One thing I liked was the fact that Jean Jacket was seemingly extremely hesitant to target the balloon. Most likely due to the experience with the horse statue it ate and couldn't digest. This strange giant thing was shaped like it's human prey and had eyes like its human prey yet, it was covered in those banner flags like the horse statue from before. It's learned that things covered in those banner flags aren't edible and might cause it harm. However, this strange human is just absolutely massive and too big of a meal to a pass up so it tries to eat it anyway.
Plus it was just about the same size as Jean Jacket. That thing it was doing with its eye? That's a threat display. It was trying to scare away the balloon. It was only when the balloon didn't react that JJ's predator instinct took over again.
@@gatedude07this is exactly what I think as well, the eye popping and booming like that is to intimidate its prey, that’s why it only pulls it out after it gets hurt (barbed wire fence being forced in his mouth), because that’s when JJ realizes these people are a threat, and JJ needs to show that IT is the real threat
이미 기자와 홀스터를 먹었기 때문에 배가 고파서 먹었다고 보기는 힘들 것 같음 진 자켓은 평소 쉽게 사냥하던 인간과 말이 자기에게 저항하기 시작하고 엔젤을 먹으려다 쇠사슬까지 삼킨 경험까지 있어 인간이 다른 방어기제를 가질수도 있다고 판단했을거임 평소처럼의 포식자와 피식자의 관계같은 수직적 구조가 아닌 같은 영역을 두고 대립하는 수평적 구조가 되므로써 진 자켓은 상당한 위협을 느꼈을 것이고 일부러 거대해 보이기위해 모습을 부풀렸을거임 하지만 남자 주인공은 겁먹은 기색을 보이지 않았고 전에 기자의 경험으로 오토바이를 쫓기시작한거임 하지만 갑작스럽게 등장한 풍선은 전의 경험한 깃발이 있었고 진 자켓은 이것을 먹이가 아닌 다른 포식자로 판단 자신이 공격당하기 전에 먼저 공격한 것임 그렇지 않고서야 바로 먹지않고 초록색 눈꺼풀을 펄럭이며 위협했던 것이 말이 되지 않음 진 자켓은 이런한 위협은 처음이며 패닉에 빠진 상태에서 섣불리 공격하는 최악의 수를 둔거라고봄
Keke’s scream sounds so real. Like when you’re so emotional or scared and your vocal chords seize up so noise has a hard time coming out. She did amazing in this movie. I love her.
Yeah, it hits hard. It’s like Em just wants to get the shot so she can tell someone about the alien. Thinking she doesn’t really have anyone or anything left here because she thinks that OJ is gone. All that mattered was that shot, but I think at that point it was more in honor of her brother.
Jean jacket's ,, final form '' is just perfect fit for an E.T.. I've never seen a design that makes me feel like its actually from somewhere that is not earth. Its majestic, its otherwordly, its lovecraftian, its terrifying, And I love it.
The crazy part is* it's probably an Earth creature. 1. *It understands when people and animals are staring at it* (though it can be fooled by eyes of inanimate objects). That means *it's designed to identify the eyes of many Earth-type beings,* so it's probably built to hunt such prey. There's no guarantee alien eyes would be the same. 2. *It hides by generating Earth-type clouds,* which suggests it belongs in this environment. 3. *It can fly in an Earth atmosphere, under Earth gravity.* Conditions vary drastically from planet to planet. An Earth bird can't fly in a Mars or Venus atmosphere, since the air there is much thinner than ours. 4. *It generally survives and functions well in an Earth environment.* Most creatures are specifically made to survive their native world. We can't breathe anywhere else in the solar system, as far as we know. Jean Jacket seems perfectly fine. 5. *It's clearly not very smart.* It behaves like an animal. Even the ability to tell when someone's staring at it seems instinctive, since it can't figure out the difference between the eyes of an animate object and an inanimate one. It can hide, but that's likely instinctive too. It never does anything to show that it can think on a near-human level. That means there's no way it's smart enough to go to another planet and figure out a way to survive. It doesn't even have technology, as far as we can tell. Unless it's naturally super adaptive, another alien put it here, or it naturally propagates across planets (however that works), there's no way it could live here without being a native. It's just not a well-documented species because it attacks people who stare at it, and it hides too well. That means most photographs of it can only be taken safely at a sub-optimal distance, when you're too far for it to notice you, hence the blurry UFO photos most people get.
@@MisterEvvvSymphoenix The creature might be also where we got the "Flying Saucer" from that inspired the pop cultural osmosis of the UFO in general well in the context of this film's setting of course.
Fun fact. According to the film makers Jean Jacket is from Earth. Just evolved as a airborne life form. The Idea is that Jean Jacket and its brethen are what inspired a good portion of UFO and Angelic sightings over the centuries.
@@dev4159Some theorize it's from the ocean as it's fragile shell wouldn't survive deep space. I love this movie too much so I leave it to the imagination
That very rare thing, a movie alien that actually looks truly alien and otherworldly, not just another boring humanoid. I hope to see more originality like this the future.
Hollywood is getting worse and worse. Your only hope is if they allow fresh talent like peele into the directing door. There's Ton of other people with fresh ideas like this
@@nintendomusicchannel1317 it was definitely not scared of them. It literally dumped all of the Star lasso experience on them. telling them too back off
@@cwalter-iz5hl That was then. I consider it was establishing dominance while same time marking it's territory. Later, after the gang was trying to take picture of JJ and it tried to devour Angel Torres AGAIN, but this time Angel had barbed wire wrapped around him. JJ swallowed Angel, pricking/snapping & popping noises go off as JJ spits Torres back out. It was injured, scared and incredibly enraged. It unfurled into it's "true" form as retaliation, attempting to assert dominance over it's smaller, weaker, but more cunning prey. The green square it was flaunting violently (which is it's eye organ) at OJ was, I think, an intimidation tactic.
The balloon can get stuck in a dogs digestive track, most of them cannot be broke down in the digestion track or the possibility of being strangled by the string or entangled inside them. Balloons are deadly.
This is the only alien invasion movie I genuinely felt excited watching, I always wanted to look more and more at this huge creature, when it opens it's so majestic and beautiful, It's fun to connect the dots of the movie, it makes me want to rewatch it several times, what an amazing experience
@@MyStupidTH-camHandleit's not a alien idiot. Peele hinted this several times, and it needs oxygen so it cant be from space. But rather a sky born creature. And your just some lousy mesh brained Joe who who wines about what you wanted said thing to be. It's Design is unique, you ain't gonna see anything like it again. Go watch Paul or something.
2:55 Jean Jacket comes up to meet the cowboy balloon, which is floating still facing the creature. It makes it look like two wild West gunfighters about to engage in a fast-draw duel. Given the film's background setting and the director this was likely on purpose.
I feel like personally it was a mating sort of dance like a peacock, because it was floating like Jean and after no response from the Cowboy balloon, Jean decided to eat/kill the potential "Male Suitor", as if to say females are the larger more dominate on their planet or in their solar system. But unfortunately it appears as an aggression tactic before this scene so this is ruled out but still cool to think of the movie in a different way/plot, 'The alien came here looking for the last male of her species last recorded here."
@@lsdmonkey1089 I don’t think Jean is the last of his kind, I like to think jean was born in the atmosphere with his species and other UAPs but came down far enough to find no competition and a lot of food to eat
@@haeverland457 If you watch the movie "deep rising" the guy explains how this works and from the scenes inside the monster it's just sucking them up and absorbing them.
@@haeverland457 literally shows that in the movie. Literally shows them being digested and the stuff it can’t digest is thrown back out. Which is why oj dad died in the beginining because of the last show the Asian guy did in.
@@spiritrealmking9416 yeah but when it’s not in the saucer mode u can’t see anything that it would use to digest ,it’s just like a giant thin fabric ,so it’s confusing
@@jayalbert9849 yea, the thing is he can’t eat in this form, he has to revert to saucer form in order to feed, intimidation form is used to obviously intimidate and catch larger prey.
Milion years agou earth have different enviroment ..the oksigent have more presentase on air at that time....making alot of thing big ....like really big .....dragon fly the size of eagle ......adult eagle .....and Jean jacket body make them hard to fosilise ....my guest is they actually from earth but from milion years agou traped in ice or something......like this movie tittle .NOPE (NON PRIMORDIAL ENTITY)
I would say in its natural habitat there are probably predators that eat it. Or even as a way to warn off others of its kind from its territory. After all they did say it was territorial.
i feel like annihilation's was the most genuinely alien and incomprehensible. but nope is a pretty close second. that square fluttery yellow-green eye that kept unfolding from itself was bizarre af.
The alien in this film made me feel so uncomfortable. Oddly enough, I was in awe every time the alien was shown. It looked so other wordly unlike other alien films wherein the creature is typical or potrayed with characteristics of earth living beings such as human/animal like features (teeth, eyes, nose, etc.) The unfamiliarity brought about by the alien's structure really creeped me out. A disturbing and captivating film. It was such a great movie. As expected from Jordan Peel :)
One of the influences for Jean Jacket was the immortal jellyfish, implying that it's not actually dead. It will just need to recover for a long time in a dormant state. In fact, one of the experts that worked with Jordan Peele on the design had said as much in an interview as it was being released.
The immortal jellyfish is not immortal in the sense that it regenerates, it rewinds time by turning back into a baby when significant damage is done to the body. An immortal jellyfish could not rewind time here, they don’t actually live that long.
JJ is definitely my favorite monster in any media. Despite it being far from the strongest creatures in any media, hell it's probably on the weaker side of all creatures, JJ is super interesting. I love the design but I'm not gonna talk about it since other people already have. What I'm gonna talk about is its intelligence. It's smart, but not human smart, more like animal smart. It knows where and when to hunt/eat. It knows that in order to catch its prey it must be patient and blend in with its surroundings, an ambush predator. Unlike most man-eating creatures in any media where it seems like they're either too super smart or way way too aggressive like they have some kind of rabies. JJ is also smart enough to avoid places with thousands of humans. So, instead of big cities, JJ chooses to live in a big desert. But ofc just like any other animals, JJ isn't that smart, like the part where JJ eats the fake horse thinking that it was real or like in this video where it eats a huge as balloon and dies because of it. Speaking of dies, I love that JJ is not some kind of invincible creature. We just don't know what its weakness is. All we see is a giant flying disc and so at first we're all under the impression that since it's a UFO it must be hard to take it down since UFO = high tech that humans don't understand. But later on we learned that it's actually a creature, so seeing a creature that big flying on the cloud makes most people under the impression that it's invincible or at least hard to kill. But at the end of the movie it just died because it ate a balloon, and so it turns out that it's not that strong. I love that more than a creature that is seemingly impossible to kill. JJ gives us an illusion that it's hard to kill when in reality it's not that stupidly overpowered. The only reason why it hasn't been dead sooner is because of the protagonists trying to catch videos or pictures of JJ. So yeah, that's why I love JJ. Sure it's not as big and scary and powerful as any other men-eating creatures, but man everything about it is just so cool.
Its behavior is just SO perfect, we also see that it was trying to scare away the baloon and only tried to eat it as the last alternative since it wasnt going away
I wonder if JJ is not an apex predator from wherever it came from. Its skin seems thin, and it likes to camouflage itself when resting. In some way, its behavior reminds me of frogfish except that JJ can move fast. Of course it can be a pursue predator, but perhaps another use of its speed is to escape its own predator.
One of the creepiest things about JJ that you mentioned is it avoids large cities with thousands of humans, and instead picks up stragglers (like the missing hikers briefly mentioned and were heard screaming overhead before Keith David's character died in the beginning, or if provoked like what happened with Jupe). That means, at some point, JJ and/or other creatures like him may have been feasting on large scores of people until something happened that caused JJ and/or the possible rest of his species to be wary of going after cities. If the government has been keeping JJ and possibly others like him a secret, that means there was an underground system of people that have been trying to train giant flying people-eating creatures from the skies to not overindulge in hunting, when they could have at any time... 0_0
@Scarshadow666 I dont think training is the what causes them to avoid large cities,rather the government just secretary killed them if they got to close
When Jean Jacket swallowed the doll, Jupe kept glaring into Jean Jacket's eyes and then pointed. This means that Emerald did not kill Jean Jacket, but Jupe got his revenge. I think this part is the best representation of the film.
@@jayalbert9849the reason why they went and challenged a lifeform the defies our very understanding of life itself was simple: fame. To them, it was worth... and it actually was. Sure, the old man died but he went out of his own volition. None of the other three had to pay the ultimate price and the monster was recorded and they even took a big photo of it. I mean, its pretty obvious if you see the movie that that was the drive of the protagonist.
@@shoesncheese knowledge. Knowing that these things actually exist like the jean jacket will allow humanity to be more cautious of what is existing in the universe and outside their planet. Making sure that humanity remains an equal footing or greater in the food chain of the apex predator.
This is an epic climax! Such a weird creature in the sky that is killed by a balloon and a photograph! Weird if you say it fast, but it works for Jordan Peele’s Filmmaking!
Just realized that JJ exploding by eating Jupe's balloon lookalike is kind of like when Gordy touches Jupe's hand and has his head blown off - "exploding fist bump"
The thumbnail of this video is so frightening. Can you imagine seeing something like that in the air, not knowing what it is? All you know is it will devour you. When it revealed itself I was like WHAT IN THE WORLD? I was a bit scared to look up, I can't lie.
World renowned computer scientist and ufologist Jacque Vallee had proposed a theory that UFOs and aliens, angels and demons, fairies and mythological creatures were all part of the same phenomenon whether it’s by their design or by our misinterpretation. This movie’s “alien” feels like it was based on that theory.
Imagine chilling going to a fair with friends and family and then unexpected gets eaten by a alien But since the alien couldn’t finish eating everyone it let you burn inside it’s stomach That shit is scary they literally had a chance to leave the town but came back Like bro there’s a huge ass cloud alien flying hella fast at you
So, this is a theory - if Jean Jacket is not an alien but a species native to Earth, then I assume that their corpses either dissolve before reaching the ground or turn into clouds.
Even a piece of them would end up somewhere. It might be possible that it's from our solar system, just not from earth, but from another moon or planet, like venus. It might have not necessarily flown directly to earth, but rather, ended up on earth through some kind of spore.
i actually feel a little bad for JJ in the end. there are obvious parallels between it and gordy. both animals exploited by humans, then killed when they reverted to animal instincts and caused damage and mayhem. there are also theories that JJ might be a biblically accurate angel that had somehow gotten lost in our world, which kinda makes it even sadder.
"biblically accurate" the bible's depictions of angels are metaphorical. they don't look like mysterious flying cloaks or what not. the bible only depicts angels like that because its trying to convey the absolute beauty that the angels possess. imagine trying to describe something super-naturally beautiful into conceivable words. that's basically what it is. the actual biblically accurate angels look like you and I , just more beautiful. they are men. but I dunno what bible your reading from lol.
@@110pLover no shit. we're talking about a movie and you felt the need to barge in and discuss your religion. your specific take on your religion, at that. if you really don't push your beliefs, then keep them to yourself. we all have our own beliefs and no one's is more right than another's.
I totally love how the last part of the movie mirrors so well the final confrontation of “Jaws” for me it’s a brilliant way of quoting and revisiting the most iconic “creature” of the movies’s history!
I actually think it'd have far fewer hit points than that; an exploding balloon ruptured it and a minuscule scraping of barbed wire inside its digestive tract hurt it enough to drive it into full threat display. If this film had taken place in Texas there would have been far too many guns in use for the thing to be as scary. 😁
Love that it could have ended with the Haywoods killing the thing but no evidence is made and they are caught by the media in all of this craziness but they managed to actually get evidence. (Plus I don’t think JJ’s corpse will rot and decay within minutes so its body can be found and confirmed as extraterrestrial or unknown species)
i think my favorite theory about this thing is that it isnt even an alien, and is just a weird-ass undiscovered animal that gets interpreted as the "flying saucer" myth and there are an untold number of these things out in the wild
3:22 I wonder if someone has a speculation or theory on why the square pulsing shape changes angle once it gets close to the balloon for for a brief second. Maybe its something like how you turn the dial on the lens of a camera for zoom/focus. I never noticed that before and it fascinated me lol
I think it's similar to an intimidation tactic, warning it to back off from its territory. Though honestly it could be anything, but the form just seemed like it was a very defensive form after multiple times nearly getting choked by flags and barb wire
@@ExileOfSand I understand this is what people seem to speculate most often that it's for intimidation/stress. I'm more specifically curious why it would change the angle of the square "organ" to a diamond.
@@xxMrbojanqlezxx I interpreted it as being a sign of hesitation to JJ that its intimidating display wasn't working well enough to go in for a frontal attack, so it backed off and opted instead to strike the balloon from a higher vantage point after it ascended.
@@joshjess9841 it is specifically the part where Jean Jacket gets close and then falls back in my timestamp where it goes form square to diamond. This is such a fascinating creature design but it is that exact part where i'm wondering why biologically it would do that...
The whole movie is basically a condemnation of spectacle because of its potential dangers, whether it be a chimp going nuts on a TV set or a "trained" alien abducting and eating a crowd of people, so it kinda bothers me that Em gets the picture in the end. It would've been more appropriate if she missed, but still did the whole victory "Yeah!" yell when Jean Jacket popped. Like, "I may have missed you, but you're dead now and can't hurt any more people!" Of course, only Angel seemed particularly motivated to prevent any more deaths, whereas OJ wanted to master Jean Jacket and Em wanted to make money. In that sense, OJ and Em are rather unlikable. I appreciate each main character has their own motivation, but more important than anything else is actually STOPPING Jean Jacket, not training it or making money off the spectacle of it.
Why is it that when JJ morphs into that form, I am compelled to design a cape resembling it?😅 Cool movie too, although I only watched bits and pieces but do know the plot.
Haven't seen the movie, but does the corpse vanish after this? I'm guessing she takes the pics for proof...so if the body lands somewhere, more pics plus physical proof.
One of the things I like that someone pointed out how this was a part a western is you have a cowboy having a staredown with the villain in the climax.
I love when the depiction of an alien actually seems alien and strange and not just a bipedal monster with fangs.
Ship
@@MyStupidTH-camHandle it isn't a ship.. you clearly didnt watch the film
yeh i liked that ,totally unique
@@MyStupidTH-camHandlenope, that’s jean jackets true form
Same
One thing I liked was the fact that Jean Jacket was seemingly extremely hesitant to target the balloon. Most likely due to the experience with the horse statue it ate and couldn't digest. This strange giant thing was shaped like it's human prey and had eyes like its human prey yet, it was covered in those banner flags like the horse statue from before. It's learned that things covered in those banner flags aren't edible and might cause it harm. However, this strange human is just absolutely massive and too big of a meal to a pass up so it tries to eat it anyway.
Plus it was just about the same size as Jean Jacket. That thing it was doing with its eye? That's a threat display. It was trying to scare away the balloon. It was only when the balloon didn't react that JJ's predator instinct took over again.
@@gatedude07this is exactly what I think as well, the eye popping and booming like that is to intimidate its prey, that’s why it only pulls it out after it gets hurt (barbed wire fence being forced in his mouth), because that’s when JJ realizes these people are a threat, and JJ needs to show that IT is the real threat
이미 기자와 홀스터를 먹었기 때문에 배가 고파서 먹었다고 보기는 힘들 것 같음 진 자켓은 평소 쉽게 사냥하던 인간과 말이 자기에게 저항하기 시작하고 엔젤을 먹으려다 쇠사슬까지 삼킨 경험까지 있어 인간이 다른 방어기제를 가질수도 있다고 판단했을거임 평소처럼의 포식자와 피식자의 관계같은 수직적 구조가 아닌 같은 영역을 두고 대립하는 수평적 구조가 되므로써 진 자켓은 상당한 위협을 느꼈을 것이고 일부러 거대해 보이기위해 모습을 부풀렸을거임 하지만 남자 주인공은 겁먹은 기색을 보이지 않았고 전에 기자의 경험으로 오토바이를 쫓기시작한거임 하지만 갑작스럽게 등장한 풍선은 전의 경험한 깃발이 있었고 진 자켓은 이것을 먹이가 아닌 다른 포식자로 판단 자신이 공격당하기 전에 먼저 공격한 것임 그렇지 않고서야 바로 먹지않고 초록색 눈꺼풀을 펄럭이며 위협했던 것이 말이 되지 않음 진 자켓은 이런한 위협은 처음이며 패닉에 빠진 상태에서 섣불리 공격하는 최악의 수를 둔거라고봄
Yeah.. looking directly in the eyes of a predator is like telling them 'i'm the captain now'. Doesn't even sit well with house cats.
So basically my dog trying to stealing my snicker bars yet again after it already threw up at the vet
Moral of the story, dont eat ballons if you yourself are some kind of balloon thing
Words to live by.
What if you are bloonarius from btd6
I'll take note of that
just dont eat a giant balloon in general.
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It's so bizarre to see the alien's corpse still floating...just a visual spectacle. Now that's alien as hell.
This ending really didnt make sense or have any emotional weight. The Chimp was much more interesting
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@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539 wish it showed everyone surrounding it with media
Taken king reference
@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539 I’m glad, I wasn’t the only one who thought this lol, Gordy deserves his own film.
Keke’s scream sounds so real. Like when you’re so emotional or scared and your vocal chords seize up so noise has a hard time coming out. She did amazing in this movie. I love her.
she was absolutely horrible in this
Yeah, it hits hard. It’s like Em just wants to get the shot so she can tell someone about the alien. Thinking she doesn’t really have anyone or anything left here because she thinks that OJ is gone. All that mattered was that shot, but I think at that point it was more in honor of her brother.
Keke did such a great job in this movie, I'm so proud of her. But also everyone in this movie did a great job, it's a great movie!
She was annoying af
Yessss ❤❤❤
Everyone wants to do the akira bike slide 😂
Hell yeah I love the reference of it😍
It's basically another Willhelm scream at this point, lol.
Why are you ghey?
Peele was going to direct the Akira film though, so it's a special nod to it IMHO.
What other movies has it been done in?
Jean jacket's ,, final form '' is just perfect fit for an E.T.. I've never seen a design that makes me feel like its actually from somewhere that is not earth. Its majestic, its otherwordly, its lovecraftian, its terrifying, And I love it.
It seems inspired by Evangelion angels, they have a very similar vibe.
The crazy part is* it's probably an Earth creature.
1. *It understands when people and animals are staring at it* (though it can be fooled by eyes of inanimate objects). That means *it's designed to identify the eyes of many Earth-type beings,* so it's probably built to hunt such prey. There's no guarantee alien eyes would be the same.
2. *It hides by generating Earth-type clouds,* which suggests it belongs in this environment.
3. *It can fly in an Earth atmosphere, under Earth gravity.* Conditions vary drastically from planet to planet. An Earth bird can't fly in a Mars or Venus atmosphere, since the air there is much thinner than ours.
4. *It generally survives and functions well in an Earth environment.* Most creatures are specifically made to survive their native world. We can't breathe anywhere else in the solar system, as far as we know. Jean Jacket seems perfectly fine.
5. *It's clearly not very smart.* It behaves like an animal. Even the ability to tell when someone's staring at it seems instinctive, since it can't figure out the difference between the eyes of an animate object and an inanimate one. It can hide, but that's likely instinctive too. It never does anything to show that it can think on a near-human level. That means there's no way it's smart enough to go to another planet and figure out a way to survive. It doesn't even have technology, as far as we can tell. Unless it's naturally super adaptive, another alien put it here, or it naturally propagates across planets (however that works), there's no way it could live here without being a native. It's just not a well-documented species because it attacks people who stare at it, and it hides too well. That means most photographs of it can only be taken safely at a sub-optimal distance, when you're too far for it to notice you, hence the blurry UFO photos most people get.
@@MisterEvvvSymphoenix The creature might be also where we got the "Flying Saucer" from that inspired the pop cultural osmosis of the UFO in general well in the context of this film's setting of course.
PRECISELY! I agree completely!
Fun fact. According to the film makers Jean Jacket is from Earth. Just evolved as a airborne life form. The Idea is that Jean Jacket and its brethen are what inspired a good portion of UFO and Angelic sightings over the centuries.
I love how the alien is just a lost animal and not some intelligent creature
Yeah definitely not very intelligent, quite dumb actually.
it is not an alien
Wdym "it's not"? @@dev4159
@@dev4159Some theorize it's from the ocean as it's fragile shell wouldn't survive deep space. I love this movie too much so I leave it to the imagination
@@Skiller131 it is a kind of animal thay evolved to live in the air
That very rare thing, a movie alien that actually looks truly alien and otherworldly, not just another boring humanoid. I hope to see more originality like this the future.
Agreed. It's so arrogant and dumb to assume aliens would look anything at all like what's on earth
I like how they made the ufo the alien instead of the ufo being inhabited by aliens
Hollywood is getting worse and worse. Your only hope is if they allow fresh talent like peele into the directing door. There's Ton of other people with fresh ideas like this
it is not an alien
i recommend you watch roanoke gamings video on this things biology, its not alien, its from earth and its species has been here a very long time.
I believe the reason why Jean jacket turned into that angelic angel was because it was trying to trick them into looking at it.
I figured it got scared 😢 and was trying to make itself look big, like how animals do in the wild
@@nintendomusicchannel1317 it was definitely not scared of them. It literally dumped all of the Star lasso experience on them. telling them too back off
@@cwalter-iz5hl That was then. I consider it was establishing dominance while same time marking it's territory. Later, after the gang was trying to take picture of JJ and it tried to devour Angel Torres AGAIN, but this time Angel had barbed wire wrapped around him. JJ swallowed Angel, pricking/snapping & popping noises go off as JJ spits Torres back out. It was injured, scared and incredibly enraged. It unfurled into it's "true" form as retaliation, attempting to assert dominance over it's smaller, weaker, but more cunning prey. The green square it was flaunting violently (which is it's eye organ) at OJ was, I think, an intimidation tactic.
I agree. that's what the green feeler things are for, to hypnotize its prey into looking at it
@@joshjess9841 Definitely think this is what was happening. It tried to do the same thing against the balloon and only attacked it after that failed.
1:16
Absolutely love that Akira slide
When I saw in that in theaters I screamed inside
The best part is Jordan Peele is a fan of Akira so much that he didn't take the opportunity to direct a live-action version of it
@@kentinson1670because there's no black lead in Akira
@@kickstand2407 Top kek! so much this. Peele is racist as fuck.
@@kickstand2407
No shit
Akira is based in Japan.
Sadly enough, this is how my dog died. That's why I love this movie. Tells others to not eat balloons
Your dog ate a balloon? They didn't explode, I assume.
Wait wtf happened?
huh??? how
The balloon can get stuck in a dogs digestive track, most of them cannot be broke down in the digestion track or the possibility of being strangled by the string or entangled inside them. Balloons are deadly.
Sorry about your puppy
So basically the alien is a jellybird? What a jellyfish would be if it had decided to evolve into a flying organism?
well, it took a few million years but they evolved into humans who now fly aircraft so....
It's an angel and it performs a bad miracle
@@Gambit5022pleaae don't bring your own mother into this
@@Gambit5022 makes no sense that those were viewed as angels in the past because they can't even talk, and are pretty much predators.
@@leontoeides I don't think they meant that literally, dude. As in JJ is a symbolic angel?
This is the only alien invasion movie I genuinely felt excited watching, I always wanted to look more and more at this huge creature, when it opens it's so majestic and beautiful, It's fun to connect the dots of the movie, it makes me want to rewatch it several times, what an amazing experience
It’s a crappy alien lol it’s like a ship
@@MyStupidTH-camHandleit's not a alien idiot. Peele hinted this several times, and it needs oxygen so it cant be from space. But rather a sky born creature. And your just some lousy mesh brained Joe who who wines about what you wanted said thing to be. It's Design is unique, you ain't gonna see anything like it again. Go watch Paul or something.
@@SeattleMartinthat’s basically what you are, so at least you can self analyze
And where was the invasion?😂 It's about a creature living in the sky and not mars attacks 2.0
@@MyStupidTH-camHandleGreat point. You didn't understand the movie at all, did you?
2:55 Jean Jacket comes up to meet the cowboy balloon, which is floating still facing the creature. It makes it look like two wild West gunfighters about to engage in a fast-draw duel. Given the film's background setting and the director this was likely on purpose.
I feel like personally it was a mating sort of dance like a peacock, because it was floating like Jean and after no response from the Cowboy balloon, Jean decided to eat/kill the potential "Male Suitor", as if to say females are the larger more dominate on their planet or in their solar system. But unfortunately it appears as an aggression tactic before this scene so this is ruled out but still cool to think of the movie in a different way/plot, 'The alien came here looking for the last male of her species last recorded here."
@@lsdmonkey1089 I don’t think Jean is the last of his kind, I like to think jean was born in the atmosphere with his species and other UAPs but came down far enough to find no competition and a lot of food to eat
that form of the Alien is so biblical. This movie honestly was so much better than what I expected
It’s Jordan Peele bro. Don’t underestimate him.
It's a trash flick
@@Barsabus Funny comment.
@@Barsabus lol
biblical??? you mean like seraphim or something cause every angel is technically “biblical” or whatever
jean jacket was always such a unique alien to me.
Right? Like, how does it even eat its victims?
@@haeverland457 If you watch the movie "deep rising" the guy explains how this works and from the scenes inside the monster it's just sucking them up and absorbing them.
@@haeverland457 literally shows that in the movie. Literally shows them being digested and the stuff it can’t digest is thrown back out. Which is why oj dad died in the beginining because of the last show the Asian guy did in.
@@spiritrealmking9416 yeah but when it’s not in the saucer mode u can’t see anything that it would use to digest ,it’s just like a giant thin fabric ,so it’s confusing
@@jayalbert9849 yea, the thing is he can’t eat in this form, he has to revert to saucer form in order to feed, intimidation form is used to obviously intimidate and catch larger prey.
Ok, but what could make a creature this large and terrifying develop an intimidation tactic like that?
something even larger and more terrifying
It’s not the only one, or there is something that preys on it. There’s always a bigger fish, the saying is annoying but it’s true.
@@vincenzomigliore9749
In that case, humanity is screwed.
Milion years agou earth have different enviroment ..the oksigent have more presentase on air at that time....making alot of thing big ....like really big .....dragon fly the size of eagle ......adult eagle .....and Jean jacket body make them hard to fosilise ....my guest is they actually from earth but from milion years agou traped in ice or something......like this movie tittle .NOPE (NON PRIMORDIAL ENTITY)
I would say in its natural habitat there are probably predators that eat it. Or even as a way to warn off others of its kind from its territory. After all they did say it was territorial.
After shape shifting JJ couldn't fly as fast as it was before.
But still fast enough.
Makes sense it lost its aerodynamic properties significantly
4:20 I like how it was trying to go back to ufo mode
saucey mode
Well from what we gathered it can only eat in it's ufo form
That's how it attacks, so...
@@bingbongdingdong867 incorrect it attacked in both forms but thanks for trying
It can only eat in the saucer form. So it did turn back in order to do that. Unsuccessfully
District 9, Arrival, Nope, War of Worlds, and Annihilation, have the best alien designs making the creatures truly out of this world.
The tripods are the most iconic.
i feel like annihilation's was the most genuinely alien and incomprehensible. but nope is a pretty close second. that square fluttery yellow-green eye that kept unfolding from itself was bizarre af.
@@seraphik It looked like a giant bounce house.
Edge of Tomorrow had cool aliens
I thought the Cloverfield monster was cool too
I absolutely adore this movie. That thing taking these different shapes while stalking her in the background is so freaky.
The alien in this film made me feel so uncomfortable. Oddly enough, I was in awe every time the alien was shown. It looked so other wordly unlike other alien films wherein the creature is typical or potrayed with characteristics of earth living beings such as human/animal like features (teeth, eyes, nose, etc.) The unfamiliarity brought about by the alien's structure really creeped me out. A disturbing and captivating film. It was such a great movie. As expected from Jordan Peel :)
I didn't look up for a week after watching this
Really shocks me is it's a weird-ass mouth/eye thing that keeps turning inside out itself like origami. Scary, surreal but so beautiful.
Its so otherworldly that almost looks like a biblical angek
Peel is a hack 😂
One of the influences for Jean Jacket was the immortal jellyfish, implying that it's not actually dead. It will just need to recover for a long time in a dormant state. In fact, one of the experts that worked with Jordan Peele on the design had said as much in an interview as it was being released.
Then it must be killed quickly
That means humans one day will acquire it
Dude, it exploded.
fanfic brain copium
The immortal jellyfish is not immortal in the sense that it regenerates, it rewinds time by turning back into a baby when significant damage is done to the body. An immortal jellyfish could not rewind time here, they don’t actually live that long.
Certainly one of the most interesting alien concepts I've seen. It really has a Lovecraftian cosmic horror vibe
JJ is definitely my favorite monster in any media. Despite it being far from the strongest creatures in any media, hell it's probably on the weaker side of all creatures, JJ is super interesting. I love the design but I'm not gonna talk about it since other people already have. What I'm gonna talk about is its intelligence.
It's smart, but not human smart, more like animal smart. It knows where and when to hunt/eat. It knows that in order to catch its prey it must be patient and blend in with its surroundings, an ambush predator. Unlike most man-eating creatures in any media where it seems like they're either too super smart or way way too aggressive like they have some kind of rabies.
JJ is also smart enough to avoid places with thousands of humans. So, instead of big cities, JJ chooses to live in a big desert. But ofc just like any other animals, JJ isn't that smart, like the part where JJ eats the fake horse thinking that it was real or like in this video where it eats a huge as balloon and dies because of it.
Speaking of dies, I love that JJ is not some kind of invincible creature. We just don't know what its weakness is. All we see is a giant flying disc and so at first we're all under the impression that since it's a UFO it must be hard to take it down since UFO = high tech that humans don't understand. But later on we learned that it's actually a creature, so seeing a creature that big flying on the cloud makes most people under the impression that it's invincible or at least hard to kill.
But at the end of the movie it just died because it ate a balloon, and so it turns out that it's not that strong. I love that more than a creature that is seemingly impossible to kill. JJ gives us an illusion that it's hard to kill when in reality it's not that stupidly overpowered. The only reason why it hasn't been dead sooner is because of the protagonists trying to catch videos or pictures of JJ.
So yeah, that's why I love JJ. Sure it's not as big and scary and powerful as any other men-eating creatures, but man everything about it is just so cool.
Its behavior is just SO perfect, we also see that it was trying to scare away the baloon and only tried to eat it as the last alternative since it wasnt going away
JJ's secondary weapon is intimidation.
I wonder if JJ is not an apex predator from wherever it came from. Its skin seems thin, and it likes to camouflage itself when resting. In some way, its behavior reminds me of frogfish except that JJ can move fast. Of course it can be a pursue predator, but perhaps another use of its speed is to escape its own predator.
One of the creepiest things about JJ that you mentioned is it avoids large cities with thousands of humans, and instead picks up stragglers (like the missing hikers briefly mentioned and were heard screaming overhead before Keith David's character died in the beginning, or if provoked like what happened with Jupe). That means, at some point, JJ and/or other creatures like him may have been feasting on large scores of people until something happened that caused JJ and/or the possible rest of his species to be wary of going after cities.
If the government has been keeping JJ and possibly others like him a secret, that means there was an underground system of people that have been trying to train giant flying people-eating creatures from the skies to not overindulge in hunting, when they could have at any time... 0_0
@Scarshadow666 I dont think training is the what causes them to avoid large cities,rather the government just secretary killed them if they got to close
4:47 favorite line in the movie. My brother-in-law's last name is "Haywood" so you can imagine this line gets tossed around quoter often. 😂
That’s awesome 😂
When Jean Jacket swallowed the doll, Jupe kept glaring into Jean Jacket's eyes and then pointed.
This means that Emerald did not kill Jean Jacket, but Jupe got his revenge.
I think this part is the best representation of the film.
revenge for what?
@@timtamsandsoysauce9318sting him?
for killing him and his family.
I thought it serves as an analogy for the critique of one-sided observation, which is the subject of this movie.
I’d say its Jupe posthumously teaming up with Emerald. It was a tag-team kill.
@@OBKS_Inuno ain't Gordy the one that you know to the family
This was the most frustrating part. Like I really thought she was going to miss the picture.
Why did she even need a picture ???
@@jayalbert9849the reason why they went and challenged a lifeform the defies our very understanding of life itself was simple: fame. To them, it was worth... and it actually was. Sure, the old man died but he went out of his own volition. None of the other three had to pay the ultimate price and the monster was recorded and they even took a big photo of it.
I mean, its pretty obvious if you see the movie that that was the drive of the protagonist.
@@jayalbert9849 "The Oprah Shot" - it was the reason so many people died. I think the point is "you have your picture now; what is worth it?"
@@shoesncheese knowledge. Knowing that these things actually exist like the jean jacket will allow humanity to be more cautious of what is existing in the universe and outside their planet. Making sure that humanity remains an equal footing or greater in the food chain of the apex predator.
@@MHAOverchargedyou haven't seen humanity lately, have you?
2:24 my favorite shot
Legit looks like it's wearing a robe or something
@@Josuh I know. That’s the beauty of it .
Evangelion lookin angel 💀
It looks like a member of the godhand from berserk
Imagine dying just because you ate something you shouldn't (shoutout to my lactose intolerent sister)
sorry for your loss
did you eat her?
Quick someone explain to them it’s just a Chinese weather balloon!
literally exactly what I was thinking when I saw the real life video of the balloon popping
Dude even just the detail of the police tape fluttering around as she rides to mimic the balloon like movement of Jean Jacket is so cool
1:18 AKIRA REFERENCE
What the hell is an akira… Just shut the hell up
@@eden20111 Akira 1988 anime, you are an idiot for not knowing.
This is an epic climax! Such a weird creature in the sky that is killed by a balloon and a photograph! Weird if you say it fast, but it works for Jordan Peele’s Filmmaking!
It having a picture taken of it, must be the ultimate insult towards it, since it used "being seen" as a dinner bell.
Nope wasn't without its flaws, but I found the climax to be absolutely mesmerizing, especially on the big screen.
Just realized that JJ exploding by eating Jupe's balloon lookalike is kind of like when Gordy touches Jupe's hand and has his head blown off - "exploding fist bump"
I find it funny that a balloon monster is afraid of sharp objects like barbed wire and they defeat it by making it choke and overinflate itself.
Well now they've got the body to prove it exists
Military/Govt: "What body, this is just a weather balloon"
Just because they managed to kill Jean Jacket, doesn't mean its over. It's entirely possible there are more out there somewhere.
I'd be more than happy for a sequel.
That ain't no Chinese spy balloon.
Or is it?
Inflation can be a killer.
The thumbnail of this video is so frightening. Can you imagine seeing something like that in the air, not knowing what it is? All you know is it will devour you. When it revealed itself I was like WHAT IN THE WORLD? I was a bit scared to look up, I can't lie.
Of all cinematic homages, one of my favorites has to be the Akira bike slide
I literally rewatch akira before this
World renowned computer scientist and ufologist Jacque Vallee had proposed a theory that UFOs and aliens, angels and demons, fairies and mythological creatures were all part of the same phenomenon whether it’s by their design or by our misinterpretation. This movie’s “alien” feels like it was based on that theory.
2:58 the Cowboy Ballon is like heeeeyyyy you wana get some Coffee or somthing
Imagine chilling going to a fair with friends and family and then unexpected gets eaten by a alien
But since the alien couldn’t finish eating everyone it let you burn inside it’s stomach
That shit is scary they literally had a chance to leave the town but came back
Like bro there’s a huge ass cloud alien flying hella fast at you
So, this is a theory - if Jean Jacket is not an alien but a species native to Earth, then I assume that their corpses either dissolve before reaching the ground or turn into clouds.
Even a piece of them would end up somewhere. It might be possible that it's from our solar system, just not from earth, but from another moon or planet, like venus. It might have not necessarily flown directly to earth, but rather, ended up on earth through some kind of spore.
No they get sold as sushi in China
i actually feel a little bad for JJ in the end. there are obvious parallels between it and gordy. both animals exploited by humans, then killed when they reverted to animal instincts and caused damage and mayhem. there are also theories that JJ might be a biblically accurate angel that had somehow gotten lost in our world, which kinda makes it even sadder.
the amount of parallels between JJ and Gordy make rewatching this movie a treat
"biblically accurate" the bible's depictions of angels are metaphorical. they don't look like mysterious flying cloaks or what not. the bible only depicts angels like that because its trying to convey the absolute beauty that the angels possess. imagine trying to describe something super-naturally beautiful into conceivable words. that's basically what it is. the actual biblically accurate angels look like you and I , just more beautiful. they are men. but I dunno what bible your reading from lol.
@@110pLover does this really seem like the place to push your religious beliefs? 🙄
@@seraphik not pushing anything , just clarifying. I would never force anyone onto anything. but it does seem like your the annoyed one here pal.
@@110pLover no shit. we're talking about a movie and you felt the need to barge in and discuss your religion. your specific take on your religion, at that. if you really don't push your beliefs, then keep them to yourself. we all have our own beliefs and no one's is more right than another's.
1:32 - Metal pipe falling sound
2:23 JJ looks like something straight out of evangelion
Fun fact, Peele lists the angel designs of Evangelion as one of his inspirations for JJ :D
Need more footage
What’s Evangelion?
It’s a retro yet popular anime sci fi show that has kids piloting mechas to fight monsters known as angels to save humanity from annihilation.
Search Ramiel scream and it's basically that
I totally love how the last part of the movie mirrors so well the final confrontation of “Jaws” for me it’s a brilliant way of quoting and revisiting the most iconic “creature” of the movies’s history!
The music choice for this scene is beautiful and intense
JENOVA•JEAN JACKET
LV 50
HP 10,000
MP 300
WEAKNESS•BALLOONS
RESISTANT•LIVING ORGANISMS
IMMUNE•PHYSICAL ATTACKS
Underated commit lol
What game is this?
@@cheesecake6149 final fantasy 7
I actually think it'd have far fewer hit points than that; an exploding balloon ruptured it and a minuscule scraping of barbed wire inside its digestive tract hurt it enough to drive it into full threat display. If this film had taken place in Texas there would have been far too many guns in use for the thing to be as scary. 😁
Strange you say this because it reminds me of emerald weapon in this form.
when boys don't wash their bedsheets for 9 months💀
Love that it could have ended with the Haywoods killing the thing but no evidence is made and they are caught by the media in all of this craziness but they managed to actually get evidence. (Plus I don’t think JJ’s corpse will rot and decay within minutes so its body can be found and confirmed as extraterrestrial or unknown species)
1:32 metal pipe falling sound effect
How do you even hear that?
You have good hearing lol
I think there was one at 1:25 as well
Whenever I see Jean Jacket in its final form, I always think of the final form of a boss battle in a JRPG video game 😅
4:35 As a kid I was afraid of popping balloons with my bare hands because I thought this is what would happen to them xD
that thing is legitimately horrifying.
Be not afraid
the only good thing a plastic can do - fight alien
And kill ocean life 😃
What about killing an mix between alien and sea life? Like an giant jellyfish the size of an chinese spy balloon?
the akira slide was so clean
Now what happens to the leftovers? There's a huge alien on my property! Maybe part two?
Unironically, the leftovers are a much better piece of proof than the pictures, since pictures can be faked, a literal alien creature can't.
Scratch that there were some sandwiches made later
JJ was a chinese spying balloon
1:18 they pulled an Akira scene. That's amazing.
i think my favorite theory about this thing is that it isnt even an alien, and is just a weird-ass undiscovered animal that gets interpreted as the "flying saucer" myth and there are an untold number of these things out in the wild
1:32 funny metal pipe sound
OH MY GOD
aint no way they aded that LOLLL😂😂😂😂
0:31 is badass with the drums and the music
To be honest jean jacket is the most elegant but also the most original and terrifying alien i have ever seen in a movie. And i've seen a lot.
Me too! I am.so disappointed this didn't get more pre release attention...my brother watched it after nagging him for last year...now he loves it too
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Change my shorts 😉
3:22 I wonder if someone has a speculation or theory on why the square pulsing shape changes angle once it gets close to the balloon for for a brief second. Maybe its something like how you turn the dial on the lens of a camera for zoom/focus. I never noticed that before and it fascinated me lol
I think it's similar to an intimidation tactic, warning it to back off from its territory. Though honestly it could be anything, but the form just seemed like it was a very defensive form after multiple times nearly getting choked by flags and barb wire
@@ExileOfSand I understand this is what people seem to speculate most often that it's for intimidation/stress. I'm more specifically curious why it would change the angle of the square "organ" to a diamond.
@@xxMrbojanqlezxx I interpreted it as being a sign of hesitation to JJ that its intimidating display wasn't working well enough to go in for a frontal attack, so it backed off and opted instead to strike the balloon from a higher vantage point after it ascended.
@@joshjess9841 it is specifically the part where Jean Jacket gets close and then falls back in my timestamp where it goes form square to diamond. This is such a fascinating creature design but it is that exact part where i'm wondering why biologically it would do that...
Some of the CG looks really rough
I just know Jordan’s Imagination is nothing but Visionary of a Reality a naked eye will
Never see but Jordan’s does
1:24 and 1:31
Both are the metal pipe sound effects
I swear once you hear the metal pipe sound effect, you can always detect it
What's the significance of this? I've seen it mentioned in multiple comments.
@@LoyaltotheNightsky it's a stock sound effect of a metal pipe hitting the floor that has become a popular meme online
I THOUGHT I WAS TRIPPING
When I watched this in theaters, I IMMEDIATELY thought Jean Jacket looked like an Iris Van Herpen dress. Eerily beautiful.
The design for JJ was actually inspired by one of Marilyn Monroe's dresses
Jean jacket literally just looks like a god from my prospective
*Messenger of (i.e. an angel)
Be (not) afraid
Soooo the alien is a bed bath and beyond 600 thread count white sheet in the wind ? Nice.
The whole movie is basically a condemnation of spectacle because of its potential dangers, whether it be a chimp going nuts on a TV set or a "trained" alien abducting and eating a crowd of people, so it kinda bothers me that Em gets the picture in the end. It would've been more appropriate if she missed, but still did the whole victory "Yeah!" yell when Jean Jacket popped. Like, "I may have missed you, but you're dead now and can't hurt any more people!" Of course, only Angel seemed particularly motivated to prevent any more deaths, whereas OJ wanted to master Jean Jacket and Em wanted to make money. In that sense, OJ and Em are rather unlikable. I appreciate each main character has their own motivation, but more important than anything else is actually STOPPING Jean Jacket, not training it or making money off the spectacle of it.
1:19 took straight from mangas Akira
Bruh its an homage chill
This was a great movie. Very original which is so rare these days.
Calm down guys it’s just a weather balloon
The Jupe balloon or the alien?
Why is it that when JJ morphs into that form, I am compelled to design a cape resembling it?😅
Cool movie too, although I only watched bits and pieces but do know the plot.
You gotta hand it to Peele, he actually did a Live Action Akira Slide.
One of the most ‘anime’ movie scenes I’ve seen in a while tbh
1:15 Akira (1988) The Tribute of Jordon Peele.
I like how at 2:21 it looks like an angel of death but at 2:40 it looks like a bunny with giant floppy ears wearing a big, billowing gown.
Haven't seen the movie, but does the corpse vanish after this? I'm guessing she takes the pics for proof...so if the body lands somewhere, more pics plus physical proof.
It's not shown. The movies ends in about a minute after this scene. But the corpse probably stayed.
@@ultimatedesbear4271 so what planet is Jean jacket from anyway
@@mehchocolate1257 from the planet D3N1M
@@ultimatedesbear4271lmfao
I have no idea what I just watched, but it makes me want to see the movie now.
1:24
1:32
*Pipe fall sound effect*
1:32 Was that a metal pipe falling sound?
The score is brilliant, one of my favorite scenes of all time
1:32 metal pipe falling sfx
still cant believe they did an akira slide
AKIRA SLIDE??
💯
Homegirl straight up did the damn Akira slide lmao
Dope
Jean jacket looks fit to be an eldrazi Titan or at least some form of MTG card
1:18 that Akira slide though
One of the things I like that someone pointed out how this was a part a western is you have a cowboy having a staredown with the villain in the climax.
Тот случай когда на малом буджете получился фильм на порядок интересней чем "хиты" Голливуда!)
that Akira Brake tho.