Get Out

 

Get Out was really good. I definitely could see where the conversation about Jordan Peele being an auteur comes from, and I would have to agree that he is. I haven't seen any of his other movies so I cannot compare between them, but I felt like this film was just different from other ones that I have watched. Even through how some of the more fantastical elements like the hypnotism were portrayed, as Daniel Kaluuya was in some sort of negative space. Everything felt grounded and like it was taking place on our Earth. 

That's horrifying to think about in the context of black culture right now and how much oppression they still face in society. Just the fact that I believed that there could be white families out there doing this to black men after watching this movie, and even if there aren't, the underlying meaning still rings true. There are definitely lasting systemic issues that are designed to lure minority cultures into a false sense of security, when they're actually still the victims. 

That oppression that they face is then compounded through many systems and little aspects of society, that I understood completely Daniel Kaluuya's distrust of the love interest and her family. I didn't trust her either, I didn't even trust her until the bench scene outside with the two of them. And I'm sure that scene was specifically designed to get everyone on board with her, even the non-believers like me, and it did exactly that. Then she stabbed me right through my back, and right through my heart. And that must hurt really bad for black individuals in our society today, when it happens repeatedly. It must hurt so much every little time.