This was a movie I was really looking forward to seeing... but I knew I probably wouldn't see it in theaters. I don't see a lot of movies- no one I really know likes Thrillers or Horror Movies... so I knew I had to see this eventually and when I got it on Blu Ray... I watched it right away! And it did not disappoint.
I felt like I would be a little bit spoiled by this movie because the trailer did reveal kind of a lot about the plot of the film... and that it would be a little bit predictable... but honestly I was pretty surprised and there were some twists and turns that I thought were really good. It was the perfect thriller movie in my opinion and it might be one of the best movies I've ever seen... it was really, really good.
It was really a well-paced movie. It definitely eases you into a lot of the themes. At first when Rose and Chris are together it just seems really cute and innocent... and then you get to the house- and it's a little bit weird but... it didn't seem totally sinister. Rose's dad seems like a nice enough guy, her mom and brother seemed pretty creepy... but you wouldn't think "Ohhh they're going to do something really really weird and messed up." It's just something you wouldn't see coming at all. It was crazy.
There was a lot of foreshadowing... really all throughout the movie... I thought I caught everything in the beginning that would be part of that... like for example... slight spoiler here... when Rose's Dad shows Chris the kitchen and he says "We keep a little piece of my mother here." I was like "Ohhh... he means he literally has a little piece of his mother here." I just didn't know how. And there were so many other things that happened that you thought were just one thing... but it turned out to be something entirely different. If one character does something that you trust them for... just wait for a little bit in the movie and you won't feel that way anymore... it's very deceptive and strange.
And a lot of the visuals of the movie are very powerful too.
This scene... was just very powerful and disturbing. If you look at Jordan Peele's instagram- he posts a ton of fan artwork... mostly it's different interpretations of this particular image and the tea cup... it's definitely cool to see that.
The story of how this movie came to be is pretty cool too... Jordan Peele basically wrote it for himself after hearing an Eddie Murphy sketch. When he wrote it- it didn't feel like the right time to release the movie or to make it... so he just held onto it... and then he kind of knew when it was right... and he even changed the ending to a tone that he thought people deserved more... I would definitely recommend checking out the blu-ray because there is an alternate ending... and it is still very good. The Alternate ending is what I thought was going to happen when I watched it... so I preferred the version that they went with in the movie... it was just really good.
For Jordan Peele's directorial debut... this is phenomenal! It is quite honestly one of the best movies I've seen in a long time and I'm really happy for Jordan Peele based on the movie's success. I hope he continues writing thrillers and comedies because he is really really talented... and I didn't listen to the full Commentary on the movie... I'm probably going to do that tonight though...but everything he did with this movie had a lot of thought behind it... everything has some sort of symbolism and deep meaning. It's just really great.
I would definitely recommend checking this movie out... if you have a film class and you need to write a paper on anything... there is SO MUCH you could do with this particular movie. I highly recommend it!
Byeee!
-Shannon
I felt like I would be a little bit spoiled by this movie because the trailer did reveal kind of a lot about the plot of the film... and that it would be a little bit predictable... but honestly I was pretty surprised and there were some twists and turns that I thought were really good. It was the perfect thriller movie in my opinion and it might be one of the best movies I've ever seen... it was really, really good.
It was really a well-paced movie. It definitely eases you into a lot of the themes. At first when Rose and Chris are together it just seems really cute and innocent... and then you get to the house- and it's a little bit weird but... it didn't seem totally sinister. Rose's dad seems like a nice enough guy, her mom and brother seemed pretty creepy... but you wouldn't think "Ohhh they're going to do something really really weird and messed up." It's just something you wouldn't see coming at all. It was crazy.
There was a lot of foreshadowing... really all throughout the movie... I thought I caught everything in the beginning that would be part of that... like for example... slight spoiler here... when Rose's Dad shows Chris the kitchen and he says "We keep a little piece of my mother here." I was like "Ohhh... he means he literally has a little piece of his mother here." I just didn't know how. And there were so many other things that happened that you thought were just one thing... but it turned out to be something entirely different. If one character does something that you trust them for... just wait for a little bit in the movie and you won't feel that way anymore... it's very deceptive and strange.
And a lot of the visuals of the movie are very powerful too.
This scene... was just very powerful and disturbing. If you look at Jordan Peele's instagram- he posts a ton of fan artwork... mostly it's different interpretations of this particular image and the tea cup... it's definitely cool to see that.
The story of how this movie came to be is pretty cool too... Jordan Peele basically wrote it for himself after hearing an Eddie Murphy sketch. When he wrote it- it didn't feel like the right time to release the movie or to make it... so he just held onto it... and then he kind of knew when it was right... and he even changed the ending to a tone that he thought people deserved more... I would definitely recommend checking out the blu-ray because there is an alternate ending... and it is still very good. The Alternate ending is what I thought was going to happen when I watched it... so I preferred the version that they went with in the movie... it was just really good.
For Jordan Peele's directorial debut... this is phenomenal! It is quite honestly one of the best movies I've seen in a long time and I'm really happy for Jordan Peele based on the movie's success. I hope he continues writing thrillers and comedies because he is really really talented... and I didn't listen to the full Commentary on the movie... I'm probably going to do that tonight though...but everything he did with this movie had a lot of thought behind it... everything has some sort of symbolism and deep meaning. It's just really great.
I would definitely recommend checking this movie out... if you have a film class and you need to write a paper on anything... there is SO MUCH you could do with this particular movie. I highly recommend it!
Byeee!
-Shannon
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