I didn't think it looked great from the trailer but glad to hear i was wrong

Peele is a genius, so Im sure this is good. I'm not really a horror movie fan though

I musta missed something because I didn't see anything funny in that trailer....except the big black guy telling the other black guy not to get all bougie, but that's just because I think bougie is a funny word.

ATM1876 said:

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I'm a fan of Key and Peele, but I'll say it... don't have any desire to see this movie based on the premise.

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I probably wouldn't have seen it either if I hadn't been invited to an advanced screening, but I'm glad I did. There's something to be said about being surprised at liking a movie you had low expectations for. I had no desire to see John Wick: Chapter 2 until curiousity got the best of me and I saw the original last week. Now I'm back in the theater 15 minutes before showtime.

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Same here. I saw the trailer for John Wick 2 and now I have to find the first one to watch before I see #2.

All I know is that it is every ******* ad on youtube this week.

ATM1876 said:

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Awesome, glad that you liked it!

My thoughts on the trailer possibly giving away too much were based on watching it right after seeing the movie. It definitely doesn't give away anything that makes the movie so unique but it does feel like they just fast-forwarded through the movie and pulled out 2:30 worth of sequential clips. I think that if somebody watched it a few days before seeing the movie it might spoil some of the conventional horror elements but I may be wrong about that.

100 reviews and still at 100%, crazy!

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I read and heard somewhere that you should see this in theaters because it's really fun to watch with an audience. Do you agree with that? I'm going to see it this weekend if so.

Ah I see what you mean now. I really can't wait to see what other people think because everyone I went with was blown away

There is no doubt in my mind that at the end of the year this will be in my top 10, maybe top 5. And I am a white moderate leaning conservative. The movie definitely made me think on race relations but not in a way that beats you over the head. For a directorial debut the movie was downright masterful with some amazing visuals.

I would say the movie is 10% comedy, 20% cringe comedy over the whiteness around black people, and the rest straight up thriller horror. Very little gore and maybe a handful of jump scares (I only thought one was unearned with a sharp uptick in the music that would have been more effective without it at all)

This movie was just so much fun and seeing at a opening night release was so much fun. The audience was really into it and clapping at the end (and a particular moment in the movie).

The movie definitely skewers white liberal America which was kind of a nice icing on the cake watching it in Seattle.

Thanks for your take, I might watch it now. I was getting a vibe from a lot of rotten tomatoes reviews that it was overly racial/white guilt. I really like Jordan Peele.

Peele related this movie to his inspiration stepford wives. That movie is about how men can control women but doesn't necessarily make him feel bad about being a man or villainized. He did say it opened his eyes a little bit towards women and was hoping for a similar take here. Hearing his explanation helped realign my expectations for the film.

Also I guarantee the reason why this whole thing goes down within the universe is nothing you will suspect even when you think it tips its hand only 20 minutes in. Or even how the white people actually view black people which is why I didn't feel like it made white people to be outright evil (though these people definitely are).

SPOILER

I was pleasantly surprised. I was expecting a "black people need to be put in their place" type turn late in the film. You know, the white people are racist devils type thing. I was so conditioned to be watching for something revolving around skin color, that actual motive slipped right underneath me. Well done.

Edited for grammar and fat fingers and other stuff.

BassCowboy33 said:

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SPOILER

I was pleasantly surprised. I was expecting a "black people need to be put in their place" type turn late in the film. You know, the white people are racist devils type thing. I was so conditioned to be watching for something revolving around skin color, that actual motive slipped right underneath me. Well done.

Edited for grammar and fat fingers and other stuff.

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That was the part that surprised me the most too. I was expecting it and Peele completely subverted it.

Saw it last night, thought it was really good. Peele's a sharp moviemaker. I agree with some of the above comments about watching it with an audience, I'm also one of of those shut-yer-trap types in the movie theatre but this one will draw laughs and comments and yells that are pretty much part of the experience.

That was a hell of a movie.