BY: Joseph Villa
The movie Get Out is very controversial horror film, filled with many messages hidden within its satirical elements. From talking to my peers and reading different reviews, the movie has been interpreted in many different ways. After seeing the movie and discussing it with my friends, I have my own perspective about the different meanings within the movie. One aspect of the movie was relevant to an early discussion we had in class about the future of technology, and what life will be like years from now. Dr. Sistrumk informed us about the scientist Ray Kurzweil, who predicts that there will be immortality by 2045.
In the youtube video, Ray Kurzweil discusses his predictions about radical life extension and the future of physical immortality. He states that "We'll be routinely able to change our bodies very quickly, as well as our environments in virtual reality, but it will feel very real. We'll ultimately be able to do that with real reality too." I made a connection between this idea and the movie, when the Father of the white family was transferring parts of the african-americans brain into members of his family and friends.
For example, the African-american house-keeper was grandma and the grounds-keeper was grandpa. The white family was preserving the life of their family members by replacing their brains with African-american people. In my opinion this is very similar to the type of immortality that Scientist Ray Kurzweil speaks of. Another interpretation of this scene was the notion that it was used to expose the truth about the preservation of African-Americans organs.
The movie Get Out is very controversial horror film, filled with many messages hidden within its satirical elements. From talking to my peers and reading different reviews, the movie has been interpreted in many different ways. After seeing the movie and discussing it with my friends, I have my own perspective about the different meanings within the movie. One aspect of the movie was relevant to an early discussion we had in class about the future of technology, and what life will be like years from now. Dr. Sistrumk informed us about the scientist Ray Kurzweil, who predicts that there will be immortality by 2045.In the youtube video, Ray Kurzweil discusses his predictions about radical life extension and the future of physical immortality. He states that "We'll be routinely able to change our bodies very quickly, as well as our environments in virtual reality, but it will feel very real. We'll ultimately be able to do that with real reality too." I made a connection between this idea and the movie, when the Father of the white family was transferring parts of the african-americans brain into members of his family and friends.
For example, the African-american house-keeper was grandma and the grounds-keeper was grandpa. The white family was preserving the life of their family members by replacing their brains with African-american people. In my opinion this is very similar to the type of immortality that Scientist Ray Kurzweil speaks of. Another interpretation of this scene was the notion that it was used to expose the truth about the preservation of African-Americans organs.
This connection is crazy! Essential thats what the white predators in the movie were doing. Gaining immortality by stealing the bodies of others. A part of me wonders if this has already happening. - Kyaris Wade
ReplyDeleteI absolutely loved this movie and also discussed some of the subtle and more obvious clues in the movie. Reading your article all I can say is I pray it doesn't come to this although I can see things like this happening.
ReplyDeleteGreat article but I can say that I hope radical life extenstion does not happen. I believe people should stop experimenting with life and let it take it course.
ReplyDeleteThis movie was amazing with many hidden messages that opened my eyes. Many of the hidden messages throughout the movies are probably happening today that we are unaware of. The movie is us, our history and our own troubled relationship we have with race. After reading your article, I can't imagine what life would be like and I hope that it doesn't become reality.
ReplyDeleteThis movie is one that you'll watch again and still have to think about it to make sure that you realized all the hidden details. There won't be much good though that results from immortality.
ReplyDeleteI love this movie and the message it is trying to get across. I believe a lot of people are in denial on what really goes around in the world today. The directors of the movie knew exactly what he was trying to create and excuted that vision.
ReplyDeleteThis was an excellent movie. Very well thought out. I enjoyed the underline meanings within the movie as well.
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