Nope (Jordan Peele, July 22, 2022) Movie • Page 17

I vaguely remember seeing a tiktok criticizing cripface

 

I mean, aside from the direct connection between the trauma she and Jupe experienced and him continuing in the entertainment industry using something that is dangerous/out of his control, if they're friends, why wouldn't she come to his new show? It seemed important to him, I think it makes sense that he would invite an old friend/co-star. Idk, I guess I don't think it's that deep

 

Yeah I think he just invited her, his whole persona is based on his past child star life and that's exactly the kind of guy who would invite old co-stars to sell tickets even after they've been disfigured because of said child star life.

 

Alright, just curious what y'all thought!

 

That show was a test run for friends and family, he explained that when he invited OJ and Em in the yelling conversation. Then he clearly explains who she is, still a close friend.

 

Which I suppose would also explain why it's low attendance and could eventually be worth the price he paid for the horses lol

 

This was fun

 

Am I missing a bigger connection between why OJ ended up calling the creature Jean Jacket?

 

Y’all are doing a lot of legwork for subtext that was not present in the film

 

On second thought, my only plot hole would be that Jupiter’s Claim would have been swarming with police, press, etc for daysss after the disappearance.

There’s no way they would’ve been able to get in there and get those car batteries.

 

I would've liked another scene or two with Yuen's character. The only time we really see how much he clings to his past is his introductory scene.

 

It was a horse that Em was supposed to train but he ended up training instead. I think it’s OJ signaling to Em that this is a chance to prove herself and that he believes in her.

 

Shot in the dark: She's there as a reminder that Yeun's character didn't really learn the lesson he needed to from Gordy. She's the consequences of that situation, Yeun is about to become the consequences of his own.

 

I was also surprised that the police wouldn't question OJ and Em about anything strange just considering their proximity to Jupiter's Claim

 

Yeah it was the 13 year old girl with the balloons, it wasn't clear from the movie if it was the mom or daughter

 

Watched us for the first time when I got home from this. This was my least favorite of his three but it was v entertaining

 

Sure, if doing the legwork means discussing an analyzing a film a lot of us enjoyed. Wouldn't you do the same? Lol

 

Haha I’m grumpy online this morning, sorry!

 

this was an extremely direct movie idk why y’all seem to be missing so much

 

I think the plot was very direct and the symbolism to other thematic ideas very subtle and nuanced, its really fun to watch and read about and talk about. What a good movie, I have got to go again.

 

For reference, I really loved this fucking movie. Good movie year so far!

 

I don't think I would call it subtle at all, every scene tied into the overarching themes clearly and directly. I would say he's basically hitting us over the head with it from the beginning. It's definitely nuanced, and people in here keep bringing up smaller things I missed that still tie directly into the main themes and that's awesome, and yet there's still a lot purposely left unexplained for the audience to interpret themselves. It definitely seems like a lot of the people who didn't like it got caught up on the "taming the wild" and completely missed much stronger theme of exploiting tragedy for entertainment.

I personally loved the pacing and know a genre film is a winner when I just want to hang out with the people in the first act before things go to shit.

 

It's more direct than Us, but I don't know if that is the word I would use to describe it.

 

When you really think about it and break it down, it’s more of a cosmic gumbo.

 

Maybe the themes are really obvious, but me on a few edibles just thought "oh I guess its a big animal movie" when the monkey popped up and then also a few times later, I didn't think about anything connecting to Hollywood/audiences/spectacle until I was reading about it at home.

I think the perfect test if a movie is hitting you over the head with its themes is whether or not you can be an idiot and completely miss them to still enjoy the movie.