Nope (2022) directed by Jordan Peele. There's no way to talk about this film without spoiling it, SO READ NO FURTHER if you have yet to see it.
I went into this blind so I didn't know what to expect. It's a rather different film from both Get Out and Us. The creature design is spectacular. This is Lovecraftian cosmic horror but with humans just serving as snacks. In many ways, it's a meditation on film and the film industry. Strangely enough, even though this film and Weapons share very little in common, they are similarly structured and presented, and build their tension and stories in a parallel manner. It plays across genres, dipping its toes in science fiction, horror, and westerns.
It takes a close encounter with a UFO and plays with it, which is perhaps the most intriguing element for me.
Can we control animals? Even those that are domesticated? (Better yet, do we have control over anything?) Can we control ourselves?
I liked it.
Viewed on DVD.
I went into this blind so I didn't know what to expect. It's a rather different film from both Get Out and Us. The creature design is spectacular. This is Lovecraftian cosmic horror but with humans just serving as snacks. In many ways, it's a meditation on film and the film industry. Strangely enough, even though this film and Weapons share very little in common, they are similarly structured and presented, and build their tension and stories in a parallel manner. It plays across genres, dipping its toes in science fiction, horror, and westerns.
It takes a close encounter with a UFO and plays with it, which is perhaps the most intriguing element for me.
Can we control animals? Even those that are domesticated? (Better yet, do we have control over anything?) Can we control ourselves?
I liked it.
Viewed on DVD.
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