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Post by poelzig on Mar 7, 2017 21:22:46 GMT
If you weren't such a dirt stupid hate filled little bigot you MIGHT see the irony in your bitter and sad little comment. Now pat yourself on the back for being such a faux enlightened little liberal. Maybe one day you will meet a swarthy person in real life. Won't that be exciting? Right, so criticizing someone for whining instead of trying to understand what another person's life experiences are like is "bigotry" and "hate". And who am I a bigot against? Who do I hate? Straight white men, like myself? You pathetic Neanderthal losers really have trouble with the basics of rational thought, don't you? Why is it hate filled dirt stupid bigots like you are always too stupid to know they're bigots? Oh yeah. It's because they are woefully ignorant. All you do is spew vitriol and hatred while patting yourself on the back for trying to bully people with differing opinions than yours. All from the safety of your all white gated community. Of course. You would NEVER have the balls to say anything to someone's face You're pathetic and an obvious hypocrite. The fact you rushed to tell strangers you're straight says a LOT about you. More than a bit homophobic, huh?
No need to say you are white. It's painfully obvious you're the stereotypical white faux OUTRAGED liberal douchebag. Out of curiosity what blue state do you live in? If you ever meet someone that ISN'T a lily white loud mouthed moron just like you, do you plan on putting the picture on instagram? That's your cue to invent some swarthy "friends" to show how enlightened you are.
Run along kid. You're so boringly typical, it's not even fun to point out how typical you are.
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Post by faustus5 on Mar 8, 2017 17:47:25 GMT
Right, so criticizing someone for whining instead of trying to understand what another person's life experiences are like is "bigotry" and "hate". And who am I a bigot against? Who do I hate? Straight white men, like myself? You pathetic Neanderthal losers really have trouble with the basics of rational thought, don't you? Why is it hate filled dirt stupid bigots like you are always too stupid to know they're bigots? Oh yeah. It's because they are woefully ignorant. All you do is spew vitriol and hatred while patting yourself on the back for trying to bully people with differing opinions than yours. All from the safety of your all white gated community. Of course. You would NEVER have the balls to say anything to someone's face You're pathetic and an obvious hypocrite. The fact you rushed to tell strangers you're straight says a LOT about you. More than a bit homophobic, huh?
No need to say you are white. It's painfully obvious you're the stereotypical white faux OUTRAGED liberal douchebag. Out of curiosity what blue state do you live in? If you ever meet someone that ISN'T a lily white loud mouthed moron just like you, do you plan on putting the picture on instagram? That's your cue to invent some swarthy "friends" to show how enlightened you are.
Run along kid. You're so boringly typical, it's not even fun to point out how typical you are.
Who am I supposed to be a bigot against, genius? You aren't even trying to think as you type, are you? Have you ever had a rational thought in your entire pathetic life?
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Post by coldenhaulfield on Mar 11, 2017 6:43:39 GMT
Didn't care for the flick. It was competent and watchable but, as someone else said, felt like a 90-minute-long Key and Peele sketch.
And, frankly, the "racial commentary" wasn't BRILLIANT, people. This is what happens when you have a society that doesn't read; their minds are blown at the slightest attempt at creative ambition or effort beyond just making an all-out popcorn piece-of-shit movie. If anything that stuff detracted from the movie because it was hackneyed and hamfisted (e.g., the "condescending, out-of-touch" white people making comments about Tiger Woods, etc. etc.). It would've been "edgy" in -- what? 1992? '96? That literally not one critic DARED give it a negative review, sadly, says more about the state of our weird, backward-ass condescending race relations in the country than the quality of the film. It's Moonlight all over again.
Beyond that, I've read similar plots in multiple Christopher Pike novels -- all executed much with much more momentum and suspense. Falling, for instance.
Hey, here's what would've been a really shocking twist: the girlfriend's parents are great people, and they treat Chris with respect and are supportive of his relationship with their daughter, race has nothing to do with anything, and instead whatever sinister unseen forces are attributed to something creative and original and not just an excuse to run through a parade of low-brow, played-out negative stereotypes of racist, rich old white people. Jus' sayin'.
**/5.
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Post by outrider127 on Mar 13, 2017 13:27:58 GMT
I watched it with my boyfriend, my friend and her husband. It was okay. Loves: The best friend and TSA Agent. Lol. I thought he was brilliant. Likes: I thought the main male lead and the black woman who played the housekeeper attendent did a great job. Fine acting. Great emotional control. You could actually see the struggle beneath the surface when the woman was fighting to break through. I liked the Invasion of the Body Snatchers idea. I liked that the movie explored experience and racial themes without going overboard. Meh: Character motivation in the end. I didnt like that he seemed to rethink killing the main character. Didnt make sense. Dislikes: That the movie was so politicized. Politics and social commentary couched in a horror film. Is this what happens when black people make horror. A lot of subliminal messages to white people to hate themselves. I didnt like the freeforall potshots directed at white people. Imagine the uproar if some white guy made a movie going on about what "white people" put up with in our encounters with blacks -and made generalizing comments about black people throughout? I didnt like the crowd. Insane black moviegoers behind us screaming "kill the white bitch". Stupid comments really killed deeper aspects of the film, too. "N*gga run!!!" I thought the tea scene was nice but the mood was nearly ruined with "Dat bitch dropped dat nigga", "Wait, what happen? Im lost." and the sucking of teeth as though the scene was fluff. Then, when the groundskeeper shot himself at the end. "Oooh, he in love wit her" No, the groundskeeper didnt shoot himself because he was in love with the female lead. The body was occupied by the grandfather while a sliver of the black mans conscious remained in a psychological prison of sorts. Once he was able to regain control of his body--you know what? Nevermind. Well, I wouldn't know about black moviegoers, since I live in a 100% white area here in Florida, and there wasn't a single black in the whole theater(saw it on a weekday in the daytime) but after what you said, I'm glad there wasn't any there lol--I enjoyed the movie and I think most of the white audience did as well--It was refreshing to see a crazy over the top satire(with of course some serious overtones)on many levels--The funniest part was the basic plot itself, because in reality no old white guy(even with one leg as Chris Rock pointed out)would ever want to be a young black guy. But Peele hit on so many things to make fun of,and did it so well, that I'm not sure he could ever duplicate this again
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 12:31:43 GMT
After reading reviews and seeing the previews I will not be watching this whitebashing film. If this was reversed and the family was black there would be riots from Berkley to Wellesley. We get it hollywood, white people are evil and we suck. Well you'll be doing without my money at theaters since I'm such an evil guy certainly my money isn't good enough right? Btw Moonlight sucked Silence should have won but wasn't even nominated for Best Picture. Why? Cuz "Black is in now" just like GET OUT says. Pfft
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Post by Nora on Mar 18, 2017 1:30:45 GMT
After reading reviews and seeing the previews I will not be watching this whitebashing film. If this was reversed and the family was black there would be riots from Berkley to Wellesley. We get it hollywood, white people are evil and we suck. Well you'll be doing without my money at theaters since I'm such an evil guy certainly my money isn't good enough right? Btw Moonlight sucked Silence should have won but wasn't even nominated for Best Picture. Why? Cuz "Black is in now" just like GET OUT says. Pfft to a certain degree you are right. i could never be the other way around, which is sad. BUT, to me it didnt take itself and the ratial undertones seriously. Which is what made it a truly good movie. If you watch it, you would see that a lot of it was obvious fun, and overall it wasnt saying "we think all white people are evil/black people are good" at all. Not to me. Now… I WOULD have liked it more if it was made by a white director, that is true, because this way it kinda rings of "black paranoia" - BUT when you see the humor and exaggeration/hyperbole in it, the race card doesnt matter anymore. i agree with you on Silence being a great movie and Scorsese kinda overlooked on it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2017 6:24:21 GMT
After reading reviews and seeing the previews I will not be watching this whitebashing film. If this was reversed and the family was black there would be riots from Berkley to Wellesley. We get it hollywood, white people are evil and we suck. Well you'll be doing without my money at theaters since I'm such an evil guy certainly my money isn't good enough right? Btw Moonlight sucked Silence should have won but wasn't even nominated for Best Picture. Why? Cuz "Black is in now" just like GET OUT says. Pfft Silence was a masterpiece. Although I hated the social commentary on Moonlight as this black shit in hollywood is downright bs, the movie is flawlessly filmed. But I agree, Silence deserved the honor.
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Post by longtimefilmfan on Mar 18, 2017 21:22:38 GMT
This opened in the UK yesterday and we saw it today. Intriguing plot and build up but I thought that the ending was rushed and proved to be rather an anti-climax as most of the "evil" characters were dispatched in about 2 minutes flat! I also wonder why all those racist middle class white people were happy to "become" young black men???
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Post by Nora on Mar 18, 2017 21:29:06 GMT
I also wonder why all those racist middle class white people were happy to "become" young black men??? agreed, I wasnt quite sure of their motivation either. There was one line that said it was "fashionable", but really would that really convince a conservative racist with criminal intentions to be ok with becoming what they feared/hated for probably most of their lives?
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Post by charzhino on Mar 19, 2017 14:12:00 GMT
Opened this weekend in the UK and saw it last night. I enjoyed it for the most part. The tonal shifts in the film were quite jarring though. 1st act is normal enough as the intrigue begins to develop. 2nd act turns into a twilight zone full on horror film with the usual jump scared and imagery. The 3rd act shifts to a slasher/Saw type atmosphere and mixed into it all is the comedic relief with the airport security friend. Still, its a film you're not going to be bored by and thats the important thing. Got a lot of vibes from Shutter Island, Hostel and Saw which was cool. 7.5/10
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Post by whenamymetsalad on Mar 19, 2017 19:18:44 GMT
After reading reviews and seeing the previews I will not be watching this whitebashing film. If this was reversed and the family was black there would be riots from Berkley to Wellesley. We get it hollywood, white people are evil and we suck. Well you'll be doing without my money at theaters since I'm such an evil guy certainly my money isn't good enough right? Btw Moonlight sucked Silence should have won but wasn't even nominated for Best Picture. Why? Cuz "Black is in now" just like GET OUT says. Pfft LOL cries about SJW's in other posts, becomes one in this post.... WOOWWWWWW
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Post by barkingbaphomet on Mar 23, 2017 22:32:17 GMT
i wasn't in any hurry to see it because the small bit of Key + Peele comedy i've sampled didn't really hit for me and the trailer made it seem like a lot of embarrassingly hamfisted politicizing. but it wasn't that. what prompted me into viewing it was those Red Letter Media frauds repeatedly comparing it to An American Werewolf in London (my all time favorite film). and it most certainly wasn't that. it was pretty good, though. successfully creepy for the most part. i got two or three good laughs and was amused by much of the other dialogue. one question for anyone who might have noticed: when did Chris have a chance to stuff that cotton (?) into his ears? he was bound...
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Post by Nora on Mar 24, 2017 4:54:05 GMT
one question for anyone who might have noticed: when did Chris have a chance to stuff that cotton (?) into his ears? he was bound… he grabbed it as he was seated, he scratched the chair and got it out, into his hands, which were tied in a way that didnt restrict movements of his palms and then (it wasnt shown but I suppose that is what happened) he just leaned over with his head toward his palm and placed it there. It didnt look like his head /neck was bound to the chair. What I had more trouble with was believing that the cotton could actually isolate the ear so well.
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Post by jaynadiah on Apr 23, 2017 9:22:31 GMT
I figured out the plot twist in less than thirty minutes. I still enjoyed the movie, Same. As soon as the gardener starting talking to the guy about how wonderful his girlfriend was we knew EXACTLY what was going on and the reveal wasn't really a reveal to us at all. Still it was pretty good though.. that being said we did watch 'rings' before watching this and that was sooooo terrible that watching any movie following that piece of shit would have seemed half decent lol
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Post by merh on Apr 23, 2017 19:36:36 GMT
to a certain degree you are right. i could never be the other way around, which is sad. BUT, to me it didnt take itself and the ratial undertones seriously. Which is what made it a truly good movie. If you watch it, you would see that a lot of it was obvious fun, and overall it wasnt saying "we think all white people are evil/black people are good" at all. Not to me. Now… I WOULD have liked it more if it was made by a white director, that is true, because this way it kinda rings of "black paranoia" - BUT when you see the humor and exaggeration/hyperbole in it, the race card doesnt matter anymore. i agree with you on Silence being a great movie and Scorsese kinda overlooked on it. for-key-and-peele-biracial-roots-bestow-special-comedic-power
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Post by merh on Apr 23, 2017 19:56:07 GMT
This opened in the UK yesterday and we saw it today. Intriguing plot and build up but I thought that the ending was rushed and proved to be rather an anti-climax as most of the "evil" characters were dispatched in about 2 minutes flat! I also wonder why all those racist middle class white people were happy to "become" young black men??? Speaking as an older person brought up mormon- Yes, blacks were not allowed to hold the priesthood because of Cain's sin. The mark God placed on him was black skin. So a lot of the Mormons I knew in the 60s & 70s growing up didn't see themselves as racist. Many adopted black children believing they were helping them. It was actually, looking back now, very patronizing. So I saw it in this movie. This cult saw black men as superior athletes & the wave of the future. Like many rich people, they believe money buys them what they want. They don't have to die like the poor. And they can buy into the new cool club-black people. It's part of the package.
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Post by Matt on Apr 24, 2017 14:15:36 GMT
I didn't dislike the film, but it didn't do anything new or groundbreaking in my opinion, the plot was quite weak, there were a few lines that made me smirk a little, but as for funny or scary moments, it didn't do much for me, for once i pretty much guessed what the plot twist would be pretty early on (I'm usually quite dense when it comes to twists) but i figured the girlfriend was a little off, as soon as she made such a big deal about that cop asking for the main guys license
The acting was okay, but nothing special, i read a review on IMBD and whoever was writing it, seemed to be trying a little too hard to convince people that it's an amazing film, he used terms like groundbreaking and thought provoking, said things like the acting was Oscar worthy and yeah, stuff like that, so a little over the top with the praise for what is a pretty straight forward average film
So yeah, it was okay, but kind of predictable and a little boring, i would give it a 6 out of 10
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Post by Nora on May 3, 2017 5:27:55 GMT
Now… I WOULD have liked it more if it was made by a white director, that is true, because this way it kinda rings of "black paranoia" - BUT when you see the humor and exaggeration/hyperbole in it, the race card doesnt matter anymore. i agree with you on Silence being a great movie and Scorsese kinda overlooked on it. yeah, I know he is biracial. and i really liked the movie. and the color of the skin of the director shouldnt matter at all. except in the case he makes the movie directly about race . then yes, from my point of view it would have had an even more powerful msg if the director was other race than the one that he has chosen to be the victimized one in the movie. thats all Read more: imdb2.freeforums.net/thread/2734/get-out-2017?page=3#ixzz4fzTxzEmD
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Post by merh on May 3, 2017 5:46:00 GMT
yeah, I know he is biracial. and i really liked the movie. and the color of the skin of the director shouldnt matter at all. except in the case he makes the movie directly about race . then yes, from my point of view it would have had an even more powerful msg if the director was other race than the one that he has chosen to be the victimized one in the movie. thats all To each her own. I didn't see it as ALL white people. It was one whack job group. KKK meets the Texas Chain saw family.
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Post by ashverses on May 4, 2017 22:39:05 GMT
yeah, I know he is biracial. and i really liked the movie. and the color of the skin of the director shouldnt matter at all. except in the case he makes the movie directly about race . then yes, from my point of view it would have had an even more powerful msg if the director was other race than the one that he has chosen to be the victimized one in the movie. thats all To each her own. I didn't see it as ALL white people. It was one whack job group. KKK meets the Texas Chain saw family. That is how I saw it too.
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