Students in the Atlanta University Center were sponsored by Universal Screenings to a free advanced screening of Jordan Peele’s newest horror movie, “Us,” on Mar. 20 at 7:30 p.m. at Regal Cinemas in Atlantic Station.
Throughout the movie, the audience stayed engaged. Audience members were constantly making predictions about the ending of the movie while screaming at certain scary moments.
The majority of students loved the movie and had great things to say about it.
“The movie ‘Us’ was amazing. The way that Jordan Peele was able to blend comedy, drama and suspense to make this movie amazed me. The movie left me feeling in awe and excited to see his next body of work,” Courtney Johnson, a sophomore Mass Media Arts major with a concentration in Radio, TV and Film, said.
“I thought ‘Us’ was a horror movie that gave me everything I look for in a horror film with more cultural awareness and context. It was created with a very deep message that I am still processing, but through it all I think the film was wonderful and has a hidden message about self-image and the debate of body vs. soul,” Reginae Butler, a sophomore Mass Media Arts major with a concentration in Public Relations, said.
Other students left the movie theatre with a completely different feeling.
“My expectations were too high. I expected more than your typical horror movie. I was confused thinking I had missed something like an important detail or that I had to put more thought into it, like his hit “Get Out,” but it was all in front of me. I just don’t understand the symbolism. Too many questions left unanswered,” Jaylen Cockerham, a sophomore Criminal Justice major, said.
“Going into the movie, I had extremely high expectations just because Jordan Peele puts out masterpieces. Throughout the movie, I found myself enjoying what was on the screen, but once the ending sequence happened it changed the view on the movie that I had possessed and made me feel negatively towards it. I believe that maybe seeing the movie a second time will do it justice, but overall the movie wasn’t bad,” Makyah Coleman, a sophomore Political Science major, said.
Produced under Peele’s Monkeypaw Production company, “Us” hits theaters on Mar. 22 and it leaves audience members with so much to think about.
This article is published in the Clark Atlanta University Panther.
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