Get Out (2017)

Hello there! people of the internet, since I have my Hindi Exam next and I work great under extreme pressure and anxiety, I decided to rewatch 2017’s Jordan Peele’s directorial debut “Get Out”. I feel like there should have been an exclamation point at the end of the movie’s title, but that would’ve been too wonky for a movie masquerading under the genre of a horror Comedy.

Since Jordan Peele’s upcoming Horror “US(2019)” Gave me a lot of anticipation and I would not be able to review it until it comes to Blue ray, I decided to review Get out again. This movie has won several Oscars and nominated for quite a few awards so I believe, It has already been praised to death . So Instead of doing a review, I’d like to just instead do a more of Discussion, since I am no Movie Critique per say as much as I’d like to consider myself one. I am more of a fan and don’t like to believe that I need to over analyze every single little detail in even cheap masala movies. So when movies like Get Out Comes out, which obviously has a lot of symbolism and fun little easter eggs, I get excited.

So, with that intro out of the way let us discuss/review Get Out. Do leave a comment if you read this part as most people just skip through my intros. I’d love to do a podcast if only I wasn’t afraid of the world’s reaction to my weird accent and deeply “Charming” personality.

THE STORY

Now, Since this movie does have a lot of smart racial commentary and since I am neither black nor white. I am more of a brown person, the movie still made me think of the interactions that most white people have with black people and how some things do sound so off.

Now, if you have been living under a rock and don’t know what the premise of the movie is, let me help you out, the movie is about Chris’ little weekend over at his girlfriend Rose’s house. Chris is a black African American man and has been dating Rose for over 4 months and then Rose decides to invite him over to her parent’s, obviously without telling her parents that Chris is black. Atleast this is what the trailers and the first minutes of the movie present to you.

When Chris finally meets the Armitages, he realizes that something isn’t right. You see the underlying racism that lingers even in the modern society, I like to call it “Polite Racism” where you do acknowledge the person’s race which is fine but then go ahead and say things through which you try to sympathies but not in the kind of way that you should. Anyway, as the movie moves forward it starts to become clear that something isn’t just not right but something is definitely not how it seems.

To give you a small example, the Armitages have black servants who behave oddly like they are in some peculiar state of mind where they don’t speak like how normally people of that area speak.  The Patriarch of the Armitages, Dean Armitage says that he’d have definitely voted for Obama for a third term, which is something I hear quite a lot on tweeter and is kinda true with everyone.  Rose’s mother Missy Armitage is a therapist and Rose’s brother Jeremy is a douche.

All of these characters are well layered and quite fun to watch overall. Rose’s denial to consider her family racist and how chill Chris behaves even in the most awkward of situations is just Cherry On the icing on of a very well rounded cake.

I think the story, despite being quite eccentric by the end, does have quite a well realized world in which Peele weaves his story. This movie’s story was something that I’m sure Peele must have taken his time to develop and it despite being a bit absurd still felt quite good to watch. The Story does have its fair share of horror but at the same time features a good comic relief and some great social commentary on modern subtle racism.

THE DIRECTION

Now I haven’t seen a lot of Jordan Peele’s skits, I did see a couple and they did make me chuckle a bit but nothing that really captured my attention to be very honest.However, I do believe that Get Out was directed with keeping a lot of horror tropes in mind and also finally allowing a character make smart decisions in the movie while also having a character who pretty much represents the audience’s perspective in the form of Rod the TSA agent.

The movie does title itself as a horror comedy, but it doesn’t scare you as much as it intrigues you. The movie tries to slide into the direction of being a little horror and a little comedy, with the comedy being only in scenes with Rod while the horror is Chris and his little stint in the Armitage’s house. The movie doesn’t give you scary vibes every single second but instead it has this ominous feeling that is very hard to put a finger on. The first time watch of this movie will entertain you a lot and you will just have your mind blown in different ways as these creepy white people become more and more intriguing as the movie moves forward.

The movie has a lot of cool shots, the first couple sequences show you a lot of zoomed out shots while also scenes with extreme close ups, right in the nitty gritty.

Now, Jordan has been in the film industry for a lot of years and probably has a lot of experience doing shows from MTV’s to their own Comedy Central stint Key and Peele, Hence it is not hard to believe that with doing great writing, comedy, and acting, Jordan is also great behind the camera as a director. It would be pretty hard to believe that this was  a directorial debut if not told before hand.

Hence In conclusion to The Direction part, Jordan does pretty good for a debutant director.

THE ACTING/STARRING

Daniel Kaluuya stars as one of the chilliest people ever in situations in which I would just run away, Chris Washington. Rose is played by Allison Williams who is plain gorgeous, Missy Is played by Catherine Kinner , she plays a very similar character to the one she plays in Being John Malkovich. Bradely Whitford plays Dean the neurosurgeon father of Rose and is as charismatic as ever. And a personal favorite character of mine in the history of horror movies, Rod is played by Lil Rel Howery.

Now, I didn’t know Daniel Kaluuya was british and when he came up on Stephen Colbert, I was quite surprised to hear his british accent. He really does play Chris with this certain amount of charisma and calmness, while he doesn’t even miss a beat with the American accent.  There are scenes where Daniel Kaluuya is given the stage to show complete acting prowess and he nails it each second.

All the other characters, such as Walter and Georgina (the servants) are also casted and acted out really really well. Best of all is Rod the TSA agent who just sounds too good to be true in a horror movie but he is true and it is the most satisfying to watch Rod just totally steal the scenes by totally owning them.

CONCLUSION AND DISCUSSION

            The movie’s premise and characterization is just soo good that any of the eccentric plot threads make complete sense by the end. I swear, after finishing the movie you have to rewind and watch it again to notice all the subtle hints in the sequences and just how there is literally no plot holes. Instead there is so much subtle foreshadowing of what is gonna happen later on in the film that your mind will be blown a second time.

The little hints and parallel with the Deer, are just some examples of great film making done by Jordan Peele. This all basically excites me more and more to just watch the upcoming US. Which is not supposed to be a comedy as much as it is a horror.

Also I’ve heard a bit about the fact that Jordan Peele would also be leading us into a revamp of the twilight zone which excites me even more. Can’t wait to see how and what Peele does with The Twilight Zone remake.

As for Get Out. It probably is a 4/5 for me. A pretty solid movie. Totally worth your time.

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