NOPE Ending Explained! UFO, Gordy, OJ's Fate & More!
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2022
- In this video we take a deep dive, review, recap and explain the ending to Jordan Peele's NOPE (2022) starring Daniel Kaluuya & Keke Palmer.
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I didn’t like it plus it was boring and dry
@@rufarojunior Yeah learning more about the creature I was dissatisfied with it. The motives of the characters weren’t incredibly compelling either and the final fight was a bit clunky. The TMZ dude was overplayed and the coincidence of the creature flyer directly over the well camera without that being the plan had me rolling my eyes.
SO good, thank you! 👍
I loved this movie, If you didnt see it in IMAX you're kinda cheating yourself... The Cinematography and Symbolism is on point.. Mr Peele did a Great job like always.
Loved it.
Just realized. What killed their father, is also what allowed them to get a picture of it : a coin. Full circle. Literally
Wow!!
Are you being sarcastic lol
Woooooow, so deep.
It is also very interesting where it landed, right in the sella turcica, right where your pineal gland is.
I couldn't remember if it was a quarter or a nickel (a call back to a nickelodeon)
the most terrifying scene was when the alien was above the house spewing blood over the house and you can hear all the people inside the alien screaming for their lives
Yes that was the most bothersome part for me
Nailed it. The "blood shower" was truly horrifying, and don't think I've ever seen anything like it before. Disturbingly excellent sound design.
The screaming of the horses. The screaming on the people. You could tell where the alien was in the sky because of the screams.
And then the screaming immediately stops.
I swear I think Jean Jacket had a semi human level of intelligence. Like you could tell it was fucking with the cast. What kind of a creature keeps its prey alive and screaming, shuts the screaming off like that and then vomits blood on top of them?
That's not an intimidation tactic. That's a sadistic act to make them scared.
Other than that the chimp by the table was crazy
As soon as Jupe brought Lucky out to be sacrificed I understood why when OJ asked if he would be able to buy the horses back at the beginning Jupe gave a half hearted “yeah” and welcomed the distraction of talking abt the Gordy incident
Yesss I notice he didn’t even wanted to answer.
i didn’t even catch that. I just thought he said it like that bc he didn’t want to give anything back to OJ 💔🥲 rip horsies
Yesss I was wondering why he was so willing to entertain Emerald
….notice afterwards he knew there was no way he can sell them back so he went ahead and invited them to the show.
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The fact that the pig survives is a nod to the myth that pigs anatomically "can't look up". Because the pig didn't look up to see the UPA, it survived. Also perhaps is a reference towards the phrase "when pigs fly", to imply the impossible. That pig certainly did fly!
Pig?
Missed that
Wow just briliant anology.
Ok I was wondering if that was a real pig! I thought it might be an animatronic thing but why would a pig be on the roof? So I’m glad he was real and I hope he made it!
When Gordy attacked the actors, the young Ricky hid under the table. Yes, the young Ricky was staring at the shoe, but I think the table cloth saved his life cuz it covered his eyes, so he wasn't staring at Gordy directly.
I definitely think it had more to do with the spectacle of the shoe, but the cloth could also be a metaphor or symbol for something much deeper. Rather than the shoe taking away from the spectacle of violence that was Gordy's outburst, the cloth could of symbolized morality. That shield between what we want to see, and when we know we shouldn't look.
Yea I think the table clothe was more of a clever way of doing a close up of a CGI Gordy. But it works either way.
@@kurtismcdonald8884 dang, I like your interpretation! 👏
I agree with that you said about the table cloth, it’s made of a similar material as the cloth shield of the woman who survived the attack. The cloth shields the spectacle of her injury from us, and at the same time we’ve seen the spectacle of gordy’s attack behind another cloth.
I agree, although I know he stared at the shoe most the time, he made direct eye contact and I think the cloth obscuring the monkeys eyes is what saved him. OJ used same green color on the blinders he gave lucky at the end
Oj survived. I didn’t even think that was a question. We have no reason to not believe what we’re seeing in this movie because the narration was straight forward. In other words, if OJ had died, it would have been very clear in this movie. Also, Jean Jacket started following Emerald as soon as she took off on the motorcycle - it wasn’t interested in OJ/Lucky with the flags attached to them.
I’m confused did you stay in the theater? They literally showed OJ after killing the alien 😂😂😂🤦🏻♂️
@@randomness2228 exactly. Did you watch the entirety if this video? He postulates that OJ might have been a figment of emerald’s imagination. I’m saying that it clearly isn’t in her head
@@elihuhefner your taking it too far it’s confirmed OJ is alive they just want it a mystery to some
@@elihuhefner I think what he was saying was that....in the last shot after Emerald got the picture of the UFO, she sees OJ on his horse (After he had been eaten by the UFO previously), but when she sees him the shot is very cloudy almost as if it was foggy and he's standing directly behind the park sign which says "Out Yonder" which could be interpreted as the great beyond AKA The After Life....which could mean that she was imagining seeing her brother as she was coming to terms with his death
Yeah I feel like OJ purposely stayed behind when the camera crews showed up so that Emerald could have the spotlight while he himself can continue a peaceful life with the horses while being assured his little sister will be set for life
I think one of the most unacknowledged things in the movie is how Gordy went crazy as the balloons popped on his birthday set. Then Jean Jacket was defeated by a giant balloon which make a distinct pop in the same way that gordys balloons did
That parallel runs through my head over and over again.
Balloons, a distinctively human creation that makes a scarily-loud noise when popped, are what caused the destruction of the two main animals exploited in the film.
(The horses were being exploited, too, especially by Jupiter; but Gordy and the alien creature are the focuses.)
I kept thinking about how difficult it must have been to act terrified BEFORE all the sound effects were added to the film. The sound people and the musical score added so much. Michael Abels musical tension reminded me of how Hitchcock used Bernard Herrmann's scores in his films to such good effect, as in the shower scene in "Psycho." This score by Michael Abel did much the same thing for the film. Also, if you waited through ALL of the credits, it looked, to me, like Bollywood got raided for visual effects people.
A cool little detail that someone pointed out is that jean jackets other form is a threat display. When animals are threatened they try to look big, intimidating and scary. Oj’s definitely proven that he’s to tough to eat, the streamers that he’s tied to lucky and the other precautions taken to not be eaten. Then Oj purposely looks directly at jj in their final confrontation. Jj definitely knows it’s on the top of the food chain, so from its perspective having this tiny thing (OJ) look directly at it and not immediately run away would definitely throw jj off. So, jj puffs itself up real big, takes up as much space as it can, and starts flashing that green tassel thing at Oj. Cobras flare their hood when threatened, and squids/octopi flash different colors just to give you some examples of animals doing this in real life.Which I think is cool because it goes back to the idea that Jean jacket really is an animal that relies on instincts. Which subverts this idea we have of aliens being these intelligent and evolved beings.
and them being feral animals scares me 100 times more than sentient ones!
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Guess that makes sense. Even for an obscure creature like the UFO (aka Space Umbrella), with the way its body is structured, it makes sense it would be able to fold and unfold its body in any number ways. The last 10 or minutes gave me full-on sci-fi vibes: The way it folds its body to keep it condensed while flying in fast speeds, the way it unfolds and stretches its mass to look larger and even more intimidating, and don't even get me started on the way it eats. Overall, the plot twist of the UFO being a sentient animal was something I doubt anyone would have seen coming. At the end of the movie, there's just so much left up to interpretation and this movie just demands a continuation.
I read a comment on another video that talked about how the "alien" is actually a creature from Earth, and your comment is more proof of that.
I really liked your take! That is an idea that I do not think is explored enough. "Not all alien creatures are super developed."
The most disturbing part to me that happened in the movie was how one second you could hear everyone screaming and then they all went silent. That scene still scares me.
It was fkg unnerving
@@nightshiftreports3866 fuckin scary movie I saw it today 😂😂😂😂
They hit the Stomach I suppose.
@@MF-ix6lp the shoe standing up scene was confusing
Then the blood shower 🫠🫠🫠
I think OJ survived because there's more supporting this than his death
-Dead
-- Out Yonder Sign (Really strong case though)
-Alive
-- Purple Monster Poem "I wouldn't eat you cause you're so tough" foreshadowing
-- His horse is named Lucky
-- Never see his death or tornados
-- No screams, every time the monster eats the victim is heard screaming but you don't even hear the horse
-- Professional Animal tamer who's already survived 4 encounters with it
-- Jordan Peele stated the ending would be a lot more light-hearted than his other movies
How did he died if Em dragged the ufo to the jupe claim?
Y'all didn't see OJ at the end of the movie under the JC sign ? Or am I tripping
Also the creature hates the flying flags, he still had them attached.
@@GhostTh3GoatGaming these guys didn’t watch the same movie as us apparently
@@GhostTh3GoatGaming everyone obviously saw that. But there’s an idea that it may have been a figment of Emerald’s imagination, or a hallucination. OJ looked directly at the alien, stared it down actually, and backed up, as a way to lure the alien away from Emerald so that she could get away. We know from literally all the previous victims in the film, that if you’re close enough to the alien and you’re looking at it, you die. So maybe you are tripping because that was clearly what Jordan Peele was trying to get people to talk about, whether OJ lived or died (among other things).
I also noticed that at the beginning of the movie when we are on the trainer job with OJ, that when it comes time for the safety talk, he does not make eye contact with anyone. He keeps his head down and his eyes are obscured by his hat, and he talks quietly. It's only when Emerald comes into the room that he looks up and they both face the room together, loud and proud (in Emerald's case). This parallels the end of the film when OJ finally looks directly at the alien to draw it away from Emerald, who is also looking at it. I thought this was such a cool tie in to the beginning of the film. I fucking love Jordan Peele
Damn! the hollywood film crew are predatory, really works with the themes of the film. awesome theory, i'm going to steal it for myself haha
I love this theory, but during the safety talk, OJ looked everywhere but at the crew. He looked to the side, he looked up, & he looked at the horse.
this kind of mirrors the ending of the film, OJ survived because he didnt look up and emerald survived because she did. 2 different personalities surviving in their own way.
nah just Peeles way of establishing that Oj is shy and em is the outgoing one lol
I thought it was meant to show he is autistic. The way he avoids eye contact and has trouble with social cues and all.
It never occured to me that OJ was dead and just an apparition. Framing OJ astride the horse with the Out Yonder sign, I thought Peele was alluding to the quintessential ending of a Hollywood Western. The cowboy, having saved the ranch, travels with his steed to new adventures and parts unknown. The old trope of the white cowboy is replaced by a modern portrait of a black hero.
Ouuu nice thought!
But also it could be an ode to the first ever cowboys, who were actually African Americans
@@LisaF777 No they weren’t nigga, they were mexican. The vaqueros were the first every cowboys. Blacks and Natives were cowboys as well but they weren’t the original cowboys.
@@LisaF777 the first cowboys were mexicans, not african americas
reminded me of the ending of django unchained
One thing I noticed was that the alien merch and costumes resemble ape suits. I think that Jupe was so convinced he had bond with ufo, he depicted them as the other thing he believed he had a bond with, Gordy.
also the faces of the alien merch look VERY similar to the white film cameras’ cartridges that are shown on Gordy’s set. another tip towards spectacle & film
@@isabelletan9933 i thought the faces looked more like owls tbh
this is good
There was a costume hand on the ground in one scene after everyone at the show was taken. It looked like an ape hand but it was part of the alien costume
Not just that, but his kids moved like chimps when pranking OJ as if they thought that's how aliens would move. Which is ironic considering their father seemingly has PTSD from that chimp attack.
Notice how Peele doesn’t show the actual violence of the ship’s digestion of Jupiter’s Claim nor the Gordy’s Home massacre? I feel this adds one of the film’s message on the obsession of viewing spectacle and violence in the media.
he's a master of tasteful editing, Peele. I agree here 100%. He knows exactly what to, and what not to, show.
You should watch Funny Games. It’s done in the same vein. Nothing is shown on screen. Jordan has said it was one of his favorite horror films.
And so many reviews trashed the movie for not being a "horror" movie. Yet, the theater of the mind and the jump scares made it more horrifying than his last two movies.
@@robertfrost8264 I would say it was more of a whore but if you were into UFOs and just the topic of aliens and UFOs in general what we have been able to find out what we do know there are rumors and conspiracies this is hardly accurate at all the only accurate thing was probably the flying the whole bloody house shit and the ship being alive and all that stuff even though there are claims that it could be I’m open to that idea but there are more facts pointing to a not being a living ship I get it the movie but the best movie of a certain topic can you say going to do that topic why not make it accurate after the first half you knew it was a Hollywood movie and it was meant to do nothing but bring fear of the unknown
I wanted to see more of the Gordy massacre, I wanted to see everything that happened. I am thankful we didn't see the townspeople die though, that scene gave me my first ever panic attack
I do think the woman's disfigurement is from the chimp attack. The whole Gordy storyline reminded me of the case of Travis the chimp. Just like Gordy he was a domesticated chimpanzee who was made into an animal actor and one day he snapped and attacked the friend of his owner. Just like that woman her face was mutilated as well as her hands and Travis was shot down by a cop that arrived on the scene. The story was probably inspiration for that part of the movie. The real life woman who was attacked would later do an interview with Oprah. The characters talked about wanting to be on Oprah's show multiple times.
Duuuuuuuuuuuh
no duh lady, it was even stated in the movie that she was the co-star of Jupe in the gordy show.
@@nm-hi5dp they were replying to the person who made the video since the lady was mentioned.
Just to reinforce this, the lady had no lips. And usually chimps will go for the lips and eyelids when attacking.
The Cop who shot and killed Travis actually knew him for years since he was an infant Chimp and he suffered PTSD afterwards.
I interpreted the ending as her finally turning away from the importance of fame and fortune in her life when she doesn't turn towards the press or to look at the photo but towards her brother. The cultural obsession with spectacle and fame is heavily critiqued in the film so I think it makes sense that the main "happy ending" wasn't the Oprah shot, but her only family being alive. Especially since OJ was the only one who treated Jean jacket like a living being, with respect and not like a spectacle - unlike jupe who had to die because he was trying to capitalize of the "aliens".
And one thing I belive is that we can only know what we see in the films. The creature looked toward OJ, but it didn`t make tornado. Yes it changed its form, and maybe it can make different way to suck OJ, but that is MAYBE. WE DID`NT SEE IT.
And then Emerald yelled to the creature, and It looked back to her. But it doesn`t use "different way to suck", just keep chasing after her. Even when it sucks the park`s big balloon, It goes up and sucks. And then OJ shows ups.
We can theorize the death of OJ, but I don`t buy it because we didn`t see OJ sucking into the creature.
I think there's a connection between the story of Gordy in the flashbacks, and what's happening with the UAP. Chimpanzees have become notorious for going from cute and adorable as babies to aggressive and disturbingly fierce when they hit adolescence. As intelligent and trainable as they are, they have powerful predatory and territorial instincts, and naive owners who try to raise chimps like human children have been violently disillusioned when their sweet, docile little baby suddenly "snaps" and starts biting off faces.
This is very much how the Gordy storyline plays out. Everything was going fine, and the cute chimp was doing all of their tricks, and the humans seemed to never suspect that one day he'd grow out of that, and something (a popping balloon) would trigger those defensive, territorial instincts, with disastrous results, and they had no safeguards or precautions in place because they underestimated the danger of working with a wild animal.
Compare this to Jupe's behavior with the UAP. For six months, it obediently appeared on command every Friday for feeding, and Jupe believed that he was taming this entity. He thought it would keep behaving this way indefinitely, but he didn't realize he was dealing with a living being that was growing and maturing, and one day, all of those eyes watching it triggered a predatory and/or territorial instinct, and it "snapped", with disastrous consequences.
I almost wonder if, in that last moment as the creature turned on him, did Jupe think, "Oh no, not again!"
I didn’t even think that all the eyes looking at the alien would set it off wilddd
Yessss! 👏🏼 This is one of the most insightful explanations I’ve read so far for how the story of Gordy & Jupe in the 90s ties into what ends up happening with Jupe & the UAP in the “present day”!
Nope. The Gordy story is about people (Jupe) not learning their lesson. The hubris of Siegfried and Roy. Jupe thought he could tame something he didn't know anything about. Putting his wife, children and others in a mortal danger he died not even understanding.
The eyes didn’t set it off. All the other horses ran out of the gate when Jupe set them loose so the monster at it further away from the audience. Lucky didn’t so the monster came right up on the audience and saw them looking then ate them. Lucky staying in the pen is what changed that outcome
@@alexiscleveland2375 it’s wasn’t the horse not listening nor was it the eyes… it had just eaten the fake plastic horse and was pissed off… that’s why in the movie Jupe even says “he’s an hour early” speaking about the alien.
The alien changes make itself more ornate and stunning at the end, so that you're tempted to look at it.
Woah I didn’t even think about this!
it also looked more like an analog camera at the end. you know how many untrained people stare right into the camera?
You just blew my mind!
Ohh, wow. Nice
see I noticed that how intricate and, almost celestial (?) it looked at the end. dare i say glamorous lmfao. and that makes sense now bc then it’s impossible to ignore
I just realized, one of the reasons why the "alien" doesn't like being stared at, also the fact that its a predator, but during the end when it trasnform into a creature it kinda resumbles a jellyfish and well they are also called Medusa, and knowing from Greek mythology those who stare at Medusa and caugt her gaze are turned to stone... this is just a theory thats all hehe
i could also see a lot of stingray influence and they are known for hiding in plain sight
Looking into a wild animal’s eyes is considered a threat. You’re not supposed to do that because it triggers their fight reflexes, so when they stared,the alien believed it was about to be attacked and in defense of itself,it fought back by eating them.
Oooooh! You smart! I actually like that idea that the UFO is a kind of space jellyfish. For the UFO creature, I like to think that outer space is essentially just an ocean to this thing, and it landed on Earth, which could be the equivalent to a reef or a school of fish for it to hunt.
I'll never forget this movie, it has scarred me for life. That scene where you see the abduction and the inside of the eldritch creature is haunting. What disturbs me the most is we don't see exactly how they're eaten, we just know it's painful and loooonnggg.
I think OJ survived. He understood how to defeat/avoid the predator. He is the master trainer. Antlers sacrifice and OJ sacrifice redundant otherwise. He lured the animal away to allow her motorcycle to power on. He definitely went to see what happened to his family. Not a figment of her imagination.
How could he have survived tho?
I feel like he would’ve came and spoke to her tho, if u pay attention to when he was luring the Alien away the horse was pulling back as if he was getting sucked in
When a movie leaves something ambiguous, I always assume the best in my own head canon. It's fun to talk about darker possibilities but, life is sad enough as it is.
@@similaritiesendhere lol agreed don’t get me wrong I hope my boy made it but hands down great movie 💯Jordan don’t miss
But why was there police there before but when she saw him there was nobody ?
I like how the main goal of this movie was to capture the creature on film instead of killing it.
Killing this thing was a spontaneous decision by emerald after thinking it killed her brother.
Why would anyone think the monster UFO "eating" the blow-up from Jupe's tourist attraction would "kill" it? For one thing, it had beaucoup flags attached to it, and, earlier in the film, the flags are supposedly why the UFO did not "get" O.J. (when he unfurled a long string of those flags). Yes, it could be because of the fact that a long linear thing would get stuck in its esophagus (not the flags, per se), but it did seem contradictory that the UFO creature would "eat" the blow-up with multiple flags attached, but those very same flags, thrown out by O.J. when the UFO is chasing him while he's on horseback, is how he escaped. I'm still confused about that. I don't think it had much of anything to do with the color(s), but the idea of a long string, yes, but why eat the giant inflatable cowboy, then? And why would eating the giant inflatable cowboy ultimately cause the monster to explode?
@@conniewilson2247 well it did eat the balloon most likely cause it thought the cowboy was staring at it. The balloon did blow up inside it and it looked like it messed it up. I’m just going off what I saw.
@@conniewilson2247 idk if Emerald knew it would make it explode but trying to eat anything non organic was messing up the aliens digestive system and hurting it. That's why they attached the strings/bright colors bc they knew it would deter it from eating them.
When Em releases the Jupe balloon I think she was hoping it would mistake the balloon as a person staring at it and try to eat it which would hurt it all over again. Also I think she was still focused on getting the shot so she either didn't know it would kill it and was just hoping on getting her Oprah shot or was hoping it would kill/hurt it bc it's non organic and would be killing two birds with one stone.
The balloon popped in a really confined space so it basically forced the alien to expand and made it explode from what I understand.
@@conniewilson2247 the floating balloon floated because it was filled with helium. If you swallow to much of helium it will explode your lungs. Obviously causing death.
@@jayceyallen7745 The balloon was filled with helium. That's why it floated. Swallowing to much will cause your lungs to explode.
The scene that had me really scared was when those kids had those alien masks and were trynna scare O.J I really thought those were real aliens fr fr.. I was super scared lol
The Gordy show is one of the best directed horror scenes I’ve ever watched, I loved this movie…so lucky to have seen it on imax
I did, too. I loved how we could FEEL the horses' hoofbeats and almost feel the soft muzzles and breath.
The beginning scene... I came into this thinking this would be light hearted, funny. So the beginning sequence shook me up so bad. I felt afraid and sad at the same time. Too real.
I think OJ is alive because of the quote from Sheb Wooley "The Purple People Eater" song saying, "I wouldn't eat you because you because you're so tough" and I think that was specifically meant for him because he survived all of the other encounters and he literally was the toughest one to be the decoy for the monster. he was even looking it in the eye and all it did was turn around to go look for his sister.
I thought the same thing
I think your right cause the alien could’ve definitely sucked him up and still went after keke she was still in his electro magnetic field and couldn’t get the bike on quite yet OJ should’ve died in this time because he stayed willingly is why he survived he was in the dust after keke killed the alien with the inflatable she saw him on this horse!
I think "The Purple People Eater" song's a good connection - and a very deliberate inclusion by Peele - but I feel like that line in particular references Emerald. She's the actual lead IMO. There were more solo scenes of her walking around L.A., highlighting her search for independence that got cut. I think the film's really about her character more than anyone.
@@toesonmypillow I see what you are saying but without her brother she would have never been able to get to the point that she gets to in the movie. I'm not even saying that OJ is the leader. All I said was OJ is the toughest one of them all. OJ was alone more throughout the entire film and even when he was alone, he never gave up. Idk if you remember but there were many times emerald wanted to give up, but OJ specifically says "there's always work to be done" and went to go back to the house. meaning that he was going to save those horses with or without emerald, but emerald felt bad for leaving his brother, so she came along. which is a very strong trait in herself not leaving her brother behind. Emerald has some very strong traits in the movie, but I think its disrespectful not to give OJ the respect he deserves. when old guy needed someone to lure the monster OJ was the one who said it going to be me. OJ is the one that finally believed in his sister and without Emerald I don't think they would have gotten the shot not to mention Shes the one that ultimately get rid of the monster. their father never believed in emerald and that why when he got her a horse the father just ended up teaching OJ how to ride and take care of the horse. I can elaborate more on Emerald's character but id legit be writing a whole essay lol so I'm going to leave it at that
Also in him taming his horses he made mention of never turning your back on it. He faced it head on while never taking his eye off it leading it as if it were entranced by him. Also every time it ate something or someone it went back into ufo form. It never went back in that form until it at the big balloon
I'm sure the disfigured lady was a result of the chimp. Even when I saw her in the previews (and didn't know anything about a chimp in the film) her makeup heavily reminded me of a woman irl who was attacked by her friend's pet chimp and she literally looks like that lady now and wears veils like that. Probably inspired the look.
Yes! 😧 I was telling my husband about that story too! "Tyler the Chimp" I think his name was. And omggg that story is so sad. It wasn't even the damned owner that it happened to, but was her FRIEND who ended up as the one attacked. Absolutely tragic. That poor woman doesn't even have a face anymore. It's so disturbing, truly....
Yeah that was clearly a reference to the lady who got her face ripped off.
It took me too long to put that together as well. Fascinating Horror has a video about that attack with a picture of the victim wearing a shawl exactly like the character in this movie.
@@KabbalahSherry This woman ended up being one of the first face transplants. This operation was successfully done at the Cleveland Clinic.
@@KabbalahSherry The chimp's name was Travis. I immediately thought of the story when I saw the hat/veil she was wearing in the first trailer.
The scariest thing to me was the fact that Jupe was basically sacrificing his customers/audience to the UFO 😭
😂😂
i mean he didn’t know not to look at it so give it take honesty
And his family
he was feeding the UFO horses to entertain his audience, but this time the UFO ate him and his audience instead.
They were not being sacrificed. He expected it to suck up the horse, not them.
It was scary from the perspective of being digested by an alien. It reminds me of how we mass produce our meat (US). How we Corral cattle into those machines that “butcher” them. It’s gross and it was interesting to see us not being the apex predator for once. Just a connection I made…I love that parallel
really interesting observation, i like it
Honestly that scene convinced me to start being vegan
Wow! Yes, same feeling! Great observation and thank you for the comment!
I think the shot of Emerald shutting her eyes when she first sees oj offscreen, like to clear her vision, then smiling when hes still there, shows hes alive
For those who saw the movie-did you notice that Emerald slid her motorcycle to a stop just like the iconic scene in Akira?
I keep seeing people make this reference but I don't know that film. So now it makes sense thanks
@@LindaC616 ruclips.net/video/A9hCzjBc7Q4/видео.html
Yes! I was nudging my friend in the theater with me like a maniac. I love it when that bike nod shows up in movies :)
I feel like Jean Jacket is also inspired by the Angels of Evangelion, like the one whose "shadow" is its actual body.
@@sydposting that's exactly what i thought of! i also thought it very much resembled zeruel when it billowed up and unwrapped itself.
How long did it take for everyone to realize that the dude that ran Jupiter's Claim is the reason why OJs dad died in the first place?
Dude unintentionally killed OJs Dad and set this whole thing in motion.
Not sure if I missed it in this video...but the balloon being a giant version of jupe' finally looking the monster in the eyes as opposed to not seeing the monkey directly because of the table cloth, I think is important to note. He created it, he destroyed it.
If I remember correctly, at the beginning of the movie the radio talks about missing hikers near the area right before OJ’s father dies. I think that was its initial hunt in its territory.
Thank you for 1k!
So they are in its territory
I was literally wondering if that was foreshadowing
There was also the comment when they were at the green screen to film for that movie just before they got fired that the manager of the actress asked for a different horse training company, and someone told him that person that ran it had an odd recent death.
@@bosoxfan131 no no... the producer asked for OJ’s FATHER, and was informed that he died (from the coin). It wasn’t about a different horse company.
@@MisterK-YT you're right, I definitely misinterpreted that bit my b
I think Nobody was supposed to be Gordy's trainer/handler. He's calm and walking towards the chaos because I think he would have had some lines about how the show was mistreating Gordy, and how Gordy would snap if they kept up the abuse. I also think he's the one that put Gordy down. He's called "nobody" because the trainers/handlers are treated like nobodies in the industry. And his presence would emphasize how hard it is for handlers, especially folks like the Haywood's to make a name fir themselves.
sorry I must be missing something, who's nobody??
@@alexvickrey , 6:38 Nobody is played by Michael Busch. All the footage we have of him is centered around Gordy/the attack.
@@cythatnerd oh wow yeah I see, sorry I hadn't watched the video yet.
when I read the comment, I remember when the TMZ dude showed up and asked who Emerald was, she said "Nobody", so it's interesting they credited him as that
Yeah this makes sense, and I think Jordan was trying to prove that you can’t tame a wild beast anyway. That gave way for Ricky to be under the impression that he had some sort of gift
I’m pretty sure on another video the man is a guy obsessed with Gordy and the show. I’m pretty sure he was supposed to try to shoot yo the star ralley thing, but I forget where I heard that.
I just got back from watching this and it never crossed my mind that OJ might be dead. He knew not to look at it and he had that string of flags that the monster hated. The monster was doing its peacock thing to scare him away instead of trying to eat him. He was just distracting it so his sister to get away and it immediately went after her.
So... yes I'm sure OJ is fine.
@SecaKaizen that may very well be what was intended. Just saying that all went over my head and it never crossed my mind.
I think the monster did the peacock thing to try and tempt the characters to look at it.
The scene that scared me most, was seeing everyone actually being eaten and digested- their screams echoing before suddenly becoming silent and when the monster took it's more organic state-
This is the same thing that turned me off of Attack on Titan, where Erin is eaten and the other ranger is dissolving in stomach acid, pleading for her mom. I doubt I'll ever recover.
When you saw the alien in it's final form, with the green square "mouth?". It actually reminded me of an old camera - like something that would have taken the Horse in Motion clip from the beginning of the movie.
yes totally! i definitely felt like that was representative of the idea that fame/fortune/film industry can consume people and destroy them like the alien does. the green square mouth thing was also at the beginning of the movie during the title sequence, almost like the audience was being sucked into the alien/film industry without knowing it!
If that is the case then OJ surviving would make sense because he wasn't in it for the fame and fortune, his sister was on the other hand. Which is why in their confrontation was very reminiscent of a spaghetti western flim where two men confronting at high noon but it was OJ and the beast.
Agreed, the mouth looks very much like the old cameras that shot the horse and jockey clip
the way the “mouth” kept zooming in as a camera lense would!
I also thought it kinda looked like an emerald, like Keke's character
Great take. I wanted to mention that the monster wasn't offput by the flags because they were rainbow, but because it was a long inorganic string that was probably getting caught in its windpipe (as OJ says in the movie). That's why at the end Emerald covers herself in caution tape, because it would have the same effect.
It wasn't even so much about the flags themselves, as it was that the flags were associated with the decoy horse in its mind, & they said that it was that big hunk of plastic getting caught in its system that really pissed it off, so it sees the flags & thinks "whoa, inedible & highly dangerous!"
I don't think she covered herself in the caution tape on purpose, because she was just driving through it, but I definitely think they did that as a reference to the flags
This is also the reason the Ufo leans to the right while trying get oj which also btw, looks fuckin fantastic. Beautiful shot indeed. But is the flag about gay people and how america is unaccepting of gay people? I don't know. Sounds like a stretch to me.
Yeah, not sure why this guy thought a highly advanced E.T would be offended by a rainbow, kinda dumb
@@lennonmahoney7302 i got newz 4 you, the ufo is a metaphor for misogyny and razism
Jean Jacket came early to the star lasso show because it has been observed that when wild animals are fed at consistent times, they will slowly come earlier and earlier and show signs of anticipation and excitement- I think Jupe had been releasing horses and have them run off into the distance to be eaten from a safe viewing distance- but this time Jean Jacket was antsy and went toward the stage.
I could literally feel the uncomfort when the people got sucked in. I felt like I was in there and I could feel myself being thrown around. That was the scariest part cause imagine just being in there with no seatbelt no escape and just the feeling of movement everywhere. I really am shocked and scared of the hell. Please make good decisions y’all😭😭😭
Cool Trivia: Gordy the Chimp was mocap-played by Terry Notary, who played Rocket in the Planet of the Apes trilogy! He's an expert on ape movement and behavior, so I'm not surprised that Jordan Peele tapped him for the role.
Wish they got the CGI team from those movies too
And he played King Kong in Kong: Skull Island!
@@JosephDutra He certainly was! And Andy Serkis was Kong for Peter Jackson's film. They've both been the King now!
That was the scariest scene in the movie
Which is ironic since we felt bad for the Haywood 's for getting fired for CGI animals yet this movie did the same thing! Interesting
I didn't interpret Antler's death as a "sacrifice" at all. When he got up to leave I interpretted it as him trying to leave and take all the credit for the film. This mirrors the story at the beginning of OJ and Emerald's great grandfather who was pictured jockying the horse. In the beginning Emerald talks about how the jocky received none of the credit but the director is credited as the father of film. This perfectly parallels the moments before Antler's death as he records OJ riding Lucky. Then he stands and tries to leave to claim credit and exclude OJ (just like what happened to OJ's great grandfather) but then his greed in the pursuit of the "perfect shot" gets the best of him and compels him to continue recording which leads to his death. This plays into the movie's theme of spectacle and people becoming consumed by it. The fact that he is using a manual photo camera just like the original film also plays into this parallel. I saw
From what I got almost every scene till he's at the farm he's watching his films of him capturing scenes of restless animals, ofc we as animals aswell take it as he'll steal credit but right before he leaves he says "I don't deserve the impossible shot" + cryptic thing to OJ but I believe within him capturing this "beast" he came to terms with what hes really been capturing in his career
What did he say? “They don’t deserve the impossible.” I think your right
@@00bankz24 Pretty sure he said "We" don't deserve the impossible. As in maybe it was finally his time to die attempting to get the impossible shot.
@@AlphaXray did he? My hearing’s sh*t lol
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It would be oddly and annoyingly inconsistent for Emerald to randomly hallucinate her brother’s appearance at the very last second.. A give away that he was alive is how hard she smiled once he appeared. She was obviously relieved and overjoyed that he was there. Also, OJ was riding a horse named Lucky. If OJ would’ve been eaten while riding Lucky it would take a lot of credibility away from the writer who named him that…If he would’ve gotten eaten while riding Lucky that name would serve no purpose unless the screenplay was trying to be sarcastic which I highly doubt.. they could've named the horse Pizza (for all we care) if it was just going to get eaten…Also, there was no reason for OJ to expire; their father was enough of a sacrifice. When a screenwriter kills off more characters than necessary it makes the film lose value.. His survival would make way more sense. The whole point of us thinking he was gone was for Emerald to "tame" /defeat Jean Jacket.. OJ had to be out of the way for a minute so that she could do that. Peele does an excellent job in making things come back full circle.
I finally put it together on the second view of the movie, Jupe was going to kill them by letting the ufo eat them at the show he invited them to. He was going to do that so he can get the land without them involved.
that makes sense bc at first he said “we’ve been doing this every friday for the past six months” and i was like then how are there not crowds of ppl here by word of mouth to see this spectacle but now i realize he wasn’t just feeding the monster horses
Gosh these are brilliant remarks
Yes….that’s why he drove over there….Jupe knew exactly what he was doing
@@rachelsilver2224 I don't think that's right. I didn't catch it while watching, but read that the flyer was for a special "friends and family" showing, and all the lead-up was of Jupe practicing for his first live show. All of the Fridays were just rehearsals where he was "training" the UFO for the live show.
That's why all of his crew was there, as well as the special guest from the show when he was a kid.
i also thought the same, for me it kinda seemed as if he wanted to see another attack happen
No body shown = Still alive. We didn't see OJ get devoured nor was his voice (or the horse's) echoed when the alien chased Emerald (remember: after every kill, the voices of the alien's latest victims can be heard).
He's alive, and the ending was shot the way it was to purposefully make y'all overthink & question it.
Edit: Also OJ and the horse still had the flags dragging along the ground with them, so the alien for sure didn't eat them
No body shown = still alive?
And it was shot that way for the sole purpose of having people over-analyze it incorrectly, thereby missing one of the major thematic events of the film (according to your analysis)?
Tf kind of criticism is this? 😂
@@GoodOlCharlieBrown No body is more of a sci-fi/comic book/soap opera trope. Half the time when you don't see the "kill", the person didn't actually die and comes back in some convoluted ass way.
Directors will know what actually happened to a character and shoot things in a way to get the audience talking & keep them guessing/left on a cliff hanger on purpose. This is an extremely common thing, prime example being the end of Inception. Extremely odd that you would question that.
Read literally everything else I present as a reason why he's alive and you'll understand this isn't a criticism but someone thinking about this with everything the film presented prior to decipher it.
Enjoy your weekend
I didn’t even consider OJ to have died. That last shot was a classic western ending….the hero victorious. You have a point tho. I’m liking this movie more and more as I hear others takes.
But why did the alien eat the balloon that had all of those flags, like 100 more flags than the one strand from the "decoy horse"? I still haven't had anyone fill in this giant plot hole.
They even say after the decoy horse the ship/creature won't be touching anything with those flags again probably.
It didn't kill OJ.
This film has a lot of commentary on celebrity and animal cruelty. I also think that Nope is basically a subverted version of Jaws. Instead of a shark in the ocean it’s a UFO in the sky
Yeah and I’m more comfortable if this movie inspires a social panic that results in people hunting UFOs vs how Jaws motivated a bunch of idiots to kill sharks
@@plekazunga human hunting ufos… what could possibly go wrong 🤡they’re only a few lights years more advanced than us u know
@@plekazunga I’m sorry. Did that really happen? I had no idea
gave me the same vibes as Tremors too, just in the sky
Definitely got Jaws vibes when the cinematographer showed up.
I was so terrified when the UFO ate everyone. Just the way it injested them. I haven't been as scared by a movie since I was a kid.
I haven’t seen anyone mention that the alien doesn’t like to eat metal. We see it spits out the fake horse (with the flags), a wheel chair (that lands on the roof), keys (that get stuck in the horse) and coins (like the one that killed Otis Senior). In the opening scene we hear on the news/radio that some hikers have gone missing. Assuming that the keys and coins that fell from the sky were regurgitated after the alien ate the hikers.
I definitely think he’s alive at the end and survived the encounter. He was able to look the creature in the eye because it saw him as the alpha
Also noticed that emerald often wears green and OJ wears orange
Good eye!
How he was staring it down, was with no fear.. as if HE had control.. so I definitely left thinking he survived
I think he died and she was seeing things Because it says out yonder on the sign above him and on that scene before we saw the police there but then the police wasn’t there no more when she saw him.
@@lochofmceo I think that shot is supposed to be a reference to the clip of the grandfather on the racing horse, like he finally feels he’s lived up to his family name and officially claims the farm as his own. Think the cops and reporters were coming in from a different area in the park
@@oliviapete I thought that out yonder sign was above them too
I’m pretty sure OJ survived. Looking at Get Out and Us, it’s clear that Jordan Peele gives the main Black characters happy endings in his movies (for now) which is quite refreshing.
Boring. Look at the difference in both endings for 'Descent.' One is for kids. The other for adults. Who goes to see a horror movie and expects a happy ending no matter the character's race? Just stick to Disney - if the case.
@@michellemichougraham198 This WAS NOT A HORROR MOVIE 😂 Suspense Sci/Fi maybe but horror movie? No. That’s partly why I was a little let down in my case anyway.
I hope he continues doing that frankly. A lot of ppl think killing the main characters = good twist/thought provoking ending but it's really rarely necessary imho 😂
I mean I feel like the ending of Us was bittersweet considering the reveal. And Get Out was originally intended to have a more, let's say "typical" ending, but because of all the police shootings and riots he changed it. He does not have a precedent for happy endings, nor does this genre.
He doesn't give the black characters happy endings, tho? The alternate ending for Get Out had the main character arrested for the deaths of the people that wanted to keep him imprisoned. And in US the main lead is known to be an imposter by her own child while the country is being destroyed by the duplicates.
What Jordan Peele often gives us is a clear ending. Which is why I think OJ survived because Emerald drove away and lured the creature as soon as the bike could start again. Also, we didn't hear echos of OJ and Lucky screaming inside Jean-Jacket like what happened to most people that were sucked up.
It’s funny, cause when OJ was on set with the horse, you seen how the cast treated the horse carelessly & he snapped… rewind back to Gordy… they never showed us in full how he was treated but I can only imagine it was similar to OJ & Lucky experience.
SB: the guy put a mirror ( something similar) in front of Lucky eye that made him go off and some ppl are saying because Jupe didn’t look Gordy in the eye the reason he survived… then the sky monster didn’t like eye contact….
Is there a message behind that? Or I’m over thinking it.
I like how the alien isn't humanoid or just a UFO, I like how its completely incomprehensible
I mean, I'd say it looked kind of like a kite, or something you might see at a parade, but sort of shaped like a vampire squid or something. How it operated beyond appearance... Yeah, I've got nothing.
also i think that its worth mentioning that the reason why the alien threw up all the people from the show instead of eating them was because the metal horse was stuck in the alien's esophagus. when we get the shot of all the people inside the alien's esophagus we see the metal horse stuck on top of the lady screaming so the alien just threw everyone up. pretty cool scene ngl solid movie jordan peele puts out banger movies.
If the alien threw them up then where r the bodies???
@@trent2kg813 he threw them up after they were digested. So that why it was just a bunch of blood 🤔
@@trent2kg813 the bodies were probably already digested in the esophagus that’s why you can only see blood when the alien threw up
It crushing literally gave me chills man. That type of horror always gets me. Still fear jeepers creepers
@@trent2kg813 you hear him crunch them all alive then the screaming stops before he spits everything out so you can assume he absorbs the organs and spits out the blood and non organic materials
I can't overstate how brilliant it is to parallel the dark side of spectacle with cosmic horror. Jordan Peele is in another level.
I nominate him to FINALLY make a decent Lovecraft film!
@@zachariahpoltergeist4516 nope is about a alien predator
@@mehchocolate1257 yeah, I know, I saw it. It just made me think of the "indescribable" entities in Lovecraft stories and how he may be able to make a decent film version of them.
@@zachariahpoltergeist4516 the shoe standing up was so confusing 😕
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This is good horror. Not just a big mishmash of jumpscares, a well-made film with legitimately disturbing imagery and implications. Amazing.
I feel like a lot of people are expecting a basic horror movie with aliens so they might not like it as much but honestly, I love it!!
I'm pretty sure OJ survived. They never demonstrated the creature having the ability to kill while in it's 'octopus' form. It even had to change back into a saucer to attack the Jupiter balloon. It kept switching it's focus between OJ and Emerald and never had time to transform into killing mode before taking chase with her.
I also feel that they were hinting that Antler was unwell/dying. There was that moment that Angel focuses on the prescription bottle and Antler was hinted at being very thin with his limbs poking out awkwardly in his clothes. I think the sacrifice was because he was already near his end.
the fact u have to assume all of this just proves the movie is crap
The fact that you prefer to not have to "assume" proves its not your storytelling style. Fair enough.
OJ was alive very clearly at the end
Good eye. He was def on his way out already. Exactly why he changed his mind n said fuck it lol. And #teamOTIS
There were two CRAZY scenes that really got to me yall! The one where it seems as though Jean Jacket purposely open its throat/mouth to let the cast in the house hear the peoples screams, it was trying to make the cast scared of it. As it shouted the screams poured through and boyyyy that was just a powerful scene. It was so scary and terrofying that scene. And the scene where it the show viewers were sucked up and you could see their bodies being sucked through the super small canal. Watching it one the big sceeen felt like I was in there too I swear lol. One of the first times I actually started breathing heavy as I was watching a scene in theaters! Made me feel damn near claustrophobic 🤣. Oh and the kids prank got me at first lol.
The way the second one was Revealed when they both leaned over Scared the hell outta me 😭
Honestly the kid’s pranked spooked me the most out of everything lol.
The kids prank was scary af 😭
LOL I’m ngl I don’t get scared of movies really at all. I’m only startled by loud sounds but I was just so engrossed in the movie the whole time that I noticed during intense moments I was breathing heavy haha. Great movie.
Oh the kids prank sent me... the movements and the peering??? Boy bye!! 🏃🏿♀️🏃🏿♀️🏃🏿♀️🏃🏿♀️
I think the way Antlers went out was really poetic. Having seen him always watching his Predator and Prey animal footage in literally every other shot when he isn’t at the farm with OJ and the crew sort of shows where this was going. The minute he caught wind of it being a living being, he dropped all his physical needs and decided to become a part of this “natural order” as he seen it. He was the Prey and this magnificent creature was his Predator, his ultimate end as an artist, in the end getting the shot no one else can get, as he died for it
A lot of cool “one eye” references throughout the movie as well. There is a sign at one point in the background that says Copperpots, a pretty obvious call out to the Goonies, his dad losing one eye, Antlers singing Flying Purple People Eater. I’m sure there were countless more
"They're here!" (Poltergeist)
The uap looked like one eye when it was swooping on prey
Tmz guy has a odd one eye bike helmet
One thought: the “alien” plushies’ faces look like film/studio cameras. The scene showing the old tv show massacre pans around and you see three of them in a row; look just like those little dolls Jupiter is selling.
Exactly what i thought when i seen it
For some odd reason this movie kinda reminds me of interstellar ....I'll figure out the connection my brain made maybe after a few more watches
Jupiters Claim was actually terrifying. Your imagination piecing together everything that’s happening to these people inside of the alien was absolutely a nightmare.
I never even thought of OJ being dead. Huh. Need to ponder on that. I really loved that end shot of Emerald as it seems like she is trying to smile for the cameras and people that are running towards her but she is trying to smile for her brother. I think I like the idea of OJ still being alive. He seemed uncomfortable with the lime light and I like the idea that by the end he was more confident in himself and the choices he was making.
My bf has worked at a ranch for a long time and said he thought the whole meaning was you can’t tame a beast. When you let cattle out you’re not supposed to look them in the eye. I assume it’s a dominance or intimidation thing. That’s why OJ said to not look at it and seem like a threat. And most animals flip when there’s loud noises or sudden movements. The UFO was really a beast like the monkey and the horse when he kicked during the video shoot. Wild animals can’t be tamed, want dominance, and are territorial.
It makes total sense! I was wondering what was the meaning of the whole movie.
“Nobody” is most likely the animal handler, walking towards the studio when Gordy goes berserk to put him down. Probably in the theatrical cut they decided that it wasn’t super relevant to tell the story of who killed Gordy, and cut it for time.
Good point. It would also make the last “exploding fist bump” have less meaning because you know who pulled the trigger, instead of it being a traumatic experience / spectacle
apparently from an earlier cut of the film, "Nobody" was a crazed fan in love with jupe's costar and was going to shoot up the place before Gordy went crazy. He also had a miniature of the set used for his pet crab from the first trailer.
@@Sandlerverse I wonder if there'll be an alternate cut of the film released at some point.
I'm glad they cut anything out of it. I enjoyed the movie but it's bloated as hell. "Slow-burn" aside. OJ's flashbacks weren't needed either and they only took up like 3 minutes of the runtime. But, apparently dolts still didn't understand the plot even with all of the exposition dumps they kept in haha
@@robertfrost8264 to each their own, I thought there wasn't ENOUGH exposition. I was so confused about OJ and Emerald's relationship, why Jean Jacket was significant and why OJ decided to name the alien that, why he did the finger eye "I see you" thing as a kid (mocking her? respecting her?), Emerald's relationship to her dad, etc.
I hadn't even considered that OJ was dead after we saw him under the "Out Yonder" sign but that could be. I feel like there was a quote earlier in the movie about how his father did such a good job of taming the horses, that he didn't want to let him down. It makes more sense to me that OJ did live, proving that he could live up to his father and tame this beast.
Thanks for the breakdown so quick! I saw this movie last night and wanted to see what other people thought of it as well!
Right cuz Lucky was the one that cost them the job so it would make sense he redeemed himself and saved his owner/trainer
@@latonyaroberts8374 oh wow I didn't think of that
Another thing is the theme of the movie is very spagehetti western, which typically is the macho man being tough to confront another tough man.
Saw this movie yesterday. Brilliant work by Peele as always. It comes across as one of his more straight forward films but there's always something more underneath the surface. Nice analysis.
I really think this creature is an apex predator from the ocean, a sea animal. The design of the viewer strongly looks like a manta ray, it's all white as well, meaning it doesn't naturally dwell where there's sunlight as it's completely void of any type of melanin in its skin. Speaking of skin, the closer the camera got to the viewer, the more you could make out wrinkles and dents in its body you'd only see on sea creatures. When it unfolds from its shell like form it definitely resembles somethign that belongs underwater. Maybe to get rid of things it cant eat that gets stuck in its body. The deeper scientists go underwater the more weird creature they find, trust me look it up the animals they find get weirder and weirder. And that's where I think this creature is exactly from, deep where theres no light, and a hell of a lot of pressure that could crush a submarine like a tin can. This is why the creatures skin is pale and its outter body is a hard shell with gas pressure it can use to regulate itself without it being crushed under the pressure of the ocean. Another thing the clip that this movie is based off of, the navy clip showing a UAP fly overing the ocean. That has to be where it comes from. This is one of the reasons why I love Jordan peele cuz he's so creative with what he wants to make a movie about and how he does it while paying attention to detail.
The screeches the creature makes in the movie reflects on what whales do, and it made that sound because all those 40 people in the crowd were looking at it, with real life predators in nature, that's intimidation and animals like lions, bears and tigers see that as a threat resulting in them roaring to intimidate back.
If it’s from the sea, why and how is it in the sky?
The creature opened up to look like an octopus with its arms out, just like the film Antlers was watching earlier on.
@@tomoliver2112 how and why did the UAP from the navy clip (commander Fravors video) move seamlessly between the sky and ocean?
Whether it's water or air seems inconsequential to the UAP's method of propulsion.
My theory is that the monster is a metaphor for an abusive system. With the supporting narrative of Gordy's sitcom incident, it points most specifically toward Hollywood but can be used as a metaphor for any such system, including systems that exploit and abuse women and children, or systems that oppress minorities. The line that solidifies that theory for me is when OJ says regarding the monster: "I don't think it eats you unless you look at it."
When confronted by evidence of an abusive system, so many of us choose to "look away" rather than grapple with the ugly truth and confront it. These abusive systems tend to cloak themselves behind a veneer of normality: in the case of the monster, an unassuming cloud in the sky, in the case of Gordy, a beloved sitcom. OJ literally "turns a blind eye" to the monster to survive. Only at the end, does he engage and confront the monster to let his sister escape.
The protagonists spend much of the film trying to capture it on tape because just as with these powerful abusive systems, the media and the public begin to pay attention only when there is undeniable proof (and often on tape). Time and again, the impact of the monster is explained away as something more innocuous, such as a propeller plane throwing trash, or a flash flood that claimed the lives of 40+ people.
And just like an abusive system, the monster has ways to shut down any attempts to capture evidence of its reality. The monster uses an EMP effect, while abusive systems use their power, the complicity of others, and the legal system to shut down anyone who tries to reveal its ugly truth. Just look at how Harvey Weinstein, Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump, and other powerful people have used such methods to protect their abuses.
Finally, Jupe is the thread that holds it together. In the Gordy flashback, the chimp seems to connect with Jupe, both victims of the abusive system. As a child actor, he was exploited by his parents and Hollywood, just like the chimp. He is staring at a shoe that doesn't drop. He was always waiting for "the other shoe to drop" to reveal the truth of this exploitive system that ultimately destroyed Gordy. He seemed to empathize with Gordy in that scene and might have even fantasized about tearing that system down just like Gordy did. But ultimately, the shoe never drops, and Jupe himself becomes part of that exploitive system. He frames the undropped shoe and places it in a memorial for the incident which he further capitalizes on by charging others to see it. He buries the memory and embraces a sanitized SNL version of the incident. He becomes part of that system by literally feeding live horses to the mosnterl, and making his own children part of the show. In the end, it ultimately consumes him too.
The TMZ man represents how the media plays into this system of abuse by capitalizing on the spectacle. Rather than trying to expose the monster, all he wanted to do was capture it to use it for financial gain, not to reveal the truth and destroy the system.
Only when Emerald could finally capture the reality of the monster in a photograph, does the monster unravel. The spectacle was too large for others to ignore any longer.
That's a damn near perfect theory/explanation of the film's overarching theme.
Thank you!
Dang, you make me want to go back to college and take film school! I used to love writing essays on our subjects. You did a great job of analyzing the themes and plot points! Thanks for the ideas!
God bless you friend.
This was so amazing to read
Wow this comment deserves way more likes! Such a wicked observation! 👍
My god, I loved this movie. I left this movie with a feeling I've never felt before. At first I was confused, as my expectations were completely subverted and defied, I felt juked. But now I see what Peele was going for, and it's so much deeper than I first imagined. Saw the movie 24 hours ago and It hasn't left my mind since. There is so much to puzzle over and contemplate, can't wait for round 2.
Jordan Peele's next protégé actress should be Skai Jackson, another Disney alumni just like Keke Palmer.
Same for me.
Couldn’t have said it better
@Mel House lemme guess you rather watch another basic action movies with guns and stupid dialogue and call that art
Don’t you mean you felt………”juped” 🤷🏾♂️😅
Having seen the movie twice now,, there's two pieces of evidence I will use to conclude that OJ is still alive. 1) in the shot where he's staring down Jean Jacket, you can see some of the rainbow flags along the ground, which we know will ward JJ off. 2) When JJ is posturing towards the Jupe balloon, we don't hear OJ or Lucky screaming inside. We know from previous scenes that recently eaten victims are still alive for some amount of time and usually screaming, like the park guests and the TMZ guy. We don’t hear OJ or any horse noises, so I can only conclude that they survived.
The TMZ guy yelling, "Oh my god" over and over again was rather comical.
Kinda took the shock out of seeing the one lady (Jupiter's wife?) getting covered in what's most likely digestive material.
If, as we saw, the flag streamers repel the UFO monster, why did it eat the large inflatable blow-up doll that had so many attached? And, once the UFO monster DID eat the inflatable blow-up doll, why did that particular morsel cause it to self-destruct? Could it have been because it was inflated with helium or something? I found that contradiction confusing.
@@conniewilson2247 Realized about the inflatable's streamers, too. Only thing I can think of is the creature focused more on the human-looking thing rising up to it rather than what was underneath it. But the inflatable's streamers could be one of those plotholes we just gotta live with. *shrug*
The "self-destruct" was the balloon popping. That big balloon had enough gas in it that, when pressurized to a breaking point, made the entire inflatable explode, killing the creature along with it.
OJ definitely survived. There's no other occurrence in the entire movie of symbolic hallucinations. It would be weird for the very first one to be at the end of the movie.
i think there is a parallel between Ricky and OJ’s lucky survival (if OJ did end up alive). Both avoided eye contact throughout the rampage of each beast (the chimp and “jean jacket”) and eventually make eye contact: though for Ricky’s case, it was inevitable since the chimp directly stares at him out of nowhere. OJ looks at Jean Jacket after witnessing several massacres to help his sister survive. Both are acknowledged by the beasts and survive and yet Ricky does not learn the lesson and looks directly at Jean Jacket before his death because he does not see it as a predator to him, rather an object of exploitation. Ricky is only focused on his own survival from the chimp, thus having the shoe that “saved” him on display in his memorabilia but does not apply the knowledge to a new appearance of beast, while OJ remembers his father’s words “some animals don’t want to be tamed” and ends up controlling Jean Jacket successfully to get the shot.
I’m curious what you mean by the show that saved him. I’m wondering about that shoe
@@kevindavila625 because during the Gordy massacre jupe is staring at the shoe that is standing oddly upright instead of staring at the “beast” or chimp which makes it so he isn’t a threat to Gordy. just like the alien not seeing you as a threat if you don’t stare at it.
I’m pretty sure oj survived because he had “tamed the beast”. He had stared it down and he came up victorious.
@@YuckyYakira or he made a contact with it
Rickey or Jupe
I love how Jordan Peele has you focus on one interpretation that you completely get caught up in the twist of it. You would naturally assume it’s the government because of their explanation of the accident and the blurring of Google images of the location, when in reality it was the creature that caused interference in the area keeping it from being viewed on Google. Just like in Get Out when it’s assumed the cop is “harassing” the guy, he was really looking out for him because of all the disappearances.
LOVE THAT
The cop was harassing him lmaoooo
@@bianccathompson9790 you can look at it like that, but the overall them of the movie makes you rethink it. Like maybe the cop knew about the disappearances and wanted to see his id just in case he disappeared he can have a paper trail
I’ve literally never heard anybody have the theory that the cop was actually helping him lol
@@deedunn1989 I think that really is a HUGE stretch considering nothing in that scene suggests the cop was concerned for his welfare. Also the scene with the TSA buddy reporting his friend as missing in the police station clues one in on how they rank missing black men in general. The whole movie encapsulated that marginalization.
A couple of my own observations:
- The entire saga told by the movie, which spanned the stories of both Gordy and Jean Jacket, began and ended with a balloon bursting.
- I'm particularly surprised that nobody seems to be discussing the question of whether Jean Jacket deserved its fate, especially since almost everyone recognises that Gordy was a victim of exploitation.
It's established at the very beginning of the movie that Jean Jacket had _originally_ been devouring humans, in which case it's to be expected that humanity would fight back, but six months later, it seemed pretty clear that it had been largely pacified by feeding on livestock (as was facilitated by Jupe).
Jupe genuinely HAD formed a certain level of trust with Jean Jacket in the same way that he had with Gordy, but having clearly learned nothing from the incident that traumatised him as a child, he mistook that trust for tameness and tried to generate spectacle from what was, ultimately, still an extremely dangerous predator in the wild.
Again, it's hard to tell exactly how things would've happened under different circumstances, but it's undeniable that the dramatic loss of human life that occurred throughout the second half of the movie (by contrast to Jean Jacket's typical stealth-preying) was just another tragic side-effect of human greed, and ended with JJ having to be "put down" in the exact same way that Gordy was.
This was brilliant. Movies that open your mind to think like this are my favorite and there aren't many so well done. Alive or dead? Not sure but hope alive. So many possibilities... Def one to watch more than once.
Great video, thanks for sharing.
Yes the woman’s injuries are from the Gordy show. That was the girl on the show WITH him who Gordy attacked but she survived.
"In 2009, Oprah sat down with Charla Nash, the Connecticut woman whose face was disfigured after she was violently attacked by her friend's pet chimpanzee. " (that's from the oprah youtube, which is on youtube) The film even brought up 'The Oprah Shot.' The last shot and music cue of NOPE was reminict of Westerns and I took OJ's stillness as a Hero shot. There is something uniquely thrilling about cinema’s ability to call the shots of life and punt the fickle workings of fate into the wayside by depicting a hero in a portrait of untold brilliance... of untold spectacle. there is a layer of star (spectacle) and crew (worker/ watcher) that kind of made me think this film is about movies themselves; how we consume them and to make them, they consume the crew and possible how it's a cycle of exploitation and the way you win is being humble and respecting things you can't completely control.
"Shane! Come Back, Shane." The ending reminds me of Shane (1953) when Shane rides off into the distance despite bleeding from the wound that was inflicted upon him by the villainous Jack Wilson.
oj was in movies and ended up running away on a bronco all while filmed on camera. this movie has so many layers
Impressive breakdown!
I know Jordan Peele's theme in this film was spectacle, but I think it describes our relationship with fear. Some of us are like Jupiter and Alder where we naturally become curious and invested in the things that scare us. Some of us have survival instincts where, hence the title, we say nope and not allow that curiosity or attachment get to us.
I might be going off the rails or something, but it made sense after having a discussion about why Wallace and Gromit is so uncanny, yet are childhood favorite characters.
I think OJ survived. I was honestly pretty shocked at Antlers' death; he had the shot, why would he risk losing everything? Especially because film, while not affected by the electronic-cancelling effect, is *VERY* sensitive to light. Hence Angel having to change it in the burlap sack (haven't seen one of those since film school). If that film got exposed to light, it'd be completely unusable. Everything they captured would be ruined. WHY WOULD YOU RISK THAT?!
Spectacle it wasn't the impossible shot he was looking for
He's like that artist obsessed with the perfect shot. Even if it cost him his life it was like it wasnt enough.
There was an odd scene where Angel saw Antler taking some pills. I wonder if he was supposed to be sick/terminal or something.
@@blanktom6049 and he had a cough
Lead casing would solved that but they're too stupid to know basic physics apparently
That shot of the house being blasted with blood and inanimate objects was absolutely terrifying…
What gives me chills is the fact that a balloon popping on the tv show set is what set off Gordy, while the UFO creature died trying to eat the Jupiter balloon when it popped...idk, from any other director I'd say "huh, weird" but Jordan Peele doesn't mess around lol. Maybe one balloon popped and and animal k*lled a human, but another balloon popped for a human to k*ll the animal.
This movie was an experience the middle of the movie had me genuinely terrified with the sky dance scene and the ufo spewing blood every where
As someone who has researched “gelatinous sky creatures” theories over a decade ago, it sure was fun to watch this. I called it from the beginning - “it’s an atmospheric sky monster” lol. Some people actually do believe that such things exist - upper atmosphere life forms (I’m sure they don’t exist, but I wish I could’ve been a fly on the wall when Jordan Peele first heard/learned about that theory.)
while watching the movie and seeing the thing turn into that weird flowy jellyfish like monster, I definitely immediately thought of the weird Oakville WA gelatinous blob rain
I’ve been so intrigued by “Atmospheric Beasts” for the longest
I found it fascinating that the final form it takes might be our interpretation of the jewish / biblical Seraph. Worth a glimpse on wiki
I didn't know "sky creatures" were a thing (no pun meant) but I did think of the short 'sky creature / horror story' "The Horror of the Heights" by Arthur Conan Doyle, though I suspect the folks here already know of the story. - Michael de Bethencourt
@@jaedenomen4556 Same as soon as I realized it’s an atmospheric beast movie, I was no longer super disappointed it wasn’t about the Greys.
The idea that Oj died didn’t even cross my mind, it didn’t feel like an open ending like that
Absolutely loved this film, it had me stressed and on tenterhooks throughout, not sure I even blinked. The alien despite its simplicity was terrifying! Another great from Peele!!
Oh dang. Great catch at the end there. Totally went over my head.
Gonna have to do another watch ; the way the people can be heard screaming from Jean jacket & the scene of the people getting eaten & digested was absolutely chilling
That scene was wild, this movie wasn’t horrifying as much but that scene and Gordy were just…chilling
I saw it last night in IMAX. I enjoyed it. The Gordy scene, where he stares at the audience, chilling! Those scenes were tough. Loved Keke and Daniel.
The shoe and it’s perfect balance😳
OMFG yes! I felt like I was on set...under that table
Yeah, I love seeing Keke and Daniel on the screen.
The film was brilliant, touching on how we exploit things for profit we shouldn’t and are shocked when bad things happen..
Gordy is an animal but brought into a strange environment for Hollywood and his instincts kick in when he is startled.
The horses are bread for Hollywood to use on film, the people on set don’t listen to OJ and neglect giving the horse the space and respect resulting in it getting startled.
Jupe tries to profit on the ufo, creating a show by feeding it and assuming he controls it.
Even OJ and Emerald try exploiting the ufo, risking their lives and ranch to catch it on tape so they can make money..
Jordan Peele is an incredible director! Definitely one of the best creature films I’ve seen!
Brilliant is a stretch
@@joebotz1243 I mean in my opinion it was but I can appreciate not every one will agree!
The scene with the people inside of the alien messed me up so bad i had an anxiety attack that lasted all night. Great job, Peele!
I can’t say it enough, I throughly enjoyed this movie! Jordan Peele has done it again 🛸
No
@@Mr_Originality I think u mean….nope! And I agree!
Movie was trash, so much symbolism but no ties
@@toltol5882 there are ties
IT WASN'T BETTER THAN GET OUT OR US
considering jordan peele has social commentary imbedded in his films… the obsession with oj and emerald to catch the giant shadowy white violent predator on camera is certainly another possible interpretation. also… “run oj run!” i was the only person in my theater who lol’d at that. come on y’all
Lmao the old man next to me and I both laughed. Oj was riding a bronco essentially without researching any of the horses
@@bgonthegrind4564 😆 but then they should have lost Lucky and kept Ghost...
And there was a key in one of the horses ! Very clever
Also the old white lady at the comerical said “ your name is OJ?!?!“ like the one who killed his White wife?!?
OJ rding away in a white Bronco
Should’ve put a clip of the TMZ dude flying off his bike. I laughed so hard out loud in the theater 😂
All of Jordan Peele’s movies 🎥 are brilliant and Nope was a great one with that twist👌🏾💯!
I loved this movie, it was amazing! My jaw dropped during Gordy's rampage. That scene was crazy.
I really love this movie. I was surprised with how different the whole movie is than what I imagined it would be, and I really like it. Yeah, even though they advertise it as a horror movie it's not that scary because of how slow the movie is and the way it scares people is very very different from the one that we usually see in other horror movies, but that's the reason why I love it. It's so refreshing to see a horror movie where there are no jumpscares with loud obnoxious instruments in the background, and a lot of them are actually scary too. And it's just so refreshing to watch a movie where it's different from the other Hollywood movies in general. While yes, I do still have some problems with this movie and yes it is not the most perfect movie on this planet, but overall it is a very enjoyable movie. And with this movie, I really hope that more and more movies would try to be different (obviously still good) and not just another ctrl-c + ctrl-v (looking at you superhero movies)
Yes! Too many movies have the same plot, and the same ending! I didn't think I would like it either but I'm glad I watched it!
I think it’s implied by the monster’s design that it has been on Earth for a very long time. Getting sucked up into the clouds could look like someone going to heaven, getting killed by looking at something divine is a common religious motif, and it’s final form looks like a biblical angel. Pretty sure Bible quote in the beginning was signaling this
Bingo
Also, the Ancient Aliens reference also points to this