Get Out
February 23, 2017 10:01 AM Subscribe
“Get Out” Lets Black Men Be Scared Instead Of Scary: "Not until films like the Purge trilogy and Peele’s Get Out have black men been allowed access to the countryside, and depicted as vulnerable — a privilege they are rarely afforded in real life — rather than caricatured by the associations usually attached to their mythic bodies or the rumors of their sexual prowess. These films grant black men a rare aura of grace precisely by staging their moments of vulnerability in a suburban landscape, traditionally depicted as pristine and white."
Get Out trailer
Get Out trailer
...you do understand that Rotten Tomatoes aggregates critic reviews, right?
posted by I-baLL at 10:08 AM on February 23, 2017 [9 favorites]
posted by I-baLL at 10:08 AM on February 23, 2017 [9 favorites]
I really want to see this despite having the ending spoiled for me with no warning in an article about the lead female actor.
posted by Kitteh at 10:10 AM on February 23, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Kitteh at 10:10 AM on February 23, 2017 [2 favorites]
I didn't realize spoilers were floating around, so I'll have to be more cautious. I haven't been this excited about a horror film since The Witch.
posted by codacorolla at 10:23 AM on February 23, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by codacorolla at 10:23 AM on February 23, 2017 [2 favorites]
Yeah, I think the culprit was a Vulture article? (Which, tbh, was also a bit gross in that it talked about how the actor performed the essence of a white woman who inspires protection and fragility.)
posted by Kitteh at 10:35 AM on February 23, 2017
posted by Kitteh at 10:35 AM on February 23, 2017
It also managed to earn 100% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes
Which just means 100% of critics think it's worth seeing, not that they think it's a great movie... still a huge accomplishment for a horror movie. On Metacritic it's at 82, which is #15 of the movies released in the past 90 days, which is still pretty amazing. (I Am Not Your Negro is at #1 with 96%).
The All-Time list on Metacritic only has 3 100s: The Godfather, Boyhood, and Three Colors: Red. Netflix has TONS.
posted by Huck500 at 10:37 AM on February 23, 2017 [4 favorites]
Which just means 100% of critics think it's worth seeing, not that they think it's a great movie... still a huge accomplishment for a horror movie. On Metacritic it's at 82, which is #15 of the movies released in the past 90 days, which is still pretty amazing. (I Am Not Your Negro is at #1 with 96%).
The All-Time list on Metacritic only has 3 100s: The Godfather, Boyhood, and Three Colors: Red. Netflix has TONS.
posted by Huck500 at 10:37 AM on February 23, 2017 [4 favorites]
I do not do horror movies, and that movie looks particularly horrifying. Maybe because the idea of a scary Bradley Whitford is extra scary to me? Not Josh, nooooooo.
I would be interested in reading spoilers, so if anyone wants to link to that Vulture article, please do.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:48 AM on February 23, 2017 [6 favorites]
I would be interested in reading spoilers, so if anyone wants to link to that Vulture article, please do.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:48 AM on February 23, 2017 [6 favorites]
Didn't find a Vulture review with spoilers, but the Variety review told me all I wanted to know. (Like you, I don't do horror movies but wanted to know what happens.)
posted by papercake at 10:54 AM on February 23, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by papercake at 10:54 AM on February 23, 2017 [2 favorites]
I'm ducking out of this thread to avoid spoilers, but a friend and I are going to see it on Saturday. I can't wait.
posted by Faint of Butt at 10:59 AM on February 23, 2017
posted by Faint of Butt at 10:59 AM on February 23, 2017
Yeah, a 100% RT rating is no small thing. I've got to see this.
posted by Artw at 10:59 AM on February 23, 2017
posted by Artw at 10:59 AM on February 23, 2017
Damn trailer is far too revealing though.
posted by Artw at 10:59 AM on February 23, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Artw at 10:59 AM on February 23, 2017 [1 favorite]
I would be happy to buy a ticket for this and then not see it. Racially aware horror is a worthy cause, but I am a sad little weenie who can't deal with horror movies.
posted by emjaybee at 11:06 AM on February 23, 2017 [13 favorites]
posted by emjaybee at 11:06 AM on February 23, 2017 [13 favorites]
It looks so interesting. It definitely reminds me of Stepford Wives more than anything, but much more sinister.
posted by xingcat at 11:11 AM on February 23, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by xingcat at 11:11 AM on February 23, 2017 [1 favorite]
I've seen hundreds of horror movies, and this one is the first I've been really excited about in a long time. One of the biggest sources of horror in our society is systemic racism and interpersonal racial prejudice: I hope more people of color will be able to make more movies that explore these dynamics, with people of color centered in the narrative.
I have the same hope for filmmakers who are part of other marginalized groups (trans people, people with disabilities, religious minorities, and so forth).
posted by Excommunicated Cardinal at 11:16 AM on February 23, 2017 [12 favorites]
I have the same hope for filmmakers who are part of other marginalized groups (trans people, people with disabilities, religious minorities, and so forth).
posted by Excommunicated Cardinal at 11:16 AM on February 23, 2017 [12 favorites]
Damn trailer is far too revealing though.
Yeah, I'm excited about seeing this, but I wish I hadn't watched the trailer. Horror movie trailers seem especially bad at spoiling the shit out of themselves, I guess because they feel the need to hook people in with at least 2-3 Big Scare moments per spot. The trailer for the aforementioned The VVitch, on the other hand, was just about perfect—it sets the tone beautifully and is creepily unsettling, but doesn't give much away in terms of plot.
posted by Atom Eyes at 11:22 AM on February 23, 2017 [4 favorites]
Yeah, I'm excited about seeing this, but I wish I hadn't watched the trailer. Horror movie trailers seem especially bad at spoiling the shit out of themselves, I guess because they feel the need to hook people in with at least 2-3 Big Scare moments per spot. The trailer for the aforementioned The VVitch, on the other hand, was just about perfect—it sets the tone beautifully and is creepily unsettling, but doesn't give much away in terms of plot.
posted by Atom Eyes at 11:22 AM on February 23, 2017 [4 favorites]
I have the same hope for filmmakers who are part of other marginalized groups (trans people, people with disabilities, religious minorities, and so forth).
Wait Until Dark is one of the scariest movies of all time. The leading lady (played by Audrey Hepburn) is a recently blind woman, who saves herself, with the help of a little girl.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 11:23 AM on February 23, 2017 [6 favorites]
Wait Until Dark is one of the scariest movies of all time. The leading lady (played by Audrey Hepburn) is a recently blind woman, who saves herself, with the help of a little girl.
posted by roomthreeseventeen at 11:23 AM on February 23, 2017 [6 favorites]
" The trailer for the aforementioned The Witch, on the other hand, was just about perfect—it sets the tone beautifully and is creepily unsettling, but doesn't give much away in terms of plot."
What's there to give away? OHH SICK BURN
okay no but seriously I enjoyed The Witch, and I look forward to enjoying Get Out.
posted by komara at 12:04 PM on February 23, 2017
What's there to give away? OHH SICK BURN
okay no but seriously I enjoyed The Witch, and I look forward to enjoying Get Out.
posted by komara at 12:04 PM on February 23, 2017
I'm very picky and also a huge baby about horror movies. The ones I like have cool intellectual stuff going on, like the Ginger Snaps series or Jennifer's Body. This looks fascinating, but I'm going to see it during the day with a friend who understands that they'll have to hold my hand during the scary parts.
Which is to say the entire movie.
posted by bile and syntax at 12:09 PM on February 23, 2017 [3 favorites]
Which is to say the entire movie.
posted by bile and syntax at 12:09 PM on February 23, 2017 [3 favorites]
For those who can't watch horror films but like spoilers, here's the script.
posted by cazoo at 12:10 PM on February 23, 2017 [9 favorites]
posted by cazoo at 12:10 PM on February 23, 2017 [9 favorites]
I seriously cannot wait to see this movie and I'm confident I'm going to have a super rich experience with it.
But I seriously cannot get out of my head the idea that the elevator pitch was "The Stepford Whites"
posted by lumpenprole at 12:33 PM on February 23, 2017 [18 favorites]
But I seriously cannot get out of my head the idea that the elevator pitch was "The Stepford Whites"
posted by lumpenprole at 12:33 PM on February 23, 2017 [18 favorites]
If 100% of critics think it's worth seeing, that sounds like a great movie to me.
posted by I-Write-Essays at 12:37 PM on February 23, 2017
posted by I-Write-Essays at 12:37 PM on February 23, 2017
Pretty massive spoiler for Night of the Living Dead in the linked article :-)
(if you haven't seen it, it's 96% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, and since it's in the public domain you can find nice HD transfers on e.g. archive.org and on YouTube.)
posted by effbot at 1:57 PM on February 23, 2017 [1 favorite]
(if you haven't seen it, it's 96% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, and since it's in the public domain you can find nice HD transfers on e.g. archive.org and on YouTube.)
posted by effbot at 1:57 PM on February 23, 2017 [1 favorite]
(( Potential spoilers from the trailer.))
The shot in the trailer of her father rocking back and forth lasciviously made me want to vomit, a sensation I almost never experience.
It's like trying to force the protagonist into their stereotype of him forces them, irrecoverably, to inhabit an extremely degraded and repulsive stereotype of themselves.
I'd have to see it as a masterful allusion, but I really hope the actor who tells him to get out wasn't meant to remind me of Richard Pryor.
posted by jamjam at 1:59 PM on February 23, 2017
The shot in the trailer of her father rocking back and forth lasciviously made me want to vomit, a sensation I almost never experience.
It's like trying to force the protagonist into their stereotype of him forces them, irrecoverably, to inhabit an extremely degraded and repulsive stereotype of themselves.
I'd have to see it as a masterful allusion, but I really hope the actor who tells him to get out wasn't meant to remind me of Richard Pryor.
posted by jamjam at 1:59 PM on February 23, 2017
Spoilers for famous Horror films below, Alien franchise and Predator.
Alien and Alien 3, and one of the dreadful mid 90s Halloween movies, had your typical death scenes where the victim squeals in fear, but all three had the same exception; the Black victims put up a heroic fight up until their horrible end. They might have been afraid, but it was a Hollywood bad ass type of afraid. Is that what the article is getting at?
posted by Beholder at 2:20 PM on February 23, 2017
Alien and Alien 3, and one of the dreadful mid 90s Halloween movies, had your typical death scenes where the victim squeals in fear, but all three had the same exception; the Black victims put up a heroic fight up until their horrible end. They might have been afraid, but it was a Hollywood bad ass type of afraid. Is that what the article is getting at?
posted by Beholder at 2:20 PM on February 23, 2017
Just want to double check: does the dog die?
posted by pxe2000 at 3:36 PM on February 23, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by pxe2000 at 3:36 PM on February 23, 2017 [2 favorites]
Not a direct answer re: dog to avoid spoilers, but you can check dog survival/death rates in movies here: Does the Dog Die? (Get Out is part of the database)
posted by lesser weasel at 5:12 PM on February 23, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by lesser weasel at 5:12 PM on February 23, 2017 [2 favorites]
Wow! that trailer! I can't wait to see this movie. But since I live in Alaska just tell me the whole thing. It won't be up here for ages and I will know the whole thing before it gets here anyway : (
It doesn't really bother me that much because I am one of those people who will look for the thing before I see it anyway.
I am the worst, but I keep it to myself.
posted by Belle O'Cosity at 10:41 PM on February 23, 2017 [1 favorite]
It doesn't really bother me that much because I am one of those people who will look for the thing before I see it anyway.
I am the worst, but I keep it to myself.
posted by Belle O'Cosity at 10:41 PM on February 23, 2017 [1 favorite]
I saw the trailer for this in a local theater awhile back, with a mostly white audience (myself included). Awkward, stunned silence followed, then some nervous laughter. It was pretty delicious. This movie, or one like it, is long overdue. It seems confrontational in a way that might actually get through to some white people.
posted by picea at 5:17 AM on February 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by picea at 5:17 AM on February 24, 2017 [2 favorites]
(As a person who avoided even starting a certain zombie show spinoff because the title of an episode is "The Dog," I thank you for the "Does the Dog Die" link.)
posted by xyzzy at 5:43 AM on February 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by xyzzy at 5:43 AM on February 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
I have been extremely excited about this movie. A lot of Black people can describe a subtle (or not-so-subtle) feeling of pressure and unease that comes when in a primarily white environment, but despite the commonality of this fear I've never seen a high-profile horror work play on it. Granted, not really surprising given the racial makeup of most media execs.
I kind of wonder if most White people aren't completely ignorant of this phenomenon, a lot like the way many men are ignorant of the tension and vulnerability women feel on a day-to-day basis.
This shot is my absolute favorite of the trailer. That mix of humor and menace is perfect.
posted by Anonymous at 5:50 AM on February 24, 2017
I kind of wonder if most White people aren't completely ignorant of this phenomenon, a lot like the way many men are ignorant of the tension and vulnerability women feel on a day-to-day basis.
This shot is my absolute favorite of the trailer. That mix of humor and menace is perfect.
posted by Anonymous at 5:50 AM on February 24, 2017
Media has such a powerful impact on how people treat you on a daily basis. And I feel like media is probably our best way to turn negative stereotypes into holistically approaching People Of Color. A few weeks ago, I watched I Am Not Your Negro and James Baldwin commented on how Hollywood desexualized the most well known black actors in the 60s similar to how Asian men are being desexualized in media today. I watched the movie with an almost all white, Midwest liberal audience. There were many awkward glances from my fellow moviegoers at the end of the movie. I was feeling empowered as they were feeling guilt and confusion. I am hoping for the same situation during Get Out.
posted by Become A Silhouette at 8:54 AM on February 24, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by Become A Silhouette at 8:54 AM on February 24, 2017 [4 favorites]
I kind of wonder if most White people aren't completely ignorant of this phenomenon
Entirely possible. I would have described myself as pretty racially aware and knew this intellectually.
But I remember reading The Intuitionist and there's a scene when the protagonist goes to a primarily white bar and describes scanning the room for other black people because of course. It kind of stuck with me, because I would have never thought about it.
posted by lumpenprole at 9:37 AM on February 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
Entirely possible. I would have described myself as pretty racially aware and knew this intellectually.
But I remember reading The Intuitionist and there's a scene when the protagonist goes to a primarily white bar and describes scanning the room for other black people because of course. It kind of stuck with me, because I would have never thought about it.
posted by lumpenprole at 9:37 AM on February 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
I am a total baby when it comes to horror films, but I saw it last night and it was totally fine. There was one scene of more typical horror gore. It's much more creepy than gorey. I really enjoyed it. Very thought-provoking.
posted by emkelley at 12:39 PM on February 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by emkelley at 12:39 PM on February 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
I'm excited to see this and glad it's getting positive reactions; the last horror movie I saw was the fantastic GREEN ROOM so this will have to perform to measure up.
posted by phearlez at 1:27 PM on February 24, 2017
posted by phearlez at 1:27 PM on February 24, 2017
I'm excited to see this and glad it's getting positive reactions; the last horror movie I saw was the fantastic GREEN ROOM so this will have to perform to measure up.
Did you see Don't Breathe?
posted by lumpenprole at 1:33 PM on February 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
Did you see Don't Breathe?
posted by lumpenprole at 1:33 PM on February 24, 2017 [1 favorite]
Damn trailer is far too revealing though.
NO. The trailer intentionally misleads the 'spoiler' parts - which makes the movie more awesome after watching it (the trailer).
Anyway, there is a great conversation about it here and don't skip the comments!
posted by Monkey0nCrack at 5:00 PM on March 2, 2017
NO. The trailer intentionally misleads the 'spoiler' parts - which makes the movie more awesome after watching it (the trailer).
Anyway, there is a great conversation about it here and don't skip the comments!
posted by Monkey0nCrack at 5:00 PM on March 2, 2017
Interesting article for those that have seen the movie: Why ‘Get Out’, a Movie About Anti-Black Racism, Had an Asian Character
posted by larrybob at 11:03 AM on March 6, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by larrybob at 11:03 AM on March 6, 2017 [4 favorites]
Having watched it I'd still say try and see it without exposure to the trailer (yeah, I know, like that's gonna happen).
Also it is excellent.
posted by Artw at 2:20 PM on March 6, 2017
Also it is excellent.
posted by Artw at 2:20 PM on March 6, 2017
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