TCTTS said:
Well, that was... certainly something.
Parts of it were legitimately funny, the cinematography was incredible, Keke Palmer was fantastic, the big reveal was... original... but overall, most of it just didn't work for me. Admittedly, the more I've sat with it, the more I appreciate parts of it, but immediately walking out of the theater I wasn't a fan at all.
I'm all for weird and random and taking chances, but when the elements feel *this* random and thrown together, it's hard for me to get onboard. Most notably, I'm 100% with Saxsoon in that the inclusion of the entire Gordy plot line, while creepy and disturbing as hell, made no sense whatsoever, and might as well have been in an entirely different movie. That was easily the biggest WTF, but so many other elements felt just as haphazard and piecemeal.
That, and it took forever to truly get going. It'd be one thing if that time was spent better-establishing the struggles of the characters, but I just didn't feel like I knew these people at all. For instance, I heard someone on a podcast talking about how Daniel Kaluuya's character was all about standing his ground and keeping his family's ranch, no matter what terrors he had to face, and all I could do was wonder if we saw the same movie. Because that was maybe a line of dialogue and that's it. Otherwise, I would have loved to have seen that movie. But instead, what we got was this quiet, mumbling, no-personality, zero-charisma lead who didn't feel particularly motivated to do much of anything except react to what was right in front of him. Further, why not put Keke Palmer's character in more of a hole/predicament at the outset - or at least underline what little Peele did give us - in order to show her desperation to do what she sets out to do? In other words, why not spend all that time better-establishing the stakes in a more empathic, character-driven manner?
Honestly, I'm baffled by the level of praise Peele gets. His movies just don't gel for me. His themes are either super on-the-nose (Get Out), cripple the plot, along with all sense of logic (Us), or are so muddled and all over the place that I have no f-ing clue what he's trying to say or what he's even attempting to explore (Nope). Again, I love that he swings for the fences, goes off the beaten path, etc. But the "genius"/"greatest horror director of all time" talk I see online is just insane to me, to the point where I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. It's like a bunch of people started using words like "brilliant" to describe him because one person did and then everyone else felt like they were supposed to, and some of them might even believe it, but it all rings so hollow to me. Peele is talented, no doubt, and seems like a great guy, but if I hear one more person compare him to Spielberg or John Carpenter I think I'm going to scream.
I don't know, maybe this is one I'll end up appreciating more down the line. But right now there are so many issues I can't get over, like the grab-bag, see-what-sticks nature of it all, how hard it is to distill down to something you could actually recommend to someone (seriously, the plot is insane to describe), and an ending that doesn't at all jibe with what feels like the theme of the movie (or at least one of the potential themes of the movie who knows).
I don't at all begrudge anyone for enjoying the movie - I definitely had fun with it at times as well - but ultimately, the best thing about the night for me, personally, was sitting next to Samara Weaving, despite her lame husband being there as well. Otherwise, a pretty underwhelming experience.
I get it, but that is a lot a lot of screentime for stuff that could honestly be left out and be chalked up to general hubris / hollywood greedBrian Earl Spilner said:
So I THINK the Gordy stuff was meant to tie in thematically with what he's doing at his park, it just wasn't immediately clear in the theater.
Basically, Yeung's character had avoided being killed because he was friends with Gordy, and didn't try to challenge or stop him. And with that fist bump, he felt they still somehow understood each other, maybe like he could've tamed Gordy. This is essentially what he was trying to do with the alien later on in his life. But why it decided to finally attack, I'm not sure. Or why Yeung's character decided to look it in the eye.
Saxsoon said:TCTTS said:
Well, that was... certainly something.
Parts of it were legitimately funny, the cinematography was incredible, Keke Palmer was fantastic, the big reveal was... original... but overall, most of it just didn't work for me. Admittedly, the more I've sat with it, the more I appreciate parts of it, but immediately walking out of the theater I wasn't a fan at all.
I'm all for weird and random and taking chances, but when the elements feel *this* random and thrown together, it's hard for me to get onboard. Most notably, I'm 100% with Saxsoon in that the inclusion of the entire Gordy plot line, while creepy and disturbing as hell, made no sense whatsoever, and might as well have been in an entirely different movie. That was easily the biggest WTF, but so many other elements felt just as haphazard and piecemeal.
That, and it took forever to truly get going. It'd be one thing if that time was spent better-establishing the struggles of the characters, but I just didn't feel like I knew these people at all. For instance, I heard someone on a podcast talking about how Daniel Kaluuya's character was all about standing his ground and keeping his family's ranch, no matter what terrors he had to face, and all I could do was wonder if we saw the same movie. Because that was maybe a line of dialogue and that's it. Otherwise, I would have loved to have seen that movie. But instead, what we got was this quiet, mumbling, no-personality, zero-charisma lead who didn't feel particularly motivated to do much of anything except react to what was right in front of him. Further, why not put Keke Palmer's character in more of a hole/predicament at the outset - or at least underline what little Peele did give us - in order to show her desperation to do what she sets out to do? In other words, why not spend all that time better-establishing the stakes in a more empathic, character-driven manner?
Honestly, I'm baffled by the level of praise Peele gets. His movies just don't gel for me. His themes are either super on-the-nose (Get Out), cripple the plot, along with all sense of logic (Us), or are so muddled and all over the place that I have no f-ing clue what he's trying to say or what he's even attempting to explore (Nope). Again, I love that he swings for the fences, goes off the beaten path, etc. But the "genius"/"greatest horror director of all time" talk I see online is just insane to me, to the point where I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. It's like a bunch of people started using words like "brilliant" to describe him because one person did and then everyone else felt like they were supposed to, and some of them might even believe it, but it all rings so hollow to me. Peele is talented, no doubt, and seems like a great guy, but if I hear one more person compare him to Spielberg or John Carpenter I think I'm going to scream.
I don't know, maybe this is one I'll end up appreciating more down the line. But right now there are so many issues I can't get over, like the grab-bag, see-what-sticks nature of it all, how hard it is to distill down to something you could actually recommend to someone (seriously, the plot is insane to describe), and an ending that doesn't at all jibe with what feels like the theme of the movie (or at least one of the potential themes of the movie who knows).
I don't at all begrudge anyone for enjoying the movie - I definitely had fun with it at times as well - but ultimately, the best thing about the night for me, personally, was sitting next to Samara Weaving, despite her lame husband being there as well. Otherwise, a pretty underwhelming experience.
What makes her husband lame?
Yeah, this was a total goat screw. I think I fell asleep at three times in the first two acts. My lord that was boring. Then I was mad at myself that I didn't sleep through the third act. I have literally no idea what anyone was trying to accomplish with this beautifully filmed complete POS movie.Sex Panther said:
lololol...
Jordan Peele makes really well done, retahrded movies
You fell asleep three times in a movie and didn't understand what was going on? Weird!Urban Ag said:Yeah, this was a total goat screw. I think I fell asleep at three times in the first two acts. My lord that was boring. Then I was mad at myself that I didn't sleep through the third act. I have literally no idea what anyone was trying to accomplish with this beautifully filmed complete POS movie.Sex Panther said:
lololol...
Jordan Peele makes really well done, retahrded movies
A big ass flying butt hole that ultimately turns in to a giant flying tarp and dies after trying to eat a big ass rubber Sheriff Woody
Seriously, what did I just waste $50 taking my teenage sons too. They were literally LOL'ing on how bad this was and the fact that dad kept nodding off. Not my fault, it was that boring.
— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) July 24, 2022
I take a look at the screenwriting in Jordan Peele's new movie, Nope - https://t.co/rj6RJJ438c
— Carson Reeves (@Scriptshadow) July 24, 2022
