Dec '22
Hey, am I doing something wrong here? Aren't there some threads here about Nope? I can't find any. I could swear I've seen people talking about it here. Maybe we have talked about it on a thread about other Jordan Peele movies. Hmmm.
Well, I will come back and say more about it later today, but just for the moment I wanted to mention that if you like Nope, you might also enjoy the less well-known Monsters (2010), starring Scoot McNairy and Whitney Able. I shouldn't say too much about why Nope reminds me of it... just make a mental note.
Anyway, just to say something briefly about Nope: I pretty much liked it, but I'm wondering if JP bit off a little more than he could chew with this one. I felt like he was trying to do a whole bunch of things with this movie, and make tons of statements. I am not sure they all hung together in an ideal way. It is much more likely, of course, that he did everything perfectly, PERFECTLY, in fact, UNPRECEDENTEDLY PERFECTLY, and I personally am just incapable of understanding what a brilliant achievement Nope is.
Well, I will come back and say more about it later today, but just for the moment I wanted to mention that if you like Nope, you might also enjoy the less well-known Monsters (2010), starring Scoot McNairy and Whitney Able. I shouldn't say too much about why Nope reminds me of it... just make a mental note.
Anyway, just to say something briefly about Nope: I pretty much liked it, but I'm wondering if JP bit off a little more than he could chew with this one. I felt like he was trying to do a whole bunch of things with this movie, and make tons of statements. I am not sure they all hung together in an ideal way. It is much more likely, of course, that he did everything perfectly, PERFECTLY, in fact, UNPRECEDENTEDLY PERFECTLY, and I personally am just incapable of understanding what a brilliant achievement Nope is.
But, there was also a lot of stuff about movie-making itself, and about racism of course... this is a Jordan Peele movie we're talking about.
I'm not sure if he wanted to tie it all together, or if it was just supposed to be an entertaining story with cool visual effects that just happens to deal a little with other themes.