Get Out - saw again w Alt ending also and WOW! (Spoilers)

[bettyellen]

The alt ending (where he gets arrested) is not nearly as bad or brutal and I thought it would be. He is sanguine about his hopeless situation (house burned down so can't prove his in innocence ) because at least he stopped the cult from functioning. That said I'm glad he got to reshoot it with the kickass happy ending.

Seeing it the second time I realized how many little moments I missed - especially Rose watching bemusedly while her families and the party guests are hinting at their real interest in Chris. She's really like a cat playing with a trapped mouse on the second watch. So evil. It's so loaded with hints as to what's going on but it's all cloaked into what amounts to almost a mockery of the "microagressions".

All the symbolism, weird funny moments, all the jump scares and building dread it reminds me of So many of my favorite movies, everything Hitchcock, Rosemary's Baby, The Stepford Wives, Deliverance, that one with the pod people. I'm so glad I caught it in the theater but rewatching it I keep picking up things I missed. Such an amazing film.

[forjusticethunders]

1. do i even want to watch the alt ending?

The greatness of that moment is that we all KNEW what that police car rolling up meant in that situation and for once it was different. Peele made the right choice to go with the happy ending.

[bettyellen]

2. I was wondering the same thing but friends wanted to, so....

I did. While I'm so glad he picked the ending he did his take on the sad ending was well done. Chris was still heroic.

Actually it is worth a watch with Peele's commentary and alternate scenes. There were five other zingers they tried aside from "I told you not to go in that house" which show how simpler is better. One of them was "you think she voted for Trump?!" LOL

While I picked up tons of little callbacks to old movies (Rosemary's Baby, Deliverance, Don't be Afraid of the Dark, Hitchcock ) I missed the whole huge motif of the deeer, the mom, then the "buck" in Chris rising, and finally two more women by the side of the road leading to his redemption- overcoming his own vulnerability and being the "man of the house" he both lacked and couldn't be as a child. That arc I felt but didn't see the details in plotting. Peele planned all of that symbolism, and it's fascinating to hear him talk about it.

Peele is a really interesting, nerdy yet emotionally generous narrator and director. I enjoyed every bonus scene and extra in the DVD. Every time I see it I get more symbolism and details in the frame.
What's interesting is how much more you see the second watch and how much of it is suddenly cast in a different light.

[bettyellen]

3. One sinister thing I saw only rewatching is the idea whites are smarter and blacks given superior

Physical bodies and that makes it okay for them - if they figure out how to- to take those bodies and have the best of both worlds. it's a metaphor for excusing colonialism and slavery. That the mom finds his vulnerability in not having the strength of character to help his mom, that all the men in her life aren't taking care of her is proof their white patriarchal society is superior and righteous. It's the ultimate in patriarchy- we'll take over you're body becasue you'd make the wrong choices anyway.

Sorry to go on and on but there's so much to think about, yet it's so visceral and entertaining. If it doesn't get a few Oscars I'm going to be pissed off!