33. "RE: Yeah I think you are nickpicking" In response to In response to 32 Sun Feb-26-17 02:12 PM by MEAT
>I did have two general questions about the story: > >1. Why were the grandparents acting like servants. I just >thought it would make sense that a grandparents with new >bodies would do the things they always did like cut wood and >tend house. Soulhonky also made a good point that it would >be a good cover to observe Chris. > >Their strange behaviour made sense because they were old white >people in young black bodies trying to convince a young black >man that they were black. > >And it worked because the results were creepy as fuck which >works for the movie.
But they weren't regular old white people. They were wealthy cult founders who discovered a way to eternal life through brain replacement. If L Ron Hubbert found a way to Xanadu, he wouldn't be mowing the lawn suddenly. That's not how this works. And while they can be creepy, they were almost robotic.
>2. I did wonder what was Allison Williams role in everything. > She seemed to kind of lack motivation for what she was doing. > But I kind of didn't have to think about it too hard because >I just wrote it off as her just being apart of the family >business.
A character that feels like they lack motivation in a movie is a flaw in a movie. Doesn't make the movie bad necessarily, but when you're thinking of classic characters, or stories, or rating movies perfect then a main character without a motivation is a big deal
> >Other than that I think those are minor points because the >fact is taken together it all worked. You talk about clashing >tones but that's only a problem if it doesn't work or fall >flat and it didn't. The crowd roared at the lil rell humor. >I also never saw him as over the top, he sounded to me like a >regular black dude working at TSA who all of sudden was >dealing with an over the top situation. > >And of course he would have a joke at the end because that's >what you do in movies of this type. There was no more >rewarding moment than when he dropped "Motherfucking TSA, >that's what we do".
And I get that, in a comedy, I get that. But the movie just spent 100 minutes telling us that about distrust and fear and paranoia and loss and trauma and race relations ... good movies don't just turn the tone like that. It's a cop out.
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