These days I rarely find too much surprising in thrillers.\u00a0\u00a0Sure, I can turn my brain off and enjoy the ride, but it\u2019s hard to find something genuinely surprising, and more so, an interesting movie on the second watch.<\/p>\n
Get Out<\/em> deserves every accolade it got, and everyone it was nominated for by achieving both above, with quality dripping from minute to minute.<\/p>\n
Get Out<\/em> tells the story of a young black man, Chris, who goes with his girlfriend, Rose, to meet her white family.\u00a0\u00a0The reason I mentioned race is because so much of the movie spends time around the weird interactions families can have with a partner of another race.<\/p>\n
Now I am the last person to be able to talk about experiences as a non-white person form America, but its references are universal.\u00a0\u00a0Such as the super uncomfortable, and super believable comment \u201cI would have voted for Obama for a third term if I could have\u201d.<\/p>\n
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But the use of these moments aren\u2019t what make the movie great, it\u2019s the way it uses these uncomfortable moments to hide plot points.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not going to touch any more of the plot, because it is outstanding, and you deserve to witness it first-hand.\u00a0\u00a0But every twist I thought of, didn\u2019t touch the actual ending of the film, and that\u2019s where I\u2019ll end that.<\/p>\n
Though I wouldn\u2019t recommend trying to prove me wrong by guessing it, as you\u2019ll only hurt yourself.<\/p>\n
The hidden clues early on that are exposed by the ending, make subsequent viewings much more enjoyable.\u00a0 Even on my third watch, there are moments I noticed for the first time that meant so much more on that viewing.\u00a0 I\u2019m not going to say the Jordan Peele is clever for this, I am going to say he\u2019s a genius.<\/p>\n
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To take his idea, to turn it into an excellent script, and then direct this masterpiece to completion, is a testament to Jordan Peele\u2019s talent.\u00a0 When you think about how before this he was most well known for a comedy skit show, and a sweating gif that I have used multiple times, it\u2019s that much more impressive.<\/p>\n
The talented cast, especially Daniel Kaluuya in the lead role, certainly helps drive this home.\u00a0 On the first viewing, there were times I thought there was poorly acted scenes, especially Caleb Landry Jones as the creepy brother overdoing it.\u00a0 But again, upon a later viewing, there are reasons for each of these moments, and they get better every time.<\/p>\n
Take some hypnosis, subtle racism, and some twisted ideas, and somehow you have one of the movies of the year.\u00a0 A movie that isn\u2019t only outstanding the first time you see it but offers so much more in subsequent viewings.\u00a0 You are doing yourself a disservice to not watch Get Out<\/em> as soon as you possibly can.<\/p>\n
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