Obliterator
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WHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAA
THIS IS GETTING COMPARISONS TO THE SHINING?! I adore that film, hype levels just sky rocketed
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Jordan Peele's Get Out - 100% at RT after 136 reviews
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WHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAA
THIS IS GETTING COMPARISONS TO THE SHINING?! I adore that film, hype levels just sky rocketed
HomerSimpson-Man
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As huge love of genre films than the traditional dramas, I love it! I got me Split, John Wick 2, still need to check out The Lego Batman movie.
Now we got Get Out and then next week Logan also getting rave reviews, it's a wonderful time!
Nah, it's not like that. It's more tense than anything.
RedAssedApe
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Trailer was hilarious. Movie looks great.
http://nerdist.com/nerdist-podcast-jordan-peele/
Jordan Peele just did a podcast where he talks about a lot of his influences and philosophy making the film. He took aspects (spoilers on what films he drew from)
Edit: maybe save the podcast for after seeing the film, not because of spoilers necessarily, but because knowing the film makes following the conversation more clear.
Jordan Peele just did a podcast where he talks about a lot of his influences and philosophy making the film. He took aspects (spoilers on what films he drew from)
of the community in his film from The Stepford Wives, and he wanted the house and the grounds in Get Out to be a character like the Overlook was from The Shining. He wanted to avoid tropes like when characters back into (literally) bad places, or utilising jump scares.
Edit: maybe save the podcast for after seeing the film, not because of spoilers necessarily, but because knowing the film makes following the conversation more clear.
ElMexiMerican
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Man, seriously congrats to Peele for making what seems like a great and pertinent film.
Totally forgot about Split. Still need to see it. But yeah this has been a pretty good month movie wise.
Holy hell, for a directorial to have 100% after nearly 100 reviews and an average score of 8.3? That's damn impressive.
Like I knew Keegen-Michael Key had begun doing some acting stuff (namely him in the first season of Hunt the Truth, dude was fucking phenomenal in that) but I didn't realize that Jordan Peele was starting up directing.
Looks like he must have a bright future on it.
Good to see them both seeing much success after Key & Peele. But damn do I miss Key & Peele.
Like I knew Keegen-Michael Key had begun doing some acting stuff (namely him in the first season of Hunt the Truth, dude was fucking phenomenal in that) but I didn't realize that Jordan Peele was starting up directing.
Looks like he must have a bright future on it.
Good to see them both seeing much success after Key & Peele. But damn do I miss Key & Peele.
Vault Dweller 111
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You will be horribly disappointed if you are expecting this to be comparable to a Kubrick directed, Nicholson led, adaptation of a great book.
It's a fun movie, and worth watching. But I can't believe not a single one in 100 critics has disliked it yet. I would have thought it would be at like 75% RT or something.
I don't want to be the negative guy in this thread, I really enjoyed it. And I think Jordan Peele had a good career ahead of him as a director. But I don't want people expecting an all-timer, they will probably be disappointed.
BlueTsunami
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Don't want to set your expectations too high. But The Shining comparisons come from the the sense as a thriller it portrays than pure quality. Don't go in expecting The Shining but what it contains as a thriller.
Glad both are succeeding after their show, they are well deserved. I regret reading the thread title, now I am having high hopes for the film. The trailers made it seem pretty generic, but with a nice twist.
Obliterator
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Ok I'm calming myself back down. The Shining is like a top tier film imo and maybe my favorite horror / thriller ever. So to even hear the comparison's got me amped up.
Lord Fagan
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I hope this is that late February sleeper hit the way Chronicle was.
This is that magical window of time the studios schedule a real gem for release at a normally dead time of year at the cineplex. Looks amazing. I'll do this one on Friday, and Logan next week.
This is that magical window of time the studios schedule a real gem for release at a normally dead time of year at the cineplex. Looks amazing. I'll do this one on Friday, and Logan next week.
Agreed, although admittedly I'm kind of a pretentious dork and sometimes movies that are mostly visual/audio with almost no discernible plot can also be enjoyable to me as well (Samsara, 2001, Fantasia, Tree of Life, etc) so whatevs
HomerSimpson-Man
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They should seriously do one of those "critically acclaimed" tv spots showing all kinds of quotes on screen and scores aping Academy Award season movies, and then reveling the last 10 seconds with actual "Get Out" footage.
I liked Get Out.
I also liked It Follows, The Guest, and You're Next.
Get Out feels like those films in tone, it's got those sophisticated social commentary deconstruction type messages mixed in with the suspense and horror. It's not jump scares, or torture, or dumb people doing dumb things kind of horror. It feels like part of this new wave of horror that is being made by the people that grew up on John Carpenter and Wes Craven, but who were also influenced by Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese. The idea that horror isn't just cheap genre fare, but can be serious film at the same time.
I also liked It Follows, The Guest, and You're Next.
Get Out feels like those films in tone, it's got those sophisticated social commentary deconstruction type messages mixed in with the suspense and horror. It's not jump scares, or torture, or dumb people doing dumb things kind of horror. It feels like part of this new wave of horror that is being made by the people that grew up on John Carpenter and Wes Craven, but who were also influenced by Quentin Tarantino and Martin Scorsese. The idea that horror isn't just cheap genre fare, but can be serious film at the same time.
When people say "overrated" it's basically just an opinion. No one's trying to change anything.
Bill Squabber
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Just came back from seeing it. Awesome movie.
Major spoilers:
Major spoilers:
I like how he used cotton to help free himself.
Hazelhurst
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Looks like a unique premise. Will definitely check this out.
FusedAtoms
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Omg yes, I've been so in for this movie after everything I've seen and I even thought the ads I've been seeing on YouTube look good. Jordan Peele is one talented dude I'm so there opening night
ryutaro's mama
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Just got out. Really awesome film. Scream-like in how it perfectly balances comedy and genuine tension/suspense. I went into this thinking that there were going to be a bunch of overt metaphors, but the social commentary is actually pretty subtle (but effective) - which I think works to the film's benefit.
-duskdoll-
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The trailer looks good, hope it didn't spoil anything major. It's a pretty interesting theme for a horror film though.
This is why I never read IMDb reviews. They're worthless.
Dreams-Visions
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going to see this tomorrow for sure.
I knew based on the amount of commercials that have been shown that they believed in this movie.
I knew based on the amount of commercials that have been shown that they believed in this movie.
HomerSimpson-Man
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Frostinferno
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Wow! I was expecting it to be a decent movie, but unanimous praise (so far)? Shot right up on my priority list.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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100-0 is absolutely incredible. Don't believe there's been a streak like that since Toy Story 3.
DieNgamers
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Holy shit, you just sold me to the movie!!!
...Now it just has to release (english subs only, please) in Germany, haha!
Sir Alemeth
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Shit that trailer looks crazy!
ReplacementPelican
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Never expected it be this good, Peele has knocked it out of the park.
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