When I was first introduced to Jordan Peele’s first movie Get Out, I was kind of just expecting another horror movie that was okay. What I found out after the end of that movie was amazing. This movie was not just a movie it was more of a political statement on racism in America and I loved that.
From then on I remembered the name Jordan Peele so when I saw the trailer of Us I was hyped because it was the same director and same genre. I watched this movie with a lot higher expectation than Get Out and it was super good still.
It’s more of a take on different social classes and how we treat people way too different purely based on where their situation is socially in America. It’s about an exact clone of every single person in the world coming up from the sewers and taking over because they think they deserve to have all of the benefits of lying above ground because they never have before.
Then, Jordan came out with Nope which I didn’t see until after my parents and they had mixed thoughts about it so I was kind of scared going into the theaters for that one. The trailer looked really good so I was trying to be as positive as possible. When the credits began I realized that my mom was completely wrong this movie is an instant classic for me. This movie has the perfect actor for the main role Daniel Kaluuya is probably my favorite actor in the world right now.
Kaluuya was also the main character in Get Out, so I think that Jordan and him get along really well and they’ve made some very good movies together. The thing about these movies that separates them though is the fact that they are considered horror movies but there isn’t ever really a time where you’re downright scared and each movie has a comedic sense to it too that makes it a perfect horror comedy.
The best thing about watching his movies is the process of your brain trying to discover what Jordan is trying to represent through the big screen and if you dive really deep into his work it’s insane. He also represents black people really well and he seems to be a really intelligent person with some of the stuff he puts into these films. Now that I’ve said so much about him let’s get into my favorite film Get Out.
Get Out
Like I said I didn’t know what to expect from this movie when it first came out so I wasn’t really expecting to see anything astonishing. Well I probably should’ve read some reviews because this was an insane movie.
You don’t understand all of the things and topics Jordan is trying to represent at first but I’ve re-watched this movie too many times to count and every single time I’ve noticed new things that are really amazing about the thing Jordan is trying to represent, and that would be modern
There’s a perfect scene in this movie where Chris and Rose are watching out of the window as the entire family drives through the trees into the driveway, and I didn’t notice this until I watched the movie again but it was hinting at the ending the entire time. All of Roses family are white people and they all drove into the driveway in really nice black cars.
So, with the ending revealing that they use black people for their bodies and physical advantages this kind of went under the radar until you re-watch it, this is why I would suggest re-watching all of his work I’m writing about in this article. There are two maids and housekeepers that the family has and they act very abnormal for the entire movie and it keeps you guessing on what’s wrong with them.
Well, it kind of tells you because it shows that they’re both black and when the movies big twist is revealed you realize that these housekeepers are actually Roses grandparents in the kidnapped peoples bodies and it’s very rewarding.
With all of this being said I have watched so many Youtube videos of different people trying to interpret the movies message and theme and they all kind of see it in a different way, and I’ve really appreciated all of those because it allows me to see the movie in a different way and I will always love that.
Spoiler Alert
The ending to this movie is so freaking good it ends with Chris being hunted by the family and he barely escapes and he realizes Rose was tricking him the entire time and she’s going to try and use him for his athletic body. He found this out because he found a bunch of pictures of Rose with her past black boyfriends. Well this doesn’t make sense because earlier in the movie she said that he’s the first black guy she’s ever dated and her parent don’t know, so that’s kind of the twist that jump-starts the ending phase of the movie.
