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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jul 23, 2022 2:14:04 GMT
I dug it. Probably put it ahead of Us but behind Get Out. Pretty straight forward but well done with several nice sequences.
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Post by rhodoraonline on Jul 23, 2022 3:56:44 GMT
Which sci-fi movies would you compare this to?
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jul 23, 2022 4:54:16 GMT
Which sci-fi movies would you compare this to? Signs
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Post by dadsburgers on Jul 23, 2022 5:17:06 GMT
Which sci-fi movies would you compare this to? Close Encounters of the Third Kind meets Jaws/War of the Worlds
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Post by Billy_Costigan on Jul 23, 2022 7:25:01 GMT
A little underwhelming. It has it's moments but it doesn't all come together. Like Us, it suffers from a lackluster 3rd act. Cinematography and sound are great though. Yeun's character isn't really needed. I feel like there is a neater film without him. The Gordy parts are disturbing but don't really tie into the rest of the film. I see what Peele was going for but there wasn't any real explanation or payoff.
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Post by The_Cake_of_Roth on Jul 23, 2022 19:35:33 GMT
Had no idea Hoyte van Hoytema was the DP for this.
I wonder if the fact that Peele beat Nolan to the punch with the first horror film to have scenes shot with IMAX cameras will inspire Nolan to do a horror film next...
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Post by DeepArcher on Jul 24, 2022 4:57:25 GMT
Oh yeah this ruled. Definitely a step up above Us which I enjoyed parts of it but was so clunky overall - this feels like such a down-the-middle satisfying blockbuster in comparison. I think it threatened to be too slow for the first half ish or so but the final act was absolutely thrilling to me and completely squashed any doubts I had throughout. I imagine it'll be overthought one way or another by many (Peele just seems to invite that kind of criticism) but above all I found it to be a really compelling sci-fi thriller with original creature design, great effects, solid storytelling, and incredible big-screen spectacle.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Jul 24, 2022 22:56:46 GMT
Peele has talked about setting out to make a big spectacle and this feels like a finely tuned big screen experience, exactly what movie theaters need. He tones down the thematic ambition* that made Us disjointed at times and goes for pure shock and awe. Feels very much like a companion to Shyamalan's Signs and Spielberg's War of the Worlds, with one detail that evoked Under the Skin. Can't wait to see what Peele does next. One gripe is there's a subplot I think leads to some compelling moments but is entirely unnecessary. Everything it contributes is already supported by the rest of the film, should've been a kill your darlings moment for Peele imo. * - There are themes there regarding human desire for spectacle (even to our downfall), animalistic territorialism, and appreciation for cinema are all there but are pretty upfront from the jump. Subtextually there's also dealing with how people of color have been erased from cinematic history. All of that is there, but not on the level of ambition imo as Us which tried so much the movie on multiple occasions pauses so it can try to tell us explicitly what it's doing.
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Post by DeepArcher on Jul 25, 2022 1:16:53 GMT
One gripe is there's a subplot I think leads to some compelling moments but is entirely unnecessary. Everything it contributes is already supported by the rest of the film, should've been a kill your darlings moment for Peele imo. The Gordy's Home subplot, I assume? Actually may have been my favorite part of the movie. I think the entire sequence with the extended flashback into Jupe's show and the reveal that he's attempting to profit off the UFO the same way others profited off the violent event that caused his own trauma was when the movie really kicked into high gear and is maybe my favorite stretch in any Peele film yet - just really chilling stuff. I can see where you're coming from in that it's largely inconsequential on the A-plot, but I think it's more than justified by the sheer quality. Does the film make its point without it? Sure, it does, but I would say not as poignantly. Plus, I just appreciate it as evidence of Peele's own ambition and confidence, and being in a position where he doesn't have to leave that kind of thing on the cutting room floor and can just run with his more tangential ideas.
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Post by sirchuck23 on Jul 26, 2022 17:09:44 GMT
Saw this movie in IMAX this past Sunday and wanted to take some time to think about it. IMHO, I think Nope is Peele's best film to date. I don't say that lightly as someone who thinks Get Out is a masterpiece and liked Us even though that's a divisive movie among audiences.
I think Nope is going to be the much more enjoyable, rewatchable film of Peele's as his career continues to progress. Ambitious and beautifully made (with Oscar caliber cinematography by Hoyte van Hoytema and the sound design). Interesting topics Peele wanted to delve into regarding people wanting to financially profit from their trauma and trying to tame nature to fit into entertainment spectacles. Keep thinking about this movie 48 hours later and some of the images he had in the film will be engrained in my mind for the foreseeable future. Great performances from the cast with Palmer being the MVP and Kaluuya giving a great rendition of the stoic, introverted horse handler/cowboy you see all time in Westerns. A great departure from his turn in Get Out. Steven Yeun was great as Ricky "Jupe" Park with a tragic backstory. The other cast including Brandon Perea and Michael Wincott were great as well.
As other reviews have stated you see DNA from Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and even Tremors in this movie, but Peele definitely made it his own and I've never seen the reveal of the UFO in the final act done that way before in a film.
Will definitely watch this again in IMAX now knowing how the film will turn out to pick up on other things Peele is going for, but for me he's 3/3. A big, ambitious swing by him and it worked for me. What a progression he's made as a filmmaker in just 3 films.
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Post by JangoB on Aug 30, 2022 0:23:14 GMT
Peele keeps getting better. To me he's not in greatness territory yet but he'll get there if he keeps this up. It is my favorite film of his to date - mainly because it's the most cinematic and the least socially conscious of all his flicks. The latter part is mostly relegated to a sub-theme of the main characters trying to reclaim the notion of being filmmaking pioneers but that's about it. The rest of the movie is devoted to things more... movie-ish. And I'm all for that. I'll put a few things under spoilers to speak about the movie more freely: - In many ways it's definitely an homage to Spielberg genre pictures and I really enjoyed the subversion of his signature 'looking up in awe' shot here. In this movie looking up in awe is exactly what's gonna make the creature eat the fuck out of you I found this idea very enteraining. They could've literally named it "Don't Look Up". - Another alternate title could've been "Cowboys & Aliens" and that would've put it onto a much better movie than it ended up being attached to. I really appreciated how the film played with the western genre which just speaks to how much more cinematically ambitious it is compared to Peele's previous efforts. - I loved that the saucer ended up being an actual creature. Heck, maybe it's not even an alien! What if it's just some unknown earth thing? It's great that we don't quite know the answer. Big fan of the design of the creature too. It's simple yet highly peculiar at the same time. The movie has a bit of that feeling too - overall it's a pretty straightforward piece but there's a slighty unusual undercurrent going through it too. - The monkey backstory was a total surprise. Not only is it an interesting way to present the 'taming of the untameable' theme but it's also just pretty damn unexpected and strangely funny. Despite also being weirdly disturbing. - Visuals-wise it's easily ahead of the other Peele flicks. Hoytema once again did a terrific job. I love me a great 'something mysterious is up in the sky' shot and this movie had plenty of those. The sound design is also on point as are the VFX. - Speaking of trope subversions, I really appreciated two things that made the film stand out from the crowd of most alien movies: 1) there's no big effort to try and kill the creature; 2) the characters' final goal remains hilariously surface-level all the way through (they're not saving the city or anything like that - they just want their damn shot). I liked that the film remained sort of local right up until the end.
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Post by stephen on Aug 30, 2022 2:10:22 GMT
His direction is getting better and better, but his writing is getting worse and worse. The smart tautness of Get Out has kinda devolved into a bloated melange of malformed ideas that, if he picked one and honed it, would actually be strong. Peele is just overstuffing his movies now with concepts that clash, and while they're never uninteresting, it feels like he's pairing steak with Skittles at times, and that just doesn't mesh in the end.
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Post by quetee on Aug 30, 2022 2:21:58 GMT
Peele keeps getting better. To me he's not in greatness territory yet but he'll get there if he keeps this up. It is my favorite film of his to date - mainly because it's the most cinematic and the least socially conscious of all his flicks. The latter part is mostly relegated to a sub-theme of the main characters trying to reclaim the notion of being filmmaking pioneers but that's about it. The rest of the movie is devoted to things more... movie-ish. And I'm all for that. I'll put a few things under spoilers to speak about the movie more freely: - In many ways it's definitely an homage to Spielberg genre pictures and I really enjoyed the subversion of his signature 'looking up in awe' shot here. In this movie looking up in awe is exactly what's gonna make the creature eat the fuck out of you I found this idea very enteraining. They could've literally named it "Don't Look Up". - Another alternate title could've been "Cowboys & Aliens" and that would've put it onto a much better movie than it ended up being attached to. I really appreciated how the film played with the western genre which just speaks to how much more cinematically ambitious it is compared to Peele's previous efforts. - I loved that the saucer ended up being an actual creature. Heck, maybe it's not even an alien! What if it's just some unknown earth thing? It's great that we don't quite know the answer. Big fan of the design of the creature too. It's simple yet highly peculiar at the same time. The movie has a bit of that feeling too - overall it's a pretty straightforward piece but there's a slighty unusual undercurrent going through it too. - The monkey backstory was a total surprise. Not only is it an interesting way to present the 'taming of the untameable' theme but it's also just pretty damn unexpected and strangely funny. Despite also being weirdly disturbing. - Visuals-wise it's easily ahead of the other Peele flicks. Hoytema once again did a terrific job. I love me a great 'something mysterious is up in the sky' shot and this movie had plenty of those. The sound design is also on point as are the VFX. - Speaking of trope subversions, I really appreciated two things that made the film stand out from the crowd of most alien movies: 1) there's no big effort to try and kill the creature; 2) the characters' final goal remains hilariously surface-level all the way through (they're not saving the city or anything like that - they just want their damn shot). I liked that the film remained sort of local right up until the end. I don't think it was an UFO but a creature that has been roaming earth for years that we have seen where we declared it an UFO. The cinematography was really good and so was the score. The cast was great too. I think the reason why it didn't do as well as the other films is because it was a straight up alien movie and people are annoyed they couldn't dissect it to death. You're right about the monkey scene, it was disturbing to watch. I like how the little boy focusing on he shoe is what saved him. At first that part can seem disconnected from rest of movie but when you think about it there is a reason why he put it there.
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Post by Film Socialism on Aug 30, 2022 5:20:50 GMT
had a lot of fun, love seeing stuff as bombastic as this on the big screen. his best by a good margin.
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Post by JangoB on Aug 30, 2022 7:10:51 GMT
Peele keeps getting better. To me he's not in greatness territory yet but he'll get there if he keeps this up. It is my favorite film of his to date - mainly because it's the most cinematic and the least socially conscious of all his flicks. The latter part is mostly relegated to a sub-theme of the main characters trying to reclaim the notion of being filmmaking pioneers but that's about it. The rest of the movie is devoted to things more... movie-ish. And I'm all for that. I'll put a few things under spoilers to speak about the movie more freely: - In many ways it's definitely an homage to Spielberg genre pictures and I really enjoyed the subversion of his signature 'looking up in awe' shot here. In this movie looking up in awe is exactly what's gonna make the creature eat the fuck out of you I found this idea very enteraining. They could've literally named it "Don't Look Up". - Another alternate title could've been "Cowboys & Aliens" and that would've put it onto a much better movie than it ended up being attached to. I really appreciated how the film played with the western genre which just speaks to how much more cinematically ambitious it is compared to Peele's previous efforts. - I loved that the saucer ended up being an actual creature. Heck, maybe it's not even an alien! What if it's just some unknown earth thing? It's great that we don't quite know the answer. Big fan of the design of the creature too. It's simple yet highly peculiar at the same time. The movie has a bit of that feeling too - overall it's a pretty straightforward piece but there's a slighty unusual undercurrent going through it too. - The monkey backstory was a total surprise. Not only is it an interesting way to present the 'taming of the untameable' theme but it's also just pretty damn unexpected and strangely funny. Despite also being weirdly disturbing. - Visuals-wise it's easily ahead of the other Peele flicks. Hoytema once again did a terrific job. I love me a great 'something mysterious is up in the sky' shot and this movie had plenty of those. The sound design is also on point as are the VFX. - Speaking of trope subversions, I really appreciated two things that made the film stand out from the crowd of most alien movies: 1) there's no big effort to try and kill the creature; 2) the characters' final goal remains hilariously surface-level all the way through (they're not saving the city or anything like that - they just want their damn shot). I liked that the film remained sort of local right up until the end. I don't think it was an UFO but a creature that has been roaming earth for years that we have seen where we declared it an UFO. The cinematography was really good and so was the score. The cast was great too. I think the reason why it didn't do as well as the other films is because it was a straight up alien movie and people are annoyed they couldn't dissect it to death. You're right about the monkey scene, it was disturbing to watch. I like how the little boy focusing on he shoe is what saved him. At first that part can seem disconnected from rest of movie but when you think about it there is a reason why he put it there. You know what I particularly enjoyed about the shoe in the monkey scene? The fact that we never get any explanation of why the hell it was standing. An interesting little element to fuel the imagination.
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Post by mhynson27 on Aug 30, 2022 7:34:39 GMT
Peele keeps getting better. To me he's not in greatness territory yet but he'll get there if he keeps this up. It is my favorite film of his to date - mainly because it's the most cinematic and the least socially conscious of all his flicks. The latter part is mostly relegated to a sub-theme of the main characters trying to reclaim the notion of being filmmaking pioneers but that's about it. The rest of the movie is devoted to things more... movie-ish. And I'm all for that. I'll put a few things under spoilers to speak about the movie more freely: - In many ways it's definitely an homage to Spielberg genre pictures and I really enjoyed the subversion of his signature 'looking up in awe' shot here. In this movie looking up in awe is exactly what's gonna make the creature eat the fuck out of you I found this idea very enteraining. They could've literally named it "Don't Look Up". - Another alternate title could've been "Cowboys & Aliens" and that would've put it onto a much better movie than it ended up being attached to. I really appreciated how the film played with the western genre which just speaks to how much more cinematically ambitious it is compared to Peele's previous efforts. - I loved that the saucer ended up being an actual creature. Heck, maybe it's not even an alien! What if it's just some unknown earth thing? It's great that we don't quite know the answer. Big fan of the design of the creature too. It's simple yet highly peculiar at the same time. The movie has a bit of that feeling too - overall it's a pretty straightforward piece but there's a slighty unusual undercurrent going through it too. - The monkey backstory was a total surprise. Not only is it an interesting way to present the 'taming of the untameable' theme but it's also just pretty damn unexpected and strangely funny. Despite also being weirdly disturbing. - Visuals-wise it's easily ahead of the other Peele flicks. Hoytema once again did a terrific job. I love me a great 'something mysterious is up in the sky' shot and this movie had plenty of those. The sound design is also on point as are the VFX. - Speaking of trope subversions, I really appreciated two things that made the film stand out from the crowd of most alien movies: 1) there's no big effort to try and kill the creature; 2) the characters' final goal remains hilariously surface-level all the way through (they're not saving the city or anything like that - they just want their damn shot). I liked that the film remained sort of local right up until the end. I don't think it was an UFO but a creature that has been roaming earth for years that we have seen where we declared it an UFO. The cinematography was really good and so was the score. The cast was great too. I think the reason why it didn't do as well as the other films is because it was a straight up alien movie and people are annoyed they couldn't dissect it to death. You're right about the monkey scene, it was disturbing to watch. I like how the little boy focusing on he shoe is what saved him. At first that part can seem disconnected from rest of movie but when you think about it there is a reason why he put it there. How did focusing on the shoe save Ricky??
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Post by Miles Morales on Aug 30, 2022 8:22:52 GMT
I don't think it was an UFO but a creature that has been roaming earth for years that we have seen where we declared it an UFO. The cinematography was really good and so was the score. The cast was great too. I think the reason why it didn't do as well as the other films is because it was a straight up alien movie and people are annoyed they couldn't dissect it to death. You're right about the monkey scene, it was disturbing to watch. I like how the little boy focusing on he shoe is what saved him. At first that part can seem disconnected from rest of movie but when you think about it there is a reason why he put it there. How did focusing on the shoe save Ricky?? Because it prevented him from making eye contact with Gordy. Much like Lucky, Gordy didn't like being looked in the eyes - if Ricky was focusing on Gordy instead of the shoe when he was hiding, he would've likely shared the same fate as his co-stars.
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Post by DeepArcher on Aug 30, 2022 17:28:41 GMT
I think the shoe is also interesting because it's standing upright, the same way it appears in the glass case in the exhibit Jupe keeps behind his office. It's just an interesting indication of how those flashbacks exist in Jupe's memory and how his memory of this trauma has been distorted over the years by the afterlife the incident has taken on.
The more time that's passed since I saw it, the more I think I'm in the camp that this is Peele's best to date. Just so good.
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Post by Martin Stett on Apr 10, 2023 23:37:09 GMT
Interminable for the first two acts (matters aren't helped by an enervating Kaluuya sucking all life out of the screen), and utterly buttfucking moronic for the last act. The Gordy's Home subplot is cool in theory (and the idea of Jupe abusing the UFO as his own pet for performances would be cool if, you know... he had any reason to suspect that it wasn't an alien spaceship), but nothing about its themes have ANYTHING to do with the main narrative - Peele is just preaching to the audience and it is annoying.
Complete trash, Peele's worst. Oh yeah, worse than Us. By a significant margin, even.
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Post by Archie on Apr 10, 2023 23:51:37 GMT
Interminable for the first two acts (matters aren't helped by an enervating Kaluuya sucking all life out of the screen), and utterly buttfucking moronic for the last act. The Gordy's Home subplot is cool in theory (and the idea of Jupe abusing the UFO as his own pet for performances would be cool if, you know... he had any reason to suspect that it wasn't an alien spaceship), but nothing about its themes have ANYTHING to do with the main narrative - Peele is just preaching to the audience and it is annoying. Complete trash, Peele's worst. Oh yeah, worse than Us. By a significant margin, even. Yeah, I'm usually a big Kaluuya guy but wtf happened here? Dude was on life support.
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Post by Martin Stett on Apr 11, 2023 10:36:35 GMT
Interminable for the first two acts (matters aren't helped by an enervating Kaluuya sucking all life out of the screen), and utterly buttfucking moronic for the last act. The Gordy's Home subplot is cool in theory (and the idea of Jupe abusing the UFO as his own pet for performances would be cool if, you know... he had any reason to suspect that it wasn't an alien spaceship), but nothing about its themes have ANYTHING to do with the main narrative - Peele is just preaching to the audience and it is annoying. Complete trash, Peele's worst. Oh yeah, worse than Us. By a significant margin, even. Yeah, I'm usually a big Kaluuya guy but wtf happened here? Dude was on life support. I blame Peele almost solely for this. O.J. is meant to be "closer to the animals" and so he is *extremely* uncomfortable around other humans. He communicates through non-verbal movements and the like... unfortunately, this robs O.J. of any personality or charisma.
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Post by futuretrunks on Jan 2, 2024 21:08:24 GMT
This movie sucks big time.
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Post by Martin Stett on Jan 2, 2024 22:51:40 GMT
This movie sucks big time. I'm sure Peele will reverse things and the next movie will blow
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