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NOPE KARSTEN THIS MOVIE IS NOT FOR US, WE SHOULD GET OUT THE THEATER
@@ariverbythesea 😂😂😂
The way nope can balance dread with humor while maintaining stakes is such a breath of fresh air after watching so many mediocre marvel movies.
@@ariverbythesea Nope 2 preview trailer
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It was great
Jordan has said this movie has to do with spectacle. They never try to kill the monster, they try to take a picture of it. The TMZ biker begs for his camera facing death. A chimpanzee massacres actors in an empty tv studio. To me, nope is about our obsession with entertainment, with capturing a moment that feels like the biggest threat to humanity, and quickly forgetting, moving on to the next cultural ‘UFO.’
Kinda ironic that he created a hyped up and extremely marketed blockbuster to take a stance against spectacle
@@michaelduke8521 -I don’t know if Nope is _against_ spectacle so much as about it. It plays with an audience’s expectation to see, and to capture on camera, things that they probably shouldn’t-but it doesn’t exactly condemn that expectation so much as use it as a good horror premise.
@@michaelduke8521 he talked about what you’re saying in an interview. I can’t remember what TH-cam channel it was, but he did talk about that. His movie also being a spectacle that we must see.
They were just trying to take pictures of both of the predators - Gordy and Jean Jacket. But they ended up having to kill them because you can't tame a predator.
@@cthulhutheendless1587 yes, I'd go further and say its anti spectacle for spectacle's sake. The only way they were able to capture this monster on film was with non digital, analog cameras--perhaps he is making a comment on the way the internet and digital media (combined with capitalism) preys on our obsession with spectacle, and how when we made the transition to digital we lost the pace that allows for craftsmanship, and replaced it with spectacle for spectacles sake
Nope definitely has some of the best “title drops” in a movie ever. Legit every time OJ said “nope” it fucking hit
@Drink Your Whatever it was said like 3 times tfym
I love it when he sees the UFO above the house and immediately goes back in the car
Especially when he's in that car
Then locking the van door 💀🤣
love from burkina faso (fosho (for sure)) haha legit every time!!!! 💗💗
i also like how the theme of a ‘bad miracle’ relates back to jupe. he was miraculously not hurt by gordy (many theory’s for why he was spared), which was a miracle. however, the miracle became a curse when instead of dealing with his trauma, jupe decided to commercialize it instead (joking about the snl skit about gordys rampage, building a room dedicated to gordys home and charging people to see it and spend the night in it), until he eventually he decides to try and ‘tame’ another wild animal, believing that because gordy spared him, he could also tame jean jacket (as it was later dubbed by OJ). but instead his hubris led to the deaths of about 40 people, all because of the miracle that happened to him as a child.
When he was joking about it, I got more of a feeling that he was trying to hide how much it effected him, everyone around him made light of it so he tried to as well. This then made him thinking he could control the alien seem kind of dumb. I didn't hate the movie but it felt poorly thought out and underbaked
@@justemrys it’s the not the jokes that made him think that he was special, it’s the fact he’s the only one who survived intact and that before gordy died he tried to fistbump jupe.
it’s almost a definite that jupe was spared due to him not making eye contact with gordy, as his attention was diverted by the standing shoe which ties into the whole ‘bad miracle’ quote. it also makes sense since diverting eye contact has been observed in apes as a sign of respect or weakness
@@thememehub5722 also because chimps can switch up really fast when it comes to aggression.
I heard he was gonna be killed just before Gordy got shot, since you can hear a balloon pop at the same time the gun went off. So, he would’ve died. The miracle was really the shoe, how it stood up at the cause of such a tragedy. That shoe was also what saved jupe since he stared at it instead of Gordy.
The digestion scene half way through the movie made me the most uncomfortable I have ever been in a theater. I did not expect it at all. Also, loved how the film tackled the themes of animal exploitation.
Wasn't that scary lol war of the world did it better
The way the ufo was flying back and forth above with the screams waving from ear to ear
It made me look away and I almost threw up
@Drink Your Whatever how about you try to get some bitches
it was extremely horrific, it made me sick to my stomach, too good
What I really got from Nope was a commentary on the monetization of tragedy. From *SPOILER* the main characters trying to capture video of the thing that killed their father to sell to Steven Yeun's character selling admission to see tokens from a deeply traumatic moment of his past. It really reminded me of things like the true crime fans selling merch on etsy with serial killers faces on it. It was ana amazing movie and I'm so ready to go see it again
How is trying to capture an alien craft onto video a “monetization of tragedy?” This movie had no commentary, it only tried to.
@@virginializcano3935 I mean I feel like it’s saying instead of getting to safety and well-being people would rather capture and market their situation if it could benefit financially even if it could be to their detriment. Something along those lines idk how to word it
@@jeffadler8984 yeah i get what he was TRYING to say. He just failed miserably as the movie doesn’t coherently explore his ideas. Same with Us. You get what he is attempting to say but nothing in his movies actually convey what he intends. Like i walked away w a vague sense that he was trying to say that spectacle is bad & ppl are punished for indulging in it but his conveyance of that idea was flawed, jumbled & unclear.
@@virginializcano3935 that kind of seems like a you problem if both movies left you confused :/
@@cunderthunt7545 I said i wasn’t confused. I get what he intended
Anyone else think it's really cool how Yeun's character called the aliens "the Viewers," and the little doll and costume aliens look exactly like the Panavision reels on the Gordy set?
I wanna know what you’re referring to, but I just watched that movie a few days ago and I don’t feel like watching 6 mins of that to find out lmao
@@whosmans4788 It’s at 5:25
Just another useless detail employed by the director to make up for the emptiness of the story.
@@TheWelchProductions I dunno why there’s so many people who relentlessly hate on Peele, typing out nasty replies on peoples excited comments. Given the current political climate in the United States and elsewhere, my mind immediately assumes all this unfair dismissal of Peeles work is a “race thing.” Stop being nasty!
@@TheWelchProductions this guy doesn't get subtlety. Show don't tell lol.
I loved the Akira slide towards the end in theaters. What a homage.
The Akira slide completely caught me off guard and I was so happy to see it
@@minibray me too. I heard about it but I didn't know where it was until the end when Emerald does the slide on Jupiter's Claim.
My own theory since he referenced Akira is that the alien’s design is inspired by the Angels from Evangelion. Something other worldly and weird.
@@chakryand oooh looking forward to this!
@rhea it's been a homage throughout movies/cartoons/anime since Akira's release in 1988 and many people even Jordan Peele did now.
I just realized at 5:25 the Jupiter aliens seem to be modeled after the sitcom cameras that were abandoned after the attack…i would say it’s a coincidence but based on how he held on to the traumatic images of that day and repurposed them for profit and It just makes too much sense
And they're all fluffy like the chimp was too
he also called the aliens “the viewers” which is another reference to cameras
The aliens are definitely very monkey like. When I first saw them I thought they were monkeys
Did you notice the "clicking" sound they were making? Like a film camera
Yeah every time i saw the cameras in this video it made me think of the scene where the kids are in the masks... that scene scared me so much
i am so happy Keke Palmer is finally getting her flowers. She has been giving us get acting since she was young, hosted shows, and she works hard.
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Yes I have loved her from a young age. I love your videos as well ❤️
@@AscertainInVain y not lol
I have no idea who that is but yeah
I didn't find this movie to be particularly scary except for the Gordy scene oh my god I could not breathe it felt like an actual nightmare
That and the digestion scene both kept me up at night.
The unfortunate part is that they could remove that scene and nothing about the main plot would change, the best scene was the most useless.
@@fruitxyikes260 but it is important
@@fruitxyikes260 while it may not be important to the plot, it’s very important to show exactly why the asian guy (sorry, can’t remember names right now) believes he can connect with the ‘alien’. Something that committed such a horrible and bloody act reaches its hand out and gives him a fist bump. The guy needed therapy to be honest, not crazy ufo’s
@@browning2471 it also HEAVILY reinforces the themes of the movie
Loved the alien, honestly. It wasn’t scary but just - a “spectacle” lol. It was simply eerie, disturbing, and well executed.
I thought think alien was pretty fucking scary, particularly the sound design really sold it as this huge behemoth that simultaneously feels alive and artificial like a balloon. This is also apart of the design. What particular got me was scene where we see the people from the starlight (maybe it was starlaso idk) experience it gave me a raw feeling of anxiety that I haven’t felt in a loooong time.
@@ooofthedegenerate That scene was just so… ugh. I love it.
I had chills everytime that thing was on screen, horrifying
To me the only time it was scary was when it ate ppl
it gave me angel vibes yk? like what angels are actually supposed to look like…i don’t know, jordan peale made it so interesting
I think the main theme of animal entertainment is interesting. The film touched on how people owning dangerous animals as "play things" is interesting. The same way the monkey is deprived of its natural habitat and loses it is similar to how the alien is used to entertain people until it too, loses it and devours 40-ish people. Both beings are unpredictable predators that should not be used by humans as stage pets. They cannot be controlled no matter how many times they appear to be domesticated. They are wild creatures that should not be used in entertainment spaces. As the TV-show rampage shows, they are still primal and do not want to be entertainment fodder for humans to enjoy
so true! as silly as it sounds i kinda thought this theme was similar to jurassic park, how people can’t have dominion over nature.
That makes zero sense. The chimp was being used against his will, it’s not like he chose to be there like the alien did. The Alien wasn’t being exploited like the chimp was. The alien chose to be there, he came uninvited into our home & started eating things. If anything the alien was the one exploiting humans. Also the alien was already eating humans before he “snapped” hence the coin that kills OJs dad ( i don’t think horses carry coin purses). The movie was just bad & made zero sense.
This was my theory too!
If they "cannot be controlled" then why did the Gordy sympathise with Jupe? Only for Jupe to become an entertainer at other animals' expense anyway? I don't mean to counter your argument I'm just curious xD
@@carwynpierce9763 My theory is that Gordy did not kill Jupe because he did not make eye contact. Animals view eye contact as a signal that you are a threat, a dominating force that wants to threaten their life. That is why Gordy killed all those actors, but left Jupe alone. During the attack, Jupe is shown to look away, indicating he is respectful and wants to show no threat to him.
It's similar to how the aliens did not kill the audience until the audience and Jupe stared directly at the flying creature
It pays homage, in a way, to black cowboys, an occupation that has traditionally have been portrayed as white men, but historically they were predominantly black and Hispanic.
Hispanic are also white lol.
@@nick.19 Plenty of dark skinned Mexicans out there. Got anything else, genius?
@@nick.19 many of them were actually Latin American, not hispanic
Agreed. Like everything. American history has been white washed.
You are missing his point
With everything Peele delivered, one thing is for certain, he knows how to make me want an ICEE.
Oh my god! The ICEE machine in my theater wasn’t working so when I saw it in the movie, I never wanted one so bad before!
@@hungtotheover3385 Nope 2 preview trailer
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I had an ICEE just to participate in the theater and It was good.
a cactus icee is insane
Been craving a cactus ICEE ever since
I genuinely liked NOPE for what it was. I could definitely see how you could get lost in the multiple plots, but if you take it for what it is you’ll enjoy it. The movie left me thinking about it for a couple days after viewing.
i agree, while the plot lines weren’t the most cohesive i just genuinely enjoyed watching it so much. it made me so happy to be in a movie theater and got me excited for movies again. i can see how people could be left unsatisfied with the movie but it was such a wild ride to witness, especially seeing it in IMAX was crazyy. the gordy scene i still can’t stop thinking about, overall i give the movie 4/5
Great movies make you think.
@@happybirthday6130 what plotlines?
While the film might have you thinking about multiple plots in reality it’s all one plot tied together, any plot you think is a sub plot or side plot or even just there for run time is actually a piece of info that helps you better understand characters that may have seemed lost in translation or lost in what people think there motives were
@@viciousbane569 The plotlines needed to make sense WITHIN the movie universe, which they sadly don't on several occasions. Too many plot-holes that beat logic. The thing's been around for 6+ months and has never excreted blood before? Why now? And no one in and around LA has noticed more people disappearing over 6 months? Even the logic about it eating those who look at it is woefully inconsistent; OJ & Em are sometimes scared to even step out and then roam around for days as if it's nothing. How does OJ just simply fall asleep in his car like it's nothing, when they're literally running for their lives? How do they just drive away in a van when the alien is definitely around at the time? It eats up a dummy horse and a balloon, but not any other vehicle? Over 6 months, Jupe has presumably performed the same show with the alien eating up a horse and this is not news to anyone at all? There are SOO many inconsistencies in the plot, THAT'S what sucks. Not the symbolism, or the lack of jump scares, or the message or whether everything is spelled out or not. But yet, a really enjoyable movie overall
I've been thinking about this since I walked out of the theater. For me, I didn't feel "terrified" or "horrified", but man does the bond between OJ and Em feel real. I went in knowing nothing and was thankful that I did. It definitely isn't an "alien" movie, but a spectacle in its own way. Can't wait to see it again and make even more connections.
most horrifying part was definitely gordy. everything about that is terrifying for me
@@sternxsaturn the balloon popping was about to have me and my brothers in the hospital from cardiac arrest.
@@sternxsaturn Oh yeah that shit was WILD
@@sternxsaturn yep, the sound of gordy thumping on the girl's face was terrifying.
Commodification/capitalizing off grief and brutality & lack of respect or provoking (wild) animals for entertainment were themes I was not expecting going in but the way it was done was so well. I also like the CREW mention and the ridiculous extent people will go through to get the perfect shot even when they’re in the midst of danger.
if that was me , i wouldnt think of getting a photo, im taking a plane to another country
(Edit): I'd like it if people stopped having an aggressive little comment war in the replies, please. If you liked the movie thats amazing, if you didn't like it that's fine too, its a divisive movie.
I've been seeing so many people criticizing the Gordy scene in the sitcom set, and spoilers, I think it was absolutely necessary for a lot of different reasons, aside from just being a scary scene. Not only did it explain why the Jupiter's Claim manager thought he could "trust" the alien, but it was also a direct correlation and foreshadowing to the whole story. The Alien and Chimp were both animals being "trained" for our entertainment, and both of them got pushed too far and snapped. Both of them then get killed with a "pop" after retaliating as well. (Also, both the alien and the chimp killed if you looked them in the eyes, hence the boy not being killed because the tablecloth covered up the monkeys eyes)
Agree wholeheartedly, and beyond all that just the image of the chimp with blood all over it in a nearly empty studio was so incredibly unsettling, especially knowing that he essentially ripped the face off a young girl
EXACTLY. their father literally has a line toward the beginning of the film that's "i guess some animals ain't fit to be trained." I feel like it was so necessary and so obviously commenting on what happens when we try to hold wild animals to the moral standards of human society, along with the scene at the very beginning with the horse getting spooked on set and kicking back at the people. you don't train an animal that can kill you, you enter an agreement with it.
@@cowboysonfilm completely forgot about that line, but you’re absolutely tight
You read that online
I caught that too lol
I personally love creature features and with these influx of conjuring type movies this feels like a breath of fresh air definitely a callback 50's and 60's Sci fi films
i felt the same way! it reminded me of The Blob in some way
The way Jordan made the UFO a creature instead of a vehicle is something I could never imagine, I love it
Before looking it up I could just feel this film originally had a crazy long cut, and Peele confirmed that the first cut was 4 hours. I desperately want a directors cut. Maybe not a four hour version, but 3??? I mean I can just feel that Barbie Ferreira and Steven Yeun had more stuff originally. And the only complaint I have is the pacing of Act Three feeling way slower, and I think because that was the most preserved part of the original. If 20-25 minutes of film was added in both of the previous acts this feeling would be eradicated. THAT is the epic I want.
Imma need that movie
I think there was also some cut stuff with Mary Jo (the girl who got attacked by Gordy) which is intriguing
That's interesting because I feel like the movie is edited perfectly that I feel like there's nothing else you could add and nothing you could remove. A perfect movie imo. Although it would be cool to see who the character with the glasses walking towards the Gordy set is that they show in the trailer
This film shouldve been at least 30 minutes shorter
such a great film that lived up AND surpassed the initial expectation i had. peele is 3/3 and i could talk about this movie for hours. every plot point was meticulously cared for and i love discovering more and more about the story and what it means. EVERYONE SHOULD WATCH NOPE!
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Glad you liked the movie nickisnotgreen!
Hi Nick I agree king
Can u tell me why it’s so amazing bc I don’t get the hype
Nicole. It really wasn’t. This movie has a million dollar ad campaign and I’m wondering how many of these accounts are trying to hold onto the notion JP is a “genius” merely because he casts how he casts.
It was pretty average. Maybe below.
The theme is simple. Exploiting what people should not. George Floyd came to mind. Both sides used it as a lightning rod.
Covid too. The way many people saw this alien object (virus) and used it for gain (political).
It’s really nothing that’s not be alluded to for decades now. You’d be better suited looking into the symbolism of the Wizard of Oz, fwiw, in regards to World War 2.
It was really about a 2.5 out of 5 film. Losing points for a mucked up narrative about a floating shoe. And a rather anticlimactic ending in which the entity implodes due to non organic consumption.
YES. I understand the narrative. But the problem is the director tries TOO hard to pack all these ideas into 2 hours. This would have been a fine starting point for a deeper exploration of all these constructs, but instead many get lost in too many themes.
In 10 years, people will look back at this and say that, I assure you. It’s certainly not a classic or even a top 10 or 20 movie of the year, unless you want to see a reminder of all the exploitation humans under take on a regular basis.
I liked Nope but I definitely felt like it dropped off after the thunderstorm scene. It went from a chilling horror to a more adventurous, "let's film it" thriller. Still good though, even liked the Gordy throughline and felt it was very thematically appropriate
In terms of the “let’s film it” thing, that was really one of the few critiques I had. Certain times in the movie, it is very evident how your average black person would handle some of the events in the film, with a simple “Nope” and walking away or staying where they are…but I felt Peele could’ve done a better job at getting the audience to understand why getting the shot was something the leads were willing to possibly risk their life over.
This video helped me conceptualize it, in terms of how weird grief is, and I can only imagine how hard that process could be if someone you love dies in an unexplainable way…makes more sense to me now but I felt this could’ve been communicated better actually within the film somewhere - even if it was just one extra scene added to convey it.
Exactly! I was sold the whole first and second act and as soon as they began their plan to film it the movie lost all its mystique and kinda just felt a little predictable in my opinion
Felt like they could just close their eyes and try again tomorrow and i also hated how every death(besides the dad) had zero grief so it was just meaningless people dying with zero reactions.
@@isaaclikesturtles that’s the point of the movie bc that’s how it works in real life. People see people they don’t know die everyday on the news do they mourn?
the point of the third act going bananas with the action is because the structure of the film is ripped straight from Jaws. Nope is a commentary on spectacle and there is no better film that exemplifies that than Jaws, the first block buster movie. it's very appropriate that it copies Jaw's basic narrative structure, with the first 2 acts being a tense horror monster film and the final act being a bombastic epic action sequence. (even the cinematographer guy is basically the same character as Captain Quint in Jaws, and Em kills Jean Jacket the same way the shark is killed in Jaws, tricking it into eating pressurized air so it explodes)
as someone who has been scared of ET and Close Encounters of the Third Kind as a kid, this movie got me good. The bone chilling screams of everyone while the craft was floating around and above the house after they were consumed. Wow. The sound design of the film and the very real night shots made me feel like I was experiencing everything with the characters. I was so tense the whole movie and didn’t have any relief until it ended
It wasn't a craft.
I didn’t realize how awesome the night cinematography was until Chris Stuckmann pointed it out and I was like “wait..they really did that👏👏👏”
I disagree about this being Peele's best film (I would say this his best in terms of technicality and makes me even more excited for his next films), but you said something that makes me like this film even more, the stuff about grief.
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I completely forgot about how much of Kaluuya's character drive is from the fact that his father died out of nowhere, and this alien clearly was the reason for his death. and the movie actually did a great job of repeating the theme without making it obvious, to the point that i completely missed it until you mentioned it. the shot of him looking at the quarter once he starts thinking their might be alien was so subtle yet so brilliant. and it contrasts with yeun's character's trauma of watching gordy go ballistic and then dealing with the trauma/grief by trying to control it or think it is his friend. that adds a level of depth to the film that i hadn't considered, and makes me like it even more. if they developed the cinematographer even more along those themes (like a family member died before he could get the perfect shot that he had promised), i think that would have perfected the film a lot more and made that character's through line less out of place
it's kind of an easy moment to miss, but the cinematographer pops pills before he and angel are getting ready to shoot film. It seems like his whole thing is that he may have been dying already, thus the reason why he said "people dont deserve the impossible shot." but I def agree that he could've been developed a little better.
I highly recommend seeing it a second time. I just absorbed the first viewing and then put things together and enjoyed it even more on the second viewing. Kind of obsessed with it now!
A few things help subtly establish the motivations of the old cinematographer:
1. Renowned cinematographer now busy shooting commercias
2. Obsession with videos of predator and prey
3. Popping pills and coughing.
He was probably dying, and with a whole Moby Dick angle. He wants to get the impossible shot before he goes, a last hurrah. Perhaps after getting the "perfect shot" of Jean Jacket's underbelly as OJ baits it, his obsession with predator-prey videos leads him to realize that the true perfect shot is an immersive experience-the perspective of the prey. I imagine he wanted to live it, and criticising others that they "don't deservethe perfect shot" because they don't see it like he does, not risk things for his obsession like he does. Perhaps his final moments is him realizing it's the perfect lighting, taking the shot for the sake of it. Then again it's all a bounch of perhaps.
It’s his best film hush
I kinda get what the point of the monkey scene was (showing how humanity will risk anything for spectacles) but that shit is not gonna make me sleep for like a week.
Nope is a movie that got me into movies again. After the years or bland, copy & paste bullshit that comes out of marvel, Watching this movie kinda gave me hope for the movie industry again. (Obviously, not saying that good movies haven't released before Nope, of course there has been. I'm just saying it's good to have a movie be in the spotlight, instead of big, souless cooperation movies.)
You should watch more movies, there have been some excellent pictures these past few years. Everything everywhere, licorice pizza, nightmare alley, that Phil tippet movie, Boiling Point, the worst person in the world, riders of justice, another round…
@@tobylerone4285 I dunno man. I've seen over half of those. And if you're really into movies (watch at least 1-2 a week) the ones you've listed (of which I've seen I agree are all fantastic) aren't that many in the grand scheme of things... like for the past few years that's not much lol
@@fansalsolike6245 I won’t disagree that a lot of crap gets pumped out, but I don’t think any one movie should rekindle your faith in the movie industry, especially a film like Nope which is based on the established brand of Jordan Peele so is designed to be vaguely populist (you could argue it’s not, but it’s iconography seems to be appealing to you people new to postmodernism)
@@tobylerone4285
Gone are the days of film years like 2010, where in the theater you had Inception, Easy A, 127 Hours, Winter's Bone, The Social Network, Buried, Flipped, Repo Men, Blue Valentine, Shutter Island, Scott Pilgrim Vs. the world, The Fighter, True Grit, Submarine.
I mean are you kidding me? That's an amazing release slate for 2010, compare it to 2022 and you can see why the original commenter is just looking for something mainstream adjacent to restore their faith.
Because just over a decade ago you could go see flat out incredible films every month in the theater of a wide variety of genres.
I personally have lost faith in the film industry lol. But I stay tuned for a film every now and then to pop up like Everything Everywhere All At Once, which moved me to tears, lots of them.
😂😂😂 nope
I loved how the flash backs interjected at various points in the film in such a way that it made it apparent that despite the bonkers things the characters were going through, the were in fact still grieving. Their grief did not disappear in the presence of additional trauma. If anything, their grief cemented their need to understand the threat and protect their home and legacy.
There's something so deeply unsettling about a shoe miraculously standing upright by sheer coincidence during the most horrifying and traumatic experience of your life. It even saves Jupe's life because his eyes are focused on the shoe rather than the ape.
The Akira Slide reference made me lose it in the theaters
what is that?
@@alecabrahams4115 Akira is a cult classic anime movie from the 80s, when kekes character slides on the motorcycle that was a reference to when the character tetsuo did that in akira
I thought mess as I was walking out but when I fully digested it, masterpiece
Masterpiece?? 😂 no fucking way
BRUH! I hate that some people think it was all over the place - this movie literally shows he learned his mistakes from Us. The whole movie has 2 central themes and everything presented ties right back to one of them.
"Fully digested" I see what you did there
@Sean E How is this a mess tho?? It has clear themes and ties almost everything back into it. It also had good pacing compared to US, while being more complicated than Get Out.
@SME Animal exploitation, greed, the human obsession with spectacle-
It’s so strange to me to see the heat this film is getting on TH-cam and social media. It’s definitely one of the better films I’ve seen this year. And I absolutely loved the cinematography. The storytelling was a bit choppy, but that makes sense being that Jordan Peele had to rewrite the script after he casted one of the main characters.
Saw it today and was blown away. Was gripped the entire time and I love seeing fresh new takes on the “alien” trope yknow? Was utterly horrified at the brutality of Gordy and the digestion scene as other have mentioned here, I get the hate about the “subplot convoluting the story” but understood why they connected as they are primal animals (they being Gordy and the “ufo”) who are being wrongly filmed and used for human entertainment. It’s so refreshing to see a movie made from love and pure imagination that has something to actually say.Way better than the crap marvel keeps shoveling down our throats expecting us all to take it like some mic drop cultural moment. Such a refreshing time NOPE was!
@@gabrielgodwin7822 that’s dumb ? The logic being aliens are the ship and just sit in one spot all day wtf is the point why are they here go back to space where you don’t have to worry about people staring at you and getting triggered
@@being2real943 it's an animal, did you watch the movie?
@@oldylad so what? So animals most times don’t be around people
@@being2real943 go watch the movie then comment
It's so much more fun listening to someone gush over something they love rather than listening to someone criticize something they hate.
I saw this movie with a friend and it’s so good that when a scary scene came on no one spoke a word and everyone just froze.
This and Everything Everywhere All At Once doing alright in theatres run makes me so fucking happy.
The Gordy scene and the… “rip Jupiter workers” scene were terrifying. So fucking good.
What was the rip Jupiter workers scene?
@@cameronrogers8063when they all get ingested by jj
I still think Get Out is his best film, although I think Us and Nope are still solid films.
i haven’t seen us, but for me nope is 4/5 and get out is 5/5
Get Out is basically a perfect film. I don’t think we should compare it to his other films, that just holds them back.
I actually thought Us was a bit better than Get Out because it had a much stronger ending. Get Out is definitely an excellent movie, however, the comedic ending with Lil Rele played things a little too safe. The ending of Us had a really great twist and solidified the establied themes of duality and identity. Nope is another great entry into a fantastic catalogue of films by Jordan Peele 🔥🔥🔥🔥
i will say that the TMZ thing was a little bit overkill for me. him begging for his camera while laying there with broken bones made me roll my eyes. i feel like it was too much considering by that point i think most people were picking up on the exploitation/spectacle theme.
I appreciate the originality in NOPE, but I definitely felt like this was the Peele's most tonally all-over-the-place movie. Certain plot points and characters didn't really pay off for me. There are elements of the movie I wanted there, but ultimately I was disappointed a bit with this one. Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer were great, and the film looked fantastic, it was more of the progression of the plot that I had issue with.
I felt the same after watching I was left baffled and asking "what was the point?" It didn't fell balanced. It came across as random skits.
Can someone explain the "originality" of this movie to me??? If you're talking about the spaceship that turns out to be a monster that consumes shit, then that's basically Orga from Godzilla 2000. If you're talking about the chimpanzee scene, that's Harambe except with a valid reason to be gunned down... I'm genuinely asking, WHERE is the originality????
@@richy4368 frr thids movie was a mess so ass
@@user-jy9rq8nj7q genre?? so there's never been a horror movie involving a f***king spaceship?!? Ever? In the history of horror films?!?
@@lloydboone4973 The Godzilla 2000 reference might be valid assuming that is popular enough to be considered in the zeitgeist of modern cinema. Harambe though is a reach -- the movie is all about humans assuming that they're at the top of the food chain and exploiting an animal (chimp in the show, horses in the movies, alien in the sky, etc.). Of course, Peele pays homage to several different works of art -- there's an Akira slide, one of the characters says something along the lines of "they're here" from Poltergeist, etc. But yes, I guess a movie about aliens isn't the most original thing in the world -- I meant more about the story/themes -- even if some didn't work for me they felt original.
This is the type of thing you watch when you’re a bit tired of every other movie out there. So fresh.
totally agree about daniel kaluuya, he was somehow able to be an extremely powerful presence on screen while being very reserved/restrained in his performance. it made the movie feel more real, because there are lots of quiet/shy people in real life, but they are rarely the main character in movies.
Saw this shit in the imax and god dam it was so terrifying with the sounds just putting you in the atmosphere of this world that is just so scary but at the same to you don’t want it to end.
After the thunderstorm scene I just wanted it to end already.
Mild spoilers: One of the main messages I got from nope was “Play with fire, you get burned. Make a spectacle of something you don’t understand, and you’ll reap the consequences.”
This was largely seen is Steven Yeun’s character. As he saw the consequences of the dangers of dealing with something you don’t understand to put on a show. Yet despite the living proof of those consequences being right there, he continued to make the same mistake to try and recapture the same spectacle.
I am SO happy to hear it lived up to the hype!! I feel like it's getting more difficult for directors to have complete control over their vision and original ideas like this are rare to come by so it definitely gives me hope for the film industry to hear movies like this are still being made and proving to be successful and loved! :) I can't wait to see this and see what Peele does next!
Oh my oh my I am excited, gotta see this in the theater
Heard it was trash
Was not a good movie. And this coming from a peele fan.
@@marklewen9384 it was a great movie. Coming from a peele fan
@@ceiii9287 no character development whatsoever.....your taste in movies def is in question.
“Nope”? More like “Yup!”
@FNAF 🅥 Nope 2 preview trailer
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Interesting thing about this movie is that it’s mostly not really a horror movie - more a mystery sci-fi in the first half, then an adventure in the last half- but at the midpoint it briefly transforms into one of the most deeply disturbing horror experiences I’ve seen recently.
watching this i noticed that the "aliens" that Jupes park had look VERY similar to the white film drums on the cameras we see on the Gordy set
I love the meta commentary on spectacles in this film man
Another part of this movie I loved was seeing the legendary Keith David! He is only on screen for a short while but his character is felt throughout the entire film. He is such a natural and sells the hard working dad vibe with ease. Also knowing that Peele is a big John Carpenter fan he must've been so excited to work with him
This film just makes me think of the word classic, just classic movie tropes but done differently, and it’s an instant classic. I know it’s not but this film just feels like a western to me. the perfect goal of just getting the shot and the scale growing as the threat of the unknown becomes greater and greater throughout, the score and visuals scream western, and the ending is the most perfect ending ive ever seen, this is the most satisfying movie I have ever seen and have never had an experience to rival this.
I’m so mad this hasn’t been released in the UK yet
Same! It was supposed to come out at the SAME time as the U.S.! I’ll never understand why Universal delayed it.
Thank you! Someone finally mentions this
@@untitledjunk03 Nope 2 preview trailer
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While watching I was so engrossed and forgot the name of the movie and the horse fell on the car and Daniel opened the door and I said "nope" and then he said "nope" and closed the door and I was like lololol Jordan ya got me good work five stars.
exactly I said the same thing- Nope!!
It's a movie that people will still talk about for years to come. A cult following in its on right. Jordan Peele did THAT!
I doubt that
Horribly average film...
Talk about how it should have been released on Netflix
@@aa-ron9485 lmfao facts
Its such a bad film it makes me want to create my own film because i know i could do better
I loved how the film left plenty open to interpretation, multi levelled if you dared to delve, but a summer blockbuster if you just wanted the superficial.
The only way I can describe this movie is that its terrifying in a way ive never felt before. 10/10
Having seen the movie three times…I can’t decide if I love this more than Get Out. Still, I know some audience members are split on this movie. This is a film that has to be analyzed for its messaging, symbolism and innovative in film. Definitely love the movie and Peele is 3/3 for me.
Dude Jordan peele is so inspiring, he’s 3/3 on his movies and I seriously can’t wait to see what he’s got in store next
bruh when it showed the people getting eaten it was disturbing and horrifying. and that Akira slide thoo 😮💨
I couldn't take the eating people seriously, looked like they were in a car wash
As much as I love jordan none of his other films left me thinking “damn I need to know more” this one has an aura of mystery that makes me wanna see more
Not really. J. Peele's problem is that he always tries to explain everything.
He explained nothing though
The youtuber or the movie
@@CricketsTavern the movie didn’t he did this on purpose he wants audiences to leave the cinema and talking about the movie for weeks months even that’s his MO
Good or bad Can we respect the Akira reference tho
I saw that too!
Akira slide will never die
@@isaiahvoss Nope 2 preview trailer
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nope’s ending missed for me on first watch, only because the slower pace of the film hindered my ability to realize just how smartly the pieces fit together… upon reading into some analyses more i’m so mindblown at how smart and inventive peele is. so excited for whatever he has next.
Saw it twice, loved it twice. I don't understand how people think this movie is underwhelming and don't consider it a horror film. I think it's honestly my favorite Jordan Peele movie and while it's not your typical horror film, there were some very creepy scenes that reminded of Jaws and Signs style horror. Not to mention it was just a fun movie. Definitely my second favorite film of this year
Daniel and Keke were brilliant and I hope they work together again. I’ve enjoyed hearing different takes about the meaning of the movie, but at the end of the day my favorite part was the brother sister handshake and I would rewatch it just for their dynamic.
So happy for the NOPE praise, I’ve seen some reviews where it’s clear the point was missed. I understand if someone doesn’t like the film because they find whats being explored to be uninteresting, the issue I see with most reviews are that they complain about a specific part of the film feeling unfinished and disconnected to the main narrative. I highly encourage anyone who feels that way to either give it a second watch or what an explained video. The movie isn’t ultra complexed but is a lot less straightforward than his previous works and most blockbusters. The film is trust it’s audience to really digest what’s going on thematically and narratively. One of my favorites for sure.
I made my sister go watch it with me and she liked the movie so much I've never seen her like that
I'm so glad we went to go watch it
One of the most uncomfortable I've been in a theater. Went with my partner (who's not into horror) and somehow she walked out less scared than myself. Just a brilliant film that won't be leaving my mind anytime soon.
Spoilers who didn't see Nope:
I loved Nope. It was a great spectacle to see in theaters. I had to go into the theater with an open mind to know nothing. The Bible verse in Nahum was the whole plot of the film. The characters I really liked and the atmosphere where it took us. The chapter titles are like a homage to Stanley Kubrick, the comparisons to Close Encounters Of The Third Kind and Jaws and of course that Akira slide. What really surprised me was how it was suspenseful as it went on whether Jean Jacket was a ship or in this case its the alien as the ship itself. The brother and sister dynamic between O.J. and Emerald is chemistry I haven't seen in a while. O.J. is just reserved as he knows what he's doing while Emerald is loud but she also coincides with the fact they have to get the Oprah shot. The side story of Gordy and its opening shot with him left me speechless in a while. It was mysterious because Gordy just kept beating and killing people but with the connection of the alien.The shoe saved Ricky's life as a child as a hidden message to go through grief and trauma and then sell it off as he did with the connection of the UFO. Everything else about it I still thought about for days after seeing this film. At first I thought it didn't add to the story until I digested it more as I thought about it with what you see that you shouldn't look up to. It's a movie that's second place to Get Out. It's poster is what got me to watch this movie. I'm glad to see this in theaters. It's near the level and simplicity as Get Out. It was meant for the theater. Bravo to Jordan Peele.
Agree. Could you explain the titles homage to Stanley Kubrick though?
@@cham2027 it was used in The Shining. Similarly to Nope.
@@isaiahvoss Wow, i'm genuinely not trying to start a fight or war, but I was quite moved by your writting cuz it really seems like you loved this movie. This is fascinating to me cuz me and my friends, legitmately, thought this was one of the worst movies we've ever seen. I put this in my top 3 worst movies of all time. I can explain why, but you probably don't care for that and this reply to you was more about the observation of human experience.
It's interesting how we can have the absolute polar opposite opinion regarding "art". Not surprising, just veeerrryyy interesting.
Genuinely as someone who has enjoyed all of Peele’s output too, I’d class NOPE as my favorite of his catalogue. It’s such a small your head simple conceit executed on brilliantly with necessary & resonant themes. As of now it’s definitely the one I expect to rewatch more often because just like you mentioned, this movie felt so lean with almost nothing wasted.
One time for Gordy 😢
I saw Nope in an empty theater here in the Philippines and it was such an amazing experience. My senses were on high alert. I had zero ideas outside of the movie poster when I came in and it was such a ride.
Petition for Karstenis you to change the thumbnails caption to ‘OPUS OR NOPEUS?’
The moment when OJ locks eyes with emerald and she realizes she is going to break Jean jacket. Gave me chills both times I saw it can't wait to get back into the theater to see it again.
Nope is my favorite movie of the year, and probably one of my favorite movies of all time. I would kill the see the directors cut. It’s seeing this again in theaters. This is the only movie ever to give me nightmares
I liked the part where OJ corrected Em on their great-great-"great"-grandfather, and later in the movie you see an exerpt of their father talking about his "great-great-grandfather" showing that she only learnt about it through that advertisement which caused her to make that mistake, showing how she hardly cared about the ranch anymore. Because, like one of the themes of the film, she had moved on to the next big thing, forgetting what was behind her.
The way you express your video is wonderful.
So for me, I really enjoyed seeing black actors reprise historically accurate roles. I was in awe seeing Otis Sr. on his horse with the mountain scape behind him in a shot towards the beginning of the film.
Niggas did ride horses believe it or not
I absolutely loved this movie. And I loved it so much that I went to rewatch it on IMAX. I haven’t had a movie fill me up with so much suspense in so long. Upon rewatching you catch a lot of things that you wouldn’t otherwise (such as the radio talking about missing hikers, and the fact that the opening scene where the cast is introduced is literally on the mouth of the creature).
I honestly don’t really understand why there’s so much disdain for this movie, or why so many people feel as though the Gordy scenes are out of place when it is made very clear that this movie is about spectacle, and the underlying trauma that lives within said spectacle.
I also don’t understand why some people think that the portrayal of “Aliens/UFOs” is underwhelming, when personally it really subverted my expectations, and tied thematically with the training/taming of wild creatures.
Now to add my own theory, I feel as though there’s a chance that Jean Jacket might not even be an extraterrestrial, but instead a sort of cryptid. It occurs to me that Jean Jacket’s final form resembles that of a biblical angel, and I find that those said “bad miracles” had some influence from Jean Jacket. I could be completely off base but that’s immediately what I thought of as I can’t imagine Jean Jacket necessarily being from a different planet.
it's been a long while since i've seen an alien movie themed after the old school ufos. while it might seem tacky at first glance, peele adds so many nuances to a preexisting genre. i watched a quiet place the day before and i definitely know which one is going to leave me with nightmares (the answer is nope)
I appreciate people loving this movie cause Peele just deserves it and everything Karsten said makes sense and I respect it, but I’m only seeing positive reviews when personally I thought it was kinda a mess. Did anyone else think it was a mess especially in the third act? And not even that I thought the tone was off for a lot of movie, and some of it almost came across as kinda dumb. I don’t know just my opinion
Completely agree, I really expected to love this thing and while aspects of it were great I feel like the tone was a mess and by the end the last half of the movie didn’t really connect
Crap movie.
I liked it but the third act wasn’t great. It just felt a bit dragged on and the stakes just felt...non-existent? Idk
@@itzrainy_outside4450 yeah the story was so jumbled with different ideas I didn't know what I was supposed to feel in the third act. Good point.
Personally I don’t think it was ambiguous enough, I felt very clued into everything that could happen & so there was no real fear. The only fear I had was a fake out😂
OMG YES THE SCORE! Spielberg is exactly what it felt like! I was thinking a lot about Close Encounters at some parts in the movie. Close Encounters is a great film, but I personally love Nope a lot more, and am curious if it was inspired by Spielberg's sci fi and horror work at all?
I liked this video a lot. The way you unpack so much perspective and feel is impressive. In 4 minutes it felt like you unpacked 7 minutes worth. very cool video :)
the way you slid that sponsor in there was truly amazing i can’t even lie
NOPE is a present in itself. it's the kind of movie that has you thinking about it long after you've seen it. so many underlying messages and little secrets scattered about. it's quite literally the eeriest, most unsettling movie i've seen in a long while. its as if its a puzzle that can't be put together till you've watched the movie entirely. then it's up to you if you want to look deeper. gather the pieces. there is no assuming what is what while watching. as there's a twist at every corner, and a message in every sentence and scene that you won't quite understand till later on. NOPE kept me on the edge of my seat, horrified me, and had me going: "OHHHH" for the rest of the day. a psychological thriller, yet in your face. i've loved jordan peeles past work with US and GET OUT, and i share the same opinion for both of those movies as i do this one. all special in their own way. yet with NOPE i find it's just another beast entirely. to say it's amazing would be an understatement. in my eyes, not only did it live up to peeles past successes, but surpassed them as well. peeles twist on "horror" movies is something i've fallen in love with. hard. he continues to consistently make incredible thrillers unlike no other in its class. he's absolutely killing the game.
Ooh, baitey byline and great video. I have to admit, I wasn't sure how I felt walking out of the theatre, it took a solid weekend for the themes to click for me but once they did, I was enamored.
One note regarding "see it on the biggest screen possible" - several of the scenes are shot in full IMAX ratio so try and do that format if you can. S/o to the IMAX cameo in the movie.
The word that seems to be linked to NOPE the most is: spectacle. It's even a part of the theme, and I am just living for it!
I love how you can interpret the film to mean so many different things and have all of them be valid and exist with one another. I thought it is as a metaphor for Black Americans standing up against the oppression they’ve faced in the film industry for years, literally and figuratively having their work cast aside or written off or changed or replaced. But at the same Time it can be about our dependence on technology to a detriment or about cruelty to animals or about making a movie. It’s genius
High praise to name drop Speilberg and 2001 - glad you enjoyed!
I never thought about the grief angle... nice!
The arena scene terrified me
That's exactly what me and my friends did. We went to see it without knowing what it was about we just knew it was about aliens. It was freaken good.
I hate that people are saying it was “all over the place” because every single thing that was presented or shown ties back to 2 central themes 1) the exploitation of spectacle 2) animals (exploitation of them but also human’s relationship with them and trying to control/tame them as oppose to respect them)
@Sean E yea..no lol
@Sean E movie was fucking awesome. Stop trying to over analyze and nitpick everything
@Sean E wasn’t much to analyze is insane cuz there’s a whole bunch of videos on TH-cam doing just that. You didn’t like the film and that’s okay but folks who didn’t like it are saying stuff that’s not even true. 😂😂 not much to analyze lmaoooo
Was so excited for you to make this
THE MUSIC YES! The score is fantastic, especially the one where Em tell's Oj "Run OJ, Run!". There isn't some scary violins going crazy or anything like that, just some simple string plucking, so that our focus is completely on OJ's panicked running. It's so effective.
Genuinely my fav of Peele’s films so far, and the best movie I’ve seen this year, an absolute 10/10 for me and I will be seeing it again soon
The cristisms I’ve seen are people who really didn’t understand basic storytelling. I enjoyed this movie. It was so unique, had great themes, and was beautifully shot.
That’s an awfully elitist way of thinking
That ONE SCENE gave me so much anxiety. As much as I wanted to, it was hard to look away.
which one 😭😭?
the 🙈 or the 🌪
@@sidsydney1027 The 🌪️ for sure. Was NOT expecting it
I enjoy you adding imput and not just telling what the movie is