Pretty sure I wasn’t the only one who was wondering what all the fuss was about with this release. When this film came to light about how amazing it was and the obscene amount of positive views it had received I knew I had to see it, simple. Although it is a horror film – personally i’m not a major fan of the genre because I tend to work myself up about it like a moron, and not to mention it annoys me more than horrors nowadays tend to rely on sound, especially now that technology has advanced!! anyway getting back to it, I honestly really haven’t seen a bad review or anything about it surprisingly and the hype was just too much to ignore so I gave it a watch not too long a go.
Get Out (2017) is about an exceptionally talented photographer named Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) who with his girlfriend Rose (Allison Williams) visit the country to see Roses’s parents so that she can introduce him to the family, however there’s just one tiny little hiccup, like with most couples meeting the in-laws is a nerve wracking experience in all but for these two it’s even more so because Chris is black and Rose white. Chris understandably knows that this could be a major issue in the family accepting him for who he is but Rose assures him that there is nothing to worry about. However upon their arrival it is noticeable that there is an eerie vibe about the secluded estate and the family but to Chris he simply can’t work out what it is. To the audience everything seems normal and sweet but deep down there is something bitterly twisted and mysterious beneath the facade.
I think for most people they say this film is a horror/comedy but personally from viewing it I wouldn’t consider that at all, although yes it did include horror aesthetics and elements throughout and hardly any comic relief it’s safe to say that film is more inclined to be a thriller – my own opinion so don’t go all high and mighty on me lol. The visual aspect was very well executed I must say and in specific scenes a little questionable and hard to understand given the context such as the whole Roses’s mum hypnotizing Chris but a plot twist did however make it seem much more enthusiastic to watch. The film did feel as if it was dragging to the climax at the end but it lead to such an anti climax it was inadequate. The ending was like as if it didn’t quite know how it should end so it just kind of rushed itself and so bizarrely unrealistic – but hey ho these films and any film really is open to interpretation right? The lack of comedy was noticeable, with having Chris’s best friend and ally Rod (Lil Rel Howery) mainly being there for the odd line or two which in way was a relief, he did prove amusing to watch.
The concept of the film is really what drew me to the film at first before all the hype of how high ratings gave it, where it centers on the whole post racial US, Jordan Peele light heatedly deals with this theme and refers to it through the taboo of mixed relationships, the slave trade, the fact that black men would die first in horror films and lastly the police brutality. All of which is visible within the exposition. Arguably the police brutality was emphasized a little more and especially when the couple get pulled over after a minor accident and instantly the police gives no thought in questioning Chris about the ordeal regardless of him proving to be innocent to the audiences eyes – so can you understand where i’m coming from? sorry if i’m a little over the place with it all, it has been a while since I watched it so doing this from memory haha. Never the less I must praise Peele on doing what is arguably the impossible, a low budget horror film that gained really high ratings, especially on the Rotten Tomato website hailing the film with an impressionable 99% !! which for the horror, horror/comedy genre is unheard of! – dayum
Probably rambling on but i’m disappointed to say that I give this film a 4/10 for me. Just didn’t think it was as good as the hype had made it out to be.
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