Caution!!! Spoilers for those who did not watch the movie in class
Get out is a movie that is directed by Jordan Peele. He describes the film as not a horror movie but a social thriller. Get out is a movie that is about a guy named Chris who is African American and a girl who he is dating named Rose and is white. They have been dating for around four months and Rose thinks it's time for Chris to meet the family. They end up traveling upstate for the week and while they are up Rose’s mom hypnotized Chris. Roses family ended up having a bunch of friends/family over while they were there. There were various microaggressions in this scene involving stereotypes against African Americans. Later in the film Chris is getting suspicious of her family and decides he wants to leave. While packing he found pictures of rose and a bunch of other black boyfriends that she had in the past and were now working for her parents. Chris figured out that they were being hypnotized and controlled to do whatever was asked of them. He then got hypnotized himself and they began the process to turn him into one of their slaves. In the end Chris escapes and drives off in Rose’s brother’s car.
This movie subjectively was amazing. I am typically not one to like horror movies but this one was really good. There were a lot of plot twists in the movie which I love so much. Whenever one would happen I would just think “you have got to be kidding me” and that's what I loved about this movie.
This movie objectively was incredible. It made sure to hit a bunch of sensitive topics in our society such as race. Jordan Peele did an excellent job at making numerous scenes in this movie uncomfortable for the audience. He also made sure to keep the audience fully engaged in the movie and make sure that they are completely interested in the movie still.
I would give this movie a: Good , Good
Get Out Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzfpyUB60YY
Get Out Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzfpyUB60YY
I agree as with your review because it stirs up the conversation of racism in America. Although, I am not of fan of the usual "horror" movies typically, I think this is an eye opener.
ReplyDeleteJordan Peele's directing did keep the audience engaged and did make them feel uncomfortable. I felt uncomfortable watching this; mostly because of the horror aspect, but it made me feel uncomfortable to watch these micro aggressions.
In the sense of whether or not the movie was objectively made well and subjectively enjoyable I would have to to agree with Gianluca Bivona on the fact that the movie, Get Out, is both objectively made sound and subjectively very enjoyable for the audience to watch. This is because, similar to Gianluca, I thought this movie's plot twists were really what allowed it to be enjoyable. I liked how just when you thought it was over or couldn't get worst the movie does the opposite and it blows your mind. Objectively, I again agree with Gibi, because Get Out touched upon many controversial topics on today's society especially those involving racism. This allowed for the white audience members to relate to what the black go through in today's society with all the stereotypes and racism they face. This is one of few movies that touches upon such sensitive topics and actually does it well. There are few movie that can get the white audience to feel uncomfortable due to how they realized how black people feel and what some of them experience. I feel as though the summary could have been better and been more including of the more important details, like how Chris escaped.
ReplyDeleteI would have to agree with your rating of the film Get Out, as I also found it objectively well made and subjectively enjoyable. I did find the plot twists to be a good asset to this film, as it left the audience in the dark and always wary of what unexpected turn the movie was going to take. The unpredictability of this film made it much more entertaining and I never found myself bored or uninterested. I also like how the director, Jordan Peele, made a lot of choices that would make the audience uncomfortable when touching on these delicate issues, in this case race, which was meant to unite the audience and have it be relatable to both the minorities and majorities in the audience. I think that these relatable topics and issues are what was able to effectively keep the audience engaged throughout the entire movie, given the reality of the issues in the real world.
ReplyDeleteI strongly disagree with your objective and subjective view of Get Out. Subjectively, I did not find it enjoyable at all for a few reasons. First, I don't like horror movies, I never have and I probably never will. Secondly, the film was very biased towards liberal audiences. I watched this film through a political lens and I myself am from a conservative point of view. A lot of the things that happened in this movie were simply not realistic in the real world. Even though there is still racism in the United States it is overblown in Get Out. Obviously, this is not meant to be a true story but it is supposed to represent what is wrong in America and I think it did a very bad job.
ReplyDeleteObjectively, all this movie did was make more of a racial divide then there already was. It touched upon political topics and did a terrible job showing what America is really like. Currently in America, there is barely even a racial divide in the United States as the NFL players and liberal leaders, such as Obama, have made the situation more than it really is. Get Out tries to show their views and shows them except in a heavily overblown way and it made the movie objectively bad.
This movie is BAD BAD
I agree with your rating of good good. Although, I felt some parts of the movie did not make sense. There were just some details that did not add up. However, I think that the movie had the best of intentions. This movie, objectively, was fantastic. The character development, the plot, the physical shooting of the movie, everything, was so great. I love how Peele approached this movie. He did not just approach it as a horror film. He also approached it as a way to have a possibly half white audience relate to an African American's struggles and fears, which I think is really great. Subjectively, the movie was so incredibly entertaining. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. There was so much suspense from the very beginning to the very end of the film. The audience feels the same anxieties that Chris does as things begin to get weirder and weirder when he visits Rose’s family. The fact that the actor has the ability to make the audience feel that way is a sign of true talent. However, I think Peele made sure that this was a huge part of the film. So, on Peele’s part, I think he made some very effective choices throughout the entirety of the film.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the statements that you have made within this review about the intriguing plot and impeccable effect on uncomfortableness for the viewers. I also can't agree more with the effectiveness of the way that it puts the white man in black man's shoes and really changes the whole thought process of the white man. Although this was a great film and was very entertaining (I love horror movies) I did not find this to be scary what so ever, and I also found it to be way to politically oriented. I think that it somewhat takes away from the horror aspect of the film and makes it hard for some viewers to watch. I do understand what the purpose of these over the top microaggressions was for, being to enforce a repetitive theme of racism in america, but a lot of them were blown out of proportion (I am not say that they don't exist in the real world because they do). Although on the other hand, some of them can be thrown in to make the viewers more uncomfortable and also to arguably provide a sense of comedic relief. Overall, I think this film was affective objectively, but for some people it may be subjectively difficult for some viewers to enjoy.
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