Jean Jacket Death/Final Fight | NOPE [2022]

[@danielcervantes5294]

I love when the depiction of an alien actually seems alien and strange and not just a bipedal monster with fangs.

[@MyStupidYoutubeHandle]

Ship

[@LeodisTrainSpotter]

@@MyStupidKZbinHandle it isn't a ship.. you clearly didnt watch the film

[@mcfcguvnors]

yeh i liked that ,totally unique

[@jeshonloonskin4176]

@@MyStupidKZbinHandlenope, that’s jean jackets true form

[@mari_golds-bleeding-ink]

Same

[@corneliussnow8215]

One thing I liked was the fact that Jean Jacket was seemingly extremely hesitant to target the balloon. Most likely due to the experience with the horse statue it ate and couldn't digest. This strange giant thing was shaped like it's human prey and had eyes like its human prey yet, it was covered in those banner flags like the horse statue from before. It's learned that things covered in those banner flags aren't edible and might cause it harm. However, this strange human is just absolutely massive and too big of a meal to a pass up so it tries to eat it anyway.

[@gatedude07]

Plus it was just about the same size as Jean Jacket. That thing it was doing with its eye? That's a threat display. It was trying to scare away the balloon. It was only when the balloon didn't react that JJ's predator instinct took over again.

[@JoshButler-r4c]

@@gatedude07this is exactly what I think as well, the eye popping and booming like that is to intimidate its prey, that’s why it only pulls it out after it gets hurt (barbed wire fence being forced in his mouth), because that’s when JJ realizes these people are a threat, and JJ needs to show that IT is the real threat

[@user-jb6ni7tf9w]

이미 기자와 홀스터를 먹었기 때문에 배가 고파서 먹었다고 보기는 힘들 것 같음 진 자켓은 평소 쉽게 사냥하던 인간과 말이 자기에게 저항하기 시작하고 엔젤을 먹으려다 쇠사슬까지 삼킨 경험까지 있어 인간이 다른 방어기제를 가질수도 있다고 판단했을거임 평소처럼의 포식자와 피식자의 관계같은 수직적 구조가 아닌 같은 영역을 두고 대립하는 수평적 구조가 되므로써 진 자켓은 상당한 위협을 느꼈을 것이고 일부러 거대해 보이기위해 모습을 부풀렸을거임 하지만 남자 주인공은 겁먹은 기색을 보이지 않았고 전에 기자의 경험으로 오토바이를 쫓기시작한거임 하지만 갑작스럽게 등장한 풍선은 전의 경험한 깃발이 있었고 진 자켓은 이것을 먹이가 아닌 다른 포식자로 판단 자신이 공격당하기 전에 먼저 공격한 것임 그렇지 않고서야 바로 먹지않고 초록색 눈꺼풀을 펄럭이며 위협했던 것이 말이 되지 않음 진 자켓은 이런한 위협은 처음이며 패닉에 빠진 상태에서 섣불리 공격하는 최악의 수를 둔거라고봄

[@shashankmutgi9330]

Yeah.. looking directly in the eyes of a predator is like telling them 'i'm the captain now'. Doesn't even sit well with house cats.

[@gildanonofyabiznez6430]

So basically my dog trying to stealing my snicker bars yet again after it already threw up at the vet

[@Tonyrg1988]

Moral of the story, dont eat ballons if you yourself are some kind of balloon thing

[@vindix9137]

Words to live by.

[@luiousy7329]

What if you are bloonarius from btd6

[@lassenker07]

I'll take note of that

[@Lucas-st1xq]

just dont eat a giant balloon in general.

[@bigchris2939]

🎈

[@CasualG-mer]

It's so bizarre to see the alien's corpse still floating...just a visual spectacle. Now that's alien as hell.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

This ending really didnt make sense or have any emotional weight. The Chimp was much more interesting

[@LostInSpace22]

@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539 k

[@sexilatinoboi69]

@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539 wish it showed everyone surrounding it with media

[@dfreeman251]

Taken king reference

[@Astralkiller47]

@@worsethanhitlerpt.2539 I’m glad, I wasn’t the only one who thought this lol, Gordy deserves his own film.

[@mad_timbit]

Keke’s scream sounds so real. Like when you’re so emotional or scared and your vocal chords seize up so noise has a hard time coming out. She did amazing in this movie. I love her.

[@TheSetadoon]

she was absolutely horrible in this

[@madam-mint]

Yeah, it hits hard. It’s like Em just wants to get the shot so she can tell someone about the alien. Thinking she doesn’t really have anyone or anything left here because she thinks that OJ is gone. All that mattered was that shot, but I think at that point it was more in honor of her brother.

[@Jason-jg7wo]

Keke did such a great job in this movie, I'm so proud of her. But also everyone in this movie did a great job, it's a great movie!

[@TheFinalGate_]

She was annoying af

[@J_WheelerDoll30]

Yessss ❤❤❤

[@jsrng8888]

Everyone wants to do the akira bike slide 😂

[@blackheartlovell19]

Hell yeah I love the reference of it😍

[@rcroller1972]

It's basically another Willhelm scream at this point, lol.

[@pab1381]

Why are you ghey?

[@Noeland]

Peele was going to direct the Akira film though, so it's a special nod to it IMHO.

[@jybrdls3647]

What other movies has it been done in?

[@armandas5656]

Jean jacket's ,, final form '' is just perfect fit for an E.T.. I've never seen a design that makes me feel like its actually from somewhere that is not earth. Its majestic, its otherwordly, its lovecraftian, its terrifying, And I love it.

[@netomoreira3525]

It seems inspired by Evangelion angels, they have a very similar vibe.

[@MisterEvvvSymphoenix]

The crazy part is* it's probably an Earth creature. 1. *It understands when people and animals are staring at it* (though it can be fooled by eyes of inanimate objects). That means *it's designed to identify the eyes of many Earth-type beings,* so it's probably built to hunt such prey. There's no guarantee alien eyes would be the same. 2. *It hides by generating Earth-type clouds,* which suggests it belongs in this environment. 3. *It can fly in an Earth atmosphere, under Earth gravity.* Conditions vary drastically from planet to planet. An Earth bird can't fly in a Mars or Venus atmosphere, since the air there is much thinner than ours. 4. *It generally survives and functions well in an Earth environment.* Most creatures are specifically made to survive their native world. We can't breathe anywhere else in the solar system, as far as we know. Jean Jacket seems perfectly fine. 5. *It's clearly not very smart.* It behaves like an animal. Even the ability to tell when someone's staring at it seems instinctive, since it can't figure out the difference between the eyes of an animate object and an inanimate one. It can hide, but that's likely instinctive too. It never does anything to show that it can think on a near-human level. That means there's no way it's smart enough to go to another planet and figure out a way to survive. It doesn't even have technology, as far as we can tell. Unless it's naturally super adaptive, another alien put it here, or it naturally propagates across planets (however that works), there's no way it could live here without being a native. It's just not a well-documented species because it attacks people who stare at it, and it hides too well. That means most photographs of it can only be taken safely at a sub-optimal distance, when you're too far for it to notice you, hence the blurry UFO photos most people get.

[@zonilo1]

@@MisterEvvvSymphoenix The creature might be also where we got the "Flying Saucer" from that inspired the pop cultural osmosis of the UFO in general well in the context of this film's setting of course.

[@MisterEvvvSymphoenix]

PRECISELY! I agree completely!

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

Fun fact. According to the film makers Jean Jacket is from Earth. Just evolved as a airborne life form. The Idea is that Jean Jacket and its brethen are what inspired a good portion of UFO and Angelic sightings over the centuries.

[@ihavenoname4139]

1:16 Absolutely love that Akira slide

[@noahlani6480]

When I saw in that in theaters I screamed inside

[@kentinson1670]

The best part is Jordan Peele is a fan of Akira so much that he didn't take the opportunity to direct a live-action version of it

[@kickstand2407]

​@@kentinson1670because there's no black lead in Akira

[@ChubbsMcgoo]

@@kickstand2407 Top kek! so much this. Peele is racist as fuck.

[@Aaron-kp6kp]

@@kickstand2407 No shit Akira is based in Japan.

[@SimonIngram-j5t]

That very rare thing, a movie alien that actually looks truly alien and otherworldly, not just another boring humanoid. I hope to see more originality like this the future.

[@HugoStiglitz88]

Agreed. It's so arrogant and dumb to assume aliens would look anything at all like what's on earth

[@sbcs2809]

I like how they made the ufo the alien instead of the ufo being inhabited by aliens

[@moon47underground]

Hollywood is getting worse and worse. Your only hope is if they allow fresh talent like peele into the directing door. There's Ton of other people with fresh ideas like this

[@dev4159]

it is not an alien

[@zakstormcrow5912]

i recommend you watch roanoke gamings video on this things biology, its not alien, its from earth and its species has been here a very long time.

[@Tootisepop]

I love how the alien is just a lost animal and not some intelligent creature

[@thorthegodofthunder9150]

Yeah definitely not very intelligent, quite dumb actually.

[@dev4159]

it is not an alien

[@OrpheasVIPC]

Wdym "it's not"? ​@@dev4159

[@Skiller131]

​@@dev4159Some theorize it's from the ocean as it's fragile shell wouldn't survive deep space. I love this movie too much so I leave it to the imagination

[@dev4159]

@@Skiller131 it is a kind of animal thay evolved to live in the air

[@cwalter-iz5hl]

I believe the reason why Jean jacket turned into that angelic angel was because it was trying to trick them into looking at it.

[@nintendomusicchannel1317]

I figured it got scared 😢 and was trying to make itself look big, like how animals do in the wild

[@cwalter-iz5hl]

@@nintendomusicchannel1317 it was definitely not scared of them. It literally dumped all of the Star lasso experience on them. telling them too back off

[@joshjess9841]

​@@cwalter-iz5hl That was then. I consider it was establishing dominance while same time marking it's territory. Later, after the gang was trying to take picture of JJ and it tried to devour Angel Torres AGAIN, but this time Angel had barbed wire wrapped around him. JJ swallowed Angel, pricking/snapping & popping noises go off as JJ spits Torres back out. It was injured, scared and incredibly enraged. It unfurled into it's "true" form as retaliation, attempting to assert dominance over it's smaller, weaker, but more cunning prey. The green square it was flaunting violently (which is it's eye organ) at OJ was, I think, an intimidation tactic.

[@poopoopeepee211]

I agree. that's what the green feeler things are for, to hypnotize its prey into looking at it

[@boianko]

@@joshjess9841 Definitely think this is what was happening. It tried to do the same thing against the balloon and only attacked it after that failed.

[@rhinopatomus]

Sadly enough, this is how my dog died. That's why I love this movie. Tells others to not eat balloons

[@nurdonacomputer9076]

Your dog ate a balloon? They didn't explode, I assume.

[@camdakill6007]

Wait wtf happened?

[@jsrng8888]

huh??? how

[@DubPC563]

The balloon can get stuck in a dogs digestive track, most of them cannot be broke down in the digestion track or the possibility of being strangled by the string or entangled inside them. Balloons are deadly.

[@danlee667]

Sorry about your puppy

[@danielr.y5261]

2:55 Jean Jacket comes up to meet the cowboy balloon, which is floating still facing the creature. It makes it look like two wild West gunfighters about to engage in a fast-draw duel. Given the film's background setting and the director this was likely on purpose.

[@lsdmonkey1089]

I feel like personally it was a mating sort of dance like a peacock, because it was floating like Jean and after no response from the Cowboy balloon, Jean decided to eat/kill the potential "Male Suitor", as if to say females are the larger more dominate on their planet or in their solar system. But unfortunately it appears as an aggression tactic before this scene so this is ruled out but still cool to think of the movie in a different way/plot, 'The alien came here looking for the last male of her species last recorded here."

[@Ten_Titus]

@@lsdmonkey1089 I don’t think Jean is the last of his kind, I like to think jean was born in the atmosphere with his species and other UAPs but came down far enough to find no competition and a lot of food to eat

[@Domguy1678]

The floating the flying and the photographer

[@augustal100]

The UFO from nope, is like I didn’t open this door

[@SquishEESpark]

1:32 - Metal pipe falling sound

[@Domguy1678]

WAIT THERE ACTUALLY IS LOL

[@celesteelka]

I noticed that too on my first watch, it aaaalmost took me out of it lmao

[@sourskittles4187]

did the editor just not catch it?

[@niarabruna577]

After shape shifting JJ couldn't fly as fast as it was before.

[@calvinfujii5921]

But still fast enough.

[@ExileOfSand]

Makes sense it lost its aerodynamic properties significantly

[@da96103]

So basically the alien is a jellybird? What a jellyfish would be if it had decided to evolve into a flying organism?

[@craig_ramjet990]

well, it took a few million years but they evolved into humans who now fly aircraft so....

[@Gambit5022]

It's an angel and it performs a bad miracle

[@offyourself3986]

@@Gambit5022pleaae don't bring your own mother into this

[@leontoeides]

@@Gambit5022 makes no sense that those were viewed as angels in the past because they can't even talk, and are pretty much predators.

[@Choshako]

@@leontoeides I don't think they meant that literally, dude. As in JJ is a symbolic angel?

[@kameinhame6636]

This is the only alien invasion movie I genuinely felt excited watching, I always wanted to look more and more at this huge creature, when it opens it's so majestic and beautiful, It's fun to connect the dots of the movie, it makes me want to rewatch it several times, what an amazing experience

[@MyStupidYoutubeHandle]

It’s a crappy alien lol it’s like a ship

[@thedude4800]

​@@MyStupidKZbinHandleit's not a alien idiot. Peele hinted this several times, and it needs oxygen so it cant be from space. But rather a sky born creature. And your just some lousy mesh brained Joe who who wines about what you wanted said thing to be. It's Design is unique, you ain't gonna see anything like it again. Go watch Paul or something.

[@Jasondurgen]

@@SeattleMartinthat’s basically what you are, so at least you can self analyze

[@qwertz862]

And where was the invasion?😂 It's about a creature living in the sky and not mars attacks 2.0

[@qwertz862]

​@@MyStupidKZbinHandleGreat point. You didn't understand the movie at all, did you?

[@zenin2922]

that form of the Alien is so biblical. This movie honestly was so much better than what I expected

[@lmaoman8752]

It’s Jordan Peele bro. Don’t underestimate him.

[@Barsabus]

It's a trash flick

[@lmaoman8752]

@@Barsabus Funny comment.

[@dulainkaru7397]

@@Barsabus lol

[@AllThatIsMortal]

biblical??? you mean like seraphim or something cause every angel is technically “biblical” or whatever

[@branbran810]

jean jacket was always such a unique alien to me.

[@haeverland457]

Right? Like, how does it even eat its victims?

[@christosarcher8759]

@@haeverland457 If you watch the movie "deep rising" the guy explains how this works and from the scenes inside the monster it's just sucking them up and absorbing them.

[@spiritrealmking9416]

@@haeverland457 literally shows that in the movie. Literally shows them being digested and the stuff it can’t digest is thrown back out. Which is why oj dad died in the beginining because of the last show the Asian guy did in.

[@jayalbert9849]

@@spiritrealmking9416 yeah but when it’s not in the saucer mode u can’t see anything that it would use to digest ,it’s just like a giant thin fabric ,so it’s confusing

[@giko8990]

@@jayalbert9849 yea, the thing is he can’t eat in this form, he has to revert to saucer form in order to feed, intimidation form is used to obviously intimidate and catch larger prey.

[@LostInSpace22]

4:20 I like how it was trying to go back to ufo mode

[@fantasybabydino]

saucey mode

[@Dilapidated_Dilo]

Well from what we gathered it can only eat in it's ufo form

[@bingbongdingdong867]

That's how it attacks, so...

[@LostInSpace22]

@@bingbongdingdong867 incorrect it attacked in both forms but thanks for trying

[@Hollycb12]

It can only eat in the saucer form. So it did turn back in order to do that. Unsuccessfully

[@aaad3446]

The alien in this film made me feel so uncomfortable. Oddly enough, I was in awe every time the alien was shown. It looked so other wordly unlike other alien films wherein the creature is typical or potrayed with characteristics of earth living beings such as human/animal like features (teeth, eyes, nose, etc.) The unfamiliarity brought about by the alien's structure really creeped me out. A disturbing and captivating film. It was such a great movie. As expected from Jordan Peel :)

[@noahboucher125]

I didn't look up for a week after watching this

[@welcometothemetaverse2523]

Really shocks me is it's a weird-ass mouth/eye thing that keeps turning inside out itself like origami. Scary, surreal but so beautiful.

[@cinderelenn]

Its so otherworldly that almost looks like a biblical angek

[@antibull4869]

Peel is a hack 😂

[@K3VINM]

District 9, Arrival, Nope, War of Worlds, and Annihilation, have the best alien designs making the creatures truly out of this world.

[@gj9157]

The tripods are the most iconic.

[@seraphik]

i feel like annihilation's was the most genuinely alien and incomprehensible. but nope is a pretty close second. that square fluttery yellow-green eye that kept unfolding from itself was bizarre af.

[@gj9157]

@@seraphik It looked like a giant bounce house.

[@necroavirus]

Edge of Tomorrow had cool aliens

[@youzettasonsofdigits1639]

I thought the Cloverfield monster was cool too

[@trainspotter360]

I absolutely adore this movie. That thing taking these different shapes while stalking her in the background is so freaky.

[@stevenmccallum4268]

One of the influences for Jean Jacket was the immortal jellyfish, implying that it's not actually dead. It will just need to recover for a long time in a dormant state. In fact, one of the experts that worked with Jordan Peele on the design had said as much in an interview as it was being released.

[@sexilatinoboi69]

Then it must be killed quickly

[@nzmanhdee6246]

That means humans one day will acquire it

[@spacejunk2186]

Dude, it exploded.

[@reubencanningfinkel5922]

fanfic brain copium

[@killjinxx]

The immortal jellyfish is not immortal in the sense that it regenerates, it rewinds time by turning back into a baby when significant damage is done to the body. An immortal jellyfish could not rewind time here, they don’t actually live that long.

[@Bizcuits26]

Ok, but what could make a creature this large and terrifying develop an intimidation tactic like that?

[@NOAHVAS]

something even larger and more terrifying

[@vincenzomigliore9749]

It’s not the only one, or there is something that preys on it. There’s always a bigger fish, the saying is annoying but it’s true.

[@w1ndgeneral226]

@@vincenzomigliore9749 In that case, humanity is screwed.

[@memesfromdeepspace1075]

Milion years agou earth have different enviroment ..the oksigent have more presentase on air at that time....making alot of thing big ....like really big .....dragon fly the size of eagle ......adult eagle .....and Jean jacket body make them hard to fosilise ....my guest is they actually from earth but from milion years agou traped in ice or something......like this movie tittle .NOPE (NON PRIMORDIAL ENTITY)

[@ExileOfSand]

I would say in its natural habitat there are probably predators that eat it. Or even as a way to warn off others of its kind from its territory. After all they did say it was territorial.

[@yamabushi170]

Certainly one of the most interesting alien concepts I've seen. It really has a Lovecraftian cosmic horror vibe

[@gdottothegamer1001]

JJ is definitely my favorite monster in any media. Despite it being far from the strongest creatures in any media, hell it's probably on the weaker side of all creatures, JJ is super interesting. I love the design but I'm not gonna talk about it since other people already have. What I'm gonna talk about is its intelligence. It's smart, but not human smart, more like animal smart. It knows where and when to hunt/eat. It knows that in order to catch its prey it must be patient and blend in with its surroundings, an ambush predator. Unlike most man-eating creatures in any media where it seems like they're either too super smart or way way too aggressive like they have some kind of rabies. JJ is also smart enough to avoid places with thousands of humans. So, instead of big cities, JJ chooses to live in a big desert. But ofc just like any other animals, JJ isn't that smart, like the part where JJ eats the fake horse thinking that it was real or like in this video where it eats a huge as balloon and dies because of it. Speaking of dies, I love that JJ is not some kind of invincible creature. We just don't know what its weakness is. All we see is a giant flying disc and so at first we're all under the impression that since it's a UFO it must be hard to take it down since UFO = high tech that humans don't understand. But later on we learned that it's actually a creature, so seeing a creature that big flying on the cloud makes most people under the impression that it's invincible or at least hard to kill. But at the end of the movie it just died because it ate a balloon, and so it turns out that it's not that strong. I love that more than a creature that is seemingly impossible to kill. JJ gives us an illusion that it's hard to kill when in reality it's not that stupidly overpowered. The only reason why it hasn't been dead sooner is because of the protagonists trying to catch videos or pictures of JJ. So yeah, that's why I love JJ. Sure it's not as big and scary and powerful as any other men-eating creatures, but man everything about it is just so cool.

[@cinderelenn]

Its behavior is just SO perfect, we also see that it was trying to scare away the baloon and only tried to eat it as the last alternative since it wasnt going away

[@fighterck6241]

JJ's secondary weapon is intimidation.

[@ptilopsis4092]

I wonder if JJ is not an apex predator from wherever it came from. Its skin seems thin, and it likes to camouflage itself when resting. In some way, its behavior reminds me of frogfish except that JJ can move fast. Of course it can be a pursue predator, but perhaps another use of its speed is to escape its own predator.

[@Scarshadow666]

One of the creepiest things about JJ that you mentioned is it avoids large cities with thousands of humans, and instead picks up stragglers (like the missing hikers briefly mentioned and were heard screaming overhead before Keith David's character died in the beginning, or if provoked like what happened with Jupe). That means, at some point, JJ and/or other creatures like him may have been feasting on large scores of people until something happened that caused JJ and/or the possible rest of his species to be wary of going after cities. If the government has been keeping JJ and possibly others like him a secret, that means there was an underground system of people that have been trying to train giant flying people-eating creatures from the skies to not overindulge in hunting, when they could have at any time... 0_0

[@claymoreroomba2921]

​@Scarshadow666 I dont think training is the what causes them to avoid large cities,rather the government just secretary killed them if they got to close

[@OBKS_Inuno]

When Jean Jacket swallowed the doll, Jupe kept glaring into Jean Jacket's eyes and then pointed. This means that Emerald did not kill Jean Jacket, but Jupe got his revenge. I think this part is the best representation of the film.

[@timtamsandsoysauce9318]

revenge for what?

[@ViktorEnjoyer]

@@timtamsandsoysauce9318sting him?

[@OBKS_Inuno]

for killing him and his family. I thought it serves as an analogy for the critique of one-sided observation, which is the subject of this movie.

[@Jac-Man]

I’d say its Jupe posthumously teaming up with Emerald. It was a tag-team kill.

[@deez571]

​@@OBKS_Inuno ain't Gordy the one that you know to the family

[@generalginx]

Dude even just the detail of the police tape fluttering around as she rides to mimic the balloon like movement of Jean Jacket is so cool

[@camdencoblentz3245]

Nope wasn't without its flaws, but I found the climax to be absolutely mesmerizing, especially on the big screen.

[@victormeas7898]

Just realized that JJ exploding by eating Jupe's balloon lookalike is kind of like when Gordy touches Jupe's hand and has his head blown off - "exploding fist bump"

[@KaijuForceNeo]

This is an epic climax! Such a weird creature in the sky that is killed by a balloon and a photograph! Weird if you say it fast, but it works for Jordan Peele’s Filmmaking!

[@KaiserMattTygore927]

It having a picture taken of it, must be the ultimate insult towards it, since it used "being seen" as a dinner bell.

[@wesker1739]

2:24 my favorite shot

[@Josuh]

Legit looks like it's wearing a robe or something

[@wesker1739]

@@Josuh I know. That’s the beauty of it .

[@Termina2018]

Evangelion lookin angel 💀

[@Hawk-yq4ln]

It looks like a member of the godhand from berserk

[@ceceoxo2129]

This was the most frustrating part. Like I really thought she was going to miss the picture.

[@jayalbert9849]

Why did she even need a picture ???

[@christiantarnoski1231]

​@@jayalbert9849the reason why they went and challenged a lifeform the defies our very understanding of life itself was simple: fame. To them, it was worth... and it actually was. Sure, the old man died but he went out of his own volition. None of the other three had to pay the ultimate price and the monster was recorded and they even took a big photo of it. I mean, its pretty obvious if you see the movie that that was the drive of the protagonist.

[@shoesncheese]

@@jayalbert9849 "The Oprah Shot" - it was the reason so many people died. I think the point is "you have your picture now; what is worth it?"

[@MHAOvercharged]

@@shoesncheese knowledge. Knowing that these things actually exist like the jean jacket will allow humanity to be more cautious of what is existing in the universe and outside their planet. Making sure that humanity remains an equal footing or greater in the food chain of the apex predator.

[@CJ-fu8cm]

​@@MHAOverchargedyou haven't seen humanity lately, have you?

[@JujuToobootie]

4:47 favorite line in the movie. My brother-in-law's last name is "Haywood" so you can imagine this line gets tossed around quoter often. 😂

[@PrestonWillis]

That’s awesome 😂

[@XD152awesomeness]

1:18 Akira slide

[@CoercedJab]

Quick someone explain to them it’s just a Chinese weather balloon!

[@TamaCinema69]

literally exactly what I was thinking when I saw the real life video of the balloon popping

[@nobodyimportant4778]

I find it funny that a balloon monster is afraid of sharp objects like barbed wire and they defeat it by making it choke and overinflate itself.

[@johnnybravo8129]

That’s not how it died lol. It died when it crunched the balloon because the balloon basically exploded like a grenade… in order for that balloon to be as big as it was and float as high as it did is because it was filled with flammable gas. So when it got crunched, it exploded lol

[@obolstudios5154]

@@johnnybravo8129personally I think JJ saw the finger of the balloon and got so scared it exploded.

[@manfmalachi]

Well now they've got the body to prove it exists

[@galexeqe]

Military/Govt: "What body, this is just a weather balloon"

[@dakotaenloe8035]

Just because they managed to kill Jean Jacket, doesn't mean its over. It's entirely possible there are more out there somewhere.

[@RockinNRollinRussian]

I'd be more than happy for a sequel.

[@johnnybravo8129]

There has to be more out there, otherwise there would be no reason for JJ to get that big and use his eye to try and scare something away.

[@onlythemarkk]

Imagine chilling going to a fair with friends and family and then unexpected gets eaten by a alien But since the alien couldn’t finish eating everyone it let you burn inside it’s stomach That shit is scary they literally had a chance to leave the town but came back Like bro there’s a huge ass cloud alien flying hella fast at you

[@meshuggahshirt]

Of all cinematic homages, one of my favorites has to be the Akira bike slide

[@dendiepie1547]

I literally rewatch akira before this

[@gregoreisenhorn2353]

That ain't no Chinese spy balloon.

[@cradiculous]

Or is it?

[@swacfan100]

The thumbnail of this video is so frightening. Can you imagine seeing something like that in the air, not knowing what it is? All you know is it will devour you. When it revealed itself I was like WHAT IN THE WORLD? I was a bit scared to look up, I can't lie.

[@tmrwtoas]

2:23 JJ looks like something straight out of evangelion

[@poppycorncat]

Fun fact, Peele lists the angel designs of Evangelion as one of his inspirations for JJ :D

[@dendiepie1547]

Need more footage

[@ashleyharris9016]

What’s Evangelion?

[@mansuru]

It’s a retro yet popular anime sci fi show that has kids piloting mechas to fight monsters known as angels to save humanity from annihilation.

[@TheJabbate1]

World renowned computer scientist and ufologist Jacque Vallee had proposed a theory that UFOs and aliens, angels and demons, fairies and mythological creatures were all part of the same phenomenon whether it’s by their design or by our misinterpretation. This movie’s “alien” feels like it was based on that theory.

[@anais_anais5444]

2:58 the Cowboy Ballon is like heeeeyyyy you wana get some Coffee or somthing

[@rickydo6572]

4:35 As a kid I was afraid of popping balloons with my bare hands because I thought this is what would happen to them xD

[@J_WheelerDoll30]

The music choice for this scene is beautiful and intense

[@rcnelson]

Inflation can be a killer.

[@sliverhandsonbasses]

I totally love how the last part of the movie mirrors so well the final confrontation of “Jaws” for me it’s a brilliant way of quoting and revisiting the most iconic “creature” of the movies’s history!

[@miselabram3711]

The trumpets in this score are f***ing amazing. Too good 😤

[@Kncperseus]

So, this is a theory - if Jean Jacket is not an alien but a species native to Earth, then I assume that their corpses either dissolve before reaching the ground or turn into clouds.

[@peoplez129]

Even a piece of them would end up somewhere. It might be possible that it's from our solar system, just not from earth, but from another moon or planet, like venus. It might have not necessarily flown directly to earth, but rather, ended up on earth through some kind of spore.

[@thorthegodofthunder9150]

No they get sold as sushi in China

[@renegaderaider8452]

JENOVA•JEAN JACKET LV 50 HP 10,000 MP 300 WEAKNESS•BALLOONS RESISTANT•LIVING ORGANISMS IMMUNE•PHYSICAL ATTACKS

[@Eriqzzzz]

Underated commit lol

[@cheesecake6149]

What game is this?

[@Eriqzzzz]

@@cheesecake6149 final fantasy 7

[@stephenbarringer235]

I actually think it'd have far fewer hit points than that; an exploding balloon ruptured it and a minuscule scraping of barbed wire inside its digestive tract hurt it enough to drive it into full threat display. If this film had taken place in Texas there would have been far too many guns in use for the thing to be as scary. 😁

[@justindza]

Strange you say this because it reminds me of emerald weapon in this form.

[@seraphik]

i actually feel a little bad for JJ in the end. there are obvious parallels between it and gordy. both animals exploited by humans, then killed when they reverted to animal instincts and caused damage and mayhem. there are also theories that JJ might be a biblically accurate angel that had somehow gotten lost in our world, which kinda makes it even sadder.

[@xxscribbledragonxx9744]

the amount of parallels between JJ and Gordy make rewatching this movie a treat

[@110pLover]

"biblically accurate" the bible's depictions of angels are metaphorical. they don't look like mysterious flying cloaks or what not. the bible only depicts angels like that because its trying to convey the absolute beauty that the angels possess. imagine trying to describe something super-naturally beautiful into conceivable words. that's basically what it is. the actual biblically accurate angels look like you and I , just more beautiful. they are men. but I dunno what bible your reading from lol.

[@seraphik]

@@110pLover does this really seem like the place to push your religious beliefs? 🙄

[@110pLover]

@@seraphik not pushing anything , just clarifying. I would never force anyone onto anything. but it does seem like your the annoyed one here pal.

[@seraphik]

@@110pLover no shit. we're talking about a movie and you felt the need to barge in and discuss your religion. your specific take on your religion, at that. if you really don't push your beliefs, then keep them to yourself. we all have our own beliefs and no one's is more right than another's.

[@EnterpriseKnight]

1:18 they pulled an Akira scene. That's amazing.

[@infameplay]

1:18 AKIRA REFERENCE

[@eden20111]

What the hell is an akira… Just shut the hell up

[@infameplay]

@@eden20111 Akira 1988 anime, you are an idiot for not knowing.

[@JavierEscuella_Real]

1:32 metal pipe falling sound effect

[@Adam_and_Yve]

How do you even hear that?

[@PawtasticZone]

You have good hearing lol

[@toastyeeter]

I think there was one at 1:25 as well

[@RThyrring]

Whenever I see Jean Jacket in its final form, I always think of the final form of a boss battle in a JRPG video game 😅

[@kennethtje78]

To be honest jean jacket is the most elegant but also the most original and terrifying alien i have ever seen in a movie. And i've seen a lot.

[@gillygogs1]

Me too! I am.so disappointed this didn't get more pre release attention...my brother watched it after nagging him for last year...now he loves it too

[@Mynameisjames1987]

0:31 is badass with the drums and the music

[@ArtistTheArtist05]

Love that it could have ended with the Haywoods killing the thing but no evidence is made and they are caught by the media in all of this craziness but they managed to actually get evidence. (Plus I don’t think JJ’s corpse will rot and decay within minutes so its body can be found and confirmed as extraterrestrial or unknown species)

[@darrellcook8253]

Now what happens to the leftovers? There's a huge alien on my property! Maybe part two?

[@rickydo6572]

Unironically, the leftovers are a much better piece of proof than the pictures, since pictures can be faked, a literal alien creature can't.

[@SPACEGAME-tf7dr]

Scratch that there were some sandwiches made later

[@joeocampo1942]

So it's a Angel from Neon Genesis Evangelion.

[@GreatWolfGrimnar]

Director confirmed it was directly inspired by Evangelion

[@TheCriminalImagination]

the only good thing a plastic can do - fight alien

[@sexilatinoboi69]

And kill ocean life 😃

[@comicsans-br4vu]

What about killing an mix between alien and sea life? Like an giant jellyfish the size of an chinese spy balloon?

[@paulvasquez7897]

I just know Jordan’s Imagination is nothing but Visionary of a Reality a naked eye will Never see but Jordan’s does

[@slugkat]

Jean jacket literally just looks like a god from my prospective

[@joshjess9841]

*Messenger of (i.e. an angel)

[@Josuh]

Be (not) afraid

[@askewof]

the way it just casually flips back to it's ufo form is terrifying but also satisfying

[@Cyynapse]

i think my favorite theory about this thing is that it isnt even an alien, and is just a weird-ass undiscovered animal that gets interpreted as the "flying saucer" myth and there are an untold number of these things out in the wild

[@DeanJusticeGR]

JJ looking at Jupe's balloon be like: "U know, I'm something of a balloon myself" 😂😂

[@xxMrbojanqlezxx]

3:22 I wonder if someone has a speculation or theory on why the square pulsing shape changes angle once it gets close to the balloon for for a brief second. Maybe its something like how you turn the dial on the lens of a camera for zoom/focus. I never noticed that before and it fascinated me lol

[@ExileOfSand]

I think it's similar to an intimidation tactic, warning it to back off from its territory. Though honestly it could be anything, but the form just seemed like it was a very defensive form after multiple times nearly getting choked by flags and barb wire

[@xxMrbojanqlezxx]

@@ExileOfSand I understand this is what people seem to speculate most often that it's for intimidation/stress. I'm more specifically curious why it would change the angle of the square "organ" to a diamond.

[@joshjess9841]

​@@xxMrbojanqlezxx I interpreted it as being a sign of hesitation to JJ that its intimidating display wasn't working well enough to go in for a frontal attack, so it backed off and opted instead to strike the balloon from a higher vantage point after it ascended.

[@xxMrbojanqlezxx]

@@joshjess9841 it is specifically the part where Jean Jacket gets close and then falls back in my timestamp where it goes form square to diamond. This is such a fascinating creature design but it is that exact part where i'm wondering why biologically it would do that...

[@HexoHorizon]

Maybe it changed the shape to surprise and jumpscare because that’s not what you expected(square). The diamond shape corners are also slightly stretched from the square fold

[@joyajohnson2216]

that thing is legitimately horrifying.

[@GodsOphanim]

Be not afraid

[@Belugamale8738]

JJ Reading this comment: 🪽👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👄👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️ 🪽

[@BrotherAlan]

This was a great movie. Very original which is so rare these days.

[@erikbrown207]

I love the Akira reference when she skids to a stop sideways looking back at camera.

[@Mallowyc]

I love how it's normal disguise is a stereotypical alien u.f.o but it's true form is a lovecraftian monster thing, one of the most creative aliens designs out there

[@marumaru.3471]

One of the most ‘anime’ movie scenes I’ve seen in a while tbh

[@audiec03]

the akira slide was so clean

[@oosa358]

Calm down guys it’s just a weather balloon

[@w1ndgeneral226]

The Jupe balloon or the alien?

[@Halvon]

When I watched this in theaters, I IMMEDIATELY thought Jean Jacket looked like an Iris Van Herpen dress. Eerily beautiful.

[@toastyeeter]

The design for JJ was actually inspired by one of Marilyn Monroe's dresses

[@johnnybanana8562]

I have no idea what I just watched, but it makes me want to see the movie now.

[@georgeofhamilton]

1:32 Was that a metal pipe falling sound?

[@oipbjo9521]

Jean jacket looks fit to be an eldrazi Titan or at least some form of MTG card

[@fantomdlv]

Тот случай когда на малом буджете получился фильм на порядок интересней чем "хиты" Голливуда!)

[@didiosthrance]

Haven't seen the movie, but does the corpse vanish after this? I'm guessing she takes the pics for proof...so if the body lands somewhere, more pics plus physical proof.

[@ultimatedesbear4271]

It's not shown. The movies ends in about a minute after this scene. But the corpse probably stayed.

[@mehchocolate1257]

@@ultimatedesbear4271 so what planet is Jean jacket from anyway

[@ultimatedesbear4271]

@@mehchocolate1257 from the planet D3N1M

[@gildanonofyabiznez6430]

​@@ultimatedesbear4271lmfao

[@racquelillustrates1792]

Why is it that when JJ morphs into that form, I am compelled to design a cape resembling it?😅 Cool movie too, although I only watched bits and pieces but do know the plot.

[@archravenineteenseventeen]

JJ represents entertainment and spectacle. His frontal teeth looked like a camera, it's body shape like a woman gown or theatre curtain. It's ufo form is that if a cowboy hot, the same setting of the film hence the first video featuring the actual footage of a man riding a horse in loop. The point of the movie is a low-key criticisms of us humans going such a full length for spectacles. We capture beautiful animals and dispose of them if they are no longer needed like how we treat a poor dog if it's no longer cute or returning to it's animal instinct.Gordy, the horse and JJ were being used by people for spectacle and ended up all dead. It's also an indirect tribute to tilikum the killer whale in sea world in my personal opinion.

[@infernoking3765]

1:32 metal pipe falling sfx

[@iamdragonetta]

Nope grew on me. I've watched it several times since it first came out. Great unique movie!

[@salvadorcabello1825]

JJ was a chinese spying balloon

[@georgeofhamilton]

I like how at 2:21 it looks like an angel of death but at 2:40 it looks like a bunny with giant floppy ears wearing a big, billowing gown.

[@peculiarpig]

AKIRA SLIDE??

[@mrdompaul]

💯

[@hellbusterdragon]

Imagine being the deadliest alien predator only to be defeated by a fucking balloon

[@Termina2018]

It was hungry 💀

[@joshjess9841]

Being an apex predator doesn't make it inherently indestructible. Plus, when you think about it, the creature pretty much did it to itself, but it's animal instincts to defend it's territory from what it thought was a rival is what led it to not only catch it, but also try to eat it. Also, lets be real, that cowboy balloon is pretty big, so the force in air pressure exerted from being detonated while inside the sheet monster's bowels ? Yeah, i can see now how that would be sufficient enough to tale it out permanently. Also, i think the theme of a popping balloon being linked to a wild animal's rage is somewhat relevant in this film.

[@hellbusterdragon]

​@@Termina2018 hungry for explosive cloud diarrhea it seems

[@Nextatik]

1:15 Akira (1988) The Tribute of Jordon Peele.

[@gregorypeck876]

This film just gets better and better the more times you watch it !

[@jordantaylor1270]

Soooo the alien is a bed bath and beyond 600 thread count white sheet in the wind ? Nice.

[@nblrhn_4362]

I think Jean jacket could appear as an Angel in Evangelion

[@TahaSaikh]

JJ jellyfish form is INSPIRED by that anime

[@optisprimusproductions]

1:24 1:32 *Pipe fall sound effect*

[@KVergara]

1:24 Great. It is 2023 and I can't take the metal pipe sound seriously anymore

[@_Jenna_Edits]

*Isso Sim é um Alíen!! e Não aqueles Carinhas Verdes e cinzas dentro de U.F.Os !* 2:20 Além disso, esse Alíen consegue ter essa aparência Celestial! 🤍💚

[@TheWonderfulWombat]

Jean Jacket is so beautiful. Menacing, but beautiful.

[@blood10dragon56]

i'm actually sad, it was such a beatiful creature, and it was not evil, it only wanted food and to be left alone...