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This is a very well done movie. The mix of paranoid thriller suspense with broad comedy was handled just about perfectly.
I laughed a lot, and really loved the perspective of a blue collar black man and how he sees the strange entitlement of upper crust white people. I remember always getting a kick out of black comedian's doing their take on certain buffoonish white folks and their corny humor and limited understanding of boundaries and respect. This movie was a welcome throwback to that playful brand of humor.
That's not to say I really feel this way about white people. But there's a little bit of truth in every stereotype, even if it's a tabboo subject. It's only a ribbing and a generalization at self important "white people". Something that was built into this movie. A poke in the chops at aristocratic mentality, and how some privileged races feel the need to "belong" amongst a sometimes under-privileged different color people, even at the expense of their manners and awareness of how they come across when trying to fit in and break the ice.
The film has a strong ability to keep the suspense on high, never really showing in full what's happening until it's worked you over enough to finally divulge the plot.
Get Out is a much needed refreshing for my palate after having to drudge through a lot of self important and bloated modern thrillers. I was surprisingly not twisted up on the social commentary it presented because it was all in fun, and when it did hit the nail on the head and take a serious tone at the audacity of some social circles, it still remained playful thanks to a pitch perfect reactionary performance from Daniel Kaluuya.
Glad I finally got around to seeing this one. Horror keeps getting smarter and I'm digging that, even if this is essentially a b-styled picture, it's still much too self aware to be pigeonholed into that sunken category.
Get Out (2017)
Director: Jordan Peele
Rated: R
Director: Jordan Peele
Rated: R
This is a very well done movie. The mix of paranoid thriller suspense with broad comedy was handled just about perfectly.
I laughed a lot, and really loved the perspective of a blue collar black man and how he sees the strange entitlement of upper crust white people. I remember always getting a kick out of black comedian's doing their take on certain buffoonish white folks and their corny humor and limited understanding of boundaries and respect. This movie was a welcome throwback to that playful brand of humor.
That's not to say I really feel this way about white people. But there's a little bit of truth in every stereotype, even if it's a tabboo subject. It's only a ribbing and a generalization at self important "white people". Something that was built into this movie. A poke in the chops at aristocratic mentality, and how some privileged races feel the need to "belong" amongst a sometimes under-privileged different color people, even at the expense of their manners and awareness of how they come across when trying to fit in and break the ice.
The film has a strong ability to keep the suspense on high, never really showing in full what's happening until it's worked you over enough to finally divulge the plot.
Get Out is a much needed refreshing for my palate after having to drudge through a lot of self important and bloated modern thrillers. I was surprisingly not twisted up on the social commentary it presented because it was all in fun, and when it did hit the nail on the head and take a serious tone at the audacity of some social circles, it still remained playful thanks to a pitch perfect reactionary performance from Daniel Kaluuya.
Glad I finally got around to seeing this one. Horror keeps getting smarter and I'm digging that, even if this is essentially a b-styled picture, it's still much too self aware to be pigeonholed into that sunken category.