Get Out

Get Out (2017)

Written and directed by Jordan Peele

Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener, Caleb Landry Jones, Lil Rel Howery, Marcus Henderson, Betty Gabriel, and LaKeith Stanfield

Jordan Peele's latest movie being out in theaters. I thought I would visit his first movie. Holy shit. I am floored.

Chris Washington (Kaluuya) is a photographer that is going to visit his girlfriend, Rosie Armitage (Williams) parents for the weekend. When the couple gets there, Chris has the feeling that Dean and Missy Armitage (Whitford, Keener) are hiding something.

This experience is a trippy one. As a black person or any person of color, you always have this uneasiness when you are the odd person out. When you are in a room with all white people being the only POC there, you feel uncomfortable.

From the start of the movie, I was thinking that something fucked up with gonna happen. It did happen, but not what I thought it was. The score heightened the psychological aspects of the movie. It was uncomfortable for the viewer to see.

This was a visceral experience. I don't know if all people are going to get the hidden meanings or messages that movie evokes. This was something to behold.

Rating:10/10

The Adam Project

The Adam Project (2022)

Directed by Shawn Levy

Screenplay by Jonathan Tropper and T.S. Nowlin & Jennifer Flackett & Mark Levin

Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Zoe Saldaña, Catherine Keener and Alex Mallari Jr

I was entranced in the Oscar season that I wanted to see a regular movie. This came out recently and I wanted to check it out.

The basic premise of the film is that Big Adam (Reynolds) time travels from 2050 to 2022 which he stumbles upon his younger self (Scobell) as they try to figure out how to get back to his own timeline.

Reynold's sarcasm can be hit or miss in movies. If he is playing the merc with the mouth or playing a vampire killer with nice abs, good. If he is playing a fighter pilot with a green construct suit or playing a romantic lead, it falls flat. I enjoyed the humor in this movie.

This preteen boy is dealing with a lot with bullies in school, dealing with being the smallest sixth grader alive or having to live without his father.

The dynamic between Young and Big Adam is the anchor of the movie. Without that rapport with each other, this movie was have not worked as it did. The third act of this movie was a lot to take in. Some people would think it was mushy. I enjoyed it. Reminds me of Field of Dreams. 

The biggest strike against this film is the serious rotoscoping of one of the characters. Took me out.

Rating: 7/10