Have others here seen GET OUT? Can we have a conversation that's full of spoilers?

[nolabear]

I'm not going to post any yet but I just saw it a couple of days ago and thought it a really good and chilling movie. What a great combination of having the horror movie tropes and bending them into a chance to think about what it's like to be a black man in that situation.

There were a couple of things that were kind of dorky but they weren't hard to forgive since they did such a good job with it.

But beware if you haven't seen it. I want to talk details down thread.

[bettyellen]

1. Loved it- second viewing felt totally different.

She was really like a cat with a mouse. More annoyed the others were being obvious about wanting to buy his body, than she was at the way they treated him.

So many great movies that inspired scenes and themes for it, commentary is so worth watching too!
Loved references to Hitchcock, Kubrick, and classic horror like Don't Be Afraid of The Dark and Rosemary's Baby.
Every minute is packed w symbolism yet it's incredibly entertaining. Favorite movie in many years.

[nolabear]

3. I loved the references too. I'll have to watch with commentary!

I certainly saw the Rosemary's Baby resemblance. That was the creepiest bunch of old white people I'd seen since.

And his deeply ingrained need to try to smooth things over was as horrifying as anything else. "It's cool" has never been more awful.

I expect a second viewing would make things seem more clear too.

I did think what they were actually up to was dorky but also true to old sci-fi.

[bettyellen]

4. Dorky and preposterous until you realize that similar has happened

That slavery was just as awful, being treated like your soul doesn't exist. Love how it played on the stereotypes of "admiring" black people so damn much you just want to take what they have- so you can have it all.

The commentary does a great breakdown of the deer/ buck symbolism as well as how major his moms death was in influencing him, and his redemption.

Also on the extras- more Lil Rel! Good stuff.

[nolabear]

5. Only dorky on one way. -***spoiler***

The brain transplant is a great old workhorse. But they certainly used it well as the ultimate objectification of and stealing of the black body. That auction...damn.

The deer in the headlights/buck theme was great. And the guilt over his fear of the system making him avoidant of 911 being exploited was creepy af. As a therapist I rankle at the abuse of psychiatry being a cliche but if you're going to do it they did it up. And it is a real fear people have.

[bettyellen]

6. Yes the dorky....

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And the irony everywhere- on the way up state, he wants the cops there because of the deer, and she does not want them to see his ID. Then boom. It upends expectations (black men don't want the cops around- he's not thinking like that) and flips them back in the end. God Marnie is evil.

[Agschmid]

2. It was excellent!

Interesting social commentary.

[bettyellen]

18. It took days to unwind all the symbolism and double entendres

[grantcart]

7. I was surprised that the production value was so high

I watched it twice and the second time was in Sierra Vista, AZ with a group of 60-70 year old snow birds that were spending the winter away from their ranches and farms in rural America.

They came out laughing hard.

That reaction was as good as the film and I had to admit even in the middle of this terrible year this country can still surprise you.

[bettyellen]

8. It's worth listening to Poole talk about the choices he made. He was so careful to choose on the

Side of being thougroughly entertaining- building suspense, then giving just enough comic relief to build up tension relentlessly to the last scene. He was very collaborative and sweated the details becasue he wanted to get the movie out and talked about, but knew failure would limit his opportunities as well as other black film makers to do something like this again soon.
Highly recommend watching w commentary and also the delete scenes. Poole is funny as hell, but so thoughtful and generous.

[nolabear]

9. Yes, he played the plot like music. Tension, release, tension, release.

Good writing is of course done that way but it was a Master Class. I'll definitely watch again with commentary.

[bettyellen]

10. I'd had a huge list in my head of movies he gave a nod too....

Even small nods, like the son playing a string instrument on the porch (Deliverance). The ones I missed were The Shining (topiary hedges) and North By Northwest (grandpa running straight to the camera).
He did not mention Done be Afraid of the Dark- using the flash camera to halt the monster's attack. Loved that movie, ha ha.

[nolabear]

11. I knew that camera flash rang a bell! And the running too.

This one will have film classes talking. 😄

On edit: Did you think Andre looked a lot like a young Richard Pryor?

[bettyellen]

14. Best "movie of the week" ever! Maybe Trilogy of Terror was as good...

The original was soo good. Poor gaslit Kim Darby never had a chance!

[nolabear]

15. Gaslighting in general is a great technique. Draws us into the confusion.

Unless it's the administration doing it of course.

[bettyellen]

17. Agree, and in a sense Get Out has a similar thing - using his empathy and

Weakness (as a kid) to make him vulnerable and use that vulnerability against him. Like with women, they valued him and other POC for their bodies but were completely fine writing off their soul / humanity. As a woman I've noticed a lot of white guys can relate to being treated like that and don't get how it's a core part of the experience of being a woman or POC in their society.

The whole thing with the deer in the beginning and then his mom? And later the buck head, used to come into his own? Totally went over my head the connection w his mom on the side of the road. Needed to have that mapped out for me.

[geek tragedy]

12. that scene where

the cop car pulls up with sirens, and everyone in the theater thinks "oh shit" but then it turns out it's the T-S-motherfucking-A.

[nolabear]

13. ...

[bettyellen]

16. They tried a bunch of other one liners for Lil Rel .... one was "do you think...

She's a Trump voter?" Another was "no more white girls".
I'm glad he picked the one he did, but those were funny!