I enjoy that Peele went for "unidentified atmospheric organism" rather than just regular ol' aliens for this one. And that when Jacket opens up, it resembles a biblical angel.
and really stick to it "unidentified" part, No character in this movie shows up say they studied this creature and it nature. Nope it a "unidentified flying spaghetti" we thought was a UFO
Tbh, one of the scariest things is the fact it unravels itself to try to intimidate the others. It implies that there are other beings bigger and more dangerous than itself that it has to watch out for
that's actually quite neat yet terrifying at the same time, could you imagine that there are probably other organisms which prey on Jean Jacket's species?
@mememan3424 I think it was more on the theme of spectacle, making itself gigantic so it's impossible to look away from Edit: this also ties into the creature itself because it needs its victim to look at it before it can eat it
@@kingperson4102 A possibility however when you take into account of Jean Jackets biology. Its actually quite fragile. Once you think about it. opening itself up like how it does likely leaves its more important structures neccessary for life vunerable to attack especially if the prey item proves to be able to fight back. Still it is a possibilty. More likely however opening itself up like that and the way its eye behaves gives clear indication that this is a defense tactic to ward off potential threats by making Jean Jacket bigger and more imtimidating. To discourage what's attacking from or hurting it from continuing its attacks or predation of Jean Jacket. So comes the more frightening question. What could prey on Jean Jacket and does that mean their are larger creatures up there, that preys on creatures like Jean?
I think it unravels itself because the guy it tried to eat was covered in barbed wires. And for as intimidating as JJ is, it's essentially a huge, living thin sheet. It got ripped up by the thorns. Just look at it when it's unfolded. It has holes that looks like when a balloon or drum skin gets ripped
Not necessarily. Intimidation in nature doesn't solely exist as a cross-species interaction. It's established that Jean Jacket is territorial, which means it's very likely it has evolved this trick to intimidate other members of its species that would be a rival on its feeding ground. In fact, the idea that it has an intimidation tactic would seem more like a contradiction to the idea that it's preyed on by a bigger creature since it implies most JJ's survive encounters where they have to apply this trick
This is why Jordan Peele horror films are so good. He doesn’t rely on cheap jump scares, but rather Jordan focusses more on tension and atmosphere. Combining that with creepy audio, and having characters that you actually care about and don’t want to see get killed.
Peele is extremely talented. Not only in comedy, but also his writing/directing skills. We're lucky to have him making movies for us. He's truly one of a kind.
What I like about this film is how it flips the 'alien invasion' concept on its head. Instead of the UFO being a giant machine used by aliens for travel and abduction, it's actually a living creature. It’s not an 'unidentified flying object'; it's an unidentified flying ORGANISM.
This is probably what makes this monster even more scary. It's huge, can easily catch you at high speed, and if you are inside, you are fucked (except to have something to hurt it).
Watched a breakdown that this thing might not even be an alien. It just lives much higher up in the atmosphere, which is why it preys on creatures with white eyes - earth creatures. It's also why pretty much all of its features can be found in living creatures on Earth.
Yes. Jean jacket is pretty terrifying because it's just a simple shape that has a huge dark hole as a mouth, adding to the fact that his Saucer form is actually pretty huge (the entry is apparently 2 bus long). I personally found that terrifying
I love how at the start of the movie it look like a avarage depicted UFO that sucks in Cows from a farm but later on is revealed to be the alien itself. Its very cool.
There are a lot of amazing scenes and parallels in this movie. My favorite is how it ended and began with a balloon popping. The carnage and trauma for Jupe only happened because an animal forced to perform was set off by a balloon popping thanks to studio lighting. One could say none of this could have happened because of it. And then the ending, the end of the horrors, the end of Jean Jacket, came from a balloon popping inside of it.
Loved the implications of what Jean Jacket was. Not only is it not a spaceship, but it's probably not alien at all. It's clearly perfectly designed to hunt and move in our atmosphere. Somehow, if it is a terrestrial animal rather than alien, that is, something that evolved here, makes it even weirder, more unknowable. Because it’s so utterly unlike any lifeform we are familiar with. Personal Head-canon - this is a creature left over from the Deep Past. The Pre-Cambrian era. Before the colonisation of the land, before oxygenated air. I like to imagine that perhaps, billions of years ago, there was a whole ecosystem of aerial life forms, possibly before the land became colonised by life. Maybe Jean Jackets distant ancestors drifted above Earths primordial oceans, sucking up the great microbial mats. That’s why it’s so bizarre, we share virtually no common ancestors. Yet it’s still an Earthly being. It’s clearly been here for all of Man’s history. It kickstarted the UFO/flying saucer phenomenon, particularly as those legends only began (specifically with the use of the term 'flying saucer') when Mankind began to fly and intrude into Jean Jackets biome. It influenced deep-rooted legends of angels and gods in the sky. What’s truly unique about Jean Jacket isn’t so much it’s appearance, as it’s nature. By that I mean, it’s an aerial being. As far as we know, there have never been any truly aerial life forms. Of course there are birds, insects and bats that can fly and use the atmosphere for hunting/mating etc. But they don’t live in the air. Birds/insects are to a truly aerial animal, as penguins or otters are to truly aquatic creatures like sharks or jellyfish. Jean Jacket seems to be a type of life that exists solely in the atmosphere. Is Jean Jacket the last of it's species? Or are there others, have they retreated to remote regions? Or are they just very, very good at hiding?
@@creature-studios5314 I seem to vaguely recall the idea of flying saucers actually being living creatures was a pre-existing concept. Something the Fortean Times would have suggested? Can’t find anything about it though.
@@creature-studios5314 It does seem strange that the atmosphere itself is nearly devoid of life. Given how huge it is. But the comparatively tiny biome of the surface teems with life, as does the three-dimensional habitat of the oceans.
i don't think it work like that, JJ didnt try to eat OJ because OJ was riding his horse lucky that resembled the Horse statue that JJ cant ingest hence why JJ kinda hestitate to eat OJ, But i think i might be wrong
I love how insubstantial Jean Jacket was in the end, honestly, even aside from the extra marine invertebrate vibe it gives. JJ is a creature - monster, even - that’s been haunting the landscape for years and ends up killing innumerable people, that stalks the protagonists the whole time and poses such an immense threat. But in the end JJ was fragile enough to be killed by something as simple a balloon (albeit a big one) popping, they don’t even leave much of a corpse, just a flat tattered sheet that ends up drifting away on the wind. It’s like a cloud, a hurricane or thunderstorm can be threatening or even lethal but, in the end it’s always just vapor.
Nope is a movie that perfectly displays the power of incredible sound design. Beyond any other effect in this movie, visual practical or otherwise, seeing this in theaters or with a good surround sound or headphones you feel the natural horror and intensity of jean jacket.
Ik this is supposed to be a horror movie, and it definitely is, but the whimsical Indiana Jones-esque music during the first chase sequence makes me genuinely chuckle, like I can't take it seriously at all-
Probably my favorite villain monster in the movies and my favorite movie of 2022. The characterization of the creature, full of creative artistic and cinematic choices, is insane: - The twist of not being a spaceship but an animal - The misleading WITH foreshadowing in the entire movie - The shape-shifting from an agile and compact "hunting mode" to a huge, majestic and aesthetically angelic being - The objects spit out at high speed - The blood vomit running down the windows - The shadow sneaking over the clouds - The rain giving away his position - The distant sound of victims screaming inside him and horses neighing in the sky, announcing his proximity - The flags in the cloud foreshadowing his presence - The claustrophobic interior, the electronic interferences, the influence on animals etc... And there are several (probable) inspirations for Jean Jacket: - Atmospheric Beasts (look for "SCP-312") - "Biblically accurate angels" (there are _many_ biblical references throughout the movie, though I'm not sure what Jordan Pelee meant by them) - Angels from Neon Genesis Evangelion (slightly confirmed by JP) - Lovecraftian beings - Alien-like creatures from the ocean, like jellyfishs - His "eye" seems to be inspired by an old camera, "taking pictures" of prey (and has an implied meaning in the movie) - A Pokémon? 😂 (because of the "alternative forms" depending on the disposition, environment etc. / Nihilego, Jellicent, Deoxys, Cherrim, Eternatus, Thundurus/Enamorus... Not a stretch since the movie already has at least 2 other references to Japanese cartoons) The main theme of the movie is about the exploitation of nature for the purpose of spectacle and entertainment without calculating the risks and respecting the limits and customs of the creatures. However IMO just these technical qualities involving the antagonist were enough to, well, entertain. :-)
The Jean Jacket is an amazing piece of animated achievement. Its movements I’m sure are modeled after the sting ray and some jelly fish. It looks like it anyway. Really amazing.
On the other hand maybe suggest to your roomate that unfortunately people fall off trails, animals exist in these woods where just like the movie, we impede on their natural habitat, and of course for falling in line with supernatural suspicions, there are reports of feral people within the Appalachian mountains, Bigfoot, inumerable theories
The cut in the front when JJ is in ship form and then when JJ transforms reveals this green square which is his "eye and at the same time a rattle" to intimidate his prey.
i don't really understand the point of covering something like this up anyway, i mean, this creature could provide incredible insight to what may be lurking in the thinner parts of earth's atmosphere, or if it's somehow an alien, why deny the public of the truth? Lies always catch up with you, they always do.
You know every time I see this movie why does jean jacket does that popping noise and then I go outside I look at the clouds then I look right back down again
When Jean Jacket first dove down to try to eat OJ I started dancing in my seat because that's when I realized this thing had bilateral symmetry, not radial symmetry. I don't think my priorities are in the right place.
3:25 also i don’t think jj is supposed to touch the ground if u look closely after it touches the ground he makes that loud roar almost like it hurt then transforms also at the end when he dies he is still floating
During OJs run you see it literally fly out out of the ground and into the sky at the beginning of the run not only can it touch the ground but it looks like it can use the sand and dirt to hide itself like it does in the cloud
The eye flickering! Why is no one mentioning it?! When that square eye shaped object comes out and does its flairing to threaten and warn what it viewed as a threat?! That shit made it for me. It was the moment when jj finally saw them as equals. He went from predator to realizing he needed to appear bigger and more threatening to protect himself. Nothing was more animalistic than that moment for me.
@@amberrose1711 JJ needs to know that it's prey is looking at them. It recognizes eyes as belonging to something living therefore prey. If it realizes that it's prey is intentionally avoiding looking at it, it starts flaring that big green square around it's eye as a means to get it's prey's attention. Basically it's a "Hey, look at me!" response.
Jean jacket is amazing the amout of horror and quality is just awsome, like i dont mean of looking tru a big ship abducting people scary but jean jacket just an animal trying to survive it eats it does anything it has emotions at the fact when we see it trying to eat somthing that isnt made outta meat and bones it doesnt like it, who knows jean jacket might be a unknown species trying to survive and eat, probably the last of its kind
@@Wonzling0815yeah which is really fking terrifying Especially if let’s say your on a hiking trail and for whatever reason you know and understand this thing and how it hunts and sounds and you hear a bunch of screams above you, potentially victims that were only moments ago camping but were unfortunate enough to be swallowed and digested Your only defense being to look down as you know jj is right above you, the screams get louder as it gets closer to the ground inspecting you as if it was the hand of god judging your existence determining if you were good enough as to not be engulfed in the saucers unending maw, with the ultimate final test being to not look, to not gaze at your judge …wow I have no idea where dafuq whatever just came out of my mouth came from
the movie is called nope so i imagine creating a movie called nahh with a robot slash animal that is big and look like a human but act like an animal predator
I hate this abomination... this thing legit gave me nightmares. After I watched the movie with siblings (i had zero knowledge on it), i went home to stay the weekend with my dad, told my dad about it, and told him it was a solid movie. After which we went to bed. I COULD NOT STOP THINKING ABOUT JEAN JACKET AND ITS VICTIMS. After minutes and soon an hour of not sleeping (only got an hour or two), I said, "Screw this. im watching Tiktok." My dog was my teddy bear for the night. Every cloud had be paranoid
I feel like no one talks about just how great and innovative the alien’s physical design was. It looked like no living thing at all, and yet it still looked alive. Just how an alien should be. No reason for it to even faintly resemble anything on earth.
@@creature-studios5314 that’s an interesting concept, but then it would probably look much less weird. Probably. There’s some pretty wack stuff in the deep ocean.
I know this movie is supposed to use suspense and tension, but I didn’t find many scenes scary except for the scene showing what happened to Jupe with the chimp. And aside from the last face off with Jean jacket at the last 20 minutes of the movie. I didn’t find it all that scary or exciting. This may seem a bit critical and I’ll be open to things I may have missed, but overall aside from the two things I mentioned, it was quite lame
The creature design is a stroke of genius, and I loved watching it, but the movie itself is devoid of almost all logic. I saw it twice, because I suspected that I missed something, but, nope, it confirmed everything I thought after first viewing. It starts with an animal hiding in clouds - in one of the most cloud-free regions of the world! - California was THE place for making movies, as you almost always had perfect lighting conditions before strong artificial lights were invented. Stupid creature. This animal falls for everything with two black dots on it (it has eyes, so I can digest it). Should become extinct in no time. A lot of plot contrivances and outright stupid twists … and a lack of using plot points in a way to create suspense: the idea with the (I don’t know the right term) air-filled advertise blimps was great, like the yellow barrels in Jaws it shows the location of the monster, but Peele never was able to show or edit it in such a way that you could understand what was happening. It simply had no real purpose in those scenes. And it goes on and on with a lot of unexplored ideas, strange dialogues (people coming to conclusions pulled out of nothing)… and it is much too long … would this have been a much shorter film, it would have had a more lasting impact, I believe. It was like a bad dream you sometimes have, which looks real and coherent when dreaming it but falls apart when you examine it after waking up. Maybe you get more out of the movie when you look at it this way: it is just an illogical dream.
Does JJ taunt him with the screams of the reporter on purpose to try and get him to look? Doesn’t really make sense with the logic of the creature. Why would an animal which defends itself when looked at want someone to look at it in order to predate them? Wouldn’t it just eat them regardless of where they were looking? Kinda illogical.
@@creature-studios5314oh and I looked into the villains wiki to read about JJ and the way he eats people is udderly terrifying, like JJ knows very well what's going on and actually squeezes them in his digestive folds to torture them. I watched the scene and now I think I unintentionally got PTSD :)
@@SCVG-1ATThat is likely not it, There was a decoy horse stuck on his throat which is why he couldn't kill the people right away. Jean Jacket is not malicious, It's simply a highly territorial horse specialist.
I enjoy that Peele went for "unidentified atmospheric organism" rather than just regular ol' aliens for this one. And that when Jacket opens up, it resembles a biblical angel.
Jordan Peele is a genius.
it does not resemble a biblical angel at all.
and really stick to it "unidentified" part, No character in this movie shows up say they studied this creature and it nature. Nope it a "unidentified flying spaghetti" we thought was a UFO
@@joshuahendricks9558you must be blind then, because that was literally one of the listed inspirations for the creature’s design
@@joshuahendricks9558you must haven’t read the bible
Tbh, one of the scariest things is the fact it unravels itself to try to intimidate the others. It implies that there are other beings bigger and more dangerous than itself that it has to watch out for
that's actually quite neat yet terrifying at the same time, could you imagine that there are probably other organisms which prey on Jean Jacket's species?
@mememan3424 I think it was more on the theme of spectacle, making itself gigantic so it's impossible to look away from
Edit: this also ties into the creature itself because it needs its victim to look at it before it can eat it
@@kingperson4102 A possibility however when you take into account of Jean Jackets biology. Its actually quite fragile. Once you think about it. opening itself up like how it does likely leaves its more important structures neccessary for life vunerable to attack especially if the prey item proves to be able to fight back. Still it is a possibilty. More likely however opening itself up like that and the way its eye behaves gives clear indication that this is a defense tactic to ward off potential threats by making Jean Jacket bigger and more imtimidating. To discourage what's attacking from or hurting it from continuing its attacks or predation of Jean Jacket.
So comes the more frightening question.
What could prey on Jean Jacket and does that mean their are larger creatures up there, that preys on creatures like Jean?
I think it unravels itself because the guy it tried to eat was covered in barbed wires. And for as intimidating as JJ is, it's essentially a huge, living thin sheet. It got ripped up by the thorns. Just look at it when it's unfolded. It has holes that looks like when a balloon or drum skin gets ripped
Not necessarily. Intimidation in nature doesn't solely exist as a cross-species interaction.
It's established that Jean Jacket is territorial, which means it's very likely it has evolved this trick to intimidate other members of its species that would be a rival on its feeding ground.
In fact, the idea that it has an intimidation tactic would seem more like a contradiction to the idea that it's preyed on by a bigger creature since it implies most JJ's survive encounters where they have to apply this trick
What’s dope about that scene is when it gets super quiet and then the clicking and screaming starts. love the scenery in this scene.
The fact that you can hear the TMZ Reporter get absolutely crushed by JJ’s muscle’s in its digestive system is horrifying.
I always envisioned it as him quickly disintegrating from a sudden increase of digestive fluids, but yeah, being crushed is more horrifying, lol
timestamp?
@epikreaper19
Probably 3:19.
A person gets eaten in the beginning but the timestamp is the only time I heard anything resembling bones cracking.
@@kingayy9267 no, thats probably the fenceposts getting ripped from the ground and the barbwire. i really dont know where that is supposed to be.
@@epikreaper19 1:00-1:15
This is why Jordan Peele horror films are so good. He doesn’t rely on cheap jump scares, but rather Jordan focusses more on tension and atmosphere. Combining that with creepy audio, and having characters that you actually care about and don’t want to see get killed.
The screaming got me
Peele is extremely talented.
Not only in comedy, but also his writing/directing skills. We're lucky to have him making movies for us. He's truly one of a kind.
@@kingayy9267 you mean skilled?
He meant talented @@Awesomeflame16
He's not talented he's a racist hack.
What I like about this film is how it flips the 'alien invasion' concept on its head.
Instead of the UFO being a giant machine used by aliens for travel and abduction, it's actually a living creature.
It’s not an 'unidentified flying object'; it's an unidentified flying ORGANISM.
This is probably what makes this monster even more scary. It's huge, can easily catch you at high speed, and if you are inside, you are fucked (except to have something to hurt it).
Exactly!
Shut up
And it's just doing animal things we Judge it but we can't judge it doing what it must to survive
Watched a breakdown that this thing might not even be an alien. It just lives much higher up in the atmosphere, which is why it preys on creatures with white eyes - earth creatures.
It's also why pretty much all of its features can be found in living creatures on Earth.
This is beautiful and horrifying at the same time.
Life at its finest.
Yes. Jean jacket is pretty terrifying because it's just a simple shape that has a huge dark hole as a mouth, adding to the fact that his Saucer form is actually pretty huge (the entry is apparently 2 bus long). I personally found that terrifying
I love how at the start of the movie it look like a avarage depicted UFO that sucks in Cows from a farm but later on is revealed to be the alien itself. Its very cool.
The best part is it could not even be an alien, but some sort of atmospheric creature that always existed but we never ran into.
There are a lot of amazing scenes and parallels in this movie. My favorite is how it ended and began with a balloon popping.
The carnage and trauma for Jupe only happened because an animal forced to perform was set off by a balloon popping thanks to studio lighting. One could say none of this could have happened because of it. And then the ending, the end of the horrors, the end of Jean Jacket, came from a balloon popping inside of it.
A baloon OF Jupe as Kid Sheriff, his role before Gordys Home where it all began
Jean jacket it's absolutely beautiful and horrifying at the same time 🛸
Loved the implications of what Jean Jacket was.
Not only is it not a spaceship, but it's probably not alien at all. It's clearly perfectly designed to hunt and move in our atmosphere.
Somehow, if it is a terrestrial animal rather than alien, that is, something that evolved here, makes it even weirder, more unknowable.
Because it’s so utterly unlike any lifeform we are familiar with.
Personal Head-canon - this is a creature left over from the Deep Past. The Pre-Cambrian era. Before the colonisation of the land, before oxygenated air.
I like to imagine that perhaps, billions of years ago, there was a whole ecosystem of aerial life forms, possibly before the land became colonised by life.
Maybe Jean Jackets distant ancestors drifted above Earths primordial oceans, sucking up the great microbial mats.
That’s why it’s so bizarre, we share virtually no common ancestors. Yet it’s still an Earthly being.
It’s clearly been here for all of Man’s history.
It kickstarted the UFO/flying saucer phenomenon, particularly as those legends only began (specifically with the use of the term 'flying saucer') when Mankind began to fly and intrude into Jean Jackets biome.
It influenced deep-rooted legends of angels and gods in the sky.
What’s truly unique about Jean Jacket isn’t so much it’s appearance, as it’s nature.
By that I mean, it’s an aerial being.
As far as we know, there have never been any truly aerial life forms.
Of course there are birds, insects and bats that can fly and use the atmosphere for hunting/mating etc.
But they don’t live in the air.
Birds/insects are to a truly aerial animal, as penguins or otters are to truly aquatic creatures like sharks or jellyfish.
Jean Jacket seems to be a type of life that exists solely in the atmosphere.
Is Jean Jacket the last of it's species? Or are there others, have they retreated to remote regions?
Or are they just very, very good at hiding?
I really do love the concept of atmospheric beasts. Great job!
@@creature-studios5314
I seem to vaguely recall the idea of flying saucers actually being living creatures was a pre-existing concept.
Something the Fortean Times would have suggested?
Can’t find anything about it though.
@@stevetayler9518 It's plausible
@@creature-studios5314
It does seem strange that the atmosphere itself is nearly devoid of life. Given how huge it is.
But the comparatively tiny biome of the surface teems with life, as does the three-dimensional habitat of the oceans.
@@stevetayler9518 Yeah, you have a point. I wouldn't doubt it if there is some form of life up there
Ngl what makes JJ scary to me is just the speed it can go. Like that man can easily go like 300 MPH if it wanted to I bet
You can hear a faint "Pop" when it accelerates sometimes. It can break the sound barrier at top speed.
Jesus
@@CassowaryGod100 its honestly the coolest cryptic creature in sci fi
I was thinking rationally but holy fucking shit that thing can reach early Cold war Jet Fighter speeds
I bet he/she (?) only moves a little slower when chasing the motorcycle is because of her blanket-flap things that slow her down due to drag.
i have to be honest, this movie kinda terrified me and it still does when i only hear the music.
Exuma, The Obeah Man still a banger though
yep the chimp scene too...
@@oldmonkey7720 terrifies me to this day tbh!
The scene where he's on the house and you see the inside with the crushing sound is just scary as fuck.
@@eliottdeletraz97 YESSS, or with the blood running down the windows and every scene with the monkey scared me
How to not get eaten: don’t look at JJ
Funny enough.This is actually due to the fact that some predators recognize the whites of the eyes as a prey animal looking at them
Same with the chimp
@@Rhino-Prime interesting! I never watched the movie but I have seen clips
i don't think it work like that, JJ didnt try to eat OJ because OJ was riding his horse lucky that resembled the Horse statue that JJ cant ingest hence why JJ kinda hestitate to eat OJ, But i think i might be wrong
@@arilsandyawan8083 No, it is possible animal behavior is harder to predict, so there are multiple options. Hell, we both might be right
I haven't looked at a single cloud the same way since I saw this movie.
just like what Jupe said at the Star Lasso Experience.
@@johnmyerswhite7830
That would be creepy indeed if you see something like this in the clouds.
Just question : what is the character on your profil ?
I get ptsd when I hear “now we’re not gonna let some clouds ruin our fun today, aren’t we folks?”
I love how insubstantial Jean Jacket was in the end, honestly, even aside from the extra marine invertebrate vibe it gives.
JJ is a creature - monster, even - that’s been haunting the landscape for years and ends up killing innumerable people, that stalks the protagonists the whole time and poses such an immense threat. But in the end JJ was fragile enough to be killed by something as simple a balloon (albeit a big one) popping, they don’t even leave much of a corpse, just a flat tattered sheet that ends up drifting away on the wind. It’s like a cloud, a hurricane or thunderstorm can be threatening or even lethal but, in the end it’s always just vapor.
It's just vapor, just like us...
My absolute FAVORITE movie right here entirely because of Jean Jacket
Nope is a movie that perfectly displays the power of incredible sound design. Beyond any other effect in this movie, visual practical or otherwise, seeing this in theaters or with a good surround sound or headphones you feel the natural horror and intensity of jean jacket.
Ik this is supposed to be a horror movie, and it definitely is, but the whimsical Indiana Jones-esque music during the first chase sequence makes me genuinely chuckle, like I can't take it seriously at all-
more like Jaws for me since it does remind me of that one chase with the yellow barrels
@@drewbrown3116 Pffft
For me, it sounds similar to the fighting sequence song to any weak monster you have to fight in Zelda BOTW
And then they blast a war horn of death at you
Probably my favorite villain monster in the movies and my favorite movie of 2022. The characterization of the creature, full of creative artistic and cinematic choices, is insane:
- The twist of not being a spaceship but an animal
- The misleading WITH foreshadowing in the entire movie
- The shape-shifting from an agile and compact "hunting mode" to a huge, majestic and aesthetically angelic being
- The objects spit out at high speed
- The blood vomit running down the windows
- The shadow sneaking over the clouds
- The rain giving away his position
- The distant sound of victims screaming inside him and horses neighing in the sky, announcing his proximity
- The flags in the cloud foreshadowing his presence
- The claustrophobic interior, the electronic interferences, the influence on animals etc...
And there are several (probable) inspirations for Jean Jacket:
- Atmospheric Beasts (look for "SCP-312")
- "Biblically accurate angels" (there are _many_ biblical references throughout the movie, though I'm not sure what Jordan Pelee meant by them)
- Angels from Neon Genesis Evangelion (slightly confirmed by JP)
- Lovecraftian beings
- Alien-like creatures from the ocean, like jellyfishs
- His "eye" seems to be inspired by an old camera, "taking pictures" of prey (and has an implied meaning in the movie)
- A Pokémon? 😂 (because of the "alternative forms" depending on the disposition, environment etc. / Nihilego, Jellicent, Deoxys, Cherrim, Eternatus, Thundurus/Enamorus... Not a stretch since the movie already has at least 2 other references to Japanese cartoons)
The main theme of the movie is about the exploitation of nature for the purpose of spectacle and entertainment without calculating the risks and respecting the limits and customs of the creatures. However IMO just these technical qualities involving the antagonist were enough to, well, entertain. :-)
3:27 the way he he gets torn about the sound effects are terrifying
What's more scary to me is how you can clearly hear the people screaming in agony inside the thing (and how that's almost the only sound it makes)
Now that’s what I truly call an Unidentified Flying Object.
Unidentified Flying Organism
5:36 I love that JJ looks like he has a cloak on
This movie has grown on me since it was first released. I've watched it a few times, and it's actually pretty great! Love me some O.J. ❤
The Jean Jacket is an amazing piece of animated achievement. Its movements I’m sure are modeled after the sting ray and some jelly fish. It looks like it anyway. Really amazing.
4:05 & 5:05 *_This sound is too much Celestial_* 🛸
Also, it's the same sound you hear when someone finds themself looking up at Savage Dad 🤣.
@@MisterEvvvSymphoenix
The same sound appears in this song! 🤣
ua-cam.com/video/nw5Mc5bpq-A/v-deo.htmlsi=_MjxY7SJsZcNewwd
@@MisterEvvvSymphoenix 4:05 Also the same sound as the song: *Monody* 😂
My roommate thinks smaller versions of these things exsist and that that is why hunters and hikers disappear...
Maybe it's babies?
Tell them that the author specifically created the idea of Jean Jacket for this movie, it may help.
On the other hand maybe suggest to your roomate that unfortunately people fall off trails, animals exist in these woods where just like the movie, we impede on their natural habitat, and of course for falling in line with supernatural suspicions, there are reports of feral people within the Appalachian mountains, Bigfoot, inumerable theories
@@ZizixxSamuraiDoes he act like it's not based upon reports? Bc this is a thing
Many ppl do
Atmospheric Organism horror is something that gets very little to zero attention.
There is an X Files comic with the same story
We need more
Are there even any other examples? Nope is the only thing I can think of with a monster like JJ
@@temerson2 As I said, there is an XFiles story with the same plot. Mulder follows an UFO, turns out to be an atmospheric lifeform.
Masterpiece
4:03 that scene is probably the less made in the movie. Jean jacket doesn't look natural at all.
this is by far my favorite horror movie villian its just so cool
3:12 When I first watched this, I thought that he was gonna be torn up by the barbed wire he was tangled up in
I like how it doesn't have eyes so it uses echo location (and yes I know about the eye contact thing)
it has eyes (its the green thing) theres also eye holes if you look closely
also i dont really think you can echolocate in an open area
@@naiknaik8812personally i think the green square you see is supposed to mesmerize prey so it freezes in place
Could be wrong but im like 60% sure its eye is the black dot at the front of its body on its normal form @naiknaik8812
The cut in the front when JJ is in ship form and then when JJ transforms reveals this green square which is his "eye and at the same time a rattle" to intimidate his prey.
can you imagine the fucking government trying to clean up this shit
"Mr. President, Some kind of unidentified flying organism three up blood all over somebody's house"
"Send someone to clean that shit up"
Imagine trying to get the creature out of the air
They'll probably just try to cover Jean Jacket corpse as a random air balloon to the public.
@@ReysaAdam chines spy balloon 2023
i don't really understand the point of covering something like this up anyway, i mean, this creature could provide incredible insight to what may be lurking in the thinner parts of earth's atmosphere, or if it's somehow an alien, why deny the public of the truth? Lies always catch up with you, they always do.
You know every time I see this movie why does jean jacket does that popping noise and then I go outside I look at the clouds then I look right back down again
I read on reddit that apparently it is a finishing blow
THIS ALIEN DESIGN is one for the AGES.
When Jean Jacket first dove down to try to eat OJ I started dancing in my seat because that's when I realized this thing had bilateral symmetry, not radial symmetry. I don't think my priorities are in the right place.
i friggin love this movie
Let's see how they can face to power lines 🖖🏻
4:54
5:28
6:52
3:25 also i don’t think jj is supposed to touch the ground if u look closely after it touches the ground he makes that loud roar almost like it hurt then transforms also at the end when he dies he is still floating
It was hurt from the barbed wire
@@IZA_Greyyea. The barb wire was the problem. Like eating a spiky stuff
During OJs run you see it literally fly out out of the ground and into the sky at the beginning of the run not only can it touch the ground but it looks like it can use the sand and dirt to hide itself like it does in the cloud
I was DYING at 6:52 when i first saw it in theaters😂😂😂
Same. It was the POP that got me lmfao.
Bro's fart was so deadly it killed himself
Jean jacket was probably be like "Oh shit, that's not a person" before blowing up.
"Heyyy wait a second this isn't fo-"
@@ambassadorofbadtaste cannot relate with you 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The eye flickering! Why is no one mentioning it?! When that square eye shaped object comes out and does its flairing to threaten and warn what it viewed as a threat?! That shit made it for me. It was the moment when jj finally saw them as equals. He went from predator to realizing he needed to appear bigger and more threatening to protect himself. Nothing was more animalistic than that moment for me.
@@amberrose1711 JJ needs to know that it's prey is looking at them. It recognizes eyes as belonging to something living therefore prey. If it realizes that it's prey is intentionally avoiding looking at it, it starts flaring that big green square around it's eye as a means to get it's prey's attention. Basically it's a "Hey, look at me!" response.
Jean jacket is amazing the amout of horror and quality is just awsome, like i dont mean of looking tru a big ship abducting people scary but jean jacket just an animal trying to survive it eats it does anything it has emotions at the fact when we see it trying to eat somthing that isnt made outta meat and bones it doesnt like it, who knows jean jacket might be a unknown species trying to survive and eat, probably the last of its kind
annnnd its dead :(
@@chickennuggetman2593 ye
@@chickennuggetman2593 deserved
1:08 is that people screaming?
Yep. Every time JJ (in saucer form) moves, it makes a ‘people screaming’ sound.
@@thatisonesussyboi2300 Not always - in these scenes the screaming is coming from the people stuck inside it recently swallowed
@@Wonzling0815yeah which is really fking terrifying
Especially if let’s say your on a hiking trail and for whatever reason you know and understand this thing and how it hunts and sounds and you hear a bunch of screams above you, potentially victims that were only moments ago camping but were unfortunate enough to be swallowed and digested
Your only defense being to look down as you know jj is right above you, the screams get louder as it gets closer to the ground inspecting you as if it was the hand of god judging your existence determining if you were good enough as to not be engulfed in the saucers unending maw, with the ultimate final test being to not look, to not gaze at your judge
…wow I have no idea where dafuq whatever just came out of my mouth came from
@@gojira_guy Bro just became a potential author for a second there.
No it's people whispering
I just realized the loud muffled popping sound you hear is the peoples bones cracking inside JJ
@@invaderp3155 Actually, it makes those popping sounds as a form of echolocation. This was stated by the director
But you need to be staring at it for it to consume you? How does that make sense?
I want to remind you all that this was a saucer a few minutes ago 4:03
Funko will have a blast KHifying this movie
You can't tame the untamable!
“Some animals ain’t fit to be trained” -Otis senior
Birds learn the hard way that ladybugs aren't tasty. JJ learned it about people.
More like the objects they have on them with JJ eats them that aren't tasty
I can't figure out why the Alien is called Jean Jacket? Thanks. 😊
They named it after a horse their dad was going to let Em train when they were kids, but she never got to.
@@pLanetstarBerry Great. 👍 Thank you very much.
@@robertmoon906 Also, it's not an alien
@@tirefishhow are you sure??? Its definitely an alien
@@SansUndertale1982it seems way to adapted to earth if it’s an alien, JJ seems more like a native animal.
the movie is called nope so i imagine creating a movie called nahh with a robot slash animal that is big and look like a human but act like an animal predator
There was a movie similar to your idea called "Mimic" in the 90s.
Knowing that Peele is actually an anime fan, he definitely based the design off of Evangelion's Angels
6:02 i love how the JJ got closer to the balloon trying to do whatever it did to the last person in 5:00
The cloud to the left at 5:37 slightly resembles a happy crocodile mouth.
An amazing movie.
1:30 The music for the chase is amazing.
You forgot Jean Jacket In bloodrain Scene
A living spaceship. Yeah like "Tin Man" of Star Trek the Next Generation.
This movie is unique with aliens, it’s not an alien in a UFO, the alien is the UFO
It's actually not an alien! It's actually an atmospheric organism!
Peele’s true magnum opus isn’t Get Out, it’s Nope
Someone said it.
That's a good debate. I'd say Get Out right now by a smidge. But cultural impact skews my opinion. Both are great for rewatches.
Jean Jacket:He Will Be Like Oh A Person And A Horse You Both Are The Next Ones COME HERE YOU CAN ESCAPE hahahahah NHACKK
2:02 rip lucky
Lucky isn’t dead. The banner kite thing made Jean Jacket think the horse was inedible.
@@SomeOne-vf1rsyea true
What a lovely crazy movie
0:45 flying cowboy hat
JJ: Don't look at me or imma eat you.
Also JJ: I'm be the most difficult thing NOT to look at in the entire world, you can't ignore me...
I hate this abomination... this thing legit gave me nightmares.
After I watched the movie with siblings (i had zero knowledge on it), i went home to stay the weekend with my dad, told my dad about it, and told him it was a solid movie. After which we went to bed.
I COULD NOT STOP THINKING ABOUT JEAN JACKET AND ITS VICTIMS. After minutes and soon an hour of not sleeping (only got an hour or two), I said, "Screw this. im watching Tiktok." My dog was my teddy bear for the night. Every cloud had be paranoid
That’s bizarre.
The sound effects reminded me of Arrival movie.
Maybe this film is a metaphor (being consumed by what you create)?
It’s actually surprisingly a metaphor for animal abuse/exploitation
@@gojira_guy Spectacle.
Huh why is it called jean jacket
Watch the movie and you'll know why
Named after a horse em was supposed to train but didnt
@@Reeeeeeeeeeeeeper oh okay
cause it looks like the fabric of one of those jackets that pretend to be disgusting jeans
once alien looks like cowboy hat, later looks like camera
I feel like no one talks about just how great and innovative the alien’s physical design was. It looked like no living thing at all, and yet it still looked alive. Just how an alien should be. No reason for it to even faintly resemble anything on earth.
It's actually not an alien! It's an atmospheric organism!
@@creature-studios5314 that’s an interesting concept, but then it would probably look much less weird.
Probably. There’s some pretty wack stuff in the deep ocean.
This movie made me scared to look up at a partly cloudy night sky.
This was a truly alien alien.
Despite the fact it ain't no alien
@@tirefish Well, a creature from an other dimension or a prehistorical animal, perhaps.
It feels like a creature native to earth since JJ seems too adapted to earth’s atmosphere
Can someone tell what that yellow box looking thing on jj is?
Likely an eye, and it uses that eye to get creatures to look at it in order to make sure that it's hunting food
we need a sequel "Hell Nope"
iirc people were only paying a grand for any evidence of JJ
What a great film !
Now I don't know who's scarier; Jean Jacket or the Tripods from War of the Worlds.
Plz comment your answers.
Yo creo que ambos dan mucho miedo.
That us crazy how Jean jacket js fast like that
jean jacket versus dogorah,who wins?
Dogora, because Jean Jacket got taken out by a goddam balloon
This movie traumatized me.
2025 Come Nope 2🎉
god this movie rocks
I reminds me of a Jellyfish.
What if it’s n escape animal form a intergalactic animal trade?
Uhm uh 😰 your looking to much into it!!!
big cowboy hat attacking main character
I know this movie is supposed to use suspense and tension, but I didn’t find many scenes scary except for the scene showing what happened to Jupe with the chimp. And aside from the last face off with Jean jacket at the last 20 minutes of the movie. I didn’t find it all that scary or exciting. This may seem a bit critical and I’ll be open to things I may have missed, but overall aside from the two things I mentioned, it was quite lame
Why she (JJ) is so pretty...
To get people to look at her ( or him or they but the creators of Jean Jacket did base the design of Marilyn Monroe's dress)
@@tirefish damn she got my heart, she could eat me rn.
The TMZ reporter is Keegan
Perfect Arup shape.
The creature design is a stroke of genius, and I loved watching it, but the movie itself is devoid of almost all logic. I saw it twice, because I suspected that I missed something, but, nope, it confirmed everything I thought after first viewing.
It starts with an animal hiding in clouds - in one of the most cloud-free regions of the world! - California was THE place for making movies, as you almost always had perfect lighting conditions before strong artificial lights were invented. Stupid creature.
This animal falls for everything with two black dots on it (it has eyes, so I can digest it). Should become extinct in no time.
A lot of plot contrivances and outright stupid twists … and a lack of using plot points in a way to create suspense: the idea with the (I don’t know the right term) air-filled advertise blimps was great, like the yellow barrels in Jaws it shows the location of the monster, but Peele never was able to show or edit it in such a way that you could understand what was happening. It simply had no real purpose in those scenes.
And it goes on and on with a lot of unexplored ideas, strange dialogues (people coming to conclusions pulled out of nothing)… and it is much too long … would this have been a much shorter film, it would have had a more lasting impact, I believe.
It was like a bad dream you sometimes have, which looks real and coherent when dreaming it but falls apart when you examine it after waking up.
Maybe you get more out of the movie when you look at it this way: it is just an illogical dream.
Add subtitles please.
Just imagine the thing that wears it like a cowboy hat
Does JJ taunt him with the screams of the reporter on purpose to try and get him to look?
Doesn’t really make sense with the logic of the creature. Why would an animal which defends itself when looked at want someone to look at it in order to predate them? Wouldn’t it just eat them regardless of where they were looking? Kinda illogical.
great movie.
1:28 OJ DOING A RUN! On a bronco lol
Could they have just gotten into a truck or large vehicle? How could the thing suck that up let alone digest it?
I don't remember a lot of these scenes at all lol
Me gusta que Jordan pele se inspira en el anime evangelio para el monstruo, esta entretenida está película,pero le falta algo de Gore.
wait so is jean jacket a living organism with organs and stuff?
Actually yes! It's an atmospheric organism. You can find some anatomical illustrations online
@@creature-studios5314 oh cool 👍
@@creature-studios5314oh and I looked into the villains wiki to read about JJ and the way he eats people is udderly terrifying, like JJ knows very well what's going on and actually squeezes them in his digestive folds to torture them. I watched the scene and now I think I unintentionally got PTSD :)
@@SCVG-1ATThat is likely not it, There was a decoy horse stuck on his throat which is why he couldn't kill the people right away. Jean Jacket is not malicious, It's simply a highly territorial horse specialist.
@@DreamerOfTheSouth oh