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My favorite little detail in Nope is when Jupe is telling the crowd about the first time he interacted with Jean Jacket. He mentions how the first time he saw the "alien" there was a thick fog. He didn't get eaten because the fog obscured eye contact.
Just goes to show that the guy got saved multiple times in his life by pure happenstance that he interpreted like some soft of personal talent or ability. Yet another great metaphor for the movie, since humans tend to believe everything that happens to them has a meaning, and plenty of people will claim that everything happens thanks to or because of them, regardless of the reality.
25:25 a detail that i love in this scene : the helmet reflects OJ's eyes, thats why the biker gets attacked. OJ realises this, thats why he says hes sorry. Love this movie 10/10
The only thing that was bugging me about this movie was because I didn't understand how/why the reporter got eaten since his helmet cover his entire face.
I think it's JJ's reflection in the reflective helmet. The singular eye hole paired with JJ's mouth looks like a pair of eyes. OJ sews reflectors on to the hoodie he wears in the final act to challenge JJ as he rides away for the same reason
Fun fact: for the screams OJ hears in the distance, Jordan asked a group of people to scream like they were on a roller coaster having fun and recorded it, then recorded another clip of them screaming in terror and put them together.
27:55 The reason why Jean Jacket doesn't kill OJ in this scene is because he's not breaking eye contact or running. Jean Jacket's territory is in the air, but OJ is on the ground, where Jean Jacket has been hurt a few times, by the fake horse and so on. So Jean Jacket thinks that OJ might be a threat to them, and the party streamer flashing is almost like an intimidation tactic. It has no idea how to deal with OJ because he doesn't act like prey does, and that scares Jean Jacket.
Well said. I thought the same thing about that final showdown the first time watching the movie. Can't wait to see it again to really focus on how OJ's interactions with JeanJacket shift throughout the film
And that’s how many real predators act. We are told if we encounter a large predator to slowly back away or to yell, swing a stick around and make ourselves look bigger, cause running actually triggers their prey drive and causes them to attack If they think we’re a threat and/or be too much of a hassle, they’re more likely to back off
The blood rain scene really terrified me. The fact you can hear everyone's screams and the moment they get crushed by Jean Jacket's digestive system is so horrific.
I've seen a lot of people say they hate the name Jean Jacket for the alien because it's too stupid to be scary, but personally I think that's part of the point and I love it. We give both wild and domestic animals all kinds of ridiculous names, we anthropomorphize their behaviors, and often underestimate what they're capable of. I think giving the alien such a disarming name really helps drive home the idea that Jean Jacket isn't the villain; it's just an animal who's actions are driven by a thought process that humans couldn't possibly understand.
@@user-wk9ov1bk1t Not that I'm aware of. It could be as simple as "kids pick silly names for pets" but knowing how he works I think it is likely symbolic of something that I'm just missing. Alternately it could be an outside reference to something in his personal life or someone else's work that inspires his.
Just look to Freddy, Jason, and Michael. A name doesn’t have to be cool to be iconic, considering you probably know what characters I’m talking about without referring to their movies, or even their last names.
@user-bi5um2sf8owas just thinking about this. I even remember after Katrina hit, our teacher showed the list of all past and future hurricane names, and we’d cheer for one another when our names popped up. Thinking back, we were cheering being associated with a natural disaster that might’ve killed dozens/hundreds and left many homeless. Jean Jacket, Hat, whatever name they’d give it I feel like would’ve fit all the same.
everyone knows that jupe wrongfully believes that he is special due to surviving gordy's rampage and being able to harness JJ, but i haven't seen a single person mention the fact that jupe survived both of these things because of the obscuration of his eyes!! gordy can't look him in the eyes because of the tablecloth, preventing the rest of his rampage, and JJ doesn't eat jupe the first time they meet because it was foggy and he couldn't see jupe looking up at him!!! jupe's existence at this point in the movie is genuine luck lmao
Classic survivorship bias. It’s such a good commentary on our tendency to ascribe to skill/providence what’s really either dumb luck and/or surrounding circumstance. There’s a commentary on our tendency to assign false meaning to our lives in lieu of doing the self work of introspection to properly frame ourselves and our experiences (such as Jupe leaning into marketing his trauma and thinking of himself as exalted instead of getting therapy and processing the horrible thing that happened to him).
*I didn't know at all!* I thought the flashback was hinting to being directly connected to what's happening now. Since I didn't know what caused Gordy to go literal ape shit, and when he looked at Jupe signalling confusion I thought it and the upside shoe were suggestions that he was under some sort of outside influence, an alien influence? And I thought during those moments Jupe is alone and staring at the memorabilia, meant this was all part of the trauma he can't forget and hides under all this celebration of the past and upbeat persona. Even when he put on that show, I thought he was just being drawn to whatever was out there like Holst and further continuing to hide the trauma. Even when I read about what he was meant to represent, I thought Peele was doing it wrong since I wasn't getting that at all with Jupe and thought the exploitative messages were only seen with the ignorant Hollywood people and annoying reporter!
@@lucinae8512 You didn't get the point that the balloon popping caused Gordy to freak out? I have a feeling that every time after the first balloon popped, the others popping is a sign of a possible sniper trying to clear the way aiming at Gordy. That isn't relevant, but I thought I would ad as much. One thing about Jupe feeding JJ, how did he get so lucky every time he fed it horses? He's got some really good luck. I suppose that rings true to him not being in eyeshot of Gordy during the attack. If the alien had any influence on the Gordy's Home set the lights would have most likely dimmed to pitch black due to JJ absorbing electricity.
@@Nope2022HugeTheWarningFan I saw someone explain Jupe's luck feeding JJ unscathed be a result of him having the horses run down the valley into the gulch. So JJ focused on the running horse, not Jupe. Jupe even says that the first horde seemed like it was running home, ie the Haywood ranch.
@@etherealnerd On another video, perhaps, I actually mentioned that the horse is probably seen by JJ because of its galloping and completely missed that Jupe was even there.
The worst part about the people killed during the Star Lasso Experience: it's the daytime when they get sucked up, but by the time they're actually killed, it's night. They would have been stuck in Jean Jacket slowly being digested for hours before they actually died
I just wanna say that, as a shy kid that has a very extroverted and loved sister, the phrase "my sister is gonna be here in a minute" in front of a crowd waiting to be pleased and entertained is too real
@@etangbose4755 me too. I'd assume the worst like oh i'm probably the straw on the camels back of hundreds of terribly auditions from people not getting the character. Loved seeing the actor understand fully when he's told he got it
It’s interesting that Gordy was only referred to as ‘one of the chimps that played Gordy’. They didn’t even know the chimps name because they just considered him a prop, part of the dehumanization that led to his rampage. In contrast each of the horses had a name because OJ and Emerald care for and respect them.
i mean i wouldn't say dehumanization since gordy was a chimp and not a human, but I will say their ignorance and inability to understand that gordy was a living creature and could possibly be unpredictable was what ultimately lead to the death of the cast of the sitcom
@@ronmcdon1530I feel dehumanizing would actually be a good word because they personified him purposefully with intent. Trained him, taught human mannerisms and dressed them up and this was multiple chimps. I'd recommend looking up an orangutan name Chantek who was educated and humanized only to be thrown into captivity with all of his knowledge as skills- forced to "unadapt" to being a "regular orangutan" despite them already being intelligent creatures before his adoption. 😢 my anthropology professor was Dr. Miles who raised him on campus before they said he had to leave. He accidentally got out one night and a girl found him sitting on the campus steps in the middle of the night. He didn't hurt anyone, his door was opened, but they sent him to a zoo.
@@pixiestxNyomoufI still wouldn’t use dehumanization because acting like animals are human is how animals happen. Plenty of have people raise wild animals from birth and that same animal grows up to maul them or someone else. Forgetting a wild animals is a wild animal is how accidents happen no matter how much human influence is on the animal.
Jeanjacket's "transformation" is a threat response. When challenged or attacked, some animals will endeavor to make themselves appear larger. It's very common in animals and fits the movie theme perfectly. Jeanjacket is just an animal, doing what it needs to do.
@@lilliesupreme9767 so? we do. if an animal is killing people that doesn't make it right just because thats "what it needs to do" you put down those animals
my favorite fun fact is during Jupe's show, when he says "in one hour you will leave here having witnessed a spectacle." Because at that point, there is exactly one hour left of the movie! 🍿🍿
The main thing I loved about this movie was the accurate representation of animals. Chimpanzees WILL kill you for so much as breathing wrong in front of them, they are NOT meant to be TV show stars or pets. As well as horses, both of these animals can and will freak out if you look at them in the eye. These animals are not to be messed with, but treated with respect. Make no mistake, if a horse wants you off of it, it'll get you off of it one way or another. I love how Nope clearly communicates that animals are not props! It's amazing!
I love how people’s treatment of animals also fits in too. With some like OJ respecting that he was working with something that could be unpredictable and others like Jupe thinking they somehow knew how to deal with them because he understood them.
@@ingvildkvakestad I don't know chimps don't out right kill you they take what you need to survive, so they will take your eyes so you can't see, destroy your mouth so you can't eat, bite off hands or fingers so you can no longer grasp things and if you're male they remove you genitals so you can't reproduce, if your calm horses usually are calm to but there are a few horses I've met who are assholes too. I've never been around a chimp but I want to keep it that way
OJ’s possibly neurodivergent tendency to avoid eye contact directly opposing the fundamental hunting technique of the monster is such a brilliant lead character trait
@jbbbedc8300 largely because Jean Jacket wasn't hunting OJ in that scene anymore, it was moreso fighting with him for territory. The way it unfurrled and kept flashing it's eye is very "make yourself the more intimidating creature".
A little detail nobody seems to talk about: there is a background detail of the use of green boxes in this movie. Almost everything dealing with Jupe has green boxes. The box Gordy's balloons exit from, the green cloth over the box cage for Lucky, the paper advertising for that event is literally the same shade of green. And, obviously, the eye/mouth thing that comes out of Jean Jacket at the end of the movie
I love the fact that Otis Sr. family has ties to the first moving picture and that he was killed by a nickel passing through his eye. The earliest movie pictures were called Nickelodeons and you paid a nickel to look through a view finder with one eye to see the short film clips
I've seen some people also say that it's because Jefferson, on the nickel, is a slave owner, and something James didn't mention is that the mirror helmet guy at the end is credited with the last name Muybridge, the same as the guy who shot the 1880s footage. There's definitely a subtext about the way that minorities have been victimized and exploited even beyond what is obvious on a first watch
The scene where the people are being sucked through the digestive system is one of the only things that have every made me light headed. I work in a surgery unit where I see the INSIDES of humans. I SEE things get amputated. I see flesh that has rotted. I SMELL it. Watching my first surgery was the first time I got dizzy and almost fainted. I had that SAME RESPONSE watching that scene. It was incredible! The actors did an INCREDIBLE job being terrified. Properly terrified. You hear the desperation. The "I am going to die" type screaming. The very clear panic attack' type response they give to the point where one throws up (obviously the throw up was planned, but the way its done is awesome) . And you just FEEL that same terror. I have NEVER seen a horror movie that has a scene that impactful in that way. For that scene ALONE "Nope" deserves all the awards.
Yeah same, I’ve watched countless uncomfortable gore scenes from many movies but this is what got me feeling sick. The movie is so well done that’s it’s almost hard to believe it’s a recent flick
Of all the ways, being consumed is a top tier fear. The insurmountable terror and powerlessness that goes into being taken and digested… truly horrific. Driving the knife even deeper, the taut squeeze and immediate silence of its victims *shudders* - This also digs the notion that question that when one hears something in “the real world” that suddenly isn’t there in the next moment, do… you… look…?
@@dranksinatra2493 The Mystery Flesh Pit is a really good example of 'being eaten alive' but on a much MUCH bigger scale. being eaten is terrifying, being eaten WHOLE, still alive? smelling what you'll eventually become later on down the tract? oof.
The whole concept of getting abducted freaks me out to no end, so the fact peele was able to somehow make an even scarier version certainly disturbed me in theatres.
It's an interesting interpretation of aliens we don't do enough. We usually just go with robots/androids or bug/blob like ones. This also reminds me of an animated show about humans on an alien planet where the fauna can operate like a machine. It will produce a little "worker" to operate it until its done and dies.
@@ungabunga7879 Peele found that literal safety net with a UFO humans often rely on. If it’s a ship, you can board it or get out or off. But if Jean Jacket successfully consumed you, that’s it. You’re melted and digested. There’s no “door” or escape hatch. The inside is a stomach lining.
The sound in this movie is incredible- the far away screaming everytime after Jean Jacket feeds is so eerie. Right before Keith David dies and after we hear about the missing hikers, and especially after the Jupiter’s claim show as he’s ’digesting’ - and when Em is in the house and hears the whooshing and the screams and you can kind of make out “Help Us!” and a kid screaming “Mama!” And then it just goes quiet. The implication is that Jean Jacket’s victims were still alive in its digestive track all that time until it went ‘crunch’ before barfing all the shit back on the house.
@@live4life551No, but I can see why you think that, I don’t want to bring up the “We ate animals too so we are as bad” excuse so I will use something different, Let’s say in the woods there is an ant-eater, it finds a huge ant hill filled with many ants, the Ant-eater is hungry so it destroys the entire ant hill and kills and eats them not because he takes pleasure in killing all of them, but just simply because he’s hungry, yes what Jean Jacket did was horrific and disturbing, but to him they were just food he saw and ate, and like the ant-eater, he doesn’t take pleasure in killing them, he was just simply hungry. (Also sorry for making it like a paragraph long ._.)
I truly love the fact the film never goes into the origin of Jeanjacket. While it can be assumed to be an alien, the organism could very well just be another animal native to Earth.
I thought it was supposed to be what angels in the bible are based off of, in that the implication is that way back when people saw it and assumed it was divine. it's true form is hidden and winged, it flies about; you cant look at it in the face, or itll kill you, and it kills by bringing people up (to heaven?); and also it was based off biblical angels+nge. maybe im extrapolating too much though
It's almost certainly native to Earth considering the details paid to its biology. There's no way it could survive entering out atmosphere and there's no way it could reach exit velocity. And if it was native to a different planet it wouldn't so closely resemble animals from our planet. I think its meant to evoke the imagery of an alien to illustrate the point about people dehumanizing the animal actors we think of them as foreign and unrelated even tho they're just animals.
@@kyo1546 I absolutely agree with your take on this, but technically Jeanjacket could be an alien and resemble our planet's animals this closely, it would be an example of convergent evolution (sorry if this comes off as arrogance, I don't mean it that way at all, I'm just a bit of a nerd lol)
My sister and I covered this on our podcast, I came to the realization that this movie is a grown up “kids on bikes” adventure. Just literally take all the beats and scale up the maturity. So darn good.
Hmm, that reminds me of the making of the movie Suspiria 1977. Argento originally wanted children to be in the roles, but decided he couldn't, or wasn't allowed to, so he made everything a little bigger to make the actresses seem child size.
18:40 slight correction: travis wasn't an animal actor, he was a normal chimp raised by Charla's friend Sandra to substitute a child, literally bought from a chimp breeder. He went haywire due to Sandra treating him like a human baby instead of a wild animal, often half-sedating him with stuff like xanax to combat his wild instincts and hormones as he was getting older. It was a clear case of animal abuse that should have stopped before it started
Jeez-sus. I think I recall hearing about this. Some people have no regard for anything besides themselves. Feeding an animal medication to keep it subdued, that's evil.
Charla had also recently changed her hairstyle, so when she picked up one of Travis’s toys, he thought she was a stranger because he didn’t recognize her. That’s what set him off, iirc.
He was mainly considered a family member, however he was used in a few commercials and as a kind of “spokesman” for local business posters because he was a local celebrity. If I remember correctly, one of the commercials he did was for Panera
he was also diagnosed with depression due to not having a mate, also sandra's husband had died and apparently travis was fond of the man. finally the local PD had been told about travis getting violent (other incident before the mauling) but didn't do anything about it because they thought he was playing, they had pictures with travis all over the office.
Also, the victim's name was Charla Nash, not Carla. Seems like not too much research went into Travis' story before they decided to use it in the script here 😅. Cid Dwyer has some pretty awesome videos going over Travis, his breeder, and the overall cruelty behind keeping chimps (or apes in general) as pets.
What I love about Jean Jacket is that it isn't a stereotypical alien at all, but just an undiscovered species that has lived on Earth for a while. What I love even more is that Peele wants to continue this universe with spinoffs with different people encountering different Jean Jackets, which would be so awesome
The best thing to me about Jean Jacket is how it references a lot of stuff with aliens and angels in its design and stuff. LIke its body basically looks like its made out of weather balloon material which is a pretty common thing mistaken for aliens, its true form takes inspiration from sealife because a lot of aliens are based on those owing to HP Lovecraft and War of the Worlds, and the sucking up stuff was mentioned by Peele to possibly be the inspiration for angels ascending people to heaven.
I love that OJ also talks to people like horses, cause it's easier, like going 'Whoa whoa' when Angel is freaking out, or clicking his tongue at Angel to get him to angle the camera up or...I guess it's just Angel he does like that lol
I’m glad you mentioned OJ being possibly on the autistic spectrum in this video because as a person on the spectrum that was my interpretation of his character as well. Not just because of his social awkwardness, resistance to change, and feeling more comfortable around animals (specifically horses) than humans but because people with autism (me included) generally find it difficult to make and maintain eye contact and naturally avoid it, which would make the scene where he looks the alien in the eye much more purposeful and impactful.
Which is also so impactful because Jean Jacket responds by expanding, normally something an animal would do if it was scared. Jean Jacket it almost seems was actually scared by OJ looking at it so straight on since animals often get scared of things not acting like prey, like say confidently standing your ground and making eye contact
As spending 10+years of my career in bx therapy, no disrespect to you or your diagnosis but ASD is broad definition (i.e. "spectrum") and I politely disagree Just because someone's not overtly extroverted doesn't qualify for ASD dx It's much more likely that he's just a neurotypical introvert that is in mourning bc of the loss of his father
@@DHarmon-ep7mmsomeone who specializes in ASD bx therapy discounting the experiences and observations of actual autistic people? Man, huge surprise to hear. /s
saaame, I can see how some might interpret OJ's behavior as just an introverted neurotypical, but I personally like the idea of him being on the spectrum (and not just because it means I get to see representation, lol)
The digestive scene is so incredibly uncomfortable but in the best way possible. The claustrophobic framing, disorienting direction, gross viscous liquid, it makes the whole thing so intimate and brings out a feeling of pure disgust whenever I watch it. I both love that one scene is so good to be able to get such a primal reaction but also hate it because ohmygoditssogross. I remember especially when the woman the camera is tracking takes a few gasps for breath only to realize the only thing she can do is scream. It’s also extra horrifying when you think about the fact that if it weren’t for the streamers clogging the digestive tract those people would have died much quicker, meaning they were stuck for hours upon hours in a living hell with no idea for when it was about to end. Aggggh I just love this movie and it’s intrinsic nightmare fuel.
And the best thing is that none of the children are present in those scenes - this is the internet after all, we all know how messed up some people really are. JJ usually digests over the span of a couple of days, so those 2-4 hours inside of it wouldn’t have been much different without the streamers & big plastic horse. The lady whose perspective we follow screams when she sees an actual half-digested horse.
I disagree. If that decoy horse was clogging up the digestion, Clover would still be in there shrieking and possibly kicking to escape from the time he was sucked up the night before and during the StarLasso Experience. Plus, the bodies of the audience would have been deposited like the pocket change and keys. If digestion was blocked by the decoy, then those people and Clover would have been dumped onto the house, or onto OJ's truck as the decoy was. The supposed decoy horse Kill Count claims is seen in the digestive tract looked like a horse skull to me. The decoy was metal, not plastic. And it had poky red eyes. The object in JJ's intestines had empty sockets, which suggest to me that it is a horse skull. Also, if you pay attention to the radio spot at the beginning of the movie, it refers to a group of hikers disappearing two days ago. I believe that the nickel which kills OJ's dad was from the pocket of one of those hikers. That would mean they have been in Jean Jacket for two days being slowly digested. I think Kill Count has made some mistakes regarding this movie. As well as yourself.
I saw this film in IMAX. The “digestion” scene made me so claustrophobic; watching the camera pan from down to up, realizing what you’re seeing is the inside of the creature’s stomach…knowing that the guests (men, women, AND children) are totally helpless, suffocated and melted inside. The second scariest was when Jean Jacket purposely finishes its digestion of the guests over the house, letting the screams be heard one last time before raining down blood.
my 3 favorite things about NOPE; the spooky things happen _in daylight_ in several scenes, the UFO is _a monster_, rather than a spacecraft, JJ's design is both beautiful and horrifying. i also appreciate some of the "inside JJ" shots, since you very rarely get to see that type of stuff in any movie.
Finding out Peele rewrote Angel to be more surly on a whim is crazy, because he still ends up being an incredibly fun, likeable character by the end of the film. The man is incredibly talented.
We all need the person who can panic for everyone else in the group during chaos tbh. Keep morale up and provide perception 😢 it also shows how serious stuff is when Angel is both adaptive and "serious"tvoice of reasoning to the group. A true Angel, but not to be made a spectacle of by OJ and Em
I think there's not many things sadder than a chimp being terrified and aggressive. They're so smart and can truly suffer and feel fear, it'd like a human child with the strength of a muscle bound adult.
True. There have also been stories of chimps trying to play with humans (their idea of play being poking, pulling, slapping, etc) causing the human to freak out (making them go on the defensive) because even when they aren't pissed or scared chimps can be rough customers, which of course leads to the animal turning aggressive. 😥 Yeah, no matter their mood, a chimpanzee is the last animal I'd want to be close to. I've a fear of horses and would gladly take my chances with a horse instead.
@@Grace-q9hYou’re not alone in that fear lol. I wasn’t really scared when I saw this movie in the cinema but when Gordie showed up I was damn near shitting myself.
Lucky didn’t survive the attack because he was “lucky”, he is said to be the smartest horse they have when he is sold. So smart in fact, he stayed in the safe glass box when the horse eating alien came by
I thought Lucky was the second best horse. I always thought Lucky never ran for two reasons: 1) He was aware of the apex predator approaching 2) Because he didn’t recognize Jupe as his owner/trainer, adding more to the theme Jupe was not “special” for surviving
What I love about this channel is how it doesn’t just do “Oh this person died like this then this person died like this.” No. It gives hilarious commentary on the scenes themselves as well as educating us, the viewers, about the film production, casting, the cast themselves, behind the scenes, and more. As a guy who wants to do long form analysis videos myself, learning how other films are made is so satisfying. So thank you Dead Meat for making learning fun.
Lucky isn't the only survivor of the Star Lasso Experience! There's a piggy on the roof of one of the park's buildings. You can see it when OJ enters the park (and its even there at Universal too!). It makes sense that the piggy survived since pigs have weird necks and can't really look up!
I love the small detail of the radio broadcast at the beginning of the film announcing that hikers have gone missing, which were the screams inside of the UAP/Jean Jacket before it expelled all of their undigestible contents over Haywood Ranch, killing Otis.
what's so disturbing about the blood rain scene is the fact that before it rained blood, you can hear the people inside jean jacket screaming and then there's a soft squelch sound before it starts raining blood.
Something I like about the scene of Jupe showing the media mocking the horrific events on the set of his show is that it immediately reminded me of the "Dingo ate my baby" incident where an Australian woman's baby really did get eaten by a dingo, but at the time, it was debated whether it happened or if she killed the child. The real world events were turned into a movie, which has the line "A dingo ate my baby" that got continually mocked by the media as some sort of meme. I'm not sure if it was a reference to this event, but it was great.
So this might be headcannon, but I picture the SNL sketch based on the Gordy incident would be a cross between the Mr. Peepers sketches and The Polar Bear Enclosure sketch. Chris Kattan as Gordy would play the silly ape character until the balloon pops. Perhaps in the sketch Jupe pops the balloon. Then Kattan wrecks the set breaking things and acting wild. Maybe they give him chocolate pudding to throw around. One by one cast members approach to calm him down and as they duck behind some overturned furniture fake limbs go flying and blood canisters are fired to simulate the attack. Perhaps a face mask is thrown on stage to simulate the face mauling. Finally Jupe and Gordy meet center stage, Will Ferrell comes in as the gunman to fire, and before that happens, the whole cast and crew pops up to say, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!" I know that Jupe's dialog is meant to represent the sketch, but I would love to see a sketch team recreate the sketch as described just to see if an intentionally funny sketch based on a tragedy like that could actually deliver laughs. I would suggest Smosh since cast member Angela is constantly told she looks like Kattan, but Studio C could also pull off this kind of sketch. Or maybe a one off MadTV reunion.
The digestion scene is perfection. I felt like I could SMELL that whole scene. I remember watching it for the first time and after the fake horse got sucked up me and my bf both said at the same time “The alien IS the cloud!” Mr. Peele, you genius.
Towards the end of the scene, you can hear one of the people inside throwing up, either from overwhelming pain or the horrible smell of JJ’s insides. I’d probably react that way too if I was in that situation
@@agirlnickel No it is not. It's like Jordan Peele watched the ending of The Borderlands and said "Hey. I'll rip this off!" The ending of that movie is absolutely horrific and far as scarier than this scene. It looks like people are just being dragged through a tube lined with bed sheets after having tomato soup poured on them.
OJ being on the spectrum would actually fit perfectly. As someone on the spectrum I sometimes loose eye contact either being easily distracted or nervous facing someone face to face. Looking away from the alien is something he figures out
One detail James didn't mention is that when Gordy spots Jupe under the table, he signs to him "What happened family?" which means even Gordy himself wasn't aware of what he was doing when his insticts took over. This film's ingeniously directed!
@@elephorofonius If I squint real hard I can almost convince myself a see "happen" and the question-asking finger gesture, but it's very indistinct and looks just like simply pointing.
Yet another example of people projecting "depth" and "underlying meaning" into a movie which has very little to no actual depth to offer... just superficial "depth", at best. Gordy signed no such thing... just two words... "happen" (not the past tense) and "family".... and "happen" is being VERY generous. It looked more like he was pointing at him, or beckoning him to come out. Fluent in ASL here, so what Reddit has to say means nothing to me. "Ingeniously directed" my left foot.
@@thisisnotachannelI like when a movie is obviously layered but people deny that because they think it’s a point to them disliking is. As if their ego is so big that they can’t possibly dislike something that is thematically deep.
The fact that Gordy was trying to sign “What happened family” will always be so chilling. It’s like he didn’t know what he did, just snapping. Edit: Due to a discussion i have decided to edit my comment to include this: this information may not be entirely accurate. Some are saying that they can see Gordy signing this, but at the same time some are saying he’s not saying anything here. I do not want to cause a huge disturbance about this. But depending on your opinion, I ask you to please take this comment with a grain of salt.
Having lived through some extremely stressful events I can tell you that even though I remember everything clearly, it never quite feels real. Sort of like it happened to someone else, like someone told me a story so many times I started thinking it happened to me for real.
What No way I mean, I’ve only seen the movie once, and a couple of videos discussing it, but I never realized that Gordy was signing there… Holy shit that’s some DETAIL
Fun Fact: Within the movie, Gordy is not put down by police, but by a stalker who came to the set to shoot Mary Jo Elliot. The stalker was played by comedy actor Michael Busch, who appeared in an episode of Key and Peel, among other notable sitcom appearances. His character, listed as "Nobody" on IMDb, was cut out of the final film, but you can see shots of him in the trailer, walking towards the camera with a calm expression on his face, while the audience from the sitcom taping runs horrified in the opposite direction. If you're ever in Cleveland, stop by the Imposters Theater and ask him about it!
Wow, really? I get why they cut it. But I wonder what would've been that guys storyline related to the movie or what it meant for him to be there. Maybe like a small commentary on parasocial relationships turning sour.
Is the stalker based on the stalker who killed the actress Rebecca Schaeffer? She was a famous actress in the 80s but she was killed by an obsessed fan who had been stalking her for 3 years.
@@barbicel It could be a further commentary on "Spectacle", that the performance of the young actress would captivate a man enough to commit violence. His intervention in Gordy's attack could also be seen as another "Bad Miracle". The movie is already full of so much symbolism and allegory, it makes sense that Peel would want to trim some of the "Gordy's Home" scenes. Probably a good thing, since as James pointed out, some viewers didn't understand that scene in the context of the film.
I bet the people who say that also don’t realize it’s a movie about animal rights. Like the entire point of the movie is about respecting animals. It’s especially shown by comparing how OJ vs Jupe talk about animals. OJ calls every single horse by name where as when talking about the Gordy incident Jupe says “one of the chimps that plays Gordy” he pretends he had some kind of connection with the chimp and that’s how he survived when in actuality he didn’t even know the animals name
@@emilyjohn2034 Honestly, I didn't realise that was the message at first either. I thought it was a commentary on how some people will do anything for fame, the biggest thing for this interpretation is the the biker guy, who cared more about getting a photo than the fact his arm was broken, but a movie can have multiple messages, especially if done well
@@daggerfly0087 nope is definitely a movie with multiple messages, and those kinds of movies are very easily to miss some if you focus to hard on the others. I just don’t like when someone who missed one of the messages tries to talk like they have authority without even rewatching the movie. It’s a comment section not an active conversation you can always double check yourself
I think this movie is so good because every part of it is better after you've seen it. Even the promotional material, like the posters of all the characters looking up. Jupe had his cowboy hat on, the one that looks like the creature in some scenes, and he's the only one (from the posters) that gets sucked up. It was literally hanging over his head the whole time.
I think there's another hint to the movie plot. All the characters in the poster look up, with Nope on top of them. I hints at what not to do when dealing with Jean Jacket (looking up)
One detail that I loved in Nope is how, when they're trying to film Jean Jacket, OJ is wearing a hoodie with eyes on the back of the hood, just like how people in parts of India where tiger attacks are common will wear masks on the backs of their heads to make the tigers think they are looking at them and aware of their presence when the tigers are trying to sneak up on them.
I’m pretty sure he’s talked about it being on purpose, but I love that Peele’s movies typically have a happy ending. It feels good to go through a tumultuous horror movie but have that bit of hope at the end, whether it’s Rod showing up at the end of Get Out or OJ surviving to the end of Nope.
I find the ending of Nope to be more ambiguous. OJ being directly under a sign reading: Out Yonder suggests that maybe he's metaphorically out yonder, as in elsewhere, not really there. If you listen just before the motorcycle clicks back on during Em's escape before she rides to Jupe's park, you can hear a shriek similar to the sound the horses made when being sucked up. Another reason, I think OJ would have rode right to Em and had her giddy-up onto the horse, but he just stands there whilst his sister has a melancholy look in her eyes.
@@Nope2022HugeTheWarningFan all of that actually makes a lot of sense and would actually be very cool storytelling. That said, like I said I enjoy being a bit optimistic about the endings. I like to think the siblings got their happy ending. To each their own though.
This movie was a tough watch, for reasons James brushed on. I remember James sharing the news of his farther's passing and thinking I couldn't even imagine what he was going through. Then sadly I lost my own farther at the end of last year. I had to take time off from horror movies and even struggled watching kill counts, which was a heartache as they're something I always found comfort and enjoyment in and I couldn't even stomach it anymore. Things are getting better but I truly commend James commitment to the channel, team and fans. After experiencing something like that I don't think I could have ever returned. I know he probably won't see this but I need to say my peace on how much he's helped and inspired me to get through this rough time. We all come for the numbers, we stay because of the heart that goes into everything Dead Meat bring us. Thankyou James, and the team. You do so much more than count the kills ❤
The thing I love about Nope (and Peele’s other films) is that, while you do miss out on a LOT of important stuff if you just take them at face value, they can still be enjoyed as fun/scary adventures. They can all be viewed in both the classic “cinema” experience, breaking down scenes and exploring the themes, or they could be something you randomly decide to watch late on a Friday/Saturday night with a bunch of snacks and nothing to do the next day. My favorite thing about Nope is definitely the dynamic between OJ and Emerald. Kaluuya and Palmer have such great chemistry, and they remind me a lot of the relationship I have with my sister, especially since I feel like I’m a lot like OJ and she’s a lot like Em
I think that's why Nope didn't work for me: Peele went too hard on the film nerd stuff, distracting himself from just telling a good story. I agree that he usually nails that balance, but I don't agree that he did on this one.
Writing a comment isn't something OJ would do but OK pal. This movie is a lot worse, unwatchable really, if you don't read into it and try to get the generic points it tries to get across.
@@LightningMo3People seem to go out of there way to find "depth" and "underlying meaning" in Peeles films... to the point of people inserting them where there is clearly NO depth or underlying meaning. All of Peels "depth" is up front, in your face, and obvious... and typically isn't very "deep". One of the most overrated directors in modern day Hollyweird, this guy is. And he doesn't know how to end a movie.
A few of my favorite things about this flick is Keke Palmer’s sick ass Akira bike slide. But also when Jupe says “when you leave here, you won’t be the same” or something along those lines (i haven’t seen Nope in a hot minute), it’s exactly halfway through the movie. I love when flicks do stuff like that.
Thrilled to see James gets this film on such a deep level. There's not nearly enough appreciation for how much is going on under the surface of this one. It's juggling so many themes, and the fact it manages to make them all coalesce inside such a polished, entertaining exterior is just astonishing. Peele's ability to craft instantly iconic imagery is really amazing. I think Get Out is a slightly more concise and finely tuned film, but the sheer ambition of this one makes the level of excellence it achieves more impressive to me. Both films are horror masterpieces no doubt.
Antlers is such a good character in my opinion. At first i couldn't understand why he chose to die for seemingly no reason, until i watched the film more times and picked up on the references to his illness. And i love how his death is set up, "you find yourself standing atop a mountain with all eyes on you" while saying that hes watching footage of a animal being eaten by a predator. The impossible shot antlers wants is the pov of prey being eaten by a predator. And the roll of film can be seen rolling down the hill when jean jacket goes after angel so im pretty sure the footage survived.
If I remember correctly, you see the film get light leaked (or whatever the term for it is) I always saw it as part of the whole you spend your life chasing the impossible shot, he got the shot but kept chasing and so lost what he had
Something to note is the idea that Jean Jacket isn't actually of alien origin. Think about it, the fact that a balloon burst was able to destroy it internally shows it's very sensative to pressure changes which would be heavily involved if it's flying in space. I and others believe it to be an animal that originated on earth, but primarily lived in the upper atmosphere or stratosphere and wouldn't have much human contact. It reminds me of a 60s Toho kaiju movie called Dogora about a giant space cell that mutates into a jellyfish like monster
also because its EMP would make it very difficult to record video except through very niche, vintage recording technology, it's generally too fast to capture with polaroid cameras, and its instinct is to hide, pounce on its prey, and then eat any witnesses. It's basically the perfect combination of reasons why we wouldn't have known it existed as a society until now.
Alien origin could also mean the species originated from another planet but after arriving continued evolved alongside Earth-origin life, losing their ability to travel through space.
I believe that it at least came to earth thousands of years ago. And are the reason people described “Angels” as great beings with many eyes 👀 and of course other mysterious sightings in the sky 🛸
@@aishalee5924 tbh I doubt that a lot, it's very clearly an animal and has no real tell tale signs of sentience, but as one comment put it Roanoke has a pretty good theory. Basically it states that the creature could've actually be native to the one place where we have no idea if life actually thrives that being the troposphere. You see the troposphere has so much pressure that we can't accurately explore it properly similar to how the deep ocean was, however that means if there is life up there then the sheer pressure would force life to evolve into gigantism. And given how many similarities jj has with many earth creatures like sand dollars and jellyfish it could simply be a result of convergant evolution mixed with gigantism. And the only reason jj isn't back up into the troposphere is simply because it's being consistently fed.
god when i say NOPE is probably my favorite horror movie of all time i mean it 100%. its so good. so beautiful, so thematic, so deeply terrifying in such a unique way. and it has a sort of happy ending. it’s not a triumph that jean jacket is killed, but it is one that our main three characters (OJ, em, and angel) survive. seeing them make it out okay is just so cathartic and satisfying. god i love this movie.
@@treypowell567 scary’s subjective, honestly. i don’t think the exorcist is scary. still a horror movie, though! that’s what i love about horror, there’s literally something for everyone, no matter your tastes. it’s a wonderfully flexible genre
@@imabrokenglowstick In that perspective I understand but personally I call movies like NOPE a thriller/suspense type movie. Shit you could say even a Sci-Fi but I understand everybody has their own definition of horror so it is what it is
At the end OJ is shown atop the horse just under a sign that reads: Out Yonder. The fact that he doesn't ride up to Em and giddy-up her onto the back of the horse has always suggested to me that OJ didn't make it. If you listen to just before Em is able to ride the motorcycle away from Jean Jacket, you can hear the same shriek from the horses before when they were sucked up. I don't think OJ made it out.
@@Nope2022HugeTheWarningFan that’s very fair and such a good interpretation of the ending, and if that’s the definitive one then god. what a fucking. beautiful, heartbreaking end. i just like to personally think OJ made it out because it makes me wanna cry to think he didn’t :’)
15:55 btw it's not that gordy went crazy, because animals are supposed to protect themselves from anything that is unnatural to them, so gordy's reaction was completely reasonable in his mind. animals aren't playthings, or games. they are animals. which i love that this movie says that
Me and my dad really loved OJ’s character due to his autistic tendencies around people but emotional understanding around horses. I’m on the spectrum and have been working with horses since I was little and I was really able to relate to the confusion and fear around other peoples social cues but ability to understand the emotional cues from animals and finding solace in them. Nope was not only a masterpiece in filmmaking but also had incredible animal welfare on set from my research, which is honestly rare.
@@Samstar369 But it doesn't show it, you barley see inside For claustrophobia to really show up, you have to linger on it, Like the Decent, Scened in cramped spaces feel claustrophobic because they linger on scene for a long time
I recently learned that there are haunted house attractions that actually have similar parts. Where you have to go through a narrow passage and they inflate basically a big balloon and pin you for a few seconds.
i usually never have an issue with gore or gross stuff on tv, but jean jackets digestion scene is one that i just cant bare to watch all the way through
I am glad you didn't include OJ on the kill count. People claim he died, using the 'Yonder" sign to mean that he has passed on to the next life. However, what they miss is how the movie's ending and beginning echo each other. it begins with a man riding a horse, someone taking pictures, and the horserider getting no credit and forgotten while the photographer gets all the glory. Here... OJ rode a horse, his sister took some pictures... but it remains to be seen if he will get any credit from her... or if history will repeat itself.
Also like 1. theres zero usage of a character hallucinating at any point in the movie, closest we get is a memory, and 2. Jordan Peele himself confirmed he was alive and the ending was literal
I love how OJ's fate is left to debate. I believe that he did die, track 31 on the Nope soundtrack is titled A Heros Fall. Oj stared directly into jean jackets mouth directly challenging him , theres just no way jean jacket would let him live going by the films logic. Uless the rules are different when jean jacket is in that form . We see that jean jacket reverts to his ufo form after taking the balloon to eat it but we've never see how it eats in his open form . So theres alot left to the viewers' imagination.
@@ricosworld8866 If you're referring to the green ribbons that shot out like a camera shutter, Kill Count is wrong about it being the throat or mouth. Jordan Peele has said that Jean Jacket's eye resembles that of an octopi, which Kill Count mentions, but failed to connect with the green reflective ribbons during the beginning credits and the intimidation tactic used to try to scare OJ. The ending, the Out Yonder sign, and the fact that OJ didn't ride up to Em and have her giddy-up onto the horse, instead Em staring with eyes full of melancholy suggest to me that OJ isn't there. And the fact that just before Em is able to escape Jean Jacket on the bike, I heard the same shriek the horses made before when JJ sucked them up. I think it's much more ambiguous.
The UFO actually being the creature itself, and the sound of its “engine” being the sounds of people and animals being digested is just…. So creative. The shot of it raining blood on the house is one of my favorite horror movie frames ever
As the big mythology nerd I was as a kid, NOPE made me feel seen and excited for so many reason! Like, every time I thought about how dealing with the Minotaur or the Mokole Mbembe , the gorgons or even Tiamat, Scylla, Charybdis, and others was dealt in this movie in some way or another --plus, I was a Black big mythology nerd, of course, and representation is the thing I seek the most in my movies, books and games. I'm really glad James is talking about it in such a endearing and validating way.
@@ariadnefrolich7243 Hi!! I love SO MUCH when people ask me that - my students are the only ones hearing my monster ramblings lately. 😅 So, nowadays, I think creatures like the Adze and the Penanggalan are huge favorites, but I need to mention my childhood ones like the Mboitata and the Mapinguari -- I mean , I'm also Brazilian, so it's a huge deal around here. 😊We friends now, btw
@emanuelcr Oh cool! Did you know a penanggalan appeared in the 6th episode of the 3rd season of Creepshow? I was so excited to see a lesser known monster be given the spotlight for once. I honestly can't say I have a favorite (too many cool creatures to pick from), but I've recently been obsessed with a yokai I learned about called the Bake-Kujira (ghost whale).
@@ariadnefrolich7243 Oh, Love yokais! I had a Yuyu Hakusho/Inuyasha craze back in the day, and Hausu is one of my fave japanese movies... Had no clue abt Creepshow! ill check i out
29:51 the end is actually a twist because they went through all that for the reporters to arrive and get their shots of the alien out before them making their entire goal to sell it to someone was useless
This movie is so creative. I usually hate foreshadowing but the foreshadowing in this movie was so creative. The reference to the eye contact in the beginning of the movie, the bad miracles with the alien making the twins famous and the shoe landing perfectly straight. Its so well executed and planned and is honestly a really well scripted movie, 10/10.
I remember the first time watching this movie, I slowly realized something wasn’t right when the inside of the UFO was shown and it was NOTHING like a technological spaceship. Then the twist comes that the whole thing is an ACTUAL LIVING CREATURE, and it makes you look back on everything. This movie subverts how we expect alien life to be like perfectly, and I LOVE IT!
I never get tired of watching James count kills for every movie he covers, his humour and chrisma on every one, is something that we ALL need in this cruel and messed-up world, God bless you dude
As someone who struggles with socializing and is on the spectrum, I really connected with OJ. It’s one of the most subtle yet effective portrayals of someone being on the spectrum and it’s done with total class
On the spectrum too and I about started bawling when OJ actually looked up at Jean Jacket at the end. Eye contact is a big deal. One of his possible last acts is to look at his sister. Then make damn sure he's making eye contact with Jean Jacket to buy her time.
Nope was one of the few movies I almost immediately rewatched upon finishing it. It left me with a feeling that I just didn't catch everything upon finishing it, and I absolutely love that.
My favourite detail from this movie is that Jupe's entire show holds him to his trauma (pointed out to me by CinemaWins). His alien costumes are modeled after the cameras on the chimp set, the staff uniforms are the chimps, etc. It's wildly fascinating
So not only did we get an in-depth, amazingly edited, time-flying video on probably one of if not the best horror movies of 2023 but we're getting a TERMINATOR KILL COUNT??? James was absolutely right, Dead Meat is SO BACK BABY
I loved get out. One of my favorites. I really liked US. But, sadly I didn't love nope. It was kind of an average horror movie to me and wasn't very scary. However I love Peele and still need to watch it again. My expectations may have been too high at the time. Part of it was it just felt too long and didn't have a good message like the other two movies.
Idk man, since he said he’d never look at any of the sequels sinc they’re not horror (even though he covered Mortal Kombat and a few other non-horror things), it feels like we lost out on a lot more than what we’re getting Also erm actually Nope came out in 2022, not 2023 🤓👆
@@YoBrand15 I totally get that! I really loved the thematic density of this one, since personally Us kinda missed the mark for me 😅to each their own, I personally enjoyed the second viewing of this movie just as much as the first since I could catch all the details and juicy bits without sinking into my seat in fear
I gotta say, I watched this movie for the first time last and what still haunts me is the fate of Mary Jo, the tv show sister. To see her attacked and ripped apart by the chimp, left mutilated lying on the studio floor. Then to see her later as an adult get sucked and digested by Jean Jacket with the rest of the crowd... that'll haunt me for days. She was seemingly innocent. What a way for her character to be treated 😥
One thing I thought you'd mention was the fact that the Travis the chimp indecent is one of the reasons why chimps aren't used in Hollywood anymore, they're unpredictable, except when they actually attack. Then they go for all of the things on your body that are easily detachable with chimp strength that you'd miss, like your fingers, lips, and genitals. Another attack happened that involved a chimp that was a man's pet being rehomed in a chimp sanctuary. When he came to visit, he brought his pet a birthday cake. The other chimps were jealous that he got something and they didn't, so they attacked the man and disfigured him, ate a few fingers if I remember right. That's all I was thinking of in the Gordy's home scenes.
The Jean jacket design at the end when it changes from the traditional ufo shape is terrifying but also beautiful which makes you wanna look at it. Well done visual effects team. Also OH MY GOD YOURE DOING TERMINATOR NEXT WEEK!!?? I’m hyped!
What's also cool about the TMZ reporter's death is that his helmet, which he uses for recording catching the truth, probably is what got him killed. The singular hole which would give him a better view for recording makes the helmet look like a massive eye, with the hole being the pupil, and so the guy was screwed even if he slightly looked up. You could argue that because his entire brand is capturing spectacle at the cost of everything else, it translated into his very head being covered by something that would ensure his death, but even if it isn't meant to mean that its still a sick detail regardless
Jordan peele is slowly becoming my favourite modern horror director he's just so creative with the smallest things and I absolutely love how much detail be crams into these movies
Horror and comedy go hand in hand in my opinion. The best comedy stems from someone having to be at the butt end of the joke and comedians understand a lot about suffering and how people react to it.
I feel like his comedy experience gives him an amazing insight into human nature and the way the world works, and how people treat it. He then took that understanding and instead of making fun of those scenarios, he makes them horrifying. It's not that difficult conceptually, to take the same element of our world and make it either comedic or terrifying, though obviously the man puts it in practice in spectacular fashion.
@@coletrainhetrickI really like that explanation. I'm always trying to tell ppl that same thing, but never can quite get my words out w good understanding so il have to borrow ur viewpoint & see if that helps them. Makes total sense to me. Thanks❤💞❤️
29:07 that bike slide is one of the most badass images humanity has ever created and the number of times it's been reenacted is evidence of it. Mad respect to whoever came up with the Akira Slide!
Going into Nope, I wasn't expecting to see a sibling relationship that made me feel so seen. Nope might be one of the best portrayals of siblings ever.
The fact that there’s an “Akira Bike Slide” in this live action movie should be enough to tell you how based the director and the whole team behind the movie really is.
18:47 “Jupe’s comparatively unscathed experience has left him feeling INVINCIBLE” Jupe’s actor, Steven Yeun, plays Mark Grayson, AKA…Invincible. Very funny, James. Edit: And as soon as I say something, James calls him a “Walking Dead man.” That’s two Yeun roles…veeeeeery funny.
Two facts: Jupe was wearing a jacket when he died that had pictures of Jean jacket on the back. You can see them here 18:49 And while it’s not confirmed, I think the reason Jean jacket unfolded into its final form was because angel DID get sucked up but Jean jacket spit him out because it (Jean jacket) cut itself on the fence wire we see angel tie around himself in an attempt to remain grounded. When an animal feels threatened, it try’s to make itself seem as big as possible to scare off anyone it deems not friendly (like a bear standing on it hind legs) I think Jean jacket did exactly that when it unfolded itself
The flaring of those big green streamers definitely seemed like the kind of thing animals do to make themselves look more threatening. Especially since it looks like it flares them at the balloon before eating it.
It’s crazy how Jordan Peele made a movie that’s basically a middle finger to the entertainment industry making a spectacle out of traumatic events in the same year as the sensationalism of the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial, the Jeffery Dahmer show, and Blonde.
the timing of which the movie came out was crazy, especially after the giant spectacle people made of the depp vs heard trial. what an awful time to be online
16:25 I always thought the deeper meaning of the shoe was what it meant to Jupe. He went through a horribly traumatic event, where he was the sole survivor for a seemingly inexplicable reason, and also witnessed something that seemed so unlikely it should be impossible. That would warp someone's mind, especially a childs. The chimp didnt attack him simply because he didnt make eye contact with it, and the shoe landed that way... because it did. The lesson here was, awful things happen when you mess around with things you don't fully understand, but Jupe misinterpreted the message to be that he was special. It was just a miracle he survived and he's just different than other people. So unfortunately, he survived one tragedy just to create another. Jupe is a really tragic character, he gets a lot of people killed due to his arrogance(himself and his family included), but he never had any form of malicious intent. In a way, he must've thought he was conquering his trauma as much as he was the animal. He was always just a scared little boy, and he even though he survived the event, it still led to his death. People have talked about Jupe's final expression, and the possible meanings, like he's in wonder or awe. I see a man's entire understanding of himself, his life, and his experiences all falling away in an instant and realizing it was all a lie. I also think theres this theme of humanity not being able to accept its animilistic nature. Like, we have higher intelligence but our arts or advances always cater towards violence because it's what we're naturally drawn to. Idk, I'm not smart enough to delve into that and could be completely missing the mark there😂
I love how when Jupe talks about the SNL Gordy sketch, the Cape Canaveral shirt behind him has doomed flights Columbia & Challenger on them, tragedies that also became spectacles in their own right. It's not a detail a lot of people notice.
What i love about "that" scene is that it holds no punches, its not just a cut to black as jean jacket arrives, it doesnt even say "of the children escaped" NOPE multiple entire family unites kids barely 10 years old all taken to a horrific fate.
It’s literally one of my ALL time favorite horror movies/ movies The genuine and visceral terror I felt during that scene inside Jean Jacket with all the audience members is something I’ll never be able to explain. It felt real And then when it rains down the blood omg I have a bias fear of aliens (malicious aliens specifically because I’m cool with ET or the blue cat guys Navi stuff) and I was already terrified of the movie from premise alone
One of my favorite details from behind the scenes is that Jordan Peele told Steven Yeun that Jupe didn't even play the main character in Kid Sherriff! While it's not explicitly stated in the film, I think it definitely comes across in his character desperately clinging to any sort of relevance. While I don't think this was an inspiration to Peele since Everything Everywhere All At Once was in production at the same time as Nope, it reminded me a lot of Ke Huy Quan's story about leaving acting for nearly 30 years because he had a harder time finding work as an Asian actor as he got older. Also, YES, I'm so excited you're covering The Terminator. I'm definitely in the camp that the first movie is a slasher film, so I'm hyped to see it get its due as a sci-fi horror classic.
I always deeply appreciate when fiction offers a creative - and often terrifying - explanation for a real-life phenomenon (kinda like Dr Who having the Silence explain why we walk into rooms and forget why we’re there, or know we have to tell someone something but forget what it was). Having the UAP *be* the animal is brilliant, and flips the entire concept of UFO sightings on its head - all those stories throughout history would actually be of people witnessing a shapeshifting sky creature that lives hidden within our atmosphere, most likely among many more if its species. Edit: HOLY SHIT THAT WAS DAY FOR NIGHT???!?!
Tere's a lot to love about Jean Jacket's design but what I love most about it is the fact that before you come to the realisation that its an animal, you only get glimpses of it from afar but you get enough of a look at it to be able to determine that it is a stereotypical UFO - sleek and grey and metallic, but when you realise its an animal rather than a ship, we get closer shots of it displaying its animaistic behaviour and the folds of its flesh truly do make it stand out as a creature that and i also love the fact that, when viewing it from above, Jean Jacket looks like an eye. I am so normal about this movie
I like how with some of kill count thumbnails, the design has slightly and slowly been improving, being with the logo, and now the border around it. And glad to see you're also showing the rest of your content towards another channel. Here's to more Dead Meat!
When I saw this movie, I was dealing with the grief of my grandmother's passing. For a first-time viewing aside, this movie blew me away, and was emotionally helpful in keeping my spirits distracted during a horrible time.
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Hey James I want to know when will u cover the hatchet series?
I didn’t get a chance to watch “nope” looked honestly not my cup of tea but Glenn from “walking dead tv series” so let’s get to the kills!
James, thank you for finally doing Terminator I’ve been wanting Terminator forever.
JAMES MY MAN you gotta check out indian horror! Tumbad, Kumari, kantara, shapit, bhool bhulaiya and other underrated gems are some AMAZING examples. Its a good introduction to the country's horror genre as well
No way
You did nope
You mad lads
My favorite little detail in Nope is when Jupe is telling the crowd about the first time he interacted with Jean Jacket. He mentions how the first time he saw the "alien" there was a thick fog. He didn't get eaten because the fog obscured eye contact.
Just goes to show that the guy got saved multiple times in his life by pure happenstance that he interpreted like some soft of personal talent or ability. Yet another great metaphor for the movie, since humans tend to believe everything that happens to them has a meaning, and plenty of people will claim that everything happens thanks to or because of them, regardless of the reality.
Just like the table cloth that veiled him from the chimp
Damn yall mfs smart af
Helps having an imposter disorder. You won't ever think you are worthy or capable and just keeps it real with you.
@@OrtegaSauce 😂 I wish, I only caught it with subtitles
25:25 a detail that i love in this scene : the helmet reflects OJ's eyes, thats why the biker gets attacked. OJ realises this, thats why he says hes sorry.
Love this movie 10/10
Oooohhhh
The only thing that was bugging me about this movie was because I didn't understand how/why the reporter got eaten since his helmet cover his entire face.
@@iamtriston666 well now you know, haha
@@DeadMeat alive vegetable
I think it's JJ's reflection in the reflective helmet. The singular eye hole paired with JJ's mouth looks like a pair of eyes.
OJ sews reflectors on to the hoodie he wears in the final act to challenge JJ as he rides away for the same reason
Fun fact: for the screams OJ hears in the distance, Jordan asked a group of people to scream like they were on a roller coaster having fun and recorded it, then recorded another clip of them screaming in terror and put them together.
this is just a thought but maybe the happy screams are people who wanted to give up while the horrible are the people who wanted to live idk
@@6touya That’s genius
Wow we should elect him, what a genius.
Damn deep man 👍
Excellent directing, I must say
27:55 The reason why Jean Jacket doesn't kill OJ in this scene is because he's not breaking eye contact or running. Jean Jacket's territory is in the air, but OJ is on the ground, where Jean Jacket has been hurt a few times, by the fake horse and so on. So Jean Jacket thinks that OJ might be a threat to them, and the party streamer flashing is almost like an intimidation tactic. It has no idea how to deal with OJ because he doesn't act like prey does, and that scares Jean Jacket.
Well said. I thought the same thing about that final showdown the first time watching the movie. Can't wait to see it again to really focus on how OJ's interactions with JeanJacket shift throughout the film
And that’s how many real predators act. We are told if we encounter a large predator to slowly back away or to yell, swing a stick around and make ourselves look bigger, cause running actually triggers their prey drive and causes them to attack
If they think we’re a threat and/or be too much of a hassle, they’re more likely to back off
The blood rain scene really terrified me. The fact you can hear everyone's screams and the moment they get crushed by Jean Jacket's digestive system is so horrific.
Especially when you remember their were kids at the Star Lasso Experience.
Truly chilling.
The most disturbed I've been from a movie.
It was so masterfully done.
The crunch where it all goes quiet? Just absolutely amazing and gross sound design.
I've seen a lot of people say they hate the name Jean Jacket for the alien because it's too stupid to be scary, but personally I think that's part of the point and I love it. We give both wild and domestic animals all kinds of ridiculous names, we anthropomorphize their behaviors, and often underestimate what they're capable of. I think giving the alien such a disarming name really helps drive home the idea that Jean Jacket isn't the villain; it's just an animal who's actions are driven by a thought process that humans couldn't possibly understand.
@@user-wk9ov1bk1t Not that I'm aware of. It could be as simple as "kids pick silly names for pets" but knowing how he works I think it is likely symbolic of something that I'm just missing.
Alternately it could be an outside reference to something in his personal life or someone else's work that inspires his.
Just look to Freddy, Jason, and Michael. A name doesn’t have to be cool to be iconic, considering you probably know what characters I’m talking about without referring to their movies, or even their last names.
We give our terrifying natural disasters names like Katrina it makes total sense we’d call them something silly
@@user-wk9ov1bk1t no need to apologize for having curiosities! :)
@user-bi5um2sf8owas just thinking about this. I even remember after Katrina hit, our teacher showed the list of all past and future hurricane names, and we’d cheer for one another when our names popped up.
Thinking back, we were cheering being associated with a natural disaster that might’ve killed dozens/hundreds and left many homeless.
Jean Jacket, Hat, whatever name they’d give it I feel like would’ve fit all the same.
everyone knows that jupe wrongfully believes that he is special due to surviving gordy's rampage and being able to harness JJ, but i haven't seen a single person mention the fact that jupe survived both of these things because of the obscuration of his eyes!! gordy can't look him in the eyes because of the tablecloth, preventing the rest of his rampage, and JJ doesn't eat jupe the first time they meet because it was foggy and he couldn't see jupe looking up at him!!!
jupe's existence at this point in the movie is genuine luck lmao
Classic survivorship bias. It’s such a good commentary on our tendency to ascribe to skill/providence what’s really either dumb luck and/or surrounding circumstance.
There’s a commentary on our tendency to assign false meaning to our lives in lieu of doing the self work of introspection to properly frame ourselves and our experiences (such as Jupe leaning into marketing his trauma and thinking of himself as exalted instead of getting therapy and processing the horrible thing that happened to him).
*I didn't know at all!* I thought the flashback was hinting to being directly connected to what's happening now. Since I didn't know what caused Gordy to go literal ape shit, and when he looked at Jupe signalling confusion I thought it and the upside shoe were suggestions that he was under some sort of outside influence, an alien influence?
And I thought during those moments Jupe is alone and staring at the memorabilia, meant this was all part of the trauma he can't forget and hides under all this celebration of the past and upbeat persona. Even when he put on that show, I thought he was just being drawn to whatever was out there like Holst and further continuing to hide the trauma. Even when I read about what he was meant to represent, I thought Peele was doing it wrong since I wasn't getting that at all with Jupe and thought the exploitative messages were only seen with the ignorant Hollywood people and annoying reporter!
@@lucinae8512 You didn't get the point that the balloon popping caused Gordy to freak out? I have a feeling that every time after the first balloon popped, the others popping is a sign of a possible sniper trying to clear the way aiming at Gordy. That isn't relevant, but I thought I would ad as much.
One thing about Jupe feeding JJ, how did he get so lucky every time he fed it horses? He's got some really good luck. I suppose that rings true to him not being in eyeshot of Gordy during the attack.
If the alien had any influence on the Gordy's Home set the lights would have most likely dimmed to pitch black due to JJ absorbing electricity.
@@Nope2022HugeTheWarningFan I saw someone explain Jupe's luck feeding JJ unscathed be a result of him having the horses run down the valley into the gulch. So JJ focused on the running horse, not Jupe. Jupe even says that the first horde seemed like it was running home, ie the Haywood ranch.
@@etherealnerd On another video, perhaps, I actually mentioned that the horse is probably seen by JJ because of its galloping and completely missed that Jupe was even there.
The worst part about the people killed during the Star Lasso Experience: it's the daytime when they get sucked up, but by the time they're actually killed, it's night. They would have been stuck in Jean Jacket slowly being digested for hours before they actually died
The hikers mentioned on the radio in the first scene would have been in there for days
I just wanna say that, as a shy kid that has a very extroverted and loved sister, the phrase "my sister is gonna be here in a minute" in front of a crowd waiting to be pleased and entertained is too real
On me!!!! Except I use my son as an excuse, hes so outgoing and I love him for it
hearing "i'm changing the script" while you're auditioning must be the biggest fucking compliment to hear as an actor
Id be terrified 😭 specially changing it for you, you gotta really bring it
@@etangbose4755 me too. I'd assume the worst like oh i'm probably the straw on the camels back of hundreds of terribly auditions from people not getting the character. Loved seeing the actor understand fully when he's told he got it
Until the moment you're being told they're not gonna cast you at all. Worst thing you could hear.
@@moshymosh i think that's what brandon perea was thinking when the casting director said that too, he seemed scared asf
@@lelpato3327 I'd highkey be scared too. Could you imagine? That would be so messed up.
It’s interesting that Gordy was only referred to as ‘one of the chimps that played Gordy’. They didn’t even know the chimps name because they just considered him a prop, part of the dehumanization that led to his rampage. In contrast each of the horses had a name because OJ and Emerald care for and respect them.
i mean i wouldn't say dehumanization since gordy was a chimp and not a human, but I will say their ignorance and inability to understand that gordy was a living creature and could possibly be unpredictable was what ultimately lead to the death of the cast of the sitcom
@@ronmcdon1530I feel dehumanizing would actually be a good word because they personified him purposefully with intent. Trained him, taught human mannerisms and dressed them up and this was multiple chimps. I'd recommend looking up an orangutan name Chantek who was educated and humanized only to be thrown into captivity with all of his knowledge as skills- forced to "unadapt" to being a "regular orangutan" despite them already being intelligent creatures before his adoption. 😢 my anthropology professor was Dr. Miles who raised him on campus before they said he had to leave. He accidentally got out one night and a girl found him sitting on the campus steps in the middle of the night. He didn't hurt anyone, his door was opened, but they sent him to a zoo.
and Em does the same to Jupe saying he was "That Asian kid" because that is all he will ever be known as is some Asian token kid on a tv show.
How can you dehumanize something that isn't human?
@@pixiestxNyomoufI still wouldn’t use dehumanization because acting like animals are human is how animals happen. Plenty of have people raise wild animals from birth and that same animal grows up to maul them or someone else. Forgetting a wild animals is a wild animal is how accidents happen no matter how much human influence is on the animal.
Jeanjacket's "transformation" is a threat response. When challenged or attacked, some animals will endeavor to make themselves appear larger. It's very common in animals and fits the movie theme perfectly. Jeanjacket is just an animal, doing what it needs to do.
Still doesn't make it right
Nature doesn't have a sense of right or wrong
@@tonypringles2285nature has no morals. Sorry.
@@shaneregan7745 who cares about nature. morals are clearly a real thing. are you some ultimate contrarian that thinks morals dont exist??
@@lilliesupreme9767 so? we do. if an animal is killing people that doesn't make it right just because thats "what it needs to do" you put down those animals
my favorite fun fact is during Jupe's show, when he says "in one hour you will leave here having witnessed a spectacle." Because at that point, there is exactly one hour left of the movie! 🍿🍿
Boy was he wrong lmao
YES! the detail in this is so amazing!
I love it when movies have lines the reference how much time the movie has left
@@Joey-fm1jhyeah like in Hercules Hades say it's half time at the halfway mark of the movie
@@LightningMo3buh-dum tiss.....
You're so clever grandpa
The main thing I loved about this movie was the accurate representation of animals. Chimpanzees WILL kill you for so much as breathing wrong in front of them, they are NOT meant to be TV show stars or pets. As well as horses, both of these animals can and will freak out if you look at them in the eye. These animals are not to be messed with, but treated with respect. Make no mistake, if a horse wants you off of it, it'll get you off of it one way or another. I love how Nope clearly communicates that animals are not props! It's amazing!
I love how people’s treatment of animals also fits in too. With some like OJ respecting that he was working with something that could be unpredictable and others like Jupe thinking they somehow knew how to deal with them because he understood them.
Yeah the lady lived and the monkey got shot....fuck it
To take a page from Brian cox in Rise of the planet of the apes “They’re not people, you know.”
Horses definetly are dangerous more because They want to flee if their scared and will do anything to Get away.
@@ingvildkvakestad I don't know chimps don't out right kill you they take what you need to survive, so they will take your eyes so you can't see, destroy your mouth so you can't eat, bite off hands or fingers so you can no longer grasp things and if you're male they remove you genitals so you can't reproduce, if your calm horses usually are calm to but there are a few horses I've met who are assholes too. I've never been around a chimp but I want to keep it that way
OJ’s possibly neurodivergent tendency to avoid eye contact directly opposing the fundamental hunting technique of the monster is such a brilliant lead character trait
but howd bro live at the end
@@jbbbedc8300 cause he’s a badass with a hell of a plan and a bond with his horsie
I'm definitely in the camp of "OJ is Autistic" because of that and the one scene where he communicates with Angel the same way he would a horse.
@jbbbedc8300 largely because Jean Jacket wasn't hunting OJ in that scene anymore, it was moreso fighting with him for territory. The way it unfurrled and kept flashing it's eye is very "make yourself the more intimidating creature".
@@criesincryptid it doesn’t have to try too hard to be the more intimidating creature lol
A little detail nobody seems to talk about: there is a background detail of the use of green boxes in this movie. Almost everything dealing with Jupe has green boxes. The box Gordy's balloons exit from, the green cloth over the box cage for Lucky, the paper advertising for that event is literally the same shade of green. And, obviously, the eye/mouth thing that comes out of Jean Jacket at the end of the movie
Green is the color of greed so it’s no surprise
@@insert_apathetic I thought it was the colour of jealousy?
@@danielm6089 I think it could be interchangeable depending on the subject. Like how red can mean violence and blood but also passion and love
@@insert_apathetic yea that would make sense. It was merely an association I had previously not seen before. Thanks for clarifying :)
I love the fact that Otis Sr. family has ties to the first moving picture and that he was killed by a nickel passing through his eye. The earliest movie pictures were called Nickelodeons and you paid a nickel to look through a view finder with one eye to see the short film clips
omg. nope is The Movie
I love this hidden fact
I've seen some people also say that it's because Jefferson, on the nickel, is a slave owner, and something James didn't mention is that the mirror helmet guy at the end is credited with the last name Muybridge, the same as the guy who shot the 1880s footage. There's definitely a subtext about the way that minorities have been victimized and exploited even beyond what is obvious on a first watch
It's been two years and I'm STILL learning new facts about this movie. J.Peele's brain I tell you!
It's not a fact, it was just part of the movie.
The scene where the people are being sucked through the digestive system is one of the only things that have every made me light headed. I work in a surgery unit where I see the INSIDES of humans. I SEE things get amputated. I see flesh that has rotted. I SMELL it. Watching my first surgery was the first time I got dizzy and almost fainted. I had that SAME RESPONSE watching that scene. It was incredible!
The actors did an INCREDIBLE job being terrified. Properly terrified. You hear the desperation. The "I am going to die" type screaming. The very clear panic attack' type response they give to the point where one throws up (obviously the throw up was planned, but the way its done is awesome) . And you just FEEL that same terror.
I have NEVER seen a horror movie that has a scene that impactful in that way.
For that scene ALONE "Nope" deserves all the awards.
Yeah same, I’ve watched countless uncomfortable gore scenes from many movies but this is what got me feeling sick. The movie is so well done that’s it’s almost hard to believe it’s a recent flick
That scene was incredible. One of the most unnerving scenes I'd ever seen in a movie
I heard they used both screams of fear and pain, but screams of people from Rollercoasters too! It worked scarily well
Of all the ways, being consumed is a top tier fear. The insurmountable terror and powerlessness that goes into being taken and digested… truly horrific. Driving the knife even deeper, the taut squeeze and immediate silence of its victims *shudders*
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This also digs the notion that question that when one hears something in “the real world” that suddenly isn’t there in the next moment, do… you… look…?
@@dranksinatra2493 The Mystery Flesh Pit is a really good example of 'being eaten alive' but on a much MUCH bigger scale. being eaten is terrifying, being eaten WHOLE, still alive? smelling what you'll eventually become later on down the tract? oof.
The concept of a UFO being a species of aerial megafauna makes it way more terrifying than it being a spaceship.
The whole concept of getting abducted freaks me out to no end, so the fact peele was able to somehow make an even scarier version certainly disturbed me in theatres.
It's an interesting interpretation of aliens we don't do enough. We usually just go with robots/androids or bug/blob like ones. This also reminds me of an animated show about humans on an alien planet where the fauna can operate like a machine. It will produce a little "worker" to operate it until its done and dies.
@@Ashbrash1998mass effect is the only other example I can think of off the top of my head
@@Ashbrash1998 this concept is expanded on scavenger reign animated series from HBO
@@ungabunga7879 Peele found that literal safety net with a UFO humans often rely on. If it’s a ship, you can board it or get out or off. But if Jean Jacket successfully consumed you, that’s it. You’re melted and digested. There’s no “door” or escape hatch. The inside is a stomach lining.
"LOOK AT THAT GIANT CRANE!!" The childlike excitement in that statement makes me so happy.
21:58
The sound in this movie is incredible- the far away screaming everytime after Jean Jacket feeds is so eerie. Right before Keith David dies and after we hear about the missing hikers, and especially after the Jupiter’s claim show as he’s ’digesting’ - and when Em is in the house and hears the whooshing and the screams and you can kind of make out “Help Us!” and a kid screaming “Mama!” And then it just goes quiet. The implication is that Jean Jacket’s victims were still alive in its digestive track all that time until it went ‘crunch’ before barfing all the shit back on the house.
Definitely one of the most chilling moments in horror history
That's when I lost any sympathy for this thing
@@live4life551No, but I can see why you think that, I don’t want to bring up the “We ate animals too so we are as bad” excuse so I will use something different, Let’s say in the woods there is an ant-eater, it finds a huge ant hill filled with many ants, the Ant-eater is hungry so it destroys the entire ant hill and kills and eats them not because he takes pleasure in killing all of them, but just simply because he’s hungry, yes what Jean Jacket did was horrific and disturbing, but to him they were just food he saw and ate, and like the ant-eater, he doesn’t take pleasure in killing them, he was just simply hungry.
(Also sorry for making it like a paragraph long ._.)
the poor kids. that fucked me UP
@@ZG2008 Wanting to protect children from predators is one of the most basic instincts there is. Why is it right for an animal and wrong for a human?
The Star Lasso Experience is one of the most unpleasant, unsettling segments i've ever experienced on theaters
Same here
It literally made me claustrophobic
You and me both!
I walked out during the scene for 5 minutes, and I had nightmares about it for 3 days after
It kinda reminded me of killer kllwns from outer space for some reason
I truly love the fact the film never goes into the origin of Jeanjacket. While it can be assumed to be an alien, the organism could very well just be another animal native to Earth.
Honestly it’s kinda like a jellyfish in the way it moves and eats.
I thought it was supposed to be what angels in the bible are based off of, in that the implication is that way back when people saw it and assumed it was divine. it's true form is hidden and winged, it flies about; you cant look at it in the face, or itll kill you, and it kills by bringing people up (to heaven?); and also it was based off biblical angels+nge. maybe im extrapolating too much though
It's almost certainly native to Earth considering the details paid to its biology. There's no way it could survive entering out atmosphere and there's no way it could reach exit velocity.
And if it was native to a different planet it wouldn't so closely resemble animals from our planet. I think its meant to evoke the imagery of an alien to illustrate the point about people dehumanizing the animal actors we think of them as foreign and unrelated even tho they're just animals.
@@kyo1546 it could also be an animal brought by other aliens, kinda like european explorers that accidentally left cats and rats on their expeditions.
@@kyo1546 I absolutely agree with your take on this, but technically Jeanjacket could be an alien and resemble our planet's animals this closely, it would be an example of convergent evolution (sorry if this comes off as arrogance, I don't mean it that way at all, I'm just a bit of a nerd lol)
My sister and I covered this on our podcast, I came to the realization that this movie is a grown up “kids on bikes” adventure. Just literally take all the beats and scale up the maturity. So darn good.
Yeah I noticed that too!!
Hmm, that reminds me of the making of the movie Suspiria 1977. Argento originally wanted children to be in the roles, but decided he couldn't, or wasn't allowed to, so he made everything a little bigger to make the actresses seem child size.
18:40 slight correction: travis wasn't an animal actor, he was a normal chimp raised by Charla's friend Sandra to substitute a child, literally bought from a chimp breeder. He went haywire due to Sandra treating him like a human baby instead of a wild animal, often half-sedating him with stuff like xanax to combat his wild instincts and hormones as he was getting older. It was a clear case of animal abuse that should have stopped before it started
Jeez-sus. I think I recall hearing about this. Some people have no regard for anything besides themselves. Feeding an animal medication to keep it subdued, that's evil.
Charla had also recently changed her hairstyle, so when she picked up one of Travis’s toys, he thought she was a stranger because he didn’t recognize her. That’s what set him off, iirc.
He was mainly considered a family member, however he was used in a few commercials and as a kind of “spokesman” for local business posters because he was a local celebrity. If I remember correctly, one of the commercials he did was for Panera
he was also diagnosed with depression due to not having a mate, also sandra's husband had died and apparently travis was fond of the man. finally the local PD had been told about travis getting violent (other incident before the mauling) but didn't do anything about it because they thought he was playing, they had pictures with travis all over the office.
Also, the victim's name was Charla Nash, not Carla. Seems like not too much research went into Travis' story before they decided to use it in the script here 😅.
Cid Dwyer has some pretty awesome videos going over Travis, his breeder, and the overall cruelty behind keeping chimps (or apes in general) as pets.
What I love about Jean Jacket is that it isn't a stereotypical alien at all, but just an undiscovered species that has lived on Earth for a while. What I love even more is that Peele wants to continue this universe with spinoffs with different people encountering different Jean Jackets, which would be so awesome
i hope you aint lying because i have wanted that for so long
how long has it been here? we don't know!
Might I suggest.... Jean Jacket vs Graboids
I want one where somebody decides to try to make a mecha to counter it for some reason.
The best thing to me about Jean Jacket is how it references a lot of stuff with aliens and angels in its design and stuff. LIke its body basically looks like its made out of weather balloon material which is a pretty common thing mistaken for aliens, its true form takes inspiration from sealife because a lot of aliens are based on those owing to HP Lovecraft and War of the Worlds, and the sucking up stuff was mentioned by Peele to possibly be the inspiration for angels ascending people to heaven.
I love that OJ also talks to people like horses, cause it's easier, like going 'Whoa whoa' when Angel is freaking out, or clicking his tongue at Angel to get him to angle the camera up or...I guess it's just Angel he does like that lol
I remember going "oh boy he is stimming" when he excitedly gets Angel into the van like he's a horse
Only angel ends up falling for the horse girl tendencies/j
I’m glad you mentioned OJ being possibly on the autistic spectrum in this video because as a person on the spectrum that was my interpretation of his character as well.
Not just because of his social awkwardness, resistance to change, and feeling more comfortable around animals (specifically horses) than humans but because people with autism (me included) generally find it difficult to make and maintain eye contact and naturally avoid it, which would make the scene where he looks the alien in the eye much more purposeful and impactful.
Which is also so impactful because Jean Jacket responds by expanding, normally something an animal would do if it was scared. Jean Jacket it almost seems was actually scared by OJ looking at it so straight on since animals often get scared of things not acting like prey, like say confidently standing your ground and making eye contact
As spending 10+years of my career in bx therapy, no disrespect to you or your diagnosis but ASD is broad definition (i.e. "spectrum") and I politely disagree
Just because someone's not overtly extroverted doesn't qualify for ASD dx
It's much more likely that he's just a neurotypical introvert that is in mourning bc of the loss of his father
@@DHarmon-ep7mmsomeone who specializes in ASD bx therapy discounting the experiences and observations of actual autistic people? Man, huge surprise to hear. /s
saaame, I can see how some might interpret OJ's behavior as just an introverted neurotypical, but I personally like the idea of him being on the spectrum (and not just because it means I get to see representation, lol)
@@DHarmon-ep7mmbro stop being a party pooper 👎. If autistic people (myself included) relate to him and want to project ASD on him, let them.
18:48 "Jupe's comparatively unscathed experience has left him feeling... [TITLE CARD]"
😂😂😂
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The captions capitalize the word invincible so that was absolutely a nod to the show
@@SwuidOnYT Confirmed as at 19:00, they capitalise Walking Dead, which was another show Steven Yeun appeared in.
That was 100% intentional by james
The digestive scene is so incredibly uncomfortable but in the best way possible. The claustrophobic framing, disorienting direction, gross viscous liquid, it makes the whole thing so intimate and brings out a feeling of pure disgust whenever I watch it. I both love that one scene is so good to be able to get such a primal reaction but also hate it because ohmygoditssogross. I remember especially when the woman the camera is tracking takes a few gasps for breath only to realize the only thing she can do is scream. It’s also extra horrifying when you think about the fact that if it weren’t for the streamers clogging the digestive tract those people would have died much quicker, meaning they were stuck for hours upon hours in a living hell with no idea for when it was about to end. Aggggh I just love this movie and it’s intrinsic nightmare fuel.
And the best thing is that none of the children are present in those scenes - this is the internet after all, we all know how messed up some people really are.
JJ usually digests over the span of a couple of days, so those 2-4 hours inside of it wouldn’t have been much different without the streamers & big plastic horse. The lady whose perspective we follow screams when she sees an actual half-digested horse.
I said, yep it's a horror movie. Probably my favorite part.
I disagree. If that decoy horse was clogging up the digestion, Clover would still be in there shrieking and possibly kicking to escape from the time he was sucked up the night before and during the StarLasso Experience. Plus, the bodies of the audience would have been deposited like the pocket change and keys. If digestion was blocked by the decoy, then those people and Clover would have been dumped onto the house, or onto OJ's truck as the decoy was.
The supposed decoy horse Kill Count claims is seen in the digestive tract looked like a horse skull to me. The decoy was metal, not plastic. And it had poky red eyes. The object in JJ's intestines had empty sockets, which suggest to me that it is a horse skull.
Also, if you pay attention to the radio spot at the beginning of the movie, it refers to a group of hikers disappearing two days ago. I believe that the nickel which kills OJ's dad was from the pocket of one of those hikers. That would mean they have been in Jean Jacket for two days being slowly digested.
I think Kill Count has made some mistakes regarding this movie. As well as yourself.
I saw this film in IMAX. The “digestion” scene made me so claustrophobic; watching the camera pan from down to up, realizing what you’re seeing is the inside of the creature’s stomach…knowing that the guests (men, women, AND children) are totally helpless, suffocated and melted inside. The second scariest was when Jean Jacket purposely finishes its digestion of the guests over the house, letting the screams be heard one last time before raining down blood.
The fact that it went over the only survivors house just to rain down the blood and screams is messed up
Talk about claustrophobia, I just listened to the audio of a female cosmonauts' last words, as she died in a hot, congested craft in space.
my 3 favorite things about NOPE;
the spooky things happen _in daylight_ in several scenes,
the UFO is _a monster_, rather than a spacecraft,
JJ's design is both beautiful and horrifying.
i also appreciate some of the "inside JJ" shots, since you very rarely get to see that type of stuff in any movie.
Finding out Peele rewrote Angel to be more surly on a whim is crazy, because he still ends up being an incredibly fun, likeable character by the end of the film. The man is incredibly talented.
We all need the person who can panic for everyone else in the group during chaos tbh. Keep morale up and provide perception 😢 it also shows how serious stuff is when Angel is both adaptive and "serious"tvoice of reasoning to the group. A true Angel, but not to be made a spectacle of by OJ and Em
We must talk about the Gordy party scene. People mostly forget how strong and dangerous a chimpanzee can be when he starts panickling.
I know I'm so terrified of Chimpanzees they freak me out so much
Any animal, really- even a domesticated animal can do a lot of damage when they're scared and feel like they're backed into a corner.
I think there's not many things sadder than a chimp being terrified and aggressive. They're so smart and can truly suffer and feel fear, it'd like a human child with the strength of a muscle bound adult.
True. There have also been stories of chimps trying to play with humans (their idea of play being poking, pulling, slapping, etc) causing the human to freak out (making them go on the defensive) because even when they aren't pissed or scared chimps can be rough customers, which of course leads to the animal turning aggressive. 😥 Yeah, no matter their mood, a chimpanzee is the last animal I'd want to be close to. I've a fear of horses and would gladly take my chances with a horse instead.
@@Grace-q9hYou’re not alone in that fear lol. I wasn’t really scared when I saw this movie in the cinema but when Gordie showed up I was damn near shitting myself.
Lucky didn’t survive the attack because he was “lucky”, he is said to be the smartest horse they have when he is sold. So smart in fact, he stayed in the safe glass box when the horse eating alien came by
I thought Lucky was the second best horse.
I always thought Lucky never ran for two reasons: 1) He was aware of the apex predator approaching
2) Because he didn’t recognize Jupe as his owner/trainer, adding more to the theme Jupe was not “special” for surviving
@@standingbylife he was the second best trained horse but he was the smartest one
a smart and well trained horse knows not to run when frightened.
What I love about this channel is how it doesn’t just do “Oh this person died like this then this person died like this.” No. It gives hilarious commentary on the scenes themselves as well as educating us, the viewers, about the film production, casting, the cast themselves, behind the scenes, and more. As a guy who wants to do long form analysis videos myself, learning how other films are made is so satisfying. So thank you Dead Meat for making learning fun.
Dead meat has made me want to get involved with movies
Lucky isn't the only survivor of the Star Lasso Experience! There's a piggy on the roof of one of the park's buildings. You can see it when OJ enters the park (and its even there at Universal too!). It makes sense that the piggy survived since pigs have weird necks and can't really look up!
the fact that this whole movie is basically an allegory for humanity's insatiable need to be entertained no matter the cost is ✨PERFECT✨
Aswell as our treatment of WIld animal
and our desperation to try and tame things that shouldn't be tamed!
Cringe.
Really? I thought the movie was just bad lol
Its powerful as fuck!
I love the small detail of the radio broadcast at the beginning of the film announcing that hikers have gone missing, which were the screams inside of the UAP/Jean Jacket before it expelled all of their undigestible contents over Haywood Ranch, killing Otis.
what's so disturbing about the blood rain scene is the fact that before it rained blood, you can hear the people inside jean jacket screaming and then there's a soft squelch sound before it starts raining blood.
Nope is one of those movies that just sticks with you. The Star lasso experience, the blood rain, the finale, Gordy's Home. Unforgettable movie.
Something I like about the scene of Jupe showing the media mocking the horrific events on the set of his show is that it immediately reminded me of the "Dingo ate my baby" incident where an Australian woman's baby really did get eaten by a dingo, but at the time, it was debated whether it happened or if she killed the child.
The real world events were turned into a movie, which has the line "A dingo ate my baby" that got continually mocked by the media as some sort of meme.
I'm not sure if it was a reference to this event, but it was great.
I would not be shocked if that was at least a part of what inspired that part of Jupe’s character.
Also the name for Oz's (Seth Green) band in Buffy the Vampire Slayer
I wonder if that's part of jupe's Coping mechanism, trying to make fun of the situation in order to "tame" his trauma
So this might be headcannon, but I picture the SNL sketch based on the Gordy incident would be a cross between the Mr. Peepers sketches and The Polar Bear Enclosure sketch. Chris Kattan as Gordy would play the silly ape character until the balloon pops. Perhaps in the sketch Jupe pops the balloon. Then Kattan wrecks the set breaking things and acting wild. Maybe they give him chocolate pudding to throw around. One by one cast members approach to calm him down and as they duck behind some overturned furniture fake limbs go flying and blood canisters are fired to simulate the attack. Perhaps a face mask is thrown on stage to simulate the face mauling. Finally Jupe and Gordy meet center stage, Will Ferrell comes in as the gunman to fire, and before that happens, the whole cast and crew pops up to say, "Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!"
I know that Jupe's dialog is meant to represent the sketch, but I would love to see a sketch team recreate the sketch as described just to see if an intentionally funny sketch based on a tragedy like that could actually deliver laughs. I would suggest Smosh since cast member Angela is constantly told she looks like Kattan, but Studio C could also pull off this kind of sketch. Or maybe a one off MadTV reunion.
The digestion scene is perfection. I felt like I could SMELL that whole scene. I remember watching it for the first time and after the fake horse got sucked up me and my bf both said at the same time “The alien IS the cloud!” Mr. Peele, you genius.
right?! i feel like i smelt a deep stench of digestive fluid and rotting flesh, much like when you burp but you regurgitate some up
Towards the end of the scene, you can hear one of the people inside throwing up, either from overwhelming pain or the horrible smell of JJ’s insides. I’d probably react that way too if I was in that situation
@@agirlnickel No it is not. It's like Jordan Peele watched the ending of The Borderlands and said "Hey. I'll rip this off!" The ending of that movie is absolutely horrific and far as scarier than this scene. It looks like people are just being dragged through a tube lined with bed sheets after having tomato soup poured on them.
OJ being on the spectrum would actually fit perfectly. As someone on the spectrum I sometimes loose eye contact either being easily distracted or nervous facing someone face to face. Looking away from the alien is something he figures out
Someone: I'm on the spectrum
What they really mean: I'm just a bit wacky and get bored. Also I'm a narcissist
@@tonypringles2285 Bruh
@@grimshock6983 got em
One detail James didn't mention is that when Gordy spots Jupe under the table, he signs to him "What happened family?" which means even Gordy himself wasn't aware of what he was doing when his insticts took over. This film's ingeniously directed!
I looked back at the scene, but I don't see him signing anything close to that, assuming I should be looking for signs from ASL.
@@macksonamission1784reddit post clarified it more loosely translates to "happened/family" or just beckoning him to come out from under the table
@@elephorofonius If I squint real hard I can almost convince myself a see "happen" and the question-asking finger gesture, but it's very indistinct and looks just like simply pointing.
Yet another example of people projecting "depth" and "underlying meaning" into a movie which has very little to no actual depth to offer... just superficial "depth", at best.
Gordy signed no such thing... just two words... "happen" (not the past tense) and "family".... and "happen" is being VERY generous. It looked more like he was pointing at him, or beckoning him to come out.
Fluent in ASL here, so what Reddit has to say means nothing to me.
"Ingeniously directed" my left foot.
@@thisisnotachannelI like when a movie is obviously layered but people deny that because they think it’s a point to them disliking is. As if their ego is so big that they can’t possibly dislike something that is thematically deep.
The fact that Gordy was trying to sign “What happened family” will always be so chilling. It’s like he didn’t know what he did, just snapping.
Edit: Due to a discussion i have decided to edit my comment to include this: this information may not be entirely accurate. Some are saying that they can see Gordy signing this, but at the same time some are saying he’s not saying anything here.
I do not want to cause a huge disturbance about this. But depending on your opinion, I ask you to please take this comment with a grain of salt.
Having lived through some extremely stressful events I can tell you that even though I remember everything clearly, it never quite feels real. Sort of like it happened to someone else, like someone told me a story so many times I started thinking it happened to me for real.
I’m going to cry
Oh my god.. that’s so…. did I miss that being mentioned in this video or is that in the ‘making of’ doc?
@@jenniferblake3224 idk if it's in the documentary but when the movie first came out people who knew ASL said they recognised the signs
What
No way
I mean, I’ve only seen the movie once, and a couple of videos discussing it, but I never realized that Gordy was signing there…
Holy shit that’s some DETAIL
Fun Fact: Within the movie, Gordy is not put down by police, but by a stalker who came to the set to shoot Mary Jo Elliot. The stalker was played by comedy actor Michael Busch, who appeared in an episode of Key and Peel, among other notable sitcom appearances. His character, listed as "Nobody" on IMDb, was cut out of the final film, but you can see shots of him in the trailer, walking towards the camera with a calm expression on his face, while the audience from the sitcom taping runs horrified in the opposite direction. If you're ever in Cleveland, stop by the Imposters Theater and ask him about it!
Wow, really? I get why they cut it.
But I wonder what would've been that guys storyline related to the movie or what it meant for him to be there.
Maybe like a small commentary on parasocial relationships turning sour.
Is the stalker based on the stalker who killed the actress Rebecca Schaeffer? She was a famous actress in the 80s but she was killed by an obsessed fan who had been stalking her for 3 years.
@@mase5995 I was not familiar with that incident, but I could see that being an influence for the concept.
@@barbicel It could be a further commentary on "Spectacle", that the performance of the young actress would captivate a man enough to commit violence. His intervention in Gordy's attack could also be seen as another "Bad Miracle". The movie is already full of so much symbolism and allegory, it makes sense that Peel would want to trim some of the "Gordy's Home" scenes. Probably a good thing, since as James pointed out, some viewers didn't understand that scene in the context of the film.
WHAT?!?!?!??
I remember watching a UA-cam reviewer say that the Gordy scenes could be cut and I remembered thinking “anyone can have a UA-cam channel”.
I bet the people who say that also don’t realize it’s a movie about animal rights. Like the entire point of the movie is about respecting animals. It’s especially shown by comparing how OJ vs Jupe talk about animals. OJ calls every single horse by name where as when talking about the Gordy incident Jupe says “one of the chimps that plays Gordy” he pretends he had some kind of connection with the chimp and that’s how he survived when in actuality he didn’t even know the animals name
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Honestly, I didn't realise that was the message at first either. I thought it was a commentary on how some people will do anything for fame, the biggest thing for this interpretation is the the biker guy, who cared more about getting a photo than the fact his arm was broken, but a movie can have multiple messages, especially if done well
@@daggerfly0087 nope is definitely a movie with multiple messages, and those kinds of movies are very easily to miss some if you focus to hard on the others. I just don’t like when someone who missed one of the messages tries to talk like they have authority without even rewatching the movie. It’s a comment section not an active conversation you can always double check yourself
what do you mean “could be cut”. please explain.
@@GhostPepper410 they mean cut from the movie. So the UA-camr was saying the scenes weren’t important to the movie and could easily just be removed
I think this movie is so good because every part of it is better after you've seen it. Even the promotional material, like the posters of all the characters looking up. Jupe had his cowboy hat on, the one that looks like the creature in some scenes, and he's the only one (from the posters) that gets sucked up. It was literally hanging over his head the whole time.
I think there's another hint to the movie plot. All the characters in the poster look up, with Nope on top of them. I hints at what not to do when dealing with Jean Jacket (looking up)
One detail that I loved in Nope is how, when they're trying to film Jean Jacket, OJ is wearing a hoodie with eyes on the back of the hood, just like how people in parts of India where tiger attacks are common will wear masks on the backs of their heads to make the tigers think they are looking at them and aware of their presence when the tigers are trying to sneak up on them.
what? what are you saying?
I’m pretty sure he’s talked about it being on purpose, but I love that Peele’s movies typically have a happy ending. It feels good to go through a tumultuous horror movie but have that bit of hope at the end, whether it’s Rod showing up at the end of Get Out or OJ surviving to the end of Nope.
I find the ending of Nope to be more ambiguous. OJ being directly under a sign reading: Out Yonder suggests that maybe he's metaphorically out yonder, as in elsewhere, not really there. If you listen just before the motorcycle clicks back on during Em's escape before she rides to Jupe's park, you can hear a shriek similar to the sound the horses made when being sucked up.
Another reason, I think OJ would have rode right to Em and had her giddy-up onto the horse, but he just stands there whilst his sister has a melancholy look in her eyes.
@@Nope2022HugeTheWarningFan all of that actually makes a lot of sense and would actually be very cool storytelling.
That said, like I said I enjoy being a bit optimistic about the endings. I like to think the siblings got their happy ending. To each their own though.
@@sheep2826 Yeah, if OJ didn't make it out alive I feel bad too.
This movie was a tough watch, for reasons James brushed on. I remember James sharing the news of his farther's passing and thinking I couldn't even imagine what he was going through. Then sadly I lost my own farther at the end of last year. I had to take time off from horror movies and even struggled watching kill counts, which was a heartache as they're something I always found comfort and enjoyment in and I couldn't even stomach it anymore. Things are getting better but I truly commend James commitment to the channel, team and fans. After experiencing something like that I don't think I could have ever returned. I know he probably won't see this but I need to say my peace on how much he's helped and inspired me to get through this rough time. We all come for the numbers, we stay because of the heart that goes into everything Dead Meat bring us. Thankyou James, and the team. You do so much more than count the kills ❤
I'm really sorry for your loss
The thing I love about Nope (and Peele’s other films) is that, while you do miss out on a LOT of important stuff if you just take them at face value, they can still be enjoyed as fun/scary adventures. They can all be viewed in both the classic “cinema” experience, breaking down scenes and exploring the themes, or they could be something you randomly decide to watch late on a Friday/Saturday night with a bunch of snacks and nothing to do the next day.
My favorite thing about Nope is definitely the dynamic between OJ and Emerald. Kaluuya and Palmer have such great chemistry, and they remind me a lot of the relationship I have with my sister, especially since I feel like I’m a lot like OJ and she’s a lot like Em
Ems character reminds me so much of my younger sister 😊 unironically, she claims she's an alien 24/7 so it was cool to see hr take on an angel 😅
I think that's why Nope didn't work for me: Peele went too hard on the film nerd stuff, distracting himself from just telling a good story. I agree that he usually nails that balance, but I don't agree that he did on this one.
Writing a comment isn't something OJ would do but OK pal. This movie is a lot worse, unwatchable really, if you don't read into it and try to get the generic points it tries to get across.
@@LightningMo3People seem to go out of there way to find "depth" and "underlying meaning" in Peeles films... to the point of people inserting them where there is clearly NO depth or underlying meaning.
All of Peels "depth" is up front, in your face, and obvious... and typically isn't very "deep".
One of the most overrated directors in modern day Hollyweird, this guy is.
And he doesn't know how to end a movie.
My man got three rage bait replies in a row
A few of my favorite things about this flick is Keke Palmer’s sick ass Akira bike slide. But also when Jupe says “when you leave here, you won’t be the same” or something along those lines (i haven’t seen Nope in a hot minute), it’s exactly halfway through the movie. I love when flicks do stuff like that.
The exact line, according to MachinShinful in this comment section, is, "In one hour you will leave here having witnessed a spectacle."
@@jordanhunter3375 okay, groovy! Thanks! I knew it was somewhere in that frame of mind, i just couldn’t remember the exact wording.
@@andrewciha488Cool thing is that when Jupe says"In one hour", is exactly (I think) when there's only an hour left in the movie.
"Jupe's comparatively unscathed experience has left him feeling Invi-" *Title Card*
Lmao
aha ha ha *obnoxious laugh cause i get it
Wow that was nice! 😂 Mark would’ve taken Jean Jacket out easily.
Missed opportunity
Yeah and right after this line, the delivery of "He's a walking dead man" was perfect
Thrilled to see James gets this film on such a deep level. There's not nearly enough appreciation for how much is going on under the surface of this one. It's juggling so many themes, and the fact it manages to make them all coalesce inside such a polished, entertaining exterior is just astonishing. Peele's ability to craft instantly iconic imagery is really amazing. I think Get Out is a slightly more concise and finely tuned film, but the sheer ambition of this one makes the level of excellence it achieves more impressive to me. Both films are horror masterpieces no doubt.
Antlers is such a good character in my opinion. At first i couldn't understand why he chose to die for seemingly no reason, until i watched the film more times and picked up on the references to his illness. And i love how his death is set up, "you find yourself standing atop a mountain with all eyes on you" while saying that hes watching footage of a animal being eaten by a predator. The impossible shot antlers wants is the pov of prey being eaten by a predator. And the roll of film can be seen rolling down the hill when jean jacket goes after angel so im pretty sure the footage survived.
If I remember correctly, you see the film get light leaked (or whatever the term for it is) I always saw it as part of the whole you spend your life chasing the impossible shot, he got the shot but kept chasing and so lost what he had
@Shifterai maybe. But I'm pretty sure Antlers was using two different cameras so the first film survived but the second maybe not?
Very good
Something to note is the idea that Jean Jacket isn't actually of alien origin. Think about it, the fact that a balloon burst was able to destroy it internally shows it's very sensative to pressure changes which would be heavily involved if it's flying in space. I and others believe it to be an animal that originated on earth, but primarily lived in the upper atmosphere or stratosphere and wouldn't have much human contact. It reminds me of a 60s Toho kaiju movie called Dogora about a giant space cell that mutates into a jellyfish like monster
roanoke gaming has an awesome video about how jean jacket could be native to earth
also because its EMP would make it very difficult to record video except through very niche, vintage recording technology, it's generally too fast to capture with polaroid cameras, and its instinct is to hide, pounce on its prey, and then eat any witnesses. It's basically the perfect combination of reasons why we wouldn't have known it existed as a society until now.
Alien origin could also mean the species originated from another planet but after arriving continued evolved alongside Earth-origin life, losing their ability to travel through space.
I believe that it at least came to earth thousands of years ago. And are the reason people described “Angels” as great beings with many eyes 👀 and of course other mysterious sightings in the sky 🛸
@@aishalee5924 tbh I doubt that a lot, it's very clearly an animal and has no real tell tale signs of sentience, but as one comment put it Roanoke has a pretty good theory. Basically it states that the creature could've actually be native to the one place where we have no idea if life actually thrives that being the troposphere. You see the troposphere has so much pressure that we can't accurately explore it properly similar to how the deep ocean was, however that means if there is life up there then the sheer pressure would force life to evolve into gigantism. And given how many similarities jj has with many earth creatures like sand dollars and jellyfish it could simply be a result of convergant evolution mixed with gigantism. And the only reason jj isn't back up into the troposphere is simply because it's being consistently fed.
god when i say NOPE is probably my favorite horror movie of all time i mean it 100%. its so good. so beautiful, so thematic, so deeply terrifying in such a unique way. and it has a sort of happy ending. it’s not a triumph that jean jacket is killed, but it is one that our main three characters (OJ, em, and angel) survive. seeing them make it out okay is just so cathartic and satisfying. god i love this movie.
How can something be a horror movie when it’s not even scary
@@treypowell567 scary’s subjective, honestly. i don’t think the exorcist is scary. still a horror movie, though! that’s what i love about horror, there’s literally something for everyone, no matter your tastes. it’s a wonderfully flexible genre
@@imabrokenglowstick In that perspective I understand but personally I call movies like NOPE a thriller/suspense type movie. Shit you could say even a Sci-Fi but I understand everybody has their own definition of horror so it is what it is
At the end OJ is shown atop the horse just under a sign that reads: Out Yonder. The fact that he doesn't ride up to Em and giddy-up her onto the back of the horse has always suggested to me that OJ didn't make it. If you listen to just before Em is able to ride the motorcycle away from Jean Jacket, you can hear the same shriek from the horses before when they were sucked up. I don't think OJ made it out.
@@Nope2022HugeTheWarningFan that’s very fair and such a good interpretation of the ending, and if that’s the definitive one then god. what a fucking. beautiful, heartbreaking end. i just like to personally think OJ made it out because it makes me wanna cry to think he didn’t :’)
15:55 btw it's not that gordy went crazy, because animals are supposed to protect themselves from anything that is unnatural to them, so gordy's reaction was completely reasonable in his mind. animals aren't playthings, or games. they are animals. which i love that this movie says that
Isn’t that based on the Travis the chimp incident
@@reneemachuca3026 its based on how chimps act man
Me and my dad really loved OJ’s character due to his autistic tendencies around people but emotional understanding around horses. I’m on the spectrum and have been working with horses since I was little and I was really able to relate to the confusion and fear around other peoples social cues but ability to understand the emotional cues from animals and finding solace in them. Nope was not only a masterpiece in filmmaking but also had incredible animal welfare on set from my research, which is honestly rare.
The Jean jacket digesting scene terrified me because it felt so claustrophobic while watching it in cinemas
Hiw would you feel claustrophobic from that? It doesn't really show anything
@@jesusramirezromo2037
You’re being compressed in a rubbery alien stomach, hell no.
@@Samstar369 But it doesn't show it, you barley see inside
For claustrophobia to really show up, you have to linger on it, Like the Decent, Scened in cramped spaces feel claustrophobic because they linger on scene for a long time
I recently learned that there are haunted house attractions that actually have similar parts. Where you have to go through a narrow passage and they inflate basically a big balloon and pin you for a few seconds.
i usually never have an issue with gore or gross stuff on tv, but jean jackets digestion scene is one that i just cant bare to watch all the way through
I am glad you didn't include OJ on the kill count. People claim he died, using the 'Yonder" sign to mean that he has passed on to the next life. However, what they miss is how the movie's ending and beginning echo each other. it begins with a man riding a horse, someone taking pictures, and the horserider getting no credit and forgotten while the photographer gets all the glory.
Here... OJ rode a horse, his sister took some pictures... but it remains to be seen if he will get any credit from her... or if history will repeat itself.
Also like 1. theres zero usage of a character hallucinating at any point in the movie, closest we get is a memory, and 2. Jordan Peele himself confirmed he was alive and the ending was literal
I love how OJ's fate is left to debate. I believe that he did die, track 31 on the Nope soundtrack is titled A Heros Fall. Oj stared directly into jean jackets mouth directly challenging him , theres just no way jean jacket would let him live going by the films logic. Uless the rules are different when jean jacket is in that form . We see that jean jacket reverts to his ufo form after taking the balloon to eat it but we've never see how it eats in his open form . So theres alot left to the viewers' imagination.
@@ricosworld8866 If you're referring to the green ribbons that shot out like a camera shutter, Kill Count is wrong about it being the throat or mouth. Jordan Peele has said that Jean Jacket's eye resembles that of an octopi, which Kill Count mentions, but failed to connect with the green reflective ribbons during the beginning credits and the intimidation tactic used to try to scare OJ.
The ending, the Out Yonder sign, and the fact that OJ didn't ride up to Em and have her giddy-up onto the horse, instead Em staring with eyes full of melancholy suggest to me that OJ isn't there. And the fact that just before Em is able to escape Jean Jacket on the bike, I heard the same shriek the horses made before when JJ sucked them up. I think it's much more ambiguous.
reaching dawg. oj is alive but that isnt why
The UFO actually being the creature itself, and the sound of its “engine” being the sounds of people and animals being digested is just…. So creative. The shot of it raining blood on the house is one of my favorite horror movie frames ever
As the big mythology nerd I was as a kid, NOPE made me feel seen and excited for so many reason! Like, every time I thought about how dealing with the Minotaur or the Mokole Mbembe , the gorgons or even Tiamat, Scylla, Charybdis, and others was dealt in this movie in some way or another --plus, I was a Black big mythology nerd, of course, and representation is the thing I seek the most in my movies, books and games. I'm really glad James is talking about it in such a endearing and validating way.
A fellow lover of mythology! How's it going? You have a favorite monster/creature?
@@ariadnefrolich7243 Hi!! I love SO MUCH when people ask me that - my students are the only ones hearing my monster ramblings lately. 😅 So, nowadays, I think creatures like the Adze and the Penanggalan are huge favorites, but I need to mention my childhood ones like the Mboitata and the Mapinguari -- I mean , I'm also Brazilian, so it's a huge deal around here. 😊We friends now, btw
@emanuelcr Oh cool! Did you know a penanggalan appeared in the 6th episode of the 3rd season of Creepshow? I was so excited to see a lesser known monster be given the spotlight for once.
I honestly can't say I have a favorite (too many cool creatures to pick from), but I've recently been obsessed with a yokai I learned about called the Bake-Kujira (ghost whale).
@@ariadnefrolich7243 Oh, Love yokais! I had a Yuyu Hakusho/Inuyasha craze back in the day, and Hausu is one of my fave japanese movies... Had no clue abt Creepshow! ill check i out
A few of this I have never hear about. Will check them out later.
29:51 the end is actually a twist because they went through all that for the reporters to arrive and get their shots of the alien out before them making their entire goal to sell it to someone was useless
@gorrtheglizzygobbler apart from the giant corpse lol
jupe's comparatively unscathed experience has him feeling "invincible" jupe realize he's a "walking dead" man. im loving these references 😂
Lmao fr cuz Steven Yeun plays both Glenn and Mark
This movie is so creative. I usually hate foreshadowing but the foreshadowing in this movie was so creative. The reference to the eye contact in the beginning of the movie, the bad miracles with the alien making the twins famous and the shoe landing perfectly straight. Its so well executed and planned and is honestly a really well scripted movie, 10/10.
I remember the first time watching this movie, I slowly realized something wasn’t right when the inside of the UFO was shown and it was NOTHING like a technological spaceship. Then the twist comes that the whole thing is an ACTUAL LIVING CREATURE, and it makes you look back on everything. This movie subverts how we expect alien life to be like perfectly, and I LOVE IT!
I never get tired of watching James count kills for every movie he covers, his humour and chrisma on every one, is something that we ALL need in this cruel and messed-up world, God bless you dude
amen
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As someone who struggles with socializing and is on the spectrum, I really connected with OJ. It’s one of the most subtle yet effective portrayals of someone being on the spectrum and it’s done with total class
I’m on the spectrum too and when I saw OJ I was doing the Brad Pitt pointing meme
On the spectrum too and I about started bawling when OJ actually looked up at Jean Jacket at the end. Eye contact is a big deal. One of his possible last acts is to look at his sister. Then make damn sure he's making eye contact with Jean Jacket to buy her time.
How special of you
Nope was one of the few movies I almost immediately rewatched upon finishing it. It left me with a feeling that I just didn't catch everything upon finishing it, and I absolutely love that.
Me too--I literally went back to watch it the next day.
My favourite detail from this movie is that Jupe's entire show holds him to his trauma (pointed out to me by CinemaWins). His alien costumes are modeled after the cameras on the chimp set, the staff uniforms are the chimps, etc. It's wildly fascinating
So not only did we get an in-depth, amazingly edited, time-flying video on probably one of if not the best horror movies of 2023 but we're getting a TERMINATOR KILL COUNT??? James was absolutely right, Dead Meat is SO BACK BABY
I loved get out. One of my favorites. I really liked US. But, sadly I didn't love nope. It was kind of an average horror movie to me and wasn't very scary. However I love Peele and still need to watch it again. My expectations may have been too high at the time. Part of it was it just felt too long and didn't have a good message like the other two movies.
Idk man, since he said he’d never look at any of the sequels sinc they’re not horror (even though he covered Mortal Kombat and a few other non-horror things), it feels like we lost out on a lot more than what we’re getting
Also erm actually Nope came out in 2022, not 2023 🤓👆
@@YoBrand15 I totally get that! I really loved the thematic density of this one, since personally Us kinda missed the mark for me 😅to each their own, I personally enjoyed the second viewing of this movie just as much as the first since I could catch all the details and juicy bits without sinking into my seat in fear
@ivypatty actually a good point. I'm sure I'd like it the second time more than the first since my expectations will be in check lol.
Glenn from The Walking Dead, Mark from Invincible and Avatar Wan all get to be in this film. Because they're all the same man!
Clever, I see what you did there!
@@rover_libra What can I say? Yeun is a national treasure.
Wait WHAT? I never knew he was Wan 😭
@@theonlysavaageOne of the redeeming qualities of Korra Season 2.
WOW YOU'RE A NERD
I gotta say, I watched this movie for the first time last and what still haunts me is the fate of Mary Jo, the tv show sister. To see her attacked and ripped apart by the chimp, left mutilated lying on the studio floor. Then to see her later as an adult get sucked and digested by Jean Jacket with the rest of the crowd... that'll haunt me for days. She was seemingly innocent. What a way for her character to be treated 😥
One thing I thought you'd mention was the fact that the Travis the chimp indecent is one of the reasons why chimps aren't used in Hollywood anymore, they're unpredictable, except when they actually attack. Then they go for all of the things on your body that are easily detachable with chimp strength that you'd miss, like your fingers, lips, and genitals. Another attack happened that involved a chimp that was a man's pet being rehomed in a chimp sanctuary. When he came to visit, he brought his pet a birthday cake. The other chimps were jealous that he got something and they didn't, so they attacked the man and disfigured him, ate a few fingers if I remember right.
That's all I was thinking of in the Gordy's home scenes.
The Jean jacket design at the end when it changes from the traditional ufo shape is terrifying but also beautiful which makes you wanna look at it. Well done visual effects team. Also OH MY GOD YOURE DOING TERMINATOR NEXT WEEK!!?? I’m hyped!
Also, some animals try to look bigger to be more intimidating.
What's also cool about the TMZ reporter's death is that his helmet, which he uses for recording catching the truth, probably is what got him killed. The singular hole which would give him a better view for recording makes the helmet look like a massive eye, with the hole being the pupil, and so the guy was screwed even if he slightly looked up. You could argue that because his entire brand is capturing spectacle at the cost of everything else, it translated into his very head being covered by something that would ensure his death, but even if it isn't meant to mean that its still a sick detail regardless
I thought his death was caused by OJ's eyes reflecting off his helmet, hence why he said "my bad"
@@toastyeeter either way
Jordan peele is slowly becoming my favourite modern horror director he's just so creative with the smallest things and I absolutely love how much detail be crams into these movies
I like how Jordan peele, who is known as a comedian, can go ahead and make some banger horror films
He did a good reboot of the twilight zone series as well, but nothing beats the original though
Comedy and horror are the same coin
Horror and comedy go hand in hand in my opinion. The best comedy stems from someone having to be at the butt end of the joke and comedians understand a lot about suffering and how people react to it.
I feel like his comedy experience gives him an amazing insight into human nature and the way the world works, and how people treat it. He then took that understanding and instead of making fun of those scenarios, he makes them horrifying. It's not that difficult conceptually, to take the same element of our world and make it either comedic or terrifying, though obviously the man puts it in practice in spectacular fashion.
@@coletrainhetrickI really like that explanation. I'm always trying to tell ppl that same thing, but never can quite get my words out w good understanding so il have to borrow ur viewpoint & see if that helps them. Makes total sense to me. Thanks❤💞❤️
29:07 that bike slide is one of the most badass images humanity has ever created and the number of times it's been reenacted is evidence of it. Mad respect to whoever came up with the Akira Slide!
Going into Nope, I wasn't expecting to see a sibling relationship that made me feel so seen. Nope might be one of the best portrayals of siblings ever.
the moment they aggressively slapped hands together 5 times, i went "YES!!! SIBLINGS!!!!!"
The fact that there’s an “Akira Bike Slide” in this live action movie should be enough to tell you how based the director and the whole team behind the movie really is.
18:47 “Jupe’s comparatively unscathed experience has left him feeling INVINCIBLE” Jupe’s actor, Steven Yeun, plays Mark Grayson, AKA…Invincible. Very funny, James.
Edit: And as soon as I say something, James calls him a “Walking Dead man.” That’s two Yeun roles…veeeeeery funny.
Sir are you autistic
Two facts:
Jupe was wearing a jacket when he died that had pictures of Jean jacket on the back. You can see them here 18:49
And while it’s not confirmed, I think the reason Jean jacket unfolded into its final form was because angel DID get sucked up but Jean jacket spit him out because it (Jean jacket) cut itself on the fence wire we see angel tie around himself in an attempt to remain grounded. When an animal feels threatened, it try’s to make itself seem as big as possible to scare off anyone it deems not friendly (like a bear standing on it hind legs) I think Jean jacket did exactly that when it unfolded itself
The flaring of those big green streamers definitely seemed like the kind of thing animals do to make themselves look more threatening. Especially since it looks like it flares them at the balloon before eating it.
@@bigjedimulletI never thought of the streamers used like that personally I thought it seem more like a way to lure in prey lol
It’s crazy how Jordan Peele made a movie that’s basically a middle finger to the entertainment industry making a spectacle out of traumatic events in the same year as the sensationalism of the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial, the Jeffery Dahmer show, and Blonde.
the timing of which the movie came out was crazy, especially after the giant spectacle people made of the depp vs heard trial. what an awful time to be online
Sorry for not knowing, what is Blonde?
@@malachiatkinson7245 A 2022 Marilyn Monroe "biographical" film that exploited her life.
@@weirdotzero7065 Thank you, I'll look into it
Ironic....
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I always thought the deeper meaning of the shoe was what it meant to Jupe. He went through a horribly traumatic event, where he was the sole survivor for a seemingly inexplicable reason, and also witnessed something that seemed so unlikely it should be impossible. That would warp someone's mind, especially a childs. The chimp didnt attack him simply because he didnt make eye contact with it, and the shoe landed that way... because it did.
The lesson here was, awful things happen when you mess around with things you don't fully understand, but Jupe misinterpreted the message to be that he was special. It was just a miracle he survived and he's just different than other people. So unfortunately, he survived one tragedy just to create another.
Jupe is a really tragic character, he gets a lot of people killed due to his arrogance(himself and his family included), but he never had any form of malicious intent. In a way, he must've thought he was conquering his trauma as much as he was the animal. He was always just a scared little boy, and he even though he survived the event, it still led to his death.
People have talked about Jupe's final expression, and the possible meanings, like he's in wonder or awe. I see a man's entire understanding of himself, his life, and his experiences all falling away in an instant and realizing it was all a lie.
I also think theres this theme of humanity not being able to accept its animilistic nature. Like, we have higher intelligence but our arts or advances always cater towards violence because it's what we're naturally drawn to. Idk, I'm not smart enough to delve into that and could be completely missing the mark there😂
Steven Yeun's range is so wild. I remember first watching him as Keith in Voltron, and now I don't miss a single thing he's in.
WAIT HE WAS KEITH?
@@LeDustykaiYep! All through it. He was awesome.
I love how when Jupe talks about the SNL Gordy sketch, the Cape Canaveral shirt behind him has doomed flights Columbia & Challenger on them, tragedies that also became spectacles in their own right. It's not a detail a lot of people notice.
I didn't even notice that until you pointed it out. Good eye!
What i love about "that" scene is that it holds no punches, its not just a cut to black as jean jacket arrives, it doesnt even say "of the children escaped" NOPE multiple entire family unites kids barely 10 years old all taken to a horrific fate.
It’s literally one of my ALL time favorite horror movies/ movies
The genuine and visceral terror I felt during that scene inside Jean Jacket with all the audience members is something I’ll never be able to explain. It felt real
And then when it rains down the blood omg
I have a bias fear of aliens (malicious aliens specifically because I’m cool with ET or the blue cat guys Navi stuff) and I was already terrified of the movie from premise alone
Luckily aliens are not real. Also the navi? Dude they are legitimately evil
One of my favorite details from behind the scenes is that Jordan Peele told Steven Yeun that Jupe didn't even play the main character in Kid Sherriff! While it's not explicitly stated in the film, I think it definitely comes across in his character desperately clinging to any sort of relevance. While I don't think this was an inspiration to Peele since Everything Everywhere All At Once was in production at the same time as Nope, it reminded me a lot of Ke Huy Quan's story about leaving acting for nearly 30 years because he had a harder time finding work as an Asian actor as he got older.
Also, YES, I'm so excited you're covering The Terminator. I'm definitely in the camp that the first movie is a slasher film, so I'm hyped to see it get its due as a sci-fi horror classic.
I always deeply appreciate when fiction offers a creative - and often terrifying - explanation for a real-life phenomenon (kinda like Dr Who having the Silence explain why we walk into rooms and forget why we’re there, or know we have to tell someone something but forget what it was).
Having the UAP *be* the animal is brilliant, and flips the entire concept of UFO sightings on its head - all those stories throughout history would actually be of people witnessing a shapeshifting sky creature that lives hidden within our atmosphere, most likely among many more if its species.
Edit: HOLY SHIT THAT WAS DAY FOR NIGHT???!?!
Tere's a lot to love about Jean Jacket's design but what I love most about it is the fact that before you come to the realisation that its an animal, you only get glimpses of it from afar but you get enough of a look at it to be able to determine that it is a stereotypical UFO - sleek and grey and metallic, but when you realise its an animal rather than a ship, we get closer shots of it displaying its animaistic behaviour and the folds of its flesh truly do make it stand out as a creature
that and i also love the fact that, when viewing it from above, Jean Jacket looks like an eye. I am so normal about this movie
I like how with some of kill count thumbnails, the design has slightly and slowly been improving, being with the logo, and now the border around it. And glad to see you're also showing the rest of your content towards another channel. Here's to more Dead Meat!
The kids dressed up as aliens legit creeped me out until he socked the one. Such a turnaround. They appeared/moved so eerily.
Honestly the best scene
When I saw this movie, I was dealing with the grief of my grandmother's passing. For a first-time viewing aside, this movie blew me away, and was emotionally helpful in keeping my spirits distracted during a horrible time.
Damn it always sucks to lose family hope your doing alright man
Jupe’s comparatively unscathed experience has left him feeling TITLE CARD *invincible theme plays*