Jordan Peele's GET OUT (Wins an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay)

[Sir Galahad]

I enjoyed the movie. It was interesting, trying figure out what was going on. The audience was really annoying. Clapping and cheering at the final act. I’ve never experienced that in a movie theatre in my area. Not even for Star Wars.

Personally, I saw it as a criticism of people trying to speak on behalf of black people and using them for virtue signalling.

It brought to mind something that appeared on my Facebook wall due to a friend commenting on a post from someone I (thankfully) don’t know. He was a white man, all distraught over the fact that a black man insinuated he was racist on Facebook. He responded with a lengthy post about how much of a good “ally” he was and included many photos of him with black people to prove it. The photos looked like photo ops with clients. It was a really desperate, cringeworthy display.

When people talk about “being a good ally” and using friendships or even work relationships as their own personal proof of how tolerant they are, all I see is people treating people as their little pets to parade around, something to show off to others to prove how morally superior they are.

Anyway, I saw that message in the movie but I can also see it being taken other ways.

 

[Mark Cutting]

Definitely one of the freshest and most well-done horror movies of the past few years. It's not revolutionary-good like The Exorcist, The Babadook, or Don't Look Now!, but still very good.

Didn't like Babadook... LOVED The Witch though.

 

[shockaholic12]

Just around and saw it

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Decent movie. Would recommend to watch if you just want some entertainment. The main thing I have against it is that they never really explored why they went for black folks. They mentioned that they were physically stronger but it just doesn't seem plausible why they would only go for them. My interpretation of the whole movie is that Peele want's to show that seemingly nice white liberals can still harbor supremacy sentiments and they still keep black people in the "sunken room".

I saw it in theaters when it came out a long time ago and remember them clearly explaining why it was black folks. The Granddad was an overachiever who became humilated/insecure/obsessed after being defeated in track, at the Olympic level I believe, by black men during an era were they were still looked upon as an inferior race. They killed his dream.

Granddad who was already crazy got a complex from it and was the one who began the experiments/procedure with the dream of finally achieving the athletic prowess he never could with his white ancestry, which is why the character who’s body he inhibits sprints around in the middle of the night. The obsession with the anatomy of blacks was passed on in the cultish family,
such as the undersized son who is always commenting on the protagonist’s strength and power and the daughter who gets a kick out of dating big black studs.

It’s a hurt pride and jealousy in thing mixed with a cult thinking family. There’s no reason for them to target other races because being white yuppies they possess everything they could want besides the anatomy of the more athletic race.

 

[MaxMMA]

Just saw this a few weeks back, it's entertaining, but it's basically "The stepford wives."

If this same movie had been made, but they were just taking over other white peoples bodies I'm sure it would have gotten a lower score or at least not nearly as much praise as it got.

Jordan peel did a great job utilizing the current black victim narrative to cash in. Can't say I wouldn't have done the same thing.

 

[Mookie]

I went into this movie thinking it was going to compare to Alien, The Shining, etc. Those reviews...

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Welcome to the new age of cinema folks, where absolutely average shit like this is exalted.

 

[Sir Galahad]

Wanted Get Out to win last evening at the SAG Awards. @BisexualMMA @shadow_priest_x

 

[Capt Lunatic]

I liked it compared to 90% of recent horror movies I've seen. It was well directed and well acted. I didn't think it was mind blowing. I did re-watch it a few days later and liked it a little more.

“It’s a horror movie where a black guy isn’t the first one killed.” - Norman Lear

First, that's pretty much EVERY horror movie. Maybe watch something other than Scream 2.
Second, the first victim of the movie is the black guy pulled off the street. 1st scene of the movie. You can argue he's technically alive, but by the definition set by the film he's a goner.

 

[HARRISON_3]

Didn't like Babadook... LOVED The Witch though.

I wanted to like The Witch, but I just found it way too slow and hard to understand what the heck they were saying.

 

[Mark Cutting]

I wanted to like The Witch, but I just found it way too slow and hard to understand what the heck they were saying.

Ha... I use subtitles due to advanced hearing loss

Loooove the film. Especially the ending w Black Phillip. \m/

 

[Ry4n]

Late but finally viewed.. 99% is outrageous. Maybe I expected too much given the hype but it a good movie, that's it. In terms of horror/thriller genre I saw "It Follows" couple of weeks ago and that edges out Get Out.

 

[BJ@LW&WW]

i thought it was a good movie, but not spectacular. gave it a second viewing after watching jordan peele talk about some of the symbolisms (a few that i didnt pick up on.) still wasnt mind blowing or anything, but i liked it.

Late but finally viewed.. 99% is outrageous. Maybe I expected too much given the hype but it a good movie, that's it. In terms of horror/thriller genre I saw "It Follows" couple of weeks ago and that edges out Get Out.

i dont think it's ridiculous because rotten tomatoes is a binary scoring system. if it was like imdb and it had a 9.9/10, that would be crazy to me. but that is not what a 99% means.

to make an mma analogy, you could have a very close fight be a unanimous decision (even in a hypothetical with numerous judges) because despite it being close, there was clearly a winner. the declaration of a winner does not indicate how drastically the fight was won. simply that it was clear one fighter won.

in rotten tomatoes, a 99% doesn't necessarily mean the movie was top tier or GMOAT, it just means it was clearly a good movie.

an averaged, non-binary score is much more indicative of perceived quality, i.e. imdb's 1-10 rating system.

there you can see 37% of voters gave the film a 7 or lower.

 

[Fugazi]

I don’t get the hype around this movie.
I watched it twice and found it below average.
I gave it a second chance but that didn’t do it any favours

 

[Mookie]

Loooove the film. Especially the ending w Black Phillip. \m/

That was his directorial debut as well... A new Kubrick in the making. Absolutely genius film.

 

[Kardashians]

Didn't like Babadook... LOVED The Witch though.

Babadook was fucking awful. I wanted that kid to die 2 minutes into the film. But he didn’t. What an annoying unbearable little shit. I swear to god.

Agree that The Witch was good tho. I enjoyed it.

 

[liljoe]

WOOHOO!!! Best picture and Best director nominations!!!

 

[Fonx]

It´s amazing how much hype can do to a movie. This is not an Oscar movie imho. Kaluuya is a great actor tho.

 

[cmw43]

WOOHOO!!! Best picture and Best director nominations!!!

This doesn't look right.

 

[HenryFlower]

This doesn't look right.

i don’t get it

 

[Hogey]

It´s amazing how much hype can do to a movie. This is not an Oscar movie imho. Kaluuya is a great actor tho.

Deftinley one of the best actors of our time. His work in siccario and kick ass was amazing and who can forget his performance in Johnny English

 

[Sir Galahad]

Late but finally viewed.. 99% is outrageous. Maybe I expected too much given the hype but it a good movie, that's it. In terms of horror/thriller genre I saw "It Follows" couple of weeks ago and that edges out Get Out.