You really like the movie. We get it.
:rolleyes:
Anyway… I highly recommend everyone check out this video of Peele breaking down various fan theories about the movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBvcngHRTFg
I saw it a few weeks ago and liked it. My reaction was: Kinda cool how this was a traditional horror film.
It got rave reviews pretty much across the board, so I’m surprised you only hear about it in “horror circles”.
My main complaint about the plot is that the guy didn’t just get the F out of there once he found out his GF was in on it.
He didn’t have the car keys. He’s out in the middle of nowhere. Where would he go?
I saw this movie in the theater, even though I never watch horror films, because of the rave reviews. I think it was at or near 100% on Rotten Tomatoes when I went to see it. (And for the same reason I ended up watching Cabin in the Woods, except on DVD.)
Get out. 
If you think you’re going to be subject to what he was going to be subject to, you find a way.
Also, when he was strapped to the chair, didn’t the film hint at him having some idea of how to free himself? I don’t remember exactly because it was several weeks ago that I saw it, but I seem to remember there was a little clue telegraphed to the views that “he’s going to escape”.
He noticed that the upholstery was torn (most likely by the scratching of a previous victim), exposing the stuffing. That’s what he used to plug his ears.
I guess we have different opinions on what a horror movie is. I would put this more in a thriller/suspense type movie. I had heard about it in other places, but everyone just said horror movie. I had to convince a couple of people that they would probably like the movie if they ignored the horror label.
He did try and get out once he saw she was in on it. Once he saw those photos he got up and walked right for the front door, but the rest of the family was there blocking him.
Dude, just because your criticisms are nonsensical is no reason to act like that. You’re welcome to say what you think is wrong with the movie; I’m welcome to disagree. Your eyeroll is ridiculous.
Cotton.
It was most intentionally cotton.
Heh–hadn’t even thought of that.
I hadn’t either, until an article I read pointed it out. There are some good interviews with Jordan Peele on the Nerdist, as well as with Jeff Blum from Blumhouse Productions on the making of the film.
In particular they talk about the original ending. I understand why Peele changed it, but I think in doing so, they took away from the meaning of the film.
For those who haven’t seen it,
The protagonist is found with the body of the white ex-girlfriend and is immediately arrested. While he’s in prison his friend struggles to get his name cleared, but the protag tells him it’s hopeless and he needs to let it go. Besides, he’s found his own peace and redemption because he made the choice to go back for the other victim, rather than repeating his mistakes with his mother.
Yes I am assuming this is a topic that has never come up and that they have not spoken about frankly in any way prior to the making of this film.
Peele also talked about the challenges of being biracial in the interview, and how he hoped nobody would interpret the film as “all white people are evil,” as that is not any more the message of the film than the message of Stepford Wives is “all men are evil.” (He cited Stepford Wives as a major influence.)
I realize that’s a terribly convuluted sentence but I can’t seem to make it better.
Well, they shot an alternate ending where Chris wound up in prison, so the filmmakers must have pretty seriously considered that as a possible outcome.
I don’t think it’s implausible that a black man who was caught by police immediately after killing an entire white family would wind up in prison, especially if his only defense were an unlikely sounding story about brain transplants. IIRC the Armitage house was on fire at the end of the movie, which presumably would have destroyed most of the physical evidence. The Armitages’ powerful and wealthy friends/clients also had plenty of reason to want to keep the truth a secret, and could have covered things up.
See post #52.
Peele explained that his original ending was meant to point out that contrary to popular belief, Obama’s election didn’t mean we were living in a post-racial society. But after Trump was elected, he changed the ending, because, something along the lines of “we just needed cheering up.”
That family seems extremely untrustworthy and terrifying.
I like this explanation. When I saw the movie, and the car pulled up, I thought for sure that it would be cops and he would get arrested.
I was super happy it was his friend.
Disturbs me that I feared for him when I thought it was the cops 
If you felt that anxiety, maybe the film retained its original meaning, in a sense. Jeff Blum claims he begged Peele not to use the original ending. The protagonist was too likeable to see him go down like that. Peele had final say, gave it some thought, and ultimately filmed and released the theatrical version.
Sorry, that’s Jason Blum. Not Jeff.