get out (2017, dir. jordan peele)

he's probably hoping she's an unwitting participant, either brainwashed into it herself or forced against her will etc

saw this at the cinema last night. so good. the balance was perfect. as a satire/comment on racism aside, it worked brilliantly as a horror in its own right. Not so much jump-scares as jump-laughs, as in how some of the most effective humorous moments came out of nowhere.

my audience's reaction to the cop car pulling up was profound

― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, February 27, 2017 3:02 PM (four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

AFAIK UK cinema audiences don't tend to be as 'responsive' as US audiences, but yes there was a notable 'oh shit fuck shit' feeling running through the cinema when this happened.

in the London cinema where I saw it, the audience cheered at the reveal in that scene

in the London cinema where I saw it, the audience cheered at the reveal in that scene

― Neil S

Me too! It's not impossible we were at the same screening...

I had the pleasure of visiting Stratford Westfield to see it!

Angel Vue for me... It has obviously had a rousing effect on the people of North/East London.

I can report excitable audiences at Covent Garden Odeon, too.

A few people went "yes!" at Glasgow cineworld, including me

after running for nearly two months in the suburbs, our art house theater is picking up Get Out on Friday. Don't know if it's worth seeing again but psyched that it's playing in the city.

My friend and I saw this in a smaller semi-rep house, so there were maybe eight people in the theatre. I wasn't unhappy about that.

My wife and I finally got to this tonight. The kid at the box office said, "I've heard that's really good." We said we'd heard so too. He said, "We're all surprised it's stayed here so long. A lot of other movies opened after it and they're already gone." (Bear in mind this is in East Tennessee.)

Really good movie. So many smart moves in it, everything works on multiple levels.

it was uncanny as fuck particularly in that 70s way that they don't really do anymore

i also loved the jump scare when he's going out for a smoke and the maid passes by. it only happens once but it pays off throughout the rest of the film - if it happened once it could happen again. everything gets amped up a notch.

is that the bit that's nicked from Exorcist 3? There is a bit like that in the film.

homage, sorry, not nicked

Though I doubt it, it would be hilarious is Peele was drawing from Exorcist 3 for inspiration.

it's this bit i'm referring to. it is def referenced in Get Out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH8ynu0jRvY

jebus!

there's definitely an echo of Zodiac's use of Hurdy Gurdy Man at the beginning with the Flanagan And Alan. that thing where you take an innocent song that has already has a hint of eerieness, but turn into something diabolical. that and the car driving around in the darkness.
brrr..

http://www.avclub.com/article/heres-extremely-depressing-alternate-ending-get-ou-255574

Crap, looks like it's gone.

The more I think about it the more ridiculous it is (spoilers): if Grandma and mad genius grandpa had their brains or essence or whatever transferred to two new people, why would they want to spend their extended and/or reincarnated lives doing menial labor as maids and workmen, especially surrounded by people who know exactly what they did? Didn't bother me at the time so it doesn't really hurt my take-away, but still. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a throwaway line in there I missed or can't remember, referencing Grandpa's all-enveloping love doing yard work or Grandma's love of taking care of people. Or something like that.

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, March 9, 2017 7:43 AM (two months ago) Bookmark

grandpa likes pretending he's jesse owens

Grandmas love taking care of their families, no doubt. My grandma is nearly 100 years old and we have trouble stopping her from cleaning the kitchen.

Weren't they just putting on that act for the new guy

there's a lot of stuff in this film that doesn't make narrative sense. like why would they go to the trouble of having the daughter charm so many men to take back to the house and then go through the rigmarole of having him stay over on holiday only to end up resorting to violent measures to bodysnatch him? Surely they could just go around kidnapping people (like in the opening scene)? That said, it's not something that concerns me much since the whole thing is an analogous satirical comedy

i think a combination of wanting to know the person well and them having to be susceptible to the hypnosis -- they mentioned how the creepy son's more brutal tactics made it more difficult for them.

it felt to me that one of the unspoken things was that for all of the shiny equipment and neat informercials and dreams of being reinvigorated the surgery totally sucked, producing these weird stilted zombies that everyone just decides to accept are the people whose brain is in there.

Totally

I thought the first half of this was a masterpiece of tension building and discomfort and the second half (roughly speaking, that is; I divide the film at the point when the mystery starts becoming clear) was an enjoyably bonkers horror flick, executed well enough that I was neither disappointed by the tonal shift, nor all that bothered by some of the illogic of the scheme. Fantastic performances all around, including Stephen Root in his pair of scenes, which no one has mentioned yet. I don't even mind the ending, and I agree with what was said upthread about how the conclusion allows the audience to consider the alternative ending while providing the more satisfying ending at the same time. A few awkwardly staged moments of action and some laughably bad CGI in two specific instances aside, Peele's direction is impressively crafty and artful; I look forward to seeing what he does next.

I thought the tension building was flawed - it built really fast and stayed there, some ebb and flow would have been more effective I thought.

yes we needed to see how the white family "got their powers"

will be disappointed if Allison Williams doesn't get murdered somewhere along the line

film delivered

this guy

https://geeksofcolor.co/2017/09/21/jordan-peele-developing-a-nazi-hunting-tv-drama/

that Ron Stallworth story is very intriguing, I'll be looking forward to that.

I know that this is such a lame thing to ask but how jump-scare heavy is this film? Because it sounds great and I'm realizing I actually like horror stuff but tbh I don't like the idea of shit popping out at me

Very few if any, I believe. I mean, there's some startling shit that happens, but not anything like THE BOOGEYMAN HE FLY AT YOU FACE.

There is only one that I can recall, it's pretty good tho

good horror doesn't rely on jump-scares. like exclamation marks, used liberally they're a form of bad style

There are one or two jump scares in this, probably because they are required these days, but it's pretty modest on that front. It's more a psychological tightening the screws thriller, albeit not a terribly atmospheric one. Just a general vibe of weirdness that grows and grows.

Sometimes good horror movies use jump scares well. Bad horror movies often use lots of jump scares for lack of anything else. I feel like people being very concerned about them is somewhat of a recent meme.

Well, I think it's more people becoming extremely self aware that they are always accompanied by fail-safe orchestral stabs and loud noises. It's not the scare that's cliched, it's the lack of confidence in the scares.

it's a meme now? i was on that tip before it was cool yall

I say that because my teenage son, who mostly speaks in grunts and memes, will occasionally say things like "I heard that movie was bad - jump scares."

i rarely go and see horror movies in theaters these days because the quiet quiet quiet BOO LOUD NOISE shit done x20 is totally nerve fraying and basically the opposite of fun for me

Get Out wasn't bad in this respect iirc

I only watch movies if there's a jump scare but it's ok because it's just a cat so you can relax no wait another jump scare this time it's actually the killer!

oh no, a good jump scare done well is amazing. a film full of them is the worst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp_8h-AbQ98

there's a few jump scares in this film, not excessive

usually waht scares me about jump scares are the 17 year olds who shriek in my ear when they happen

fool me into thinkin i like a movie and then get home and realize I was only scared cos people were rupturing my ear drums

i have always hated jump scares, they're totally unpleasant and cheap