Why So Blu?

I'm down with that.

Spikedragon

Looks good.

rbrown498

I saw it opening weekend at a Sunday matinee, which, for my theater, is usually only about 30% full. When we walked in, still with ten minutes or so until the start time, the theater was about 80% full, and by the time the film started, I'd say the theater was about 90% full.

I knew from the opening credits that it was going to be good. You can usually tell within moments whether the director knows what he or she is doing, and you can tell that Jordan Peele had a vision for the film.

I was expecting a lot of crowd interaction (such as talking back to the screen), but the audience was strangely quiet throughout the whole film. I did notice quite a few folks checking their cell phones throughout the film, but I think that says less about the quality of the film and more about how addicted we as a society are to our social media apps and our cell phones.

I liked the film; I thought that it was exceptionally well-made, and I loved the way that music was used throughout. I thought that the character of Rod was screamingly funny, and it was nice that Peele used that character to provide both tension relief and a bit of levity to the film. His rant about is probably the funniest few minutes I've seen in a film in a long time.

My lone gripe about this film is this:

But, really, that's my only complaint. I think that it's a very good movie.

Defiant1

rbrown498, my take on that issue is that:

rbrown498

That IS a possibility that I hadn't considered.

Cardsfan111

This one flew under the radar for me a bit--knew nothing about it going in.

Thought it was excellent. Very suspenseful and I'm anxious to check it out again.

BadNewsBeards

Speaking of reviews, why hasn't dvdtalk done a theatrical review on this yet?

DVD Josh

I somehow managed to avoid all spoilers about this movie save for the trailer until I saw it last night.

I really liked it. Very well paced, kept me interested the whole time, just the right about of creep and tension. I LOVED how it ended and am glad the alternate ending was not chosen.

I thought the movie was very well acted, especially from Williams and Kaluuya. Keener was meh and the brother was atrocious.

Looking forward to a repeat viewing. I will definitely see the next one from Peele.

Mikael79

I saw this last night, and I'm still thinking about it. Driving home last night, my wife and I both felt like we were still in the movie's world. That is how effective it was!

funkyryno

Just watched this last night with high expectations. I enjoyed it and thought it was very well done, but it didn't amaze me.

My big gripe was the trailer gave about 90% of the movie. I probably would've been blown away if I had gone into it blind.

Orbi-Wan Techno

I saw it recently. It was interesting, kept my attention, but nothing that had me dwelling on it afterward.

Rival11

I honestly think the limited amount of humor in this flick was too heavy - I know I can't blame Peele because comedy is his bread and butter but it was just a bit too much

That's actually a minor gripe though - the meat of this film is pretty damn effective and I like how this movie has nothing at do with Yes I used tags for that because most who go into this film with think that's ALL it's about - that was a nice touch by Peele - you can tell he loves the horror genre.

Couple of things I didn't understand:

What was the significance of the

Why did

I will more than likely buy this one.

johnnysd

Just saw it. I knew how well reviewed it was but actually knew almost nothing about the movie except for the most basic premise of a black man visiting his white girlfriends house.

I thought it was exceptional from the sort of Scream influenced beginning straight through to the excellent end that winds up being a twist on expectation

The dialogue was particularly strong and natural and the movie just created an awesome "feel" to it.

Was it the best movie ever?

No, but I can also not imagine this particular story not having its best representation on the screen.

Now on to Wonder Woman tomorrow. Could be a great couple days of movies.

In terms of the deer

Liver&Onions

the deer

johnnysd

Lol, I actually missed the biggest one

EddieMoney

I thought this movie was fucking fantastic.

inri222

Finally got to watch it and really liked it.

4/5

nando820

Yes this movie was Fantastic! definitely one of the best of the year.

inri222

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/w...T.nav=top-news

Where to Stream the Movies That Influenced ‘Get Out’

Night of the Living Dead
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
Rosemary’s Baby
The People Under the Stairs
The Silence of the Lambs
Scream
Rear Window
Misery
The ’Burbs
The Shining
Candyman

Rob V

Caught this on Friday night and it was awesome. The next morning at breakfast my 14 year old (smart ass) daughter was ringing a spoon around my wife's coffee... trying to hypnotize me.

Regarding the alternate ending... what was it?

I really thought Chris was going to be framed for everything.

Why So Blu?

Surprised they didn't list any early Dario Argento films in that list.

inri222

The Stepford Wives
Halloween
Blue Velvet

Mabuse

Add to the list Rachel Getting Married.

Get Out was an excellent take down of well meaning liberal multicultural values that in the end are more hindrance than help. The horror of cultural appropriation taken to its zenith.

Trevor

Best documentary of the year.

islandclaws

This is exactly the sort of millennial-pandering hogwash that turned me off to the film entirely.

This wasn't comedy, and it sure as hell wasn't really horror. I don't even know what Peele was trying to say here. Some white people make social situations awkward by pandering to blacks? Ok...

White brains are able to live forever in black bodies because they age better?

This movie could not find a tone and, worse, it spent so long building up to the "what's it all about?" that once viewers arrive there the sensation is utter deflation.

I love Key & Peele doing their comedy show but this just missed the mark by a country mile for me. I do not get all the praise.