lmao http://www.thewrap.com/armond-white-ruins-get-out-100-rotten-tomatoes-jordan-peele/
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 23:49 (seven years ago) link
hahahaha classic
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 23:50 (seven years ago) link
White wrote of Peele’s film: “‘Get Out’ does not rank with America’s notable race comedies — Brian De Palma’s ‘Hi, Mom!’, Ossie Davis’s ‘Gone Are the Days! (Purlie Victorious)’, Robert Downey Sr.’s ‘Putney Swope,’ Melvin Van Peebles’s ‘Sweet Sweetback’, Hal Ashby’s ‘The Landlord,’ Rusty Cundieff’s ‘Fear of a Black Hat,’ or any of the genre spoofs by the Wayans family, … or the recent Eddie Murphy films that are so personal and ingenious, they transcend racial categorization.”
Still taking this in.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 23:51 (seven years ago) link
So I had to double check and yes, he DID love Norbit:
http://www.nypress.com/norbit-well-fat-suited/
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 23:52 (seven years ago) link
lol @ Armond calling "Sweet Sweetback" a "comedy"
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 28 February 2017 23:52 (seven years ago) link
it's that among other things
ppl caring about perfect RT scores -- ah internet + movies = DOOMSDAY
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 00:07 (seven years ago) link
Whites review was ridiculous in many ways regardless.
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 00:10 (seven years ago) link
I fucking hate rotten tomatoes so much
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 00:12 (seven years ago) link
I just read Armond's pan of Fences, which RT somehow lists as "fresh"
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 00:14 (seven years ago) link
congrats to armond on managing to write something dumb and grossly offensive even by the standards of national review
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 00:18 (seven years ago) link
I loved this. the comedy was great. I feel like Peele's plot developments were a bit familiar (I mean it was v similar to the plot of that shit movie The Skeleton Key which wasn't exactly original when it came out) but twists weren't the point really.
I liked the cheesy over the top horror moments like the evil latin music while Bradley Whitford was ...uhh....doing something that I won't reveal.
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 00:41 (seven years ago) link
not really 'scary' but I'm hard to scare so I'm not a good metric for that
one of the best theater going experiences I've had in years. multiple applause breaks, cheering, people cracking jokes and the crowd laughing at them, total silence when it was tense.... an amazing experience, and a great great movie.
― flappy bird, Monday, February 27, 2017 2:55 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yeah the audience was howling at the TSA guy throughout. it was one of the few times I enjoyed being in a packed theatre.
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 00:44 (seven years ago) link
i really liked this a lot. there were echoes of a lot of other horror films (one that kept coming to mind was "house of the devil," which had a similar scene where the main character has an important revelation through stumbling on some old photographs) but it all felt surprising and fresh. i saw it a couple days ago and i'm still thinking about it a lot, which is unusual for me.
spoiler
rose's sudden change was really chilling, she dragged that scene out just long enough where i genuinely wasn't sure whether she was in on it or not, and then that ice-cold delivery of that single line: "you know i can't give you the keys." creepiest scene in the movie for me.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 00:52 (seven years ago) link
yeah I loved that. I was fairly certain given the reveal a moment prior but her transition (and then her subsequent acting job on the phone call) were chilling.
her "you were my favorite" and kiss blow too.
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 00:55 (seven years ago) link
*one of my favorites
that was the creepiest line for me
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 00:57 (seven years ago) link
her not noticing the commotion due to listening to (I've Had) the Time of My Life on headphones was funny as hell too
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 00:59 (seven years ago) link
Speaking of Eddie Murphy the film's title is taken from this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IH6IeiLtts
― carthago delenda est (mayor jingleberries), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 01:02 (seven years ago) link
This was so good.
― Fiddle Catstro (latebloomer), Thursday, 2 March 2017 04:14 (seven years ago) link
the Jeffrey Dahmer sequence w/ the TSA guy is perhaps the most I've laughed in a movie theatre in eons. the whole theatre was roaring to where I almost couldn't hear dialogue.
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Thursday, 2 March 2017 04:19 (seven years ago) link
kind of nice to see horror with actual comedy as the moments of levity rather than the stilted laughs you typically see in horror films.
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Thursday, 2 March 2017 04:20 (seven years ago) link
this movie is soooo good
― k3vin k., Thursday, 2 March 2017 17:57 (seven years ago) link
a whole article on that milk scene http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-get-out-milk-horror-jordan-peele-allison-williams-20170301-story.html
― flappy bird, Thursday, 2 March 2017 19:42 (seven years ago) link
actually scratch my babadook/it follows categorization upthread, the recent horror film this resembles most is the invitation imo
― the raindrops and drop tops of lived, earned experience (BradNelson), Monday, February 27, 2017 1:19 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
in many ways, yes, but not quite tonally similar -- no laughs in the invitation
anyway this fuckin ruled, so so good
i was all set to see it solo (as, like, the only guy in the theater the ticket guy told me) but then a row of college students sat behind me. at first i was annoyed because they were chatty but then once the movie started they actually improved it. relieved laughs at the comedy, silence when it was tense, hollers when it was scary.
this is not a knock but: the whole thing really felt like a K&P sketch elongated and taken seriously.
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Friday, 3 March 2017 01:56 (seven years ago) link
A Mother Jones article even asked, “Are the U.S. dietary guidelines on milk racist?” citing a study that shows not every ethnic group, African Americans in particular, requires the three glasses of milk per day that the federal government recommends to combat osteoporosis.
nobody "requires" any fucking milk, there are other ways to get calcium
― example (crüt), Friday, 3 March 2017 02:01 (seven years ago) link
Thought this was just okay. Great idea, kind of mechanical/predictable in execution. Some nicely creepy moments, but far too restrained, overall. Wanted shunting, got TSA-dude ex machina.
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Friday, 3 March 2017 02:04 (seven years ago) link
would agree that it was kinda predictable -- the only real surprise to me was that rosie was actually in on it, and not hypnotized herself. and as someone said upthread, this was the better dramatic choice
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Friday, 3 March 2017 02:08 (seven years ago) link
Was fun seeing it with an appreciative opening night audience, though.
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Friday, 3 March 2017 02:10 (seven years ago) link
Jordan PeeleVerified account @JordanPeele 8m8 minutes agoMore Btw, 'Get Out' isn't a Redbox, Vod, itunes movie. If you don't see it with the theater energy, you'll miss the full intended experience. 🙏🏾
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Friday, 3 March 2017 02:12 (seven years ago) link
Agree that Rosie being involved makes more sense - not just dramatically, but thematically, too.
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Friday, 3 March 2017 02:14 (seven years ago) link
Also kind of sneakily fulfills one of my longtime horror wants: Texas Chainsaw-style murder family not as snaggletoothed rural grotesques, but rather spit-polished liberal gentry.
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Friday, 3 March 2017 02:19 (seven years ago) link
A Mother Jones article even asked, “Are the U.S. dietary guidelines on milk racist?” citing a study that shows not every ethnic group, African Americans in particular, requires the three glasses of milk per day that the federal government recommends to combat osteoporosis.nobody "requires" any fucking milk, there are other ways to get calcium
― example (crüt), Thursday, March 2, 2017 9:01 PM (thirty-five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
supplemental calcium/vitamin D, milk or not, doesn't even prevent fractures in average-risk adults so this recommendation is stupid even if it's not "racist". cow's milk is basically useless calories
― k3vin k., Friday, 3 March 2017 02:43 (seven years ago) link
milk is fucking disgusting
― flappy bird, Friday, 3 March 2017 04:09 (seven years ago) link
good on creal tho
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Friday, 3 March 2017 05:30 (seven years ago) link
ehh
almond milk tho
― flappy bird, Friday, 3 March 2017 06:03 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/JordanPeele/status/837764902798315520
dang
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Friday, 3 March 2017 20:47 (seven years ago) link
idgi
― Οὖτις, Friday, 3 March 2017 20:54 (seven years ago) link
rose was googling "top ncaa prospects" at the end of the movie
― k3vin k., Friday, 3 March 2017 21:00 (seven years ago) link
Went to see this with my 12-year-old today. Hit the 11 o'clock showing, so we didn't get the full-theater effect, although there were a few voices telling him "don't go in there" when he saw the little door. I enjoyed it though. My son did too. I was actually pleasantly surprised that he didn't fade out during the first hour, since it's a little slow-building.
― how's life, Saturday, 4 March 2017 19:28 (seven years ago) link
This was exceptional.
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 4 March 2017 23:45 (seven years ago) link
Good movie but the trailer basically gave 75% of it away, and because I go to the Alamo Drafthouse, I've seen the trailer like a dozen fuckin times
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 5 March 2017 06:14 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, the movie felt like the extended version of the trailer.
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Sunday, 5 March 2017 06:17 (seven years ago) link
that's...nevermind.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 5 March 2017 06:18 (seven years ago) link
the movie didn't really hinge on the whole 'twist' tho, like I mean I still found the movie plenty unsettling even though I figured out what was about to happen halfway through.
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Sunday, 5 March 2017 06:21 (seven years ago) link
One thing that's cool is that, even though it has a unique/transgressive subject matter, it really did have the rhythm and feel and plot devices of a traditional horror film without any winky-winky tropey-wopey Cabin in the Woods meta horseshit
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 5 March 2017 06:26 (seven years ago) link
Like, take out the metaphor, and it would still be a good horror film
― Whiney G. Weingarten, Sunday, 5 March 2017 06:28 (seven years ago) link
yeah I did like that the humor was rooted in what was happening and not of the "lol we're laughing at ourselves SCREAM" variety
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Sunday, 5 March 2017 06:29 (seven years ago) link
plus as said many times making the villains a (supposedly) liberal family rather than some caricature rednecks was a nice touch.
― waht, I am true black metal worrior (Neanderthal), Sunday, 5 March 2017 06:30 (seven years ago) link
he said that he wanted to make a really good horror film. because he loves horror films.
― scott seward, Sunday, 5 March 2017 06:30 (seven years ago) link
x-post
― scott seward, Sunday, 5 March 2017 06:31 (seven years ago) link
yeah, i'm all in for this one
― kiss me dadly (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 14 March 2019 14:12 (five years ago) link
deeper he gets into genre the better imo
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 14 March 2019 14:20 (five years ago) link
otm
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 14 March 2019 14:21 (five years ago) link
All of this is good to know--clearly he's doing exactly what he wants to.
― clemenza, Thursday, 14 March 2019 14:22 (five years ago) link
This was fine. Illogical ending.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 02:59 (five years ago) link
Perhaps a new thread?
― a large tuna called “Justice” (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 20 March 2019 03:33 (five years ago) link
US by jordan peele
― Simon H., Wednesday, 20 March 2019 04:03 (five years ago) link
Finally watched this yesterday. I liked it a lot! Cracking up at TSA guy. I look forward to seeing Us in two years time.
― *there's (Noel Emits), Friday, 29 March 2019 20:29 (five years ago) link
Noe *this* is a trailer:
What’s a bad miracle? pic.twitter.com/x37K3Inwk7— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) February 13, 2022
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 13 February 2022 16:17 (two years ago) link
Now, not Noe, lol. Noe is a different animal.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 13 February 2022 16:18 (two years ago) link
Holy shit that’s a trailer
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 13 February 2022 20:50 (two years ago) link
THAT is what a trailer should do: get you hype without a diagram of what the movie is.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 13 February 2022 23:30 (two years ago) link
yeah it looks so good & i have no idea what it is lmao
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 14 February 2022 01:05 (two years ago) link
EXACTLY.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 14 February 2022 01:11 (two years ago) link
us's rabbit teaser wasn't quite enough. this is good.
― adam t. (abanana), Monday, 14 February 2022 03:18 (two years ago) link
Is it aliens? Is it Eldritch abominations? Is it environmental catastrophe?
Perhaps… it’s all three.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 14 February 2022 03:53 (two years ago) link
yes to nope
― Roz, Monday, 14 February 2022 04:11 (two years ago) link
Looks good
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 February 2022 05:01 (two years ago) link
looks great, i just hope peele isn't going shyamalan on us
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 03:38 (two years ago) link
hope it's more of a film theory thing than plot twist thing
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 18:05 (two years ago) link
the maid in the kitchen and Steenburgen standing next to her
Haw at this. For a split second, I thought maybe Mary Steenburgen had been in this movie.
Shows you what clever casting this was. Catherine Keener in those windows from The Sunken Place after having also starred in "Being John Malkovich". That movie written by Charlie Kaufman, who also wrote "I’m Thinking of Ending Things," a movie about a couple going to visit the parents, who may or not be who they seem, etc.
Mary Steenburgen. I thought she was wonderful in Twister.
― pplains, Monday, 4 September 2023 03:49 (one year ago) link