"Get Out" won best original screenplay?

[Tiberius]

I mean, I saw that they made every single white person in that movie evil and racist against blacks, but was there a deeper underlying meaning I didn't catch.

...except they didn't.

Spoiler for people who haven't seen it:

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The main doctor in the movie says that the only reason they use black people's bodies is that they are "in style". I doubt white racist people would want to "become" black in the first place, which is effectively what they are doing.

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I liked "Get Out", and I don't understand the whole "Stepford Wives" comparison. In that movie, the wives were replaced by robots (or possibly brainwashed to make them submissive). In this movie (spoilers again):

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People are kidnapped, their conscious mind is "pushed" into their brain stem, and their brain is replaced with the brain of another person, usually someone older who wants to have a younger body.

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[Tiberius]

Just like "The Shape of Water" was literally "Splash"

This comparison at least makes some sense. "Get Out" is nothing like the "Stepford Wives" though.

[Silver]

I liked "Get Out", and I don't understand the whole "Stepford Wives" comparison. In that movie, the wives were replaced by robots (or possibly brainwashed to make them submissive). In this movie (spoilers again):

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People are kidnapped, their conscious mind is "pushed" into their brain stem, and their brain is replaced with the brain of another person, usually someone older who wants to have a younger body.

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The movie left me so underwhelmed, I even forgot the plot. xD

[Tiberius]

I think the movie is best viewed with the pretext that it's a psychological thriller with some comedy elements, and that it doesn't take itself too seriously. As long as you suspend your disbelief, the story and the creepiness factors combine to make a pretty good movie. I understand why it won that award.

[Brian37]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com...s-43285058

I remember everyone proclaiming what a wonderful movie it was.  I decided to watch it, and I was disappointed.  There was nothing "original" about it.  It was just "Stepford Wives" with a cast of black people.

I liked it a lot.  I was happy to see Jordan Peele get the award.

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I never got the appeal to either Forest Gump or Titanic. I thought those movies were over rated. But again, all I can say is I didn't like them.

Who doesn’t like Forest Gump?!  You’re dead inside!  😝

Jenny, you think I make a great ABBA fan but you won't marry me.

[Catholic_Lady]

I liked "Get Out", and I don't understand the whole "Stepford Wives" comparison. In that movie, the wives were replaced by robots (or possibly brainwashed to make them submissive). In this movie (spoilers again):

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People are kidnapped, their conscious mind is "pushed" into their brain stem, and their brain is replaced with the brain of another person, usually someone older who wants to have a younger body.

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The movie left me so underwhelmed, I even forgot the plot. xD

I think I may have liked it better if I didn't have high expectations for it

[Pat Mustard]

Titanic

Yeah, that frelling drek did Saving Ryan's Privates out of its proper share of Oscars.

[Silver]

Yeah, that frelling drek did Saving Ryan's Privates out of its proper share of Oscars.

A fellow Farscape fan. Woo!

[Shell B]

I don't see the similarity with Stepford Wives at all.

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I mean, I saw that they made every single white person in that movie evil and racist against blacks, but was there a deeper underlying meaning I didn't catch.

...except they didn't.

Spoiler for people who haven't seen it:

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The main doctor in the movie says that the only reason they use black people's bodies is that they are "in style". I doubt white racist people would want to "become" black in the first place, which is effectively what they are doing.

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I liked "Get Out", and I don't understand the whole "Stepford Wives" comparison. In that movie, the wives were replaced by robots (or possibly brainwashed to make them submissive). In this movie (spoilers again):

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People are kidnapped, their conscious mind is "pushed" into their brain stem, and their brain is replaced with the brain of another person, usually someone older who wants to have a younger body.

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Also,

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The guy who saved the hero's ass in the end is white.

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[Rev. Rye]

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I think a horror movie that's a thinly veiled allegory about the bad side of being black in America just hit into the zeitgeist of these racially-charged times. Also, Daniel Kaluuya is an excellent actor who's finally getting the recognition he deserves.

I guess I didn't catch the allegory? I mean, I saw that they made every single white person in that movie evil and racist against blacks, but was there a deeper underlying meaning I didn't catch.
I will agree about the actor. He did a great job.

Yeah, I've been a fan of Daniel Kaluuya since he was on Psychoville, and playing the protagonist of 15 Million Merits on Black Mirror. Sadly, he hadn't done a lot since 15MM, except for playing Emily Blunt's partner in Sicario, bizarrely underutilized if only because A) He's the cop protagonist's partner, and B) he's the only consistently decent person in the cast in a story about how Emily Blunt's going from a decent cop to a morally bankrupt one like Josh Brolin. Fortunately, the one-two punch of Get Out and Black Panther has rectified that.

About the allegory, maybe ask some of your black friends (or maybe acquaintances if you don't have any full-on black friends) or just look on the Internet. The Internet might be more in-depth.