes into work he just kind of has his overly large suit jacket that's not well coat jacket that's not really a suit and it's not just sloppy but it's not clean cut either but it's just like you know hey it is what it is you know this is what makes me comfortable and you see what I just did with my glasses he also does that with his glasses throughout the whole film and it's just like these little little nuances here and mannerisms here and there that just kind of makes his character come to life on top of the great acting just kind of what makes me like his character even more and of course you know he has that giant fro that just really needs to be combed and tame I mean there's nothing wrong with a fro Rocky a fro my brother you know but you know his is not up kept the way that it could be and that's just something you know else great about his character that I loved it just stood out or whatever Colin Firth I mean Colin Farrell excuse me I spoke about him you know he did a fine job as well later on in the film you know him and Denzel Washington's character Roman J Israel do become partners in a new firm and you know they did a they work well together I mean I do like the screen time that they had together you know they worked and played off each other very well as far as the plot in the story of the film there's really not necessarily a story of the film but there is a plot and you know Roman Denzel you know he's been working his butt off in like 30 36 years you know as a defense attorney and he just sees a pattern or whatever and you know no matter what color you are in this film you know he represents everybody you know as a defense attorney he just feels that no one is really getting true justice and people are you know being forced to take deals that just really unfair and in the Constitution he was just like you know hey says that everybody you know deserves a free and fair trial and you know a lot of these attorneys and you know prosecutors and just this whole legal system a lot of people take advantage of people and just you know fine loopholes to get over on people and he just doesn't you know think that's fair and he kind of wants to do something about it and you know that is put well also before that you know he works at a he does a lot of cases for free and his partner or boss you know has a heart attack and is not you know and so he's as far as the architecture of the firm is he is one of the the grand pillars or whatever and that's just kind of how the film starts off and sits it on his pace and what not and eventually makes him bump into Colin Furrier or whatever and so that's what the plot is and at one point when he's with Colin Firth he just like like I have a plan I've been working on this for seven years you know I want people to have true justice and I really don't feel you know like there are and that's just something and I was got really excited about as far as the plot in the film and you know when they bought that to the forefront and there's another of random things that happen in the film as well that drives the film you know he kind of gets involved with the wrong people you know here and there and I don't want to necessarily say that he has to survive but you know he just has to do what he has to do to you know get out on top so the plot of the film is great the character is great and I love the the acting by Denzel Washington you know it was great and I love every little thing about his character but something that did disappoint me about the film is they didn't follow through on two strong plot lines that I thought they should follow up on you know the film did kind of in I don't yeah it did kind of end abruptly you knew that the film was gonna end but when the credits hit I was a little disappointed and I was like okay crap you know like I wish I would have saw more I wish they would have finished this through you're kind of left to assume what will happen and fill in the gaps and I'm this is I just I'm I don't like that one of the one of the plots that they didn't you know finish you know to me at least and you know you may not feel that way when you see the film and I really do recommend you see the film because it you know it like I just said it the film allows you to fill in the gaps and kind of come up with your own ending you know if you want so if that's good and give us a way of you know giving us a happy ending you know it may work for you but it didn't necessarily work for me so I didn't feel that they kind of finished that plot of justice that he wanted to you know bring to fruition and also I kind of wanted to see something else play out with him getting involved with the wrong crowd necessarily and so you know like I said I like this plot of the film I like the character in the acting but what I did not like is to me they didn't finish the plot you know if I would have to rate Roman J Israel Esquire out of a one out of ten I would give it a seven point five out of ten yes a seven point five out of ten but guys that's just my opinion have you seen Roman J Israel Esquire 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 liked this video go ahead and give me the thumbs up and if you don't like the video that's fine just leave me a comment below why and still give me the thumbs up since you're 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