01-22-2018, 09:21 AM
If you're going to make a movie starring a relatively unknown black actor and you want to do well at the U.S. box office, there'd better be a really good script behind it.
There's a very good script behind Get Out.
This is one big discomfort-fest for non-blacks to watch, as you keep wanting to say, "No, I'm like that," or "No, I'd never say that."
All the while wondering...
I thought about the movie a lot afterwards. It's very well crafted. There were a couple of holes in it, but only big enough to drive a Smartcar through, and going the speed limit. Some masterful use of foreshadowing, with motifs -- or totems -- that keep reappearing in new and inventive ways, giving an almost symphonic feel to the effort.
High recommended if it hasn't been spoiled for you by now. Even then, well worth the watch.
Hard to believe this is Jordan Peele's first turn at directing. I'm hoping he continues in that direction.
There's a very good script behind Get Out.
This is one big discomfort-fest for non-blacks to watch, as you keep wanting to say, "No, I'm like that," or "No, I'd never say that."
All the while wondering...
I thought about the movie a lot afterwards. It's very well crafted. There were a couple of holes in it, but only big enough to drive a Smartcar through, and going the speed limit. Some masterful use of foreshadowing, with motifs -- or totems -- that keep reappearing in new and inventive ways, giving an almost symphonic feel to the effort.
High recommended if it hasn't been spoiled for you by now. Even then, well worth the watch.
Hard to believe this is Jordan Peele's first turn at directing. I'm hoping he continues in that direction.
I'm nobody's pony.