 When I think of the farm I think of mud. I dreamed of brown. Way down the wall. So guys, so we have another Netflix original here called Mudbound. Just got done watching it, so let's check it out. My name is Brennan Keith-Avery, and this is just my opinion. Hey guys, I want to thank you so much for tuning in to my opinion slash review for Mudbound, a Netflix original. I do appreciate it. But before I get into the review, help your boy out, go ahead and click that subscribe button. Become one of my subscribers. Click that bell so you can be notified when I 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 another Netflix original, and I remember when these Netflix original start coming out. I was like, huh, you know, I'm not really too concerned with them, you know, I just want to go see movies and theaters. And I was wrong because, you know, they're getting better and better and better. And you know, this one was pretty decent as well. The first one that I reviewed on my channel was Message from the King, which came out, I think May of this year, which has with Bozeman. But this is the second Netflix original that we have coming out. It came out. It's being directed by Day Reeze or Day Rez. I have not seen any of her other films. She's an African, well, I don't know if she's African American or what part of the world she's from. She's black. And when I looked it up, the other film that she was a part of was Pariah, which came out, I think, in 2011. And what that had to do with, I think it was like a young teenager that was a lesbian and that she was adapting to, I guess, her new discover lifestyle and dealing with a family. You know, there was a lot of ups and downs. Her nothing but great things about it. And after I've seen this right here, Mudbound, that kind of makes me want to go back and watch Pariah. So, you know, if you've seen Pariah, heard anything about it, go ahead and let me know in the comment section below. But she is the director. This movie does star Mary J. Blige. It also stars Jason Mitchell. He was the black guy that played in Kong Squad Island, which came out Marston Sheer and also Corey Strat out of Compton. He was EZE and he wrecked the hell out of that role. And that is something that made me look forward to this. Also, Garrett Hudlin is in this movie too. And also, what is his name? Jason Clark or whatever. And also the guy that played, he wasn't Breaking Bad or whatever. He played a rabid racist in this movie too. And but, you know, they all did a great job. They all gave pretty decent performances. Even Mary J. Blige, the singer. And, you know, and for my particular taste, I'm, you know, I'm not saying that she's a horrible actress, but I'm not going to sit here and say that she's great either. But in this, in this movie, she did do a great job. What it's about is this, it is, this is a period piece that takes place from the years of like, I want to say 1939 to 1944, 1945. Of course, that's, you know, happened to do with the World War II. Of course, we were bombed in from Japan in 1941, you know, up until 1944 is when, as far as the war is concerned, where this film covered. Now you have two families. So you have a white family with Garrett Hullin going off to war. And then you have the black family with Jason Mitchell, his character going off to war. And they're going, they're going off to war at the very beginning of the film. And so doing the film, you get two stories at one time. You get to see the two men over overseas, you know, fighting Germans. But then you get to see the two families going back and forth over here, you know, back in Southern Mississippi. And, you know, as the two gentlemen come back from war, you know, they're just trying to get used to life after the war. And of course, Jason Mitchell's character has to deal with racism. Me as a black man, African American, a black American, you know, of course, there was a few scenes in here that I, you know, kind of did make me uncomfortable and angry. You know, because, you know, we don't like to see our people just kind of continue to get, I can't talk, excuse me, continue to get disrespected and beat on. And there is a scene or two in this movie that you're going to have to deal with, especially at the end. So if that, you know, some of my friends, they're just done it. Like, you know what, I'm tired of seeing movies where we get in the ass kicked. I'm done. Like a friend of mine, she didn't even want to go see Marshall because she was like, I don't want to deal with it. I don't want to see no racism crap. I'm sick of it. So, you know, if you're one that's just tired of seeing stuff like that and can't handle it anymore, I'm no judgment. I'm not judging you at all. I understand. You may want to stay away from this film. It's not, you know, 12 years of slave bad where just keep getting, well, you know, what there is one scene that did make me angry. I kind of wanted to, you know, kind of throw the remote at the TV, but I'm just letting you know. So if you can handle stuff like that, go ahead and watch it. But if, you know, if you don't like being called nigger and all this stuff here and there, you know, this film may not be for you. But early on in the film, it comes in a little over two hours. It didn't have to be that long to me. And something that turned me off initially at the very beginning of the film is something that actually draws me into a movie into a film is I don't mind narration. I love narration. It really can set the tone and just kind of get you going from a nice jumping off point to start the movie. But what turned me off initially in this film is I felt that there was just too much narration. It was just too much and it was getting on my nerve. Once a young lady in particular, she was the wife of Jason Clark's character, one of the white guys. I'm sure you've all seen Titanic. And in that movie, what is her name? The woman that played Rose. Oh my goodness. I can't believe I forgot her name. But in that movie, she was narrating at the very beginning of the movie and pretty much for the first hour. And in that movie, it works. It flow well. I like the pacing. It fit well within the story. You know, it was great. But this character here, when she was narrating at the very beginning of the movie, I started thinking about Titanic. And while it worked in that movie to me, it did not work in this movie here. And I would just kind of clocked out and was not being able to focus or whatever. Because when I am watching a movie, a film, and they're going through the story, I want the film to tell the story. I don't want the actors to tell me the story. Let me see it develop on its own through your acting. I don't want to just see a bunch of characters on screen. And there is a voiceover or whatever. It can work a lot of times. But for me, that is just something that really just turned me off in this movie. And this was difficult for me to get on board with. And then it wasn't just her character. It was all characters. I mean, you have these two families, white and black. And then you have these two white and black characters overseas as well. And every time we got to see them for the first time, there was narration. And I'm just like, man, it was just too much. So like the first 45 minutes to an hour in this movie, I just kind of felt like the whole thing was an introduction. Instead of it being like the first 15 to 20 minutes, I felt the first 45 minutes to an hour was an introduction. And I just didn't care. It just really was a hard for me to adapt to this. And you know, but eventually things did get good. And I mean, there just really is no story to this as well. You just kind of just see a family. I mean, there is, but you just kind of see a family on a form trying to survive. And black people continue to get taken advantage of. Of course, yes, that did happen decades and decades and decades ago. You know, but at the same time, there wasn't much anything else to it. The performances wasn't just phenomenal. You know, like, oh my God, you know, they convinced a hell out of me at that scene. Y'all need to go see this because of it. No, it wasn't anything like that, but it wasn't bad either. And never at one point. And I said, like, oh my gosh, it's just cringe worthy. I can't. These actors and actresses can't act. You know, it was just decent. The cinematography could have been a lot better as well, especially in nighttime, even in the beginning, there was just a lot of scenes to where I was just like what is going on. I really can't see. you know, there just wasn't that much light to the scene. Of course, this is taking place outside for the most part, but, you know, I found myself flipping through, like the settings on my TV, trying to set it, you know, to a nice setting so I can see a nice contrast on screen. And I've never really had to do that before. So that just kind of stood out to me as well. The soundtrack in the score was pretty decent. You know, I did a rag on the narrating towards the beginning of the film, but there was a few key scenes where they had some narration between the characters and there was a nice, you know, a score in the background that, you know, added more life to that particular scene. So I did like that. You know, but for the most part, I did kept looking at my phone, like, you know, and pressing pause, you know, asking myself, okay, how much time is left? How much time is left? So I just really didn't love it, but it was cool. As far as the end of the movie, you know, the racial tensions do pick up quite a bit for one scene that I talked about earlier that made me angry. There is some semblance of justice that is served, but at the same time, I was not completely satisfied. Nowhere in this film did they say if this is a true story or not. So since it's not a true story, maybe they could have wrote something in there to make me a little bit happier, but at the same time, we don't even get justice today. So it's pretty obvious that we wasn't gonna get true justice back, you know, in 1940s or whatever, but this is not a bad film, guys. It's not, but I'm not finished in here and say that it was freaking fantastic either. You know, it was decent. I'm not finished in here and say this is something that you have to watch, but at the same time, you know, you may find some entertainment out of it and if you have nothing else to do and you like the actors and actresses in this film, hey, you may be able to get a lot more enjoyment out of it than I did. If I had to rate Mudbound out of a one out of 10, I would give it a 6.5 out of 10. Yes, a 6.5 out of 10. But guys, that's just my opinion. Have you seen Mudbound, a Netflix original or do you wanna 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 it a thumbs up and if you don't like the video, that's fine. Just leave me a comment below why and still give me a thumbs up. Since you're watching this on YouTube, go ahead and subscribe to my YouTube channel. Become one of my subscribers. 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