Review of Get Out (2017) by Twigger 1 — 04 Aug 2017

Many people aren't going to like most of my review. I enjoyed the film. Great story, but a bit of a deus ex machina twist. We just have to go along with the fact that the twist works. Okay, I can suspend my disbelief, so I can go along with it, but I'm not going to rave about it as much as some of the critics have.

One of the things that annoyed me, and that annoys me about films in general, is the choice to show violence against men, but avoid showing violence against women (apart from one pivotal moment - I won't spoil it).

It annoys me that it's socially acceptable to have the dad be a drag, while the mum is so mature and smart. If you're still reading this after my comment about showing violence against both men and women, I wrote it because men are more likely to be victims of violence and twice as likely to be murdered - it is no consolation to the *victim* that men are 9 times more likely to be violent.

We need to stop violence against women in society, but even more so, we need to stop violence against men. If we can show violence against men in films, then we should also show it against women. Equality should mean equality.