Get Out

Get Out (2017) is a comic/ horror written and directed by Jordan Peele, starring Daniel Kaluuya (Chris) and Allison Williams (his girlfriend Rose). The movie earned 2 noms at the Golden Globes and is running for 4 statuettes at the 90th Academy Awards- Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Actor for Kaluuya.

The movie tells the misadventures of Chris, a black young photographer who agrees to meet his girlfriend’s parents who live a beautiful colonial house in the countyside. Mom and Dad turn out to be the worst kind of racist psychos cunducting illegal experiments on Rose’s love interests.

• Get Out is the first movie I have seen in this award season. And I have enjoyed it because it deals with current topics, such as racism still is in nowadays’ society and illegal scientifical experiments on human beings. But yet, Get Out makes you think&laugh in a comical entertaining way. But it scares you at the same time. How come that illegal experiments are made without no-one notice it? Or worse: a) no one seems to really care, b) where are the authorities?
• Daniel Kaluuya gives his face to a complex character. Chris is an ambicious photographer who lives a common, decent life. When things get dangerous, he does not suspect on his beloved girlfriend, does he? But then Chris manages to wake up and manages to get out this horrific reality. A black guy who is smart, fast and “good” in a subdle racial movie where the blacks are not only restrained to play the part of the victims. Chris’ role in the movie jumps of the opposition of colors, making us reflect more on the cruel experiments. We don’t tolerate them because they are injustly applied on black people or we don’t tolerate them at all? I mean, even if applied to asian people/european/caucasian or on the environment and the animals? Kaluuya’s acting portrays all this. Intense interpretation.
• Rose’s family. I mean, wow. How is it even possible that a revival colonial house exists in 21th c? The parallelism between the 2 “worlds”, contemporary and colonial is very interesting.
• Classical horror effects, music and… tools.

Movie rating: 5/5 stars.

In my opinion, one of the most complete movies of the season, even if its early screen opening seems to cut Get out out of the awards game. Be scared of outsiders.  

Hi movie lovers! I'm gonna repost here the main reviews of the 2017 Oscars' season. You can find them on facebook and Instagram in the links below. So, let's begin with...

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Today I’m about to explain why Moonlight has ENCHANTED me, so you can share your opinion too or, if you haven’t watch it yet, run as soon as possible to your local theatre. This 2017 awards’ season is full of worth- watching movies, but Moonlight leads the dances, stretching itself to the Olympus of best movies of all times, as it had already collected the prestigious Golden Globe. I’m sure we will be talking about Moonlight for years, but the words are kind of flowing out of my fingers so I will start right now.

Moonlight is a drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins, based on the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue. The film stars Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Naomie Harris and Mahershala Ali.

Moonlight is the story of Charon, a “Little” boy who lives with her mother, who is a drugs-addicted. Charon appears to be fragile compared to the other boys who start to call him “faggot”. Charon meets Juan, a drugs dealer who tried to raise the boy up. Charon grows by his own, trying to know himself and to carve out his place in society.

Things you will enjoy:

·         The luck of plot: in Moonlight, such has happened in Fences, there is no plot. I mean, nothing (in terms of actions), occurs during the movie. It is a glimpse of Chiron’s life. Again, modernist taste.

·         The history of a lifetime: I liked the fact that the movie is divided in chapters where we can see Chiron growing through 3 different stages of his life. It reminds me the structure of an old audio book. Visionally, fascinating and a bit retro. Love it.

·         The roughness of relationships: I’ve found this movie really touching because Chiron, from his youth ages, does not have a normal relationship… with anyone! He does not have a normal family, nor friends who love and respect him. And, watching the movie, this does not seem forced or ridiculous, it just seems incredibly real.

·         The power of silence: Although Chiron is the main character, is the one who says less in the movie. The eyes, the stares and the touches are fundamental to decodify Chiron thoughts and fears. In some points of the movie, Chiron reminded me Rooney Mara playing Therese in the wonderful Carol. But Chiron is hurt, and you, as a spectator, can almost feel his pain.

·         The building of a shell: Moonlight explains how life, unlikely situations, contribute to deprive someone of themselves. Can Chiron feel himself anymore? Or, being forced to change his personality in order to please others, he does not know anymore who he is?

·         His only/lonely friend: I liked the fact that the not stereotyped characters, in this movie, are “alone” even in a crowd. The implosion of repressed emotions seemed so real to me, somehow, I’ve empathized with the character’s feelings.

·         The eyes of a boy in a man’s face: The best part of the movie is when you recognize the little Charon in the grown-up version. The ending is incredibly touching and breath-taking  

·         The fast sequences, the pale colours and the music: it all worked in sincro.

·          The language is violent, aggressive and cruel.

Movie rating: 5+/5

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