Why did Rose keep her old photographs out in the open in Get Out?
I saw Get Out for the second time and have one big lingering question - when Chris sees the opened door in the bedroom to the small "attic" space and decided to see what's inside, why would such damning evidence of Rose's previous boyfriends be laid out so obviously and right there for him to find?
Also why was the door open and not locked well, if the box of old photos was in there for anyone to see? If I recall, the sorry had been open and closed throughout the weekend...
Later, we do see that Rose frames the pictures, but if her parents took them down for the weekend when Chris was visiting, you'd think they would hide them better.
Currently, my thoughts (albeit with no evidence hinted at in the movie) are that Georgina or Walter opened it for him to see (after somehow "breaking through" the Grandma and Grandpa's control).
It seems that typically, the family just hypnotizes the guys into a trance and then put them in the basement, so I don't think it was done so Chris would realize what's going on before he's taken down there.
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It's a classic case of the bad guy (or bad guys in this case) going out of their way in the climax to share unnecessary information that just happens to help explain the plot.
But I thought the movie pulled it off pretty well: as a viewer, my impression was that the family wanted Chris to see the pictures and learn other details because -- true to their psychopathic nature -- they are having a little "fun" by terrorizing their victim at the end of their long con.
Also, another character mentions that the more Chris understands, the better the procedure will go..
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Why was the closet door open in Get Out?
The Two Sides Of Georgina While the "grandma" side of Georgina seems to unplug Chris's phone a couple of times, her dormant personality is presumably responsible for leaving the door open to Rose's closet.Why did they keep unplugging his phone in Get Out?
All the lobotomized people momentarily snap out of their \u201ccomas\u201d when they see a camera flash. (It's an open secret, which explains why Chris' charging smartphone is constantly unplugged.) Chris, a photographer, discovers this loophole during the party when he takes a pic of Logan (who then screams at him, \u201cget out!\u201d).Was Rose hypnotized in Get Out?
It was often speculated that Rose was hypnotized by Missy into going along with her family's crimes. This was ultimately debunked by Allison Williams, who declared that none of the Armitage's had been hypnotized, and that Rose was just a heartless monster.Why was Georgina crying in Get Out?
A single tear immediately slid out of Georgina's left eye and down her cheek after Chris confessed that he was nervous being around so many white people.Get Out Best Scene
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Answer 2
My interpretation was that Rose left the small attic door open, and the box in plain site, to intentionally get Chris to freak out. When Missy (Rose's mom) hypnotized him earlier, part of the process was to get him worked up, terrified, helpless, paralyzed. Rose intentionally got him to that emotional state as well (possibly as part of the Coagula process).
Downstairs by the door, when Rose was "looking for her keys", Chris was terribly worked up. The whole family has surrounded him in a surreal, menacing way. And Missy was able to put him into the sunken place very easily.
If they had been trying to keep him calm to avoid any danger to themselves, Missy would have just tapped the teacup when she first saw him. There would be no sense in letting him get scared and possibly endangering herself and her family.
Answer 3
Just watched the movie yesterday and I was wondering the same thing. Unfortunately there is no further evidence given to us and I was also forced to go with the simplest explanation, which is the one you mentioned.
Georgina's "sunk" self leaves the door open - she has access to the room since she is the cleaning lady. As I recall the door was again open at some point during the first day but Chris did not investigate further.
Trying to solve this I was also wondering why were the photos in the box unframed, but it didn't help, just raised more questions. I believe this was just a director "trick" so Chris could browse through them more easily instead of going through framed photos..
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