Isaac’s Pick: Get Out
I don't like horror movies. Mostly. I find many of the latest ones besides the classic horror movies to be boring, repetitive and rely on the lowest scare form: jump scares. I mainly enjoy "horror" movies that focus on more of a psychological thriller premise, where the movie gets you to think for a while after watching, and appeals to your mind.
Well, Get Out directed by Jordan Peele is not totally either of these. It's not really a horror movie, but still has some horror elements, but more of a psychological thriller/comedy. The basic summary of the movie is that an African American man named Chris (actor David Kaluuya) is at the point in the relationship with his caucasian girlfriend named Rose (actor Allison Williams), where he visits her parents. Things start going crazy from here, when he notices that his girlfriend's family has multiple African American servants, her mother does hypnosis, and extended family members seem to be so incredibly fascinated with Chris. I don't want to spoil it, but the movie has a very interesting plot line. It plays on not only some horror and thriller elements, but also on racial prejudice themes that can still be present in our world today. The end of the movie is where the most interesting twist(s) of all occur. I really want to say what happens, but I'm nice enough not to spoil it. :)
Basically, if you're looking for a movie to see this weekend that's infinitely more interesting than the other movies currently in theatres, watch this one - a very fascinating and unique movie to start the year!
Pauline’s Pick: Split
It’s safe to say we all had high
expectations for Split, the latest
work directed by the legendary master of horror, M. Night Shyamalan. With an
extensive resume like his, the bar was set to ridiculously high standards and
Shyamalan delivered. Split is a true
masterpiece.
The plot follows a man named Kevin Wendell
Crumb, who suffers from dissociative identity disorder, also loosely known as
multiple personality disorder. The audience watches as Kevin’s alters (alternate
personas) overtake his very being, committing heinous acts in the process while
Kevin falls helplessly further and further to the background, buried by the
chaos of his own mind. We can call it horror but truthfully the film is more of
a psychological thriller, or in any case we can acknowledge the fact that many
people who suffer from this disorder must endure this type of horror every day
of their lives.
The movie sheds light on a topic that is
not widely spoken about, even if it is at moments hyperbolic. If we dig a
little deeper, we discover that Split
is much more than a thrill ride for our personal viewing experience. It poses
some very interesting questions and suggests some compelling theoretical
concepts. Have you ever heard those stories where someone, pumped up on
adrenaline, lifts a car to save someone in a life threatening situation? Well, the
questions raised in Split run along
very similar lines.
Could it be that we as physical beings, are
only limited by the parameters of our minds? Could there be something more to
discover if we could access the deeper levels of our subconscious? What would
we do – and what might we find? Maybe there is a monster lurking inside each
and every one of us, fighting to break free. The mind is a complex thing. They
say humans only use 20% of their brain power at any given time. Maybe Split is trying to tell us that we’ve
only just scratched the surface.
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