Chris Stuckmann reviews Nope, starring Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott, Keith David. Directed by Jordan Peele.
@@sam.owens29 It would have been better if all actors and actresses in this movie didn't wear any clothes and Jordan Peele shot scenes where each character was having a bowel movement in real life showing the feces they dropped in the toilet bowl...and then at the end of the movie show Jordan Peele doing a triple back flip off a high dive and belly flopping into a pool and him throwing up his lunch from the impact of the water...that would have been a great ending...💯💯💯💯
The people who did the sound design on this movie should win awards. The sound offered SO MUCH to the film, and truly made the movie terrifying at times.
@@goyangi2014 lol u tryna get the FBI on my case? XD i watched it on my friends laptop coz im only free to watch it at the IMAX this weekend wen im off
I found the Gordy storyline to be most fascinating. Like, the guy romanticizes his OWN trauma, which is a level of psyche movies RARELY touch on. Like you could tell that he himself is obsessed with it and probably dreams about it constantly. Probably never really got help for it, because he's good at acting like he's fine.
I haven’t seen it talked about much, on account of all the other striking moments throughout the film, but the scene where Jean Jacket rains blood down on the house after playing the screams of the recently swallowed people was insane and felt so reminiscent of horror classics. This movie has a plethora of potentially iconic shots, only time will tell.
God, the SOUND in that scene was so horrifying, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing and hearing, like watching a nightmare play out on the big screen.
@@RickyChops Okja, Burning, Sorry to Bother. Just because you haven’t seen anything he’s in doesn’t mean you have to embarrass yourself by saying his most popular role is his best.
The most terrifying aspect of this film was the scene of what happens to a group of people and the detail put into it was so gutwrenching and made me feel a way i haven't felt in a horror Sci fi ever.
DUDE, I GOT HIGH before watching this movie, that scene.... i almost cried and threw up, im dead serious, i think it gave me a severe fear towards tight spaces, especially crowded ones
@@spudmatix8770 It would have been better if all actors and actresses in this movie didn't wear any clothes and Jordan Peele shot scenes where each character was having a bowel movement in real life showing the feces they dropped in the toilet bowl...and then at the end of the movie show Jordan Peele doing a triple back flip off a high dive and belly flopping into a pool and him throwing up his lunch from the impact of the water...that would have been a great ending...💯💯💯💯
Gordy’s scene & the scene where Jean Jacket takes the people caused such visceral reactions in me. Gordy’s scene especially felt as though we were living it with Jupe. The dread & horror you feel left you with goosebumps
Aw stop this movie was crappy I'm a Jordan Peele fan and a fan of all of the actors involved but the storyline was confusing and all over the place how do u get goosebumps it looks like a b movie from the 60s
@@anthonytaylor7928 you rlly had to be high or have a historically low IQ to be confused by this movie. Look I don’t like to stoop down to direct insults but I went into the movie knowing ppl were confused and kept overthinking it looking for the confusing parts, at night, after a full day of adult work… If you think it was crap and confusing it just sounds like ur the kind of person who needs to be spoonfed Marvel movies 🤷♀️
I think this is the first alien invasion film that’s taken place in a single location and didn’t involve massive world disruption and I really loved that. Also the design of the creature was so incredibly clever and unique. 5/5
@Drink Your Whatever did you notice the dining room table scene was framed exactly like the one in signs when they are about to face their opponent, fucking awesome
The Akira reference was so well done honestly, wasn't just a throwaway scene or reference but it actually added to the to coolness and heart pounding intensity of the scene
I loved how at the end after the alien "pops" you see its body float away as a sheet nearly as light as air, sort of explaining how such a large creature is able to fly. It also clearly has some form of aerokinesis ability, since it can generate clouds and tornadoes.
@@wisco9er536 It would have been better if all actors and actresses in this movie didn't wear any clothes and Jordan Peele shot scenes where each character was having a bowel movement in real life showing the feces they dropped in the toilet bowl...and then at the end of the movie show Jordan Peele doing a triple back flip off a high dive and belly flopping into a pool and him throwing up his lunch from the impact of the water...that would have been a great ending...💯💯💯💯
@@thekillercub274 and then also all actors and actresses and Jordan Peele are on a plane in real life and it crashes and then no more of them anymore lmfao🤣🤣🤣
Something I liked about this movie was how it uses the physical space so well. The camera allows the audience to see the entire valley multiple times, and there is so much movement that spans the entire landscape that by very early on the audience knows where everything is. This plays very well in the later action sequences where movement and location matter a great deal for the building tension. I feel the commentary, while there, is lighter in Nope than in Peele's other movies. More energy was put into making a story that is a lot of fun to watch.
Yeah there’s so much that a lot of us don’t think about when it comes to making movies. I think it was also good to just show how desolate it was. In my opinion the whole thing was very dream like. Which I guess would make sense because the whole thing could be a nightmare honestly. Just to see that huge house sitting there in the middle of nowhere and it just had a surreal look to it. Even the echos from shouting. Very dreamlike
Feel there is a connection between the use of animals and exploitation. We saw what that exploitation caused for the members of that show with the chimp. The kid - now older tried to do exactly the same with the “alien” species and we know what happened to him in the end. When you watch the film again (you know you will) - look for when those past incident clips are introduced and what is happening in current time. This is where Peele always makes his mark.
@@jasonbowman3090 movies been out for a week. Don’t go to the comments of a review video about the movie and not expect some type of spoilers. Watch the movie
@@michaelcarrasquillo4781 I agree completely and are always annoyed with people complaining about spoilers. I can see it the weekend it is out but after that do not read comments to reviews and complain. Just go see the movie and come back.
@j - k I think they cared for their horses (at least OJ for sure). At one point a character suggests offering the horses so they can get away and OJ refuses.
The night time shots were apparently filmed during the day and so I'm guessing the ability to control how the night looked was much easier, hence why they look phenomenal. Truly an amazing film!
As a pure cinematographic experience, to be able to see a film with an unique feel, but seemingly disjointed, be assembled in front of our eyes was truly awesome. I hope we get more films and filmmakers like this.
"I've never in my life seen night time sequences this gorgeous" that's SO GOOD to hear, considering most movies today are unable to present you a night time scene without leaning into complete darkness
I remember reading about a new film type, technology, or technique used to be able to really get a good look for dark(er) skinned people in a movie. I wonder if this isn't either the same thing or an offshoot
@@lickenhuntsman5338 I feel like that's because it's an all black cast and people who are racist don't like that so they hide behind being "knowledgeable film heads". They aren't just gonna admit they're racist, so... And I don't even remember the CGI being that bad anyway. It isn't disillusioning at all
So crazy that Chris actually has worked on a feature with one of the incredible cast-members of this film (Keith David). I'm so happy for him, and so inspired as well.
I have mixed feelings… I left the theatre confused with what I experienced: there were moments were I was engaged and even scared but there were also slow moments that brought me back to the room to check the time. The siblings were so different and extreme that they felt more like archetypes... My favourite characters were actually the shop technician and the film director. Unlike Peele’s previous films there wasn’t a clear theme but several ideas which I found hard to connect. (Spoilers) My favourite thing was actually that the ship was the alien and I loved how it resembled a stingray. When it unfolded it looked like a camera taking pictures so not as fun… I’m getting tired of films about the film industry but when you explained the homage to the crew I appreciated more. Thanks for such a insightful review. The best on RU-vid!
The overall theme is mainly you can’t mess with wild animals and you can’t tame them at the end of the day, don’t make eye contact and you’ll be OK. That’s what happened, he made eye contact with the spaceship when he was thinking that he would survive because he was special and had a special bond. No he didn’t. He just didn’t make eye contact because he was staring at the shoe and I think the tablecloth was in the way of his eyes. Horse man already knew that because he was good working with animals and he loved them.
Remember having a big crush on Keke Palmer when she was on Nickelodeon. Now I’m seeing her lead in big Hollywood blockbusters. I’m so happy seeing her get shine on the big screen and long may it continue.
@@mrethano09 Good lord that was a cringey response. The amount of insecurity you just showed is wild. Idk if something just happened in your life or something but you need a break dude. Or some therapy.
Rarely does my jaw hang open during a film, and yet I caught myself gobsmacked at least 3 or 4 times during Nope. No idea what parts specifically or why, and yet this movie kept pushing me all over the place. I think it is wonderful. A fantastic standalone... nonfranchise piece of work. Jordan Peele will be recognized as part of a new cinema renaissance.
I love how Kaluuya's character has that so-done-with-everything personality while Palmer's character is like an 11 year-old and always smiling. Perfect contrast
Daniel Kaluuya is one of the best actors around right now, and his performance in Judas and The Black Messiah was amazing, can’t wait to see him in this
Kaluuya is one of the best actors of his generation and deserves to be recognized as such. Peele is also brilliant, and great at working with talented actors who deserve to be more famous than they are. Can't wait to see what they both do next.
I was genuinely impressed with Peele's ability to break tension with a joke/bit only to immediately bring it back like a snap of the fingers. Truly masterful.
Man was this a masterpiece visually. Had many scenes where for the first time in a while I was LEGITIMATELY creeped the fuck out. That one specific scene after the Jupiter’s Claim show… DAMN I haven’t felt that freaked out and uneasy from a scene in a while. Such an absolute thrill ride.
I hate the idea of being trapped like that. Claustrophobia is such a dreading situation to be in. And it’s so sad to think how even kids were swept into that. I couldn’t look at the distress those people were in and hearing their cries when the creature went back to the ranch.
That scene is my new scariest scene of all time. The screams and the panic...I can't even imagine being apart of that. It freaks me the fuck out so bad.
I really enjoyed how the screams early on set-up the creature without simply being a sound-effect. Just one of the really unique ways of foreshadowing the film uses Edit: Also, loved Steven Yuen as Jude in this. He had a really interesting subplot regarding his difficult feelings about the past, which played well into the themes of animals being used in films.
Was finally just able to see the movie yesterday and I loved it. It was hilarious, unsettling, horrifying, and full of great characters. That chimp scene really disturbed me, especially because I remember when that one lady was mauled by her friend’s chimp ten or so years ago? And seeing the people get stuck up into the creatures digestive tract was also horrible. I would 100% call this a cosmic horror film, one of my favorite genres. The creature reveal at the end was both terrifying and beautiful.
Peele was asked in an interview what he would take from this movie and apply to Get Out and US and his response was the camera tech. He said they way the shot the scenes at night couldn't have been done five years ago.
Paul Thomas Anderson used the exact same cinematography technique for the night scenes in "Licorice Pizza", just FYI. That's why the night sequences in that film look so gorgeous.
that fear you described reminded me of a sense of DREAD I'd often get as a child on the playground when I was on a swingset. If I stared up at the sky while swinging, I'd get this horrible heart-sinking fear for some reason, like I was gonna take off and somehow "fall up" into the sky. sounds like this movie does some cool stuff with that. excited to see it!
I used to get that feeling when as kids, we would lie in the grass and stare up at the sky. At some point, it was like the ground was the ceiling and the sky was the floor, and I'd get this feeling that at some point I was gonna drop from earth and fall into the clouds. When I stood up, it would take me a few moments to reorient myself to what was up and what was down.
I think it has something to do with how at the peak of a swing, there's a moment of weightlessness, and if all you see is the sky and no horizon, then our brains get a little confused for just a split second, which can be pretty panic inducing. that's just my theory tho
Thank you for this loving review. I just came from seeing it. It's truly a piece of art. My son and I spent almost 2 hours in the parking lot of the theater discussing it. Beautiful.
Saw it last night. At the start, I thought the air around the characters had a weird shimmer and distortion to it. I leaned over to point it out because I found the monster, and half my row did too! We thought we were seeing something like the predator with the invisible cloak I felt like the Sherlock of cinematography. The we realized in the middle of the movie it was the clouds that hid the monster.. it turns out the movie projector screen was just so damn dirty that it actually altered the movie experience for us.
Nope is 9/10 for me.. I would say it would be the perfect sci-fi horror if the end was trimmed a bit and added more dialogue. Full disclosure - I am slightly biased because I love anything with a 1950s style flying saucer but the subversive layers is what did it for me. Also the horror scenes, on paper they don’t sound that scary but damn the way it was filmed with insane audio was disturbing. What I haven’t seen mentioned too much is the idea that “if you look at it it will get you” - not only does this apply to animals sensing fear but also how we engage with news and social media. Another big epiphany for me in this movie and the horror genre is the Bible verse about spectacle and how we clamor to see disturbing or horrifying things for clout, yet we are paying to see a horror movie - truly meta.
@Michael Torres I didn't go into expecting to be scared. The trailers weren't scary in the least bit. This was absolutely Peele's Close Encounters with a splash of Jaws. I thought the performances were fantastic and I was happy it wasn't just the typical alien invasion flick we've seen hundreds of times before.
@@VerifiedB I feel ya there, definitely don't want to ruin it for others. I'm not saying it's a perfect movie, it just worked for me in a way a lot of other flicks this year haven't.
Honestly- I'm not the biggest fan of JP first two films....but.... he knocked it out of the park with NOPE. The photography at night scenes transformed me. I was genuinely on the edge of my seat. And beautifully shot. Although there Are many scenes at night, there is perfect clarity and your eyes are constantly searching for whatever might be hiding behind those clouds. I can't stop thinking about those scenes. Please. See this movie. It's original, Strange, wonderful & full of surprises. Support films like this.
Another winner for Peele! While Get Out remains my favorite, Nope is probably my second favorite. There is a LOT to love about this movie and it was super thrilling and horrifying. The claustrophobia scene made me have a mild panic attack.
Excellent review. Thank you. I’ve been really surprised at how much of this film has been missed by several prominent critics. There’s so much depth and subtext here to enjoy, his films really remind me of Kubrick in this way. Bravo Peele. More please!
While this film and Get Out are good , Us sucked. You can't pretend Us was good because it wasn't. It was terrible, rushed, the plot made no sense and the ending was laughable. Two good movies and a terrible one.
3 for 3 for me too. This was so much fun and you can absolutely take something out of it. What I took was different than what Chris did. (Kinda spoilerish) I saw it as not just taking tragedy and capitalizing but also…the possibility of taking a predator and trying to make money off of it and killing it when you realize it is not here for our laughs.
Yes and not respecting it and treating it like a spectacle. Just like a wild animal. You bow your head and avert your eyes away from it. It will leave you alone.
the arrogance of man is thinking he is in control of nature and not the other way around. Even if he momentarily tames it eventually the bargain will be too one sided and it will fail.
Chris, although your regular reviews are sorely missed, I appreciate them immensely when we get them. I love that you have been committed to your directorial work, and I’m glad that you’ve given yourself the time to pursue your goals, always inspiring.
what an insightful, sensitive, but most of all sincere review of a movie I am excited about watching this evening. I was going to watch several reviews but this one for me was so complete I don’t need to. Thank you!
Just saw this movie (with my son) last night -- and was absolutely blown away. We both were. Walking out of the theater, all I could say was "wow" and "amazing." This morning, my brain is still processing it and trying to work out the details. I did notice that "making a deal with the predator" was woven in -- first, in the story of the chimpanzee: a truly terrifying animal that we kid ourselves into thinking we've "tamed." I also noticed that at no point was a real chimp used in this film. The scenes from Gordy excluded Gordy himself, and we only saw him through the eyes of Ricky (who, not having been among the victims of the original trauma, was perhaps convinced he had come to an understanding with It by offering it horses. I don't know. Just my thoughts upon first viewing. This is what I love about Peele's films -- never just simple entertainment, always food for thought and conversation.
I knew the movie was gonna be good from the very first scene, which absolutely scared the fuck out of me. Peele is an absolute master at making things that would wake you up from a nightmare in a cold sweat appear on the screen in front of you. His use of color, sound, and visuals create the most awe inspiring and disturbing sequences I've ever seen in a theater. I was legitimately shaking for most of the 3rd act because I just had no clue what to expect and probably because it was also tapping into some childhood phobias I had forgotten about. Absolutely masterful
@@TheBlueGoldenHawk It would have been better if all actors and actresses in this movie didn't wear any clothes and Jordan Peele shot scenes where each character was having a bowel movement in real life showing the feces they dropped in the toilet bowl...and then at the end of the movie show Jordan Peele doing a triple back flip off a high dive and belly flopping into a pool and him throwing up his lunch from the impact of the water...that would have been a great ending...💯💯💯💯
Dumpster fire. Realistically it isn’t a bad movie. Just ok. He’s reviewed numerous movies he wasn’t fond of including Thor Love and Thunder. He’s said he won’t shit on a movie but he will at least talk about the things he enjoys/doesn’t like in them.
Got this from imdb: "Most of the night sequences, specifically those shot out in the Haywood's field, were actually shot in the day with a complex rig built by cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema. These scenes were shot with a normal 5-perf 70mm Panavision film camera and a digital ARRI Alexa 65 camera, modified with the IR filter removed from the sensor to make it sensitive to infrared light, rigged up in a 3D camera rig so they were set to take the same image at once, similar to how van Hoytema shot the lunar chase sequence in Ad Astra (2019). These two images were then composited together to give the night scenes their unique look. In fact, most of these sequences are opened up for IMAX, but were actually shot in normal 5-perf 70mm film in a 2.<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1201">20:1</a> aspect ratio and were digitally expanded upon in post. This was done for two reasons: one, there is no digital camera as of yet whose sensor is as big as IMAX film, so the two cameras wouldn't match up perfectly; and two, the skies were already going to be completely digitally replaced for the effects sequences, so that information would've been useless to the filmmakers anyway."
The nighttime shots you showed that you like, is how my farm looks at night under a full or almost full moon. You can see so much when you are far from the city and moonlit and open spaces. That might be part of how they achieved that imagery.
You did an amazing job of breakdown without giving away any spoilers! Now that I’ve seen the movie I’d love to hear your thoughts on a full breakdown and some more Easter eggs
You hit a lot of things that I have thought about Peele. I find it amazing how well he does with the shots, choice of actors, setting, really a lot of the building blocks of amazing films. I do find the plots don’t hit that same level of impressiveness almost kind like the seeds are there but then they fall short. Haven’t seen Nope but look forward to it. I would actually like to see Peele get his hands on something outside of “horror” just to see what he could in another genre.
The fear you described I’ve had my whole life. I remember looking it up when I was younger and the closest thing I could find was “batophobia”, the fear of being near tall buildings or mountains, as this is now my sense of gravity giving out was tapped for me. Also if you were to lay on the grass under a night sky and then tilt your head back, the sky would look like it’s below the ground, and that would tap that fear for me. Excited for this movie, maybe we can finally find a name for this fear!
Yes! I've had the same feeling since I was a child. I've never known how to describe it. Batophobia is also the closest phobia that fits the feeling I have. Really tall buildings, like skyscrapers, leave me locked into place if I remain looking up at it. Also large structures or vehicles like statues, hot air balloons, or trees. I'm fine when maintaining normal eye level. But the second I look up at a huge structure, I'm frozen still and my entire sense of gravity is just gone. Wild shit
SPOILERS in response to what you said around <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="360">6:00</a>… I felt like the purpose of the tragedy on the tv show set was to show why Steven Yeun’s character did what he did at his ranch. When he started the show at the ranch he made a point to say that he thinks this alien “trusts” him. Why would he come to that conclusion? Maybe he’s so haunted by that moment he had with the chimp, the fist bump they were about to do made him feel like the chimp wasn’t ALL a monster, it wasn’t inherently bad, maybe the chimp TRUSTED him specifically. And he projected this feeling onto this new seemingly malevolent and scary being. He convinced himself he had a bond with it.. then when it sucked him up he hardly fought back or tried to run away. Maybe he didn’t think it would hurt him and he wanted to see what it would do, because he never got a chance to see what would have happened to the chimp if they made that touch. And it made me feel sad because he could have felt betrayed by this nonexistent relationship he had with the thing for not sparing him, and had a horrifying realization that maybe the chimp wouldn’t have spared him either… edit: spelling
OMG THANK YOU so much for this comment. I thought the scene showing what happened on the set was INCREDIBLE, it was a lot of suspense and I felt genuinely scared for Steven despite the fact we, the audience, already know he made it out safely…however I just couldn’t figure out what the significance was of that whole storyline to begin with so this definitely has helped. Hopefully I see other breakdowns of the character and his role in the story because I loved it so much as a short film I suppose but was really struggling with where it fit into the film.
@@UrbanDecayLova247 I just saw this movie and I could not figure out it's ties to the rest of the movie either. But with how incredibly effective and well executed it was it still added more to the movie as a whole. Funny thing is that if that scene wasn't done well it'd drag the movie down with it by not only being completely unrelated but also crappy, so jordan peele took a giant risk with adding that. I'm happy he did though because it was one of the more memorable moments and weirdly elevated the experience
His character was consistent with the chimp situation and how they all got ate up. Thinks the chimp had his trust and also thought the alien had his trust. Very good back and forth scenes
Great Summer Flick. Special effects not overdone. This was focussed on the actors. The actors were superb. The whole aspect of animal training and knowing the animal was very slowly revealed. So many movies hit you over the head with special effects and obvious plot lines. The story grew slowly in your mind and you didnt notice the pressure building in your chest until the climax. Well done.
Two things: It’s got Night of the Hunter Cinematography vibes. Also if this film doesn’t win an Oscar for Best Sound Mixing & Sound Editing, it will be a damn shame, cause like wow. 😱
I think this might be my favorite movie from Jordan so far. And I think the rest are great. I’ve just never found myself so immersed in a sci-fi film before, especially one that had so much originality to it. And the score was amazing.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="482">8:02</a> would have been even better if he said “Peele was offered the chance to make a live action Akira, but he said nope”
It's funny how this movie brings up childhood memories. When we left the theater I could stop telling my kids how dark it is in the country. No street lights, no freeway lights, no lights from cars, just the moonlight and vast space. Also rain hitting a tin roof, which there are many in the country, is scary as hell. All the messages in the movie were great, but after watching some reviews, people who complain about being spoon fed messages seem to need to be spoon fed messages because they didn't get it.🤣🤣🤣It's a must see. Great review as always, Chris.
I feel like the main character being quiet is pretty cool! He was quiet even before the trauma that we know about in the show. Reminds me just like some customers I have had at work! In fact, I feel like those customers are usually from rural areas or farms. So maybe they really are nailing that demographic there. A real horse man. Compared to his sister who seemed like she didn’t live around there. I really thought they were going to get rid of her maybe in the second half since she was such a source of optimism and liveliness. I feel like that would’ve been a good idea to cut her off at a certain point so that we felt more desperate and we are left with the character who barely talks. But nope.
It taps into underwater and fear of it's creatures and the unknown, and outer space and aliens that aren't humanoid. Also a tad of tornado's in there and it had small shades of Fire in the Sky and other movies people mention. I mean it is like his other movies, they have part that maybe have been done before but Jordan remolds it all into a new interesting and layered way. I love how terrifying that thing looked, so smooth and disc like in its main flying form and that black hole to horrors unknown just gave me the chills. The screaming of people as it flies by and it's ability to hide in clouds and smoke. It seemed like once it got really hurt with the barbed wire around Angel, it opened up, maybe that was it's fighting mode in a way, or what it really looks like when not flying and eating. I am not sure with that stuff really but just super interesting and it looked great. I loved the paralleling plots and themes. Jordan and the actors are so good at creating awkwardness and tension and being uncomfortable. I love the satire, and the characters and comedy, YOU CAN STAY RIGHT THERE THOUGH...loool, loved that part. But yeah another home run by Jordan Peele for me, I will be rewatching this a shit ton
I'm so hyped for this movie. I don't think Jordan Peele's films are perfect, but they are very good. What I love is that his movies are incredibly unique and creative while still being very accessible to people that watch mainstream and art house films. He takes numerous big swings in every film and sometimes only a portion connect but I'll support a filmmaker and studio that are willing to take those chances.
Absolutely, he's able to inject some fresh & inspired blood into mainstream movies for those who only pay attention to the more commercially popular films. Possibly some of them, or younger viewers, might dig deeper into Cinema after seeing a uniquely authentic vision played out successfully.
@@CRWeaventure i was curious about that as well. There didnt seem to be much of a direct connection between the "sitcom tragedy" and the "sky entity", at least textually. Possibly on a second viewing the subtext of the two events becomes more pronounced. But the shoe . . . some obvious literal meaning has to be there. I really do appreciate that JP's main focus was on delivering the effect and atmospheric sense of what that event would feel like and not as much in connecting narrative structure with definitive answers, at least leaving it ambiguous & keeping some mystique in tact. I also kind of thought that he set up enough details which were never fully addressed that a possible sequel may be in store, but I also am not sure that he's interested in creating a series. But who knows. Either way, one of the most unique and visually spectacular portrayals of this phenomenon!
Exactly! Dude, I absolutely LOVE original ideas in movies. As much as I love the superhero genre, it's incredibly unoriginal. As well as remakes or movies based on classic shows or a video game, book, etc.... I love directors who actually make movies off original ideas, good or bad, I 100% support it. We need more new idea and risks being taken. That's the magic of movies!
@@CRWeaventure it was the only thing Ricky was focus on. Usually when someone is going through trauma they would focus on the oddest thing around them. Also just a reference of what happens later in the film.
Ufos and Aliens have been a huge fear of mine since childhood and that scene where you see the alien walking towards daniel in the trailer hit a little too close to home. I’ve had dreams of aliens being outside my house since I was around 5
Those stunning nighttime scenes are most likely using a cinematographic technique called "day for night": daytime filming through a camera with an adjusted aperture/adjusted exposure, letting in less light into the camera...so those scenes were probably shot during the day. This was the older way to do it but the same effect can probably achieved in postproduction nowadays. The opening scenes of Jaws used day for night.
Nope definitely wasn’t perfect but it was pretty great regardless. My takeaway for the chimp scene was how people often ignore the inherent danger of a situation to rather focus on the spectacle of it. The people would rather sit and watch a chimp perform, ignoring how it’s a dangerous wild animal, just like they’d look up at the UFO rather than get up and run. And then afterwards fans and paparazzi focus on the tragedy’s spectacle and ignore its devastation
i just watched this movie a couple hours ago. totally agree that this is a modern-day masterpiece, but i must’ve missed that joke/reference to that early 2000s film oj worked on. what was it?
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="320">5:20</a> it's like how even people who call themselves movie reviewers, think the Director does everything from writing the script to financing, editing cinematography. It's a bit of a shame that we presume the Director is the one who does all these jobs, rather than the people who actually did it.
Its his own crew ( team ) without the director being there, the team wont have a vision. Everyone has a role in the film industry and everytime a writer/ director creates a film, they usually use the same team.
@@ricksanchez3189 this isn't true, a director may say can I have this person, but it's the producers who organise everything, a director may request but it's the producers who give the okay. Now a director could also be a producer, just like they can be the script writer as well. In terms of is it the directors vision, well without a script then their is no vision to be had, but this is silly as it's a collaborative effort no one is the most important factor, it's a team. Without a cameraman you have no image. Without editor you have a sequential mess. Etc.
@@OrangeHand there is "we know the director had some involvement in the script in this scene for example they did this" and saying the director wrote a terrible script for the entire movie.
YES! I have the same phobia. It also extends to kites. I've never been able to properly explain it, but seeing balloons or kites or really anything that extend far into the sky gives me extreme vertigo and anxiety.
Same kites is the only way I’ve ever been able to explain it. Whether it’s being taken by the kite or a fear the kite will land on something it’s not supposed to idk
Maybe it’s a fear of the sky? It’s so vast and open, sometimes it instills a sense of smallness and vulnerability in people that can mess with their heads. I think it’s related to prairie madness, when settlers would get anxious from the flat open spaces of the us as they moved it west.
This movie was fantastic. It was so unique from Peeles other films. Scared the absolute shit out of me. I almost had a heart attack. Loved it. Great point about Daniel Kaluuya. He was wonderful. His silent and stoic approach was incredibly emotional.
When you said it's about the crew, and their lingo. I'm a chef and in culinary, especially back of house, we have a language that only other culinaries would know. The other day I was playing a video game and things were intense. Someone gave me an order and I responded "heard!" Once the fight was over they asked me about it and I'm like, that's what we say to our chefs when we've heard them to let them know they don't gotta know we heard them, not needing to say something another time and cut their focus. My dogs know "heard" as it's their Heel command lmao. I also have my favorite "with me!" The Jon snow classic, big and loud and the dogs run from everywhere.
<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="355">5:55</a> Thank you SO much for that perspective. I’ve been racking my brain since last night trying to make sense of how that tragedy on the 90s TV set fit in to the main story, and now it makes sense.
Oooh man there's a lot more references as well to that 90s scene to the rest of the film. Can't say too much without going into spoilers. But on 2nd viewing I got a lot more from it. Also side note: There's also references to the "useless things" that the 👽 throws away in reference to Otis Haywood Sr. As in how something can be taken out or discarded when thought to be no longer useful. Think about it.
Those rubber tightening sounds mixed with the sounds of agony, terror and panic of all those poor people. Its just a couple of seconds but it terrifies me to my core. I want to unsee it but I cant.
Really getting some “M. Night in the good ol days” vibes from Peele. Really hope he just keeps doing his thing. Love it all and can’t wait to see this one. Thanks for the hype
@@BishopWalters12 wouldn’t say that he’s less talented but he’s still working on his craft. So Night made his magnum opus with the Happening (sixth sense) and slowly lost it Peele is feeling more careful and not stressing out movies. Night is still one of my favorites tho
Give it 10 or so years, until people become tired of “oh look it’s another Jordan Peele thriller, how original.” People were in love with M. Night back in the day, now we know what he brings to the table so we’re not impressed anymore
I loved M. Night movies, but his writing just varied so wildly, and some of his directorial choices just… didn’t land, for me. I was excited to see Old this past year, but that script was terrible. 😮💨
@@tybrown7112 I feel you! Started out with a bang then just lost it. Still haven’t watched old but really want to but also really don’t … but then again, signs is one of my favorite films and I don’t know many people who like that one so I might love it 🤷🏼♂️
Just saw it, 90% of the movie was a 8-9/10 type of movie but the final 30 minutes are mind-numbingly stupid IMO. Hope you enjoy it, I left very disappointed and stunned.
Thanks Chris, great review and great movie. Probably the biggest plus for me is that I'm now a big Kaluuya fan, I loved his performance in this. And Peele! What a talent.
The TV sequence has honestly crystallized since I left the theater yesterday. Now I completely see how it’s representative of a core theme in the film.
Thanks for talking about the crew in movies, those forgotten people who truly make the magic of movies happen. I like these RU-vid reviews of this movie because the movie has so many dimensions that are easy to miss with casual, underinformed viewing.
The night scenes were created using an infrared lens and another type I forgot. Probably grayscale. But the impressive fact is that they were ALL shot during the day! When they combined the two lens shots and added some elements, they got the beautiful night scenes you see now.
An ex of mine took too much acid once, and after had a phobia of the open sky. He hated going out to the country or on rooftops. He said it was the idea of gravity reversing, and being aware that if that happened, you would just fall upward to your death. I never really understood it, but i could empathize with it and stopped parking on the roof of the parking garage while we were together.
@@jamessummers5936 There is a novel that highlights this fear. the protagonist has agoraphobia (cant leave the house) because she has a ptsd reaction to the open sky after she was in a horrible accident and her car went off a cliff. I think Stephanie Soo has a Baking a Mystery episode about it
I can’t wait to see NOPE! Jordan Peele is one of my personal favorite directors and I love that his movies are original with mind bending plot twists! I feel like this is just the beginning of what Peele can really do!
Dude made 1 mediocre invasion of the body snatchers rip off and flopped on everything else. He completely ruined the twilight zone also. Chris cukman and other coward critics aren't going to actually critique peeles movie's.
The fact you mentioned a blimp made me think about a memory I also had regarding a blimp. I don't remember how what age I was but very young. I was on the balcony when this very bright blimp thing passed by. I remember it was very colorful and being scared by how low it was. Often I think if it was just a vivid dream or if an actual blimp passed by randomly.
I think this is my favorite Jordan Peele movie so far. Get Out and Us are ok by me, but this particularly struck a chord in me as how it referenced and paid homage to Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind which is one of my favorite Spielberg movies of all time.
Saw this last night and I was fully engaged the whole time. I left the theater a bit sore physically, it was that suspenseful. I'm so glad i saw it on a huge screen, in XD, it was beautifully filmed.
It was real good the second act especially and parts of the first and third acts also were great. Loved the chimp scene. That was pure horror and you don't even really see much, you just hear and see blood on the chimp and connect the dots yourself. The mystery behind the thing in the sky also built a lot of suspense and was actually shocked at some of what I saw which is a good thing. I just find this type of stuff interesting anyway. Although I loved the chimp scene it didn't really add anything to the film narratively I felt like. Gives backstory to one of the more minor characters I guess and set the tone for the film
