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Post by Nora on Jul 21, 2022 21:59:20 GMT
Well Nope gets a NOPE from me . Sadly. I loved both Get Out and US and was Very excited about Peeles new flick. But the trailer did me dirty. Such false adveristing Its a completelly diff movie (genre tone and ambiance wise) than the trailer makes u feel. I hate when traliers do that. I feel so cheated. It has some awesome scenes and Daniel Kaluuya is mesmerizing to watch as always but the plot and the genre is a big let down for me. Very hard to keep my attention, thought about walking out multiple time. 6/10 because there IS obvious talent and craft there, and cool design and effects, just not what I expected/wanted/enjoy on the plot and genre side. Too artsy for my taste. Critics will love it though no doubt. Its like Peele wanted to immitate Jim Jarmush or early Wim Wnders or something… especialy in the first half. which is too bad because Peele’s visual and plot ideas are unique enough to me. I saw people compare it to Spielberg but no way, except for a few shot maybe, this is too much of a slow burn and art-focused feat for Spielbeg who is extremelly plot and character driven. Oh well. Did you see Nope? What did you think?
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Jul 21, 2022 22:21:33 GMT
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Post by spooner5020 on Jul 21, 2022 22:21:33 GMT
Ugh really it’s one of those movies where the trailer misleads you? I hate those!!!
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Jul 21, 2022 22:23:12 GMT
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Post by Nora on Jul 21, 2022 22:23:12 GMT
Ugh really it’s one of those movies where the trailer misleads you? I hate those!!! from my perspective yes. Based on the trailer what kind of a movie do you expect it to be? (just rewatched both the nope trailer. Yeah super misleading as for genre and also content )
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Jul 21, 2022 22:32:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2022 22:32:25 GMT
Well Nope gets a NOPE from me . Sadly. I loved both Get Out and US and was Very excited about Peeles new flick. But the trailer did me dirty. Such false adveristing Its a completelly diff movie (genre tone and ambiance wise) than the trailer makes u feel. I hate when traliers do that. I feel so cheated. It has some awesome scenes and Daniel Kaluuya is mesmerizing to watch as always but the plot and the genre is a big let down for me. Very hard to keep my attention, thought about walking out multiple time. 6/10 because there IS obvious talent and craft there, and cool design and effects, just not what I expected/wanted/enjoy on the plot and genre side. Too artsy for my taste. Critics will love it though no doubt. Its like Peele wanted to immitate Jim Jarmush or early Wim Wnders or something… especialy in the first half. which is too bad because Peele’s visual and plot ideas are unique enough to me. I saw people compare it to Spielberg but no way, except for a few shot maybe, this is too much of a slow burn and art-focused feat for Spielbeg who is extremelly plot and character driven. Oh well. Did you see Nope? What did you think? Thanks for the review Nora! Always like reading your write ups on here. Even the critics seem to be really frustrated with this latest Jordan Peele joint. From the looks of it, it seems like Peele bit off more than he could chew here (imo he was guilty of that with his sophomore effort as well in Us. It went completely off the rails in the 3rd act despite a brilliant performance from Lupita) The trailers for Nope were all over the place and just looks too goofy for me to fork over any money to see this in theaters. I will eventually get around to watching it when it's streaming on HBO Max or Netflix.
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Jul 21, 2022 22:52:52 GMT
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Post by spooner5020 on Jul 21, 2022 22:52:52 GMT
Ugh really it’s one of those movies where the trailer misleads you? I hate those!!! from my perspective yes. Based on the trailer what kind of a movie do you expect it to be? (just rewatched both the nope trailer. Yeah super misleading as for genre and also content ) It looked like a sci fi horror alien movie. Is that not what this is?
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Post by Nora on Jul 22, 2022 1:17:45 GMT
from my perspective yes. Based on the trailer what kind of a movie do you expect it to be? (just rewatched both the nope trailer. Yeah super misleading as for genre and also content ) It looked like a sci fi horror alien movie. Is that not what this is? yeah thats what i thought too. plus i thought there would be some humor too. And the soundtrack from the trailer made methink it was going to be energetic to almost fast paced. Oh boy was I wrong. the first hour is a slow burning almost meditative character study. Nothing else. No memorable soundrack. No horror elements, very little tension, and sooo sooo slow. Lots of loong looks and one word sentences and meandering plot. The second hour is a bit of a scifi, but mixed with artsy albeit thoughtful/deep oddities, that did remind me of Jim Jarmush. The remaining 20 minutes is a bit of a scifi thriller. That has some action elements. No horror though. not a horror by any traditional means, (except of literally one ONE MINUTE shot) very little humor, and extremely slow - yet requiring FULL attention of the audience, as it consists of several chapters and different timelines and doesn't hand hold the viewer through any of it, including understanding its meaning. Totally not what I expected. If I was to compare it to a movie feeling wise, it would be a mix between Jarmushes Dead Man and Villeneuves Arrival but with the pacing of Lowerys Ghost story and looks of Mackenzies Hell or High Water (if laced with some LSD). All good movies, but not really what the trailer makes you think you are about to see. Maybe I would have liked it more if the trailer was more honest.
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Jul 22, 2022 2:49:13 GMT
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Post by spooner5020 on Jul 22, 2022 2:49:13 GMT
It looked like a sci fi horror alien movie. Is that not what this is? yeah thats what i thought too. plus i thought there would be some humor too. And the soundtrack from the trailer made methink it was going to be energetic to almost fast paced. Oh boy was I wrong. the first hour is a slow burning almost meditative character study. Nothing else. No memorable soundrack. No horror elements, very little tension, and sooo sooo slow. Lots of loong looks and one word sentences and meandering plot. The second hour is a bit of a scifi, but mixed with artsy albeit thoughtful/deep oddities, that did remind me of Jim Jarmush. The remaining 20 minutes is a bit of a scifi thriller. That has some action elements. No horror though. not a horror by any traditional means, (except of literally one ONE MINUTE shot) very little humor, and extremely slow - yet requiring FULL attention of the audience, as it consists of several chapters and different timelines and doesn't hand hold the viewer through any of it, including understanding its meaning. Totally not what I expected. If I was to compare it to a movie feeling wise, it would be a mix between Jarmushes Dead Man and Villeneuves Arrival but with the pacing of Lowerys Ghost story and looks of Mackenzies Hell or High Water (if laced with some LSD). All good movies, but not really what the trailer makes you think you are about to see. Maybe I would have liked it more if the trailer was more honest. Awwww what??? Ughhh. Well maybe I won’t see it then.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Jul 22, 2022 2:56:46 GMT
I more or less agree. The first half was so slow, and for no reason at all. It’s not like the it’s front-loaded with the technical wizardry either - the second half is much more impressive technically. That first half should’ve been trimmed by about 20 minutes. The second half is really solid, though. There were several truly creepy and effective moments. And the “monster” is one of my favorites in recent memory. Super unsettling and once it goes into its second form, it becomes incredibly menacing. I don’t really do point-5’s out of 10, so I’ll round it to a 7. A 6.5 is probably more apt, but I like how ambitious it got near the end.
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Jul 22, 2022 14:01:24 GMT
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Post by Nora on Jul 22, 2022 14:01:24 GMT
I more or less agree. The first half was so slow, and for no reason at all. It’s not like the it’s front-loaded with the technical wizardry either - the second half is much more impressive technically. That first half should’ve been trimmed by about 20 minutes. The second half is really solid, though. There were several truly creepy and effective moments. And the “monster” is one of my favorites in recent memory. Super unsettling and once it goes into its second form, it becomes incredibly menacing. I don’t really do point-5’s out of 10, so I’ll round it to a 7. A 6.5 is probably more apt, but I like how ambitious it got near the end. what significance had the chimp scenes in the movie? I mean it showd us what the guy went throuh as a kid and it was a cool scene but did it mean ANYTHING for the plot of the movie?? It was my favorite scene and I would have much rather watch an entire movie about that set and what lead up to this incident.
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Jul 22, 2022 19:48:02 GMT
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Post by politicidal on Jul 22, 2022 19:48:02 GMT
I more or less agree. The first half was so slow, and for no reason at all. It’s not like the it’s front-loaded with the technical wizardry either - the second half is much more impressive technically. That first half should’ve been trimmed by about 20 minutes. The second half is really solid, though. There were several truly creepy and effective moments. And the “monster” is one of my favorites in recent memory. Super unsettling and once it goes into its second form, it becomes incredibly menacing. I don’t really do point-5’s out of 10, so I’ll round it to a 7. A 6.5 is probably more apt, but I like how ambitious it got near the end. Interesting to hear. Wasn’t sure if it was something more familiar in design or what. The last trailer did disappoint me when they simply showed the UFO.
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Jul 22, 2022 20:45:17 GMT
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Post by sdrew13163 on Jul 22, 2022 20:45:17 GMT
I more or less agree. The first half was so slow, and for no reason at all. It’s not like the it’s front-loaded with the technical wizardry either - the second half is much more impressive technically. That first half should’ve been trimmed by about 20 minutes. The second half is really solid, though. There were several truly creepy and effective moments. And the “monster” is one of my favorites in recent memory. Super unsettling and once it goes into its second form, it becomes incredibly menacing. I don’t really do point-5’s out of 10, so I’ll round it to a 7. A 6.5 is probably more apt, but I like how ambitious it got near the end. what significance had the chimp scenes in the movie? I mean it showd us what the guy went throuh as a kid and it was a cool scene but did it mean ANYTHING for the plot of the movie?? It was my favorite scene and I would have much rather watch an entire movie about that set and what lead up to this incident. I think it was trying to show Yeun’s character’s relationship with the “predators” he’d come across. He saw the monstrous chimp take out his cast mates and then it just went about its business with him. He tamed it.
Arrogance or trauma (or both) made him think he could do it again with this big alien creature. I thought the scene was good on its own, but I agree that it felt really half-baked.
Honestly I think it was a small explaining subplot so they could add some creepy moments. The UFO stuff was too slow to carry the movie on its own.
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Jul 22, 2022 20:46:18 GMT
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Post by sdrew13163 on Jul 22, 2022 20:46:18 GMT
I more or less agree. The first half was so slow, and for no reason at all. It’s not like the it’s front-loaded with the technical wizardry either - the second half is much more impressive technically. That first half should’ve been trimmed by about 20 minutes. The second half is really solid, though. There were several truly creepy and effective moments. And the “monster” is one of my favorites in recent memory. Super unsettling and once it goes into its second form, it becomes incredibly menacing. I don’t really do point-5’s out of 10, so I’ll round it to a 7. A 6.5 is probably more apt, but I like how ambitious it got near the end. Interesting to hear. Wasn’t sure if it was something more familiar in design or what. The last trailer did disappoint me when they simply showed the UFO. I avoided most of the marketing, and I’m glad I did. A lot of negative reviews remark about it being misleading and/or too revealing.
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Post by moviemanjackson on Jul 24, 2022 20:34:54 GMT
I honestly really enjoyed it! Liked it coming out of the movie but 24 hours later I'm grinning and thinking about it more and more. Do concede the first 20 minutes or so were slow, the story thread with the 90's TV show I get it, but it doesn't fit in seamlessly with the whole movie.
But otherwise I'll definitely be returning to this one again, more so than Us.
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Post by merh on Jul 24, 2022 23:25:35 GMT
I more or less agree. The first half was so slow, and for no reason at all. It’s not like the it’s front-loaded with the technical wizardry either - the second half is much more impressive technically. That first half should’ve been trimmed by about 20 minutes. The second half is really solid, though. There were several truly creepy and effective moments. And the “monster” is one of my favorites in recent memory. Super unsettling and once it goes into its second form, it becomes incredibly menacing. I don’t really do point-5’s out of 10, so I’ll round it to a 7. A 6.5 is probably more apt, but I like how ambitious it got near the end. what significance had the chimp scenes in the movie? I mean it showd us what the guy went throuh as a kid and it was a cool scene but did it mean ANYTHING for the plot of the movie?? It was my favorite scene and I would have much rather watch an entire movie about that set and what lead up to this incident. I think it showed his nature. That he had no qualms sacrificing a horse per show.
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Jul 24, 2022 23:34:23 GMT
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Post by merh on Jul 24, 2022 23:34:23 GMT
I felt it was slow in places (kid agreed) Kid placed it Get Out, then US, then Nope. I think it is better than Us, which surprised the kid, but I pointed out I don't like downer endings which yeah, made sense. I liked the Alien build, remembering Roswell was described as a weather balloon. I could relate to the sand dollar look (I buy the idea Octopuses are alien creatures so a sand dollar/jelly fish look worked) It's in the 7-8 range for me
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Jul 24, 2022 23:46:16 GMT
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Post by moviemanjackson on Jul 24, 2022 23:46:16 GMT
what significance had the chimp scenes in the movie? I mean it showd us what the guy went throuh as a kid and it was a cool scene but did it mean ANYTHING for the plot of the movie?? It was my favorite scene and I would have much rather watch an entire movie about that set and what lead up to this incident. I think it showed his nature. That he had no qualms sacrificing a horse per show. And how we as a society often have no issues profiting from trauma either of our own or off of others. As a person of color, I thought actually about Black Lives Matter and one of the founders of it who has been rumored to use the platform for her own capitalistic gain.
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Jul 25, 2022 2:10:53 GMT
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Post by Nora on Jul 25, 2022 2:10:53 GMT
what significance had the chimp scenes in the movie? I mean it showd us what the guy went throuh as a kid and it was a cool scene but did it mean ANYTHING for the plot of the movie?? It was my favorite scene and I would have much rather watch an entire movie about that set and what lead up to this incident. I think it showed his nature. That he had no qualms sacrificing a horse per show. how would that show/support that? He seemed to have a good relationship with animals, no? Or did I miss anything?
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Jul 25, 2022 2:11:53 GMT
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Post by Nora on Jul 25, 2022 2:11:53 GMT
I think it showed his nature. That he had no qualms sacrificing a horse per show. And how we as a society often have no issues profiting from trauma either of our own or off of others. As a person of color, I thought actually about Black Lives Matter and one of the founders of it who has been rumored to use the platform for her own capitalistic gain. hmm I feel like I am missing something here. (maybe I dozed off at the movie?) How did he profit from the trauma??
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Jul 25, 2022 2:13:31 GMT
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Post by Nora on Jul 25, 2022 2:13:31 GMT
I felt it was slow in places (kid agreed) Kid placed it Get Out, then US, then Nope. I think it is better than Us, which surprised the kid, but I pointed out I don't like downer endings which yeah, made sense. I liked the Alien build, remembering Roswell was described as a weather balloon. I could relate to the sand dollar look (I buy the idea Octopuses are alien creatures so a sand dollar/jelly fish look worked) It's in the 7-8 range for me I agree with the Kids rating i would even consider putting US FIRST, but Nope is for sure taking a last place. Mostly becauze how slow and meandering the first hour was..
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Post by Nora on Jul 25, 2022 2:15:34 GMT
I honestly really enjoyed it! Liked it coming out of the movie but 24 hours later I'm grinning and thinking about it more and more. Do concede the first 20 minutes or so were slow, the story thread with the 90's TV show I get it, but it doesn't fit in seamlessly with the whole movie. But otherwise I'll definitely be returning to this one again, more so than Us. for me US had the best atmosphere (and soundtrack) of all 3 of his movies. It was so filled with tension and I loved the end. There are still some shots that I rememeber and that really stood out. Same with Get out. But except of the kid under the table I dont know if Ill remember and shot from Nope 3 years later..
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