Nope - MOVIE REACTION!!

[@BlindWave]

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[@bigppenergy3082]

Main character wears a hat at night... that's why he gets so many saves.

[@odinsahn7648]

This movie was very original and I enjoyed it a lot. I liked how the brother and sister were complete polar opposites almost to the point where they kinda feel out of place in a movie like this. I enjoyed the twist with the film becoming a creature feature as opposed to just being aliens. I thought the direction that Peele took with the narrative to its climax was just so satisfying. We need more outside the box type films like this one. Sure there's a formula but presentation and expectation make all the difference in how the audience receives it and this movie was just hit all the right notes even if it feels a little disjointed here and there.

[@velociraptorxz]

i’m such a raw RIDER

[@MsMelyjean]

I really appreciate the insights and point of view of someone who grew up on a ranch and /or farm. I, as a city person, did miss a lot that is apparently commonplace if you grew up with animals.

[@8bitbee148]

“You gotta respect wild animals” love that you gathered one of the themes within the first minute 😊

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

It would be fun to poll watchers with this question and see if you could tell city folk and farm folk answers apart. 😀 Or even city folk without animals, city folk with animals and farm folk.

[@tomlegrand3721]

Its funny to watch a movie complaining about animals in movie when they use animals too in this same movie, great logic here

[@nathaniellee5277]

@@tomlegrand3721 It’s not that, it’s about the mistreatment of animals. If you mistreat animals you get Gordy, or the hose kicking the sand, or Jean Jacket eating civilians. Using animals in movies is okay if you respect their rules and treat them well

[@tomlegrand3721]

@@nathaniellee5277 So Lucky was mistreat by OJ, it makes sense now, and that's why Gordy is a monkey, he is the representation of OJ who mistreat the lucky girl who survived. Thanks man, everything is clear now.

[@nathaniellee5277]

@@tomlegrand3721 OJ never mistreated Lucky, what are you talking about? The tv crew mistreated Lucky. Why the hell would Gordy represent OJ, they are nothing alike. Gordy was the one who was mistreated because the TV crew had loud sounds on set that triggered him. OJ is a good guy because he knows how to respect animals and their rules

[@ShinyPrimarina]

"I think it might like OJ" "You think it's communicating with him?" *FAKE HORSE VIOLENTLY CRASHING THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD* The unintentional comedic timing is so good

[@gabrielclark1425]

"Yo, I fuckin' hate you, just thought you should know."

[@LizLuvsCupcakes]

Well, JJ's message was loud and clear.

[@Zeddyboi86]

People complain about when horror movie characters do dumb things that get them killed. That's what makes OJ sitting in his car so great. Cinematically, it's pretty boring, but realistically, there's no WAY I'd be getting out when I know there's a giant alien creature hovering over me. I'd hunker down for the rest of the night. And that's EXACTLY what he does! :)

[@jimmyrocha8417]

There’s something so subtle but so intriguing about Daniel Kaluya’s performance as OJ. A lot of movies do the “stoic” character mostly the same but this just felt more natural. Eric’s explanation of why he is that way is awesome. I can honestly see that.

[@ttt2080]

In India, there was an area that was suffering from Tiger attacks when people were out collecting their crops. The solution that they came up with was to draw eyes on hoods for them to wear so the Tigers would think that they had seen them and wouldn't attack them. Also, Tigers have eye spots on the back of their ears.

[@WiqidBritt]

I think part of Jupe's deal was "Gordy didn't hurt me, so I must have a special way with animals." Like, he thought he could have a connection with Jean Jacket and that he could get it to do what he wanted it to do, even though he has no experience actually training animals.

[@7itanShift3r]

Exactly. Jupe is meant to represent a lot of people today who like to romanticize having "intimate connections" with wild/primal animals, up until said animal does what's in their nature that humans no longer find quite as loveable.

[@Wonton-the-Sea-Snail]

OJ mentions "what do you call a bad miracle?" and the answer to this is when you luckily get out of a bad experience but you learn nothing from it and attempt it again. Jupe was convinced that he had a strong relationship with Gordy, not realizing that 3 different apes play Gordy who they swap out every time one ape gets tired. The reason why Gordy didnt killed Jupe was because he didnt make direct eye contact. Jupe was fixated on the shoe that fell upright so didnt actually look at him and mostly only saw Gordy through the sheets of the tablecloth, nothing to do with being Gordy's friend.

[@walter-white4641]

he did say "your the chosen one" under his breath before removing starting the show so he definitely thought he was invincible.

[@GodMcQueen]

@@7itanShift3r 100% correct.

[@comiccinema8177]

@@walter-white4641 Lolololol “Invincible”

[@GoliathWarfare]

35:42 Aaron unraveling the entire theme of the Gordy's Home sequence in one sentence like that lets me know this movie wasn't as confusing as people made it out to be. Even if you didn't figure it out right away, its so obvious how that sequence fits into the film and its not even out of place because it connects to the backstory of a very important character. Just because there's no aliens involved doesn't mean it's not relevant.

[@julesking1303]

Someone else commented saying that OJ says the line “what if it’s not a ship?” (which leads into the conclusion that it’s a wild animal) and the second after he says that line is the cut to the “GORDY” title screen. It’s such a subtle way to explain the connection Jupe was making and how it all went so wrong

[@sierra1513]

It's only subtle if you have the media literacy of a goldfish

[@EScoglio]

I saw OJ as a very introverted guy. He can be more outgoing around people he's familiar with, but around others, he'll go into his shell. His sister was the outgoing one. It's a dynamic I realted to a lot because it's very much how my sister and I are.

[@Blueissuperior]

OJ is so well written even when Angel screams at the beginning he woah’s him like an animal

[@julesking1303]

For real, and it also seemed to me like he was calming him immediately so Angel wouldn’t disturb the horses if they were nearby. It was both imo. Calming the person and protecting the calm of the environment nearby

[@VGJunky]

He also clicks at Angel when he's telling him to move the camera more, like he's commanding a horse

[@benbrady4652]

Jordan Peele is so good at horror that you forgot that he's also a comedy powerhouse. The moments of comedy in his movies always come at the absolute perfect moment whether it's to relieve tension to not press the viewer to hard or to establish character, it's *always* on point. OJ locking the car door when Jean Jacket is above him absolutely killed me when I watched this movie for the first time, and then it killed Eric in this video. Jordan Peele is a genius

[@gonzo6489]

OJ was asking Jupe about buying back his horses. Jupe's feeding them to the alien so when Em was asking about the show stuff he used it to get off the topic with OJ

[@neolex001]

Eric got it straight away. I was SO frustrated with the other people as I walked out of the cinema saying “But… what was the chimp thing about? I don’t get it.” 😒

[@juliocesarg.r.1238]

exactly...

[@IAmJeff7]

They wouldn't have known why if they left the theatre now would they?

[@LizLuvsCupcakes]

God bless some people, man, out here like "so the alien was above the studio and made the shoe float and that’s why Gordy freaked out?" Like. Sweetie no.

[@beedubree2550]

@@LizLuvsCupcakes i dont understand how anybody thinks the alien was involed in the Gordy incident, like did they miss all of the bright as hell studio lights and the flashing applause sign?

[@LizLuvsCupcakes]

@@beedubree2550 You gotta remember, to some people, if a Thing doesn't happen because of whatever plot thing is going on, then it doesn't matter. To a lot of folks, it's like, "if Gordy had nothing to do with Jean Jacket then why was he there?" Not realizing that Gordy guaranteed the events of Nope, not the other way around.

[@ASTRAllOUNGE-]

I love the two very clearly inspired Akira scenes in this film. The more talked about one is the motorcycle slide but the other is the people about to be clearly squished inside the creature being hugged by the walls of its insides.

[@SuzakuX]

Peele was attached to direct the live action Akira for a while, right?

[@karmentaylorkt]

This was a great reaction! I loved how Eric's life experience helped him pick up the theme right away, amazing and fun to watch!

[@Shinransa]

The digestion thing is so horrifying and is a fear I never thought I'd have

[@xXslywolfpupXx]

I think Jupe's obsession with all of this is logical. Imagine seeing your favorite TV animal maul apart humans as a kid and suddenly your calmness towards it gets it to relax and approach you without the intent of mauling you. We wouldn't know if the animal would attack him anymore but to him, it didn't, maybe he thought he had a gift. He might've thought that maybe he can control this new animal after controlling a monster. Little does he know that he was never in control, just lucky.

[@queerlibtardhippie9357]

Survivor bias

[@leafblade3T9]

OJ really said “these horrors are unimaginable to you. I get it tho.”

[@Peepin_Clark]

I’ve never heard anyone else ever reference the “One eyed one horned flying purple people eater” other than my late Grandma and it was so fun to hear it in this. 😂

[@julesking1303]

Bruh I grew up with a Halloween decoration that was a mini Furby looking thing that was a Purple People Eater and when you pressed a button it played the song. My boomer af dad brought that thing out every Halloween. I’ve heard that song a million times as a young kid, but it had been YEARS since I had last thought about it. So when Antlers started menacingly quoting those lyrics in his deep gravely voice, I had to sit in that theater chair and cover my mouth with both hands to keep the semi hysterical laughter in. The absurdity of that moment was soooooo funny to me but I didn’t want the tension to be undercut for the other people in the audience 😭

[@timebolt8836]

Eric's terrified face at 49:38 when the bike guy gets eaten is golden, I have never seen him that shocked.

[@pnut3844able]

I don't understand how people think the brother died. He's clearly shown alive at the end

[@karlmoles6530]

Peele nailed the nightime shots IMO. I grew up in a town in a national forest and have been out in the wilds at night plenty and that is really how it looks in a full moon type night

[@cupcake5114]

I'm sooooo happy that you loved the movie and had so many interesting thoughts !!! I keep thinking about it since I saw it, and I keep talking about it with people, and I keep finding new things to discuss and appreciate! Jean Jacket's design is so fascinating! It really fits the theme of the movie about spectacle and being seen/watched. In its "closed form", it looks like a classical UFO, sure, but also like a giant eye. It's both an eye and a mouth, so it's like a gaze that literally consumes you. In its "open form", I think that it actually looks like a very old camera, especially that square in the middle. The "monster" of the movie is a giant eye/camera consuming people, while the people around it are also trying to see it and show it to the world as a spectacle! I hope it makes, I have a lot of rambling thoughts about this movie :D

[@Djordun]

Man this might be one of my favorite reactions from you guys, even if it ain’t all four of you watching this awesome movie

[@ryanfoster2869]

In the opening scenes on the ranch you hear a bit on the radio about how some hikers have gone missing. Their belongings are what kills Otis Sr.

[@alanguillermo3145]

I love that this film is all about filmmakers, industry people trying to get The Impossible Shot, and then Jordan Peele and his crew get the Goddamn Akira slide in live-action.

[@mikeylynn3737]

As a fellow farm kid I appreciate the understanding in this video, the amount of family members who simply go about business in the face of conflict is hard for some people to understand but very normal for those who grow up that way😆 as my grandma would say "cows need feeding and chores need done"

[@moonleafteaofthemonth]

There's a lot to appreciate in this movie, from the characters to the concepts at play, and I what I appreciate in particular is the theme of human and animal relationships. I used to ride horses when I was a kid, and I really miss those summers working with an animal that required an etiquette adjustment in order to communicate with and be around them safely. It still fascinates me to this day when I consider any animal, wild or domesticated, and even domesticated, that they're operating on a different wavelength than us. Sometimes we can meet in the middle, but it should never be forgot that that connection can be tenuous if not properly respected. Horses are herbivores, but they can still bite and it _hurts_ like a mf from what I hear, and a pet dog can still act out in ways we may not understand and how we respond can either help or hurt the situation. And even then, not everything is in our control, even when we do everything "right". It's like Eric said, Gordy wasn't thinking of doing anything wrong, he was responding to his own natural instincts, and that just fascinates me.

[@EmberQuill]

One of my favorite things about this movie is that while the protagonists may have a very stupid and incredibly dangerous goal (getting footage of Jean Jacket), they're mostly not stupid. OJ in particular, especially when he drops the title of the film. Sees something scary and dangerous and just "Nope. Nuh-uh. Not going out there. Gonna lock the door and hide until it goes away."

[@DanJMW]

The answer to OJ's question may also be the main thesis of the movie: "Why did they change it (from Unidentified Flying Object to Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon)"? Answer: "Because an animal is not an object".

[@captainbirch2.079]

Honestly my biggest issue with this movie is how little Keith David was in it

[@LightofJoshua]

Agreed

[@mentlinc]

Ghost out there...acting all territorial..

[@samquinn5545]

I’m glad you guys liked the movie! I LOVED IT when it came out, and it’s the perfect blend of sci-fi, western and horror. I didn’t think it was possible for such a combo to be done so well, but Jordan Peel stuck the landing! I loved seeing your discussion of the internalized trauma here, and how it plays into Jupiter’s behavior. I didn’t notice that when I watched but it makes so much sense. The way that they made this about an animal and not little green men was awesome, especially the many parallels between horses and whatever that thing was! The way that some of these Motifs played into it was amazing as well, beginning with the clip of the first motion picture of a black man riding a horse, and then OJ doing the same while being filmed on an olds hook camera! The inside of the monster was also pretty interesting, and I was connecting dots between the motifs and the scenes they appeared in during the entire movie!

[@MrMejia187]

When the alien consumes the amusement park folk and the after math of it all, is the best piece of film in a while. The screams, the cinematography, the score/soundtrack Are all fucking amazing.

[@MisterPunch19]

Yes that's Michael Wincott, Guy of Gisborn from Robin Hood Prince of thieves, and Top Dollar from The Crow

[@nathanlarson9066]

One of the details I love in this movie is that the coin that killed Keith was a nickel. On the nickel is Thomas Jefferson, who while being a founding father, also owned hundreds of slaves. In a movie about erasure of history and predators, I don't think this is a coincidence.

[@gradood]

love how OJ's horse was a white bronco... Jordan Peele is great lol

[@acemagalor2519]

I like how with every title card in the film (i.e. ghost, Gordy and Jean jacket) it’s the name of someone who dies in that act EXCEPT for lucky, pretty poetic

[@NiaNeuman]

Your reviews are always so enthusiastic, and also incredibly thorough. This channel has been my go to entertainment lately.

[@nandyk.2026]

no doubt, nope is gonna be my favorite movie of this year. and this has gotta be one of my favorite movie reactions of you guys too. I've seen this movie not clicking with a lot of people, but you guys completely took in every jordan peele was dishing out. eric having farm experience seemed to help with that a lot, loved you guys immediately making the connection between gordy and jean jacket. it's such a tight-knit script in terms of selling a theme, so many details of it tie into that singular idea and it's satisfying to think about. and yeah, this movie does everything perfectly to me- but the sound design especially deserves props. the sounds that jean jacket made really sold how fucking terrifying the thing was.

[@acitidypickles6693]

I saw this in theaters. And not one person made a single noise the entire film. That’s how you know you’ve got a good horror movie.

[@johnglue1744]

They probably fell asleep.

[@jeremycovelli]

The tense music in beat with the sprinklers in the barn was incredible!

[@KayaaaaDe]

OJ the whole movie was like "nope not today satan 😐"

[@thedarkknight2221]

I absolutely hate myself that I missed the theme of erasure in this movie. The fact that the man who literally was the first person ever to be shot on a series of moving pictures in real life is to this day unknown because white people in charge wanted to quite literally erase him from history says a lot about how that is still happening today. Jordan Peele proving for the 3rd time in a row that he is a true master of subtext in horror. As for the UFO I actually love the reveal that it is not an alien ship but an ALIEN itself (and not a sentient being but more of a wild animal like the shark in JAWS) was such a great subversion of my expectations. The scene of it taking all those people at the show was scary enough, but then when it’s hovering above the house and you hear the painfully horrifying screams of all the people and then when they are eaten it starts raining blood!!!!! I am never going to forget scene. And finally I loved the fact that Jordan Peele could’ve done the clichéd horror endings of either A) everyone dies and any evidence what caused it is erased, or B) the bad guy or monster is killed and there are 1 or 2 survivors but no one believes them and they are blamed for it all. Instead not only does Emerald kill that giant killer weather balloon, but OJ also survived and to really top it all off they actually have the proof of the UFO they need, and you know that means they are not just famous but immortalized as heroes.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@a.j.1819]

There’s actually a theory that OJ didn’t survive!

[@gontantog5505]

If you studied film in any capacity then you know about black contributions, it’s not a secret white people didn’t keep it quiet because racism or whatever it’s just that the average person would not know about that because they are probably not into film

[@artifex2.080]

I saw this with dolby spatial audio in the cinema and I've never been more on edge

[@raymondyongho5757]

Definitely got Lovecraftian vibes from this monster. Especially with the predator form, it unfurls into at the end, and since the only way to avoid being eaten is to not look directly at it. My favorite shot of the movie would have to be when it's hovering above the house, blocking it from the rain. You really get the feeling of its scale. I greatly underestimated how big it actually was in that scene.

[@kueller917]

Just randomly stumbled across this video but having someone with animal experience was totally cool to just immediately understand the central theme. I'm a city girl, Peele is from NYC, in that world it's not such an obvious concept and it's cool to know that OJ portrayed it really well. The talk at the end was really nice. Always good to see a discussion that goes more than just surface level.

[@superdaveozy7863]

The digestion scene reminded me of a night terror i had when I was little. Made me really uneasy for the rest of the movie. Ne

[@Jgpgames]

you're actually right, the set was so big and open they did shoot it during the day, I believe Jordan Peele said they shot in normal film and infared and combined them somehow to create the look

[@joshuaminke6629]

it kinda looks like an angel when it transforms

[@kingsnakke6888]

The biblical "BE NOT AFRAID" kind or Adam's super-Lovecraftian Tang-filled children?

[@INDIG0MAR]

I didn't even notice the Jupe/SNL layer. Fantastic review.

[@belle8027]

This movie was insane. And I loved every minute of it. Don’t get why people say this movie was ok because this is definitely one of my favorite movies of all time Bc how it pulls off being a sci fi horror and sort of adventure movie at the same time. Props to Jordan Peele for making such a great film.

[@tonyabrookes9931]

Poor Eric, he really felt this one! Such a good movie!

[@sereghost844]

"If you understand comedy, you understand *soo* many emotions" YES YES YES PREACH LAWD

[@radiogobrrrrrrr1949]

I need a full 2 hour video of Eric talking about his farm life

[@callumcooney-waterhouse7851]

I would watch that.

[@romaina.6241]

My dad has a cow call too. It's Ahweeeee! The fun part is that he has a different call for sheep, NioooNiooo.

[@universalpower419]

The show that Jupe put on was supossed to be the thing eating the horses that OJ sold Him, that's why he was awkard when OJ told him in the begginig that He wanted to buy the horses back in the future.

[@kevinmaroney9819]

Clicked instantly perfect way to start my day

[@sanneroo5723]

dare i say oj, emerald, and angel are the ultimate final girls 🤨

[@atlasjupiter]

oh i clicked on this so, so fast i am SO glad yall did this one! it's such a fascinating ride and it was just beyond fun to watch you guys react to the same things i did. and your discussion after was great, i love on how much you guys picked up immediately!!

[@VTECPanda]

oh wow perfect timing, I literally just watched this movie yesterday

[@FayWildz777]

He let jean jacket eat him because I think he was dying hence the pills and the "you don't deserve impossible" I think he says to angel and that's why he left them "the shot". That was his rules. He did that for him not them his rule set was to get the shots no one could not that he wanted to be famous for said shots it just happen to be that the impossible shots made him famous

[@stevelucky7579]

I love how when the aliens are in the barn everyone’s reaction is “nope, nope, nope” which I also said watching it the first time and then I was like “well, I guess that’s where they get the name for the movie.” But yeah, like another comment said, whoever made this movie could have totally gone that direction if he wanted to.

[@arianaink100]

I thought the alien/ship looked like a cowboy hat. I feel like the ship changed to attract a view/audience like it’s body is the bait/lure. When sparsely eating, say it roamed the entire desert before hitting this food source it was a cloud. When there’s no clouds you look up at the only one in the sky. For animals in the desert it might be the only new thing to view/work for a few snacks here and there. from above when you see of the horses, they look a certain way. When there is a cowboys with hats that’s also a different visual. So a hat from above looks like the ship. Flat discus thing that turns one side to another flipping in the wind generally a tannish color. It’s not a rolling bramble but it’s definitely moving/whipping in the wind. Because the hats used like a flag waved to get attention and also like a soft whip. horses are attracted to that visual. So when hunting horses it was okay because that was the debris also eaten when eating the horses and may catch at horses attention. When the ship eats people at the fun-land it stays a hat because that’s still attention grabbing and successful and debris commonly swallowed with the food/humans. (Glen has cowboy hats rolling in the background instead of heads because that object sits on top, it’s the powerful thing riding a human/something humans like or have. It’s when the ship/alien is unsuccessful that it transforms to the environment again. Becoming a better lure, using the inflatable wavy men along with tarps wires and film/tape like aspects and then the square which is the camera itself a square box with a round aperture in the center. It definitely gains the attention now targeting its viewer/food. I kinda think it’s like if a circus tent suddenly came to life as a circus animal what would happen and what kinda clown costume would it wear to get a larger audience next time? It wants you to see it and it wants to look at you like an angler fish or squid before just suctioning you into it’s mouth and reversing the flow with a cough to get rid of the shells/non-substantial things. It might also just eat non-organic material thus it only eats clothing, fabrics, leathers, plastics, glass, crystal etc and it prefers hunting over just munching on houses because it has an indominous-Rex-complex to man made-materials on organic forms)

[@Thomaswake]

This movie is truly Lovecraftian in so many ways

[@123haninhk]

I JUST watched the movie yesterday! And now you uploaded on KZbin. Huh, we’re so in sync 😊 Anyway, how about react to LIGHTYEAR? I just saw it last night, and it almost similar with Star Wars, if you like that sort of thing 😉

[@karlmoles6530]

This movie's awesome. The barn scene actually scared me, and the ending is fucking thrilling. I was impressed.

[@lex_thebearded8243]

The movie/commercial director in the movie is the guy who played Top Dollar the main villain in The Crow

[@REDJESTA]

I truely enjoyed this but God Damn do I wish the full panel of four were here.. such an epic movie deserves such an epic reaction….

[@kaylanauta2834]

Omg!!! When eric started talking about his life on a farm...i want them to react to Yellowstone sooooo bad. I just know they would LOVE IT!!

[@renjoku3771]

I’m surprised you didn’t mention the Akira slide. I was really hoping for you to mention that part.

[@ot7biasedmashups]

I just KNOW they wanted to call this movie Don't Look Up 😂😂😂

[@nashana5213]

I don’t think so, because nope also stands for not of planet earth, so I don’t think they wanted don’t look up

[@ot7biasedmashups]

​@@nashana5213 I was just kidding xD

[@avonbarksdale91]

@@ot7biasedmashups I’m pretty sure that was one of the original titles. Or something close to that. Peele said it himself.

[@ferretsnot]

I was a little sad when I only saw the two of you but the commentary was great. :P

[@Paul_6400]

That damn alien! It had the audacity to take a shat on their house! 😤😅

[@HelplessTeno]

After watching this, I gotta recommend No One Will Save You. 95% of the movie is fantastic.

[@redrum41987]

Seen this in theaters, twice in one week.

[@anita-24-7]

This is my favorite Peele movie. Absolutely loved it!!

[@spinningredchair8092]

I love how unlike most Alien movies, Jordan wasn't scared to show off the Alien. We get a feeling that he might during the first time we see it where we only see the UFO pass between two clouds, but then we see it over and over and over.

[@JustGavinBennett]

Eric saying Link from Zelda at 56:12 lmao probably cause all the music in the final act sounds exactly like Breath of The Wild music I noticed

[@user-10681]

I like how they reacted to the ending credit soundtrack of this movie

[@JackBin1289]

a concept of aliens is the one horror movie subgenre that gets to me. aliens are so much scarier than ghosts, paranormal acts, demons, or slashers. aliens are terrifying

[@NiaNeuman]

KOB, if you do an ABCs of October's movie marathon please use Eric's dad's cow call at 22:48 for the S (or whatever letter that was 😩🤣).

[@kdpowers]

Yall had the War of the Worlds idea of grenades too!!!

[@moonleafteaofthemonth]

That Akira slide though.

[@roxtechs]

I’m sad Calvin and Rick weren’t here for this reaction too. They would have loved the Akira reference.

[@kareemjones1822]

“How many grenades you gotta hold” Nope 😂☠️

[@ramennoodles7328]

I like how Eric nails the point of the movie almost immediately Edit: *One of the points

[@Zero-mn8bt]

The alien being a giant monster rather than a ship, was such a great little twist. I love this film

[@TheRealJBS]

It's pretty insane that since movies were invented... No one ever thought of that idea until now... It's pretty genius.

[@NoxNovak]

It isn't "little", it is a gigantic twist. And it makes it ten times scarier.

[@broken_errors5715]

@@NoxNovak id rather get probed than eaten alive

[@luiscadena7160]

When i first watched it, it took me a while to understand the twist because my mind couldn’t comprehend this new idea/concept. For years, our concept of aliens have been shaped by the media and stories that a ufo is a space ship controlled by aliens. I have NEVER once thought of maybe a ufo is the alien itself. It blew my mind. So brilliant

[@TheWelchProductions]

@@NoxNovak Not in my opinion. The creature wasn’t scary at all. At least if it were a spaceship with aliens, it would fill me with curiosity rather than fear.

[@MitchellFace]

I like how the aliens in the barn scene is basically Jordan Peele‘s way of saying I could make this movie if I wanted to and then going in a completely different direction and I love that. It’s like a subtle way to acknowledge what the movie could’ve been based on expectation. It’s an insanely good use of expectation subversion.

[@kevinmaroney9819]

I saw ppl say they wanted it to be real I was like the movie was sm better

[@sonofsomerset1695]

He should have made that movie instead of this Jaws copy.

[@8bitbee148]

@@kevinmaroney9819 honestly, you can watch a dozen other movies that play on tension like that with aliens and killers (and they’re great!) but Peele wanted to go further and I don’t understand why people would prefer this movie do more of the same old tropes

[@kevinmaroney9819]

@@8bitbee148 freshest movie I’ve seen in a long time

[@kevinmaroney9819]

@@sonofsomerset1695 the movie is genius 😂

[@kflowers8276]

Regarding how this movie hits depending on who you are, I think Eric is right. Critics complained a lot about OJ's laconicness and not feeling connected to him because of that. But I was like, I know people like that. OJ makes sense to me as a character.

[@epnlvr9790]

forreals they were expecting him to react like hes in get out

[@8bitbee148]

I AM like that, completely believable and relatable character, I loved him

[@roxtechs]

It also a very refreshing character to have instead of scream Queens or traditional baddasses.

[@brandonrojas9214]

Its interesting to see a level headed and layed back person in a horror movie, instead of either a badass or a person with survival instincts and plain luckiness.

[@LangkeeLongkee]

A lot of autistic people like myself headcanon him as autistic. He's a good dude, it shocked me how many people didn't like him. I love Emerald but I love him too.

[@thekingofstillwater5890]

The festival feeding scene and the screams of terror of people inside while its hunting followed with the raining blood scene are some of the best moments I've seen in a modern horror flick. So otherworldly and lovecraftian it left me jaw dropped to say the least.

[@TheRealJBS]

@Hesh Hesherson War of the Worlds used a UFO as the predator, sucked up an entire audience, showing them being digested, then used their screams to terrorize people, then rained down their possessions that weren't edible? I missed that part...

[@thekingofstillwater5890]

@Hesh Hesherson Never seen it. Which version/adaptation has it?

[@thekingofstillwater5890]

@Hesh Hesherson Its fine dude. Theres a lot of flicks I haven't seen, cause I'm pretty young, that I want to see; Just too many to remember, and hard to pick what to watch.

[@thekingofstillwater5890]

@Hesh Hesherson Thanks man. I'll add it to my list. Maybe the crew could also watch it one day; I think Calvin would love it

[@chaost4544]

@@thekingofstillwater5890 there's been several adaptations of "War of the Worlds" from the H.G. Wells novel. The most infamous adaptation was a radio drama in the 30's presented by Orson Welles in a news format that was so convincing some thought the world was actually being invaded and caused public panic. Peele was probably paying homage to the various versions of "War of the Worlds" and don't think he was ripping directly from the Cruise version.

[@madisonbrown22]

Whoa. “A fucking balloon popped and it died.” 1:26:27 The movie starts out with a balloon popping. Gordy’s natural animal instincts come out and he turns against his human costars. The movie ends with a balloon popping inside of Jean Jacket and it dies and starts floating away in the wind. Two animals people tried to exploit for the Spectacle. Two balloons popping that ended in death. I’ve watched this movie so many times. I’ve read theories and posts about different connections people have made. I’ve never ever made that connection before. This movie fascinates me to no end.

[@bahahhag]

Two similar details is that the OJ Senior dies to a coin, yet it is coins on the floor that helps Emerald take the photographs of Jean Jacket at the end. Also, Jean Jacket makes popping noises at various points of the movie and I can’t help but connect that to the balloons popping at the start. Personally this one is harder to interpret but I’d like to think it’s an odd coincidence.

[@dominicschafer6760]

That's a really awesome detail I never noticed before. I think the idea of the balloon is that it's something pretty to look at, but it has all this pressure built up inside it, and if you're not careful with it (or you "poke" it), it'll explode.

[@waffleauflauf4213]

@@bahahhag I think Peele said the clicking is both echolocation and JJ trying to get potential prey to look up, kind of like it's going around "pspsps"-ing lol

[@arianaink100]

You should pay attention to when the movie talks about execution. Sometimes it’s related to working and sometimes it’s related to living. If something is or isn’t fitting the human perception if it’s executed or lives, and if it lives is it manipulated by men. Also when something dies is interesting. Like the chimp show ended and that girl walks around with her own face on her shirt as her face is covered daily as she looks out at the world and they treat her like she’s back on the show/constantly in that loop of relation. Same with the collection and idolization of something that was beyond traumatizing for a child for monetary gain/ making your past something that can be talked about at any given point of time as if it’s present moment or representative of such/successful business. How companies turn tragedies into a gain/profit or erase that event. How people ignore their past or turn their bad past into a current positive for monetary stuff. (I witnessed a massacre you can sit in the chimp room for a fee and I’ll answer questions on a podcast or in a skit on tv, so when does that stop being relevant to your life and what society is viewing along with all other media they consume)

[@MisterPunch19]

Also Gordy kills people that make direct eye contact, but Jupe is seeing him veiled thru the table cloth, and Jean Jacket eats people that look at it. And the other major theme of the film is how Hollywood chews people up and spits them out... So does Jean Jacket

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

Eric's red faced laughter when OJ locks the door was amazing. And it just shows you how a well-placed funny moment in a very tense scene can be stronger than watching an entire comedy. 42:06 for the timestamp! They should watch Annhilation. The tense screaming reminded me of THAT scene

[@marquiscarr3114]

The bear mimicking the scream from the girl it killed was terrifying

[@HotDogTimeMachine385]

@@marquiscarr3114 That scene really is one of the most disturbing things of the decade. And it's not just because of the horror aspect, but also the body horror. Did it even know what it was doing? Was it doing that on purpose or did the girl's last thoughts and voice imprint on it and that's what we're hearing.

[@TheWelchProductions]

I’d like to see their reaction to Midsommar, which is a very tense film relieved by humorous moments.

[@Scarshadow666]

Absolutely! The bear scene from Annihilation is really underrated and very creepy (as well as the body horror with the pool scene too)! The Area X books that the movies are based on are great and somewhat creepy too.

[@Tashwampa]

Having a farm person in this reaction really enhances this for me. I'm not a farm girl but my dad grew up on a farm and he told me a few stuff. OJ is a cowboy in the modern film industry and he's so tired of it. But if he was more like Emerald they would have died. But the overarching theme is spectacle, plain and simple. The exploitation of animals is also a theme here and it's played so well. When OJ asks "What if it's not a ship?" And then hard cut to the Gordy title screen gives your answer. It's a wild animal that's reached it's limit pretending to be something it's not. Love, love, love this movie so much. Also the irony of Logan Paul not getting the point of the movie when he's the guy on the motorcycle😂

[@MrElementronHimself]

I didn't even catch on to the Gordy title card being an answer, because it just registered to me as a regular chapter transition. That's really great

[@changedcj007]

THE SAME GUY WHO WENT INTO THE FOREST FOR VIEWS LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO

[@AteezHoney]

"You gotta respect wild animals." You nailed it 2 minutes in! The lengths that people go to capture a spectacle that they're willing to risk their lives for it. The whole aspect of this movie is that the people will always crave a spectacle and there will always be people to do whatever it takes to exploit that.

[@SetsunaF916]

They understood all the themes so quickly. Really makes me wonder why so many critics were saying this movie didn't make sense and there was no connection from Jupe's story to the alien story. Like what?

[@AteezHoney]

@@SetsunaF916 I think he got it so quickly is because he has a connection with animals, growing up on a farm he knows how they are. The average person doesn't encounter wild animals we most likely see them on TV or in Zoo's outside of their natural habitat so we don't see then how they really are. So I think that's why people weren't making the connection immediately but Jordan Peele said that he always uses animals as analogies in his movies and that's how I got it. Get Out was the deer(the father said they were taking over and need to be killed which he was speaking about black people, Us the rabbits(they're known to be cloned), and Nope was the showbiz monkey(which are known to be exploited). The people that get it, get it.

[@bahahhag]

@@SetsunaF916 yea. I don’t mind if people hate the movie but if they don’t understand the themes or larger meaning of the film even though it’s literally served on a silver platter at the beginning of the film with the quote then I question their criticism.

[@roxtechs]

Eric’s farmboy knowledge paying off!

[@changedcj007]

@@AteezHoney Dude ive never worked on a farm in my life and i instantly got it. It was literally yelling the theme at you.

[@SidPhoenix2211]

When OJ started hightailing it on the horse as the drone camera followed him and the score turned into something out of a Western... I fell deeper in love with the movie. I was sooooo glad that the three protags survived this ordeal :D

[@Vambiche]

I think its supposed to be ambiguous of OJ survived or not

[@amodelmannequin]

I saw this in theaters and boy was I jamming to the song lol

[@anthonyelias5154]

I actually think OJ died. You see Palmers reaction look out at the sign in a heartbroken expression, so she closes her eyes for a second, reopens them and smiles. because she imagined OJ there. also why i feel you can barely see OJ's face completely. just like a silhouette of him. " a black man on a horse. " tying into their great great great grandfather, their hero, much like OJ was here. Who knows, could be a stretch but I remember getting so hype feeling that he survived and out ran the alien. it was only on the second viewing i thought he might actually be dead.

[@SidPhoenix2211]

@@anthonyelias5154 yeah, I thought about this too on my first watch. But on a rewatch.... I'm choosing to believe he lived In the presence of an ambiguous ending, I'm gonna choose to believe the most positive outcome lol

[@AteezHoney]

I know That OJ survived because he understand the animals the most and knew how to tame them because of what his father taught him, hence why he took him to the scorpion king with him. He doubted his ability when the incident happened in the video shoot at the beginning of the movie but he redeemed himself at the end.

[@CantiReacts]

The animal opening up and changing at the end to me was it "baring its fangs". How most animals when challenged they try to make themselves appear bigger, their hair stands up, the claws come out. I could be all the way wrong but thats what my instincts tell me.

[@Hinokami777]

Definitely defense mechanism

[@somehugedude]

And it resembles a biblically accurate angel after it changes

[@RaptorNX01]

I loved that it looked a bit like a weather balloon.

[@xavierbernard8514]

I interpreted it as like a peacock would spread it's feathers to get attention. It hunts by being observed, so it made itself bigger, more obvious and very very hard to miss. The theme of the alien, and the movie in general, is spectacle. So it makes sense that the alien would hunt by being a spectacle.

[@TheBlackfox730]

i mean it did do this after it tried to eat something wrapped in barbed wire. It got hurt and changed to aggressive stance

[@juliak4218]

The digestion scene at 34:26 is genuinely one of the most horrifying things I've ever watched in a movie

[@AnimeIntrospective]

It traumatized me a bit..

[@hazri8758]

I was actually kinda disappointed that they didn't show the whole process. I wanted to see when they were squeezed.

[@TheWelchProductions]

@@hazri8758 That takes away the mystery and element of uncertainty.

[@tekaname4188]

I imagine it's like being squished between two bouncy castles covered in rancid Vaseline

[@-CloClo-]

This is hands down one of the only few movies I've watched that fully disturbed the hell out of me. I almost get fight/flight responses just from thinking of the scene alone.

[@Dannydarko27]

Y'all saw how Jupe internalized that experience. He thought he was special because Gordy didnt attack him, but it was because he didnt make direct eye contact due to the tablecloth. Him thinking he was special is what lead to him thinking he can befriend the alien

[@roxylady109]

In the "Jupe's first contact" section of your discussion you asked when this first started. It's easy to miss on first watch but in the very beginning minutes you can hear a radio in the background and on that radio they're discussing 2 missing hikers in Agua Dulce..... then the scene where Keith David gets pelted happens. THAT coin, keys, and other stuff falling was from the missing hikers, not from Jupe's shenanigans. Jupe was only sacrificing horses for his STUPID attempt at exploiting the "aliens".

[@zeke1171]

The creature is what set Gordy off, that's why that girl's shoe was floating like that.

[@UKRobs]

@@zeke1171 No… just, no.

[@Russelshackleford]

@@UKRobs yeah, absolutely not. 😂

[@ashleydavis2124]

@@zeke1171 pretty sure it was the balloon pops

[@lunarvagrant]

I'm impressed that Eric picked the theme of the film immediately after the third scene and then immediately started talking about Aaron's balls.

[@hotdog8109]

Eric grew up on a farm so I think he instantly picked up on the ideas the movie was saying

[@roxtechs]

This movie spoke to Eric on a personal level!

[@alexsilva28]

ONE of the many themes of the film.