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I loved this movie! I did not think it was weird that they did not have a gun in the house to protect themselves. My husband and I have never been big on guns and if anyone would break into our house we would be doing the same thing, using a bat or a knife because there are no guns in our house.
As a little girl, watching those Hands Across America commercials seems like they were going end hunger so I see how she would think it would end their suffering but just like that program it did nothing.
Also, as she grew up underneath, she began to realize that we up above tell ourselves these stories, like we’re all going to hold hands and end hunger. And we do it to make ourselves feel good so we don’t have to think about the consequences of our excess. Her hands across America was more of a bird flip to the world that made her invisible and forgotten.
@@katpiercemusic Exactly. Paying a minimum of $10-35 per person (depending if you ordered a T-shirt) x 6 million people somehow equaled just $15 million donated "groups" to feed "the hungry" after expenses. Spectacle!
The movie also has a social commentary about wealth inequity and how easy it is to be privileged and comfortable and not realizing how many people are out there starving and living on nothing (eating rabbits and wearing the same red jumpsuits). The speech about “how it must have been to be grow up with the sky” touches on the privileges most of US take for granted. I agree with Oak, this one takes a couple of watches to fully appreciate.
The red suit and the one glove are 100% references to Thriller. She was a huge fan as a kid that’s why she chose the Thriller shirt at the carnival at the beginning. I love all the clues and Easter eggs. Thanks for your reaction guys!
the Hands Across America thing is connected to the core symbolism of the movie: an "invisible" population of Americans who live in poverty, who are humans just like everyone else, who could be pulled up and helped, but aren't, because they're "different" and "don't deserve a handout." Hands Across America was a promise that was never kept, just like how the REAL Adelaide says "You could have taken me with you" instead of switching places.
It's interesting that you wrote "don't deserve a handout" and could be pulled up and helped. It reflects Adelaide/Red's friend wanting help whilst bleeding out, but her underground husband pulls his hand back.
@@FeelinErie wow, several watches and years later and I didn't pick up on that. crazy how this movie continues to build upon itself with symbolism, Peele is amazing
Red tells Adelaide that "the Tethered" are actually genetic clones created by the government to control the originals on the surface. When the experiment failed, the Tethered were abandoned underground for generations, mindlessly mimicking the actions of their counterparts and surviving on rabbit meat. After they realized that Red was "different from the others,” she organized them to escape and take vengeance by murdering their counterparts.
@@kevinhurston1555 lol I think the movie was pretty clear in it's explanation to be honest. You just have to really pay attention and not overthink it.
jordan peele movies have a simple concept: this one is about class. they're literally above the tethered, the tethered have to suffer for the people above can enjoy their lives. "why is no one armed?" every weapon the family used are a symbol of wealth. also, if the person you're shooting looks like your kid, it might give you pause. "why the hands across america?" it was an ultimately empty/performative show of solidarity. "where are the police and the military" a lot are probably dead and the rest are getting a whole bunch of 911 calls probably. and if there's one of everybody in america, even people in power can easily be killed in their homes and perhaps no one was there to call the shots. but ultimately it's how in america, even if you escape poverty, you will never truly be someone who was born in wealth. a nice touch is the dad is wearing a sweater from an hbcu, where college is said to be a great way to escape poverty, but if you go to an hbcu you went to an institution born out of opression. not only that, the rich are also not happy because the pursuit of being richer, prettier, etc. is ultimately empty. there's a bunch more stuff but i'm not american or black so i'm definitely gonna miss nuances
I love the look the son gives the mom at the end. He's super perceptive that it's not her. Even Jordan said that he's the only one who's able to "see through the veil" and is "simply picking up on the subtleties that give away his mother's true identity." Kudos to the actor for being able to communicate that just through facial expressions!!
I thought the boy was a tethered? At the beach the twins told his sister that her brother was weird, then when the family is in the driveway the dad tells Jason to grab the bat and he doesn't know what it is. Then locking himself in the closet 🤷 I think the look at Red at the end was him and her realizing they're both the same
I noticed he puts his mask on at the end too. He always seems to put his mask on when he's scared or in a stressful situation. The fact that he puts it on while looking at his mom confirms that he knows something is wrong and he's afraid of her.
I really really recommend you guys to watch The Haunting of Hill House. It’s a horror series (10 eps) but trust me you wont regret it. It’s so much more than just scary ghost or jump scare
Jordan peele did say in regards to the meaning of the movie ‘We are afraid of the outsider. Our fear lies in this idea that there's a bad guy is coming to get us. This movie is about the fact that we are our own worst enemy.’
Us is a metaphor for the class difference in the US: the visible half and the invisible trash. The entire story is to push through that metaphor. The plot here serves the metaphor. Plausibility is secondary here.
The ironic thing about horror movies is they make you feel more alive than any other genre. They get the adrenaline pumping and your body physically reacts in multiple ways. That doesnt happen in other genres. Thats why I love them. After a comedy you might wanna just chill but after a horror movie it gets your blood pumping and makes you want to get out and go do something.
That's if they're actually scary. A thriller or drama can make me feel alive if it's done well. It's not about the genre it's about how it's executed. Although I don't understand the irony in any of this. Any movie executed well will make you feel alive. All emotions are part of the human experience. I swear people just say shit to sound intelligent. I'd honestly rate this an 8/10. Still good but not one of the greatest.
I mean to each person other genres really give us that 'alive feeling'. This is actually one of the few horror movies that actually make me feel alive. Other horror movies just make me yawn lol there are a couple of good ones though, but few, for me anyway.
I’m really not a horror movie person either but I love this film, Jordan Peele’s the first director who’s work I’ve followed, there’s just something about his films that are always so interesting
@@DavidGomez-xl5om I already did.😊. Watched it in the cinema when it came out and I still have no idea what the "standing shoe" meant. Been trying to find out if there's any connection on blue jacket but I got nothing.
@@Aragonsdick a theory I heard is that it was a reflection of the kids mental state and how the trauma deluded his mind so much into thinking he could create miracles with animals. Like how he though he could tame a chimpanzee but in reality he just didn't make eye contact. that thought process ended up getting him killed as he thought he was some miracle animal whisperer enough to tame a alien
As a former resident of Santa Cruz (where this was filmed), I will never be able to look at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk the same again after this movie XD great reaction again, gentlemen
I love horror comedy. Please react to happy death day and the fear street trilogy next. Those are awesome movies in my opinion. Fun fact: Don't know if you noticed but when the Wilson family drove away in an ambulance was predetermined in a much earlier scene in their summer house when Jason put a toy ambulance to keep the door frim being shut.
I have learned with Jordan Peele's movies that there are always layers. There is the surface layer of what is going on on screen but then there is the second layer which is usually some sort of commentary on racism or the entertainment industry or class. Every time I leave one of his movies, I have to go home and binge on videos the deconstruct the movie and explain everything.
There’s so much good about this (and all of Peele’s horror). The directing, the imagery and symbolism, the sound design and lighting. The stand out in this movie is the acting though. The fact that everyone had to play two completely different roles and that both of their characters had to interact convincingly (though that’s also directing). And the physicality of the doubles is unreal. I think I was most amused by Josh’s double though. I’m pretty sure the actor just said “yeah, I’m gonna play him as a t-Rex. You cool with that?”
Jordan's movies have very specific messages, mostly about race and social issues. This one speaks a lot about duality and how sometimes we can be our worst enemy. The hands across america ending is meant to be a form of ''protest'' or ''now you have to look at us, we are people too'' like a different class treated badly, making their stand and getting a better life after being treated unfairly all their lives. Other examples of Jordan's , messages is the ''f* ck the police'' scene(it explains itself), Jeremiah 11:11 verse says ''I am about to bring on them disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to me, but I will not hear them”, the scene with Elisabeth Moss doube cuts her face with te scissors shows you how the original was getting plastic surgery to look ''pretty'' so she tries to do the same herself to have a nicer smile because she has had to ''operate'' on herself anytime the original had surgery. Adelaide keeps getting out of the car to check on the kids because they are part her kids too so she cannot stop herself. I hope this helps, there are more meanings i think but this is all i remember. Sorry for the long comment. As always greetings from Argentina.
I would love to see your reaction to The Haunting of Hill House! The story is amazing, the shots are incredible! It's so much more than just cheap horror
Jordan Peele and Ari Aster are two of my favorite more modern-day directors! Their films you have to watch several times to pick up on all of the clues they give you throughout their movies, and there are A LOT!! Jordan Peele loves dealing with topics that are more current and/ or not addressed quite often in cinema which is why his films are so refreshing and worthy of the hype they get. In turns of Us he deals with a lot of issues with race and classism. It deals heavily with the tethered representing poorer populations and the main cast are representative of the more wealthy. The tethered are envious of those who get to see the sky because they live "rich and fulfilling lives." While the tethered are forced to follow in their shadows. Eating "rabbits raw and bloody" while those above them figuratively and literally are fortunate enough not to do so. For Hands Across America it was basically a hypocritical stunt that was posed to help the homeless but it ended up doing more harm than good. For one thing is was to help the homeless but it was extremely expensive to put the event together. The basis for Hands Across America was that people from all over would hold hands for 15 minutes to represent physical unity. And each person would donate at least $10 towards helping the homeless. One issue was that "it also drew the unfortunate participation of President Ronald Reagan the same week that he blamed the country's hunger problems on the poor, brainlessly claiming that no one "is going hungry in America simply by reason of denial or lack of ability to feed them," but because there was "a lack of knowledge on the part of the people as to what things are available."" This link explains it further: www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/us-ending-explained-what-is-hands-across-america
Lol I love the confusion because i watched this with coworkers in the theatre and afterwards we were just spouting out theories and I got on my phone researching all the symbols trying to make sense of them including the song lyrics. I got 5 on it means going half on a drug purchase, but the movie is essentially about their other halves. It seems so weird but symbolically it fits. Jordan peele is a comedian at heart so he takes a very new approach to horror comedy. As a horror fan I consider his movies comedy first with horror elements because a lot of what he does is add social commentary kinda george romero style. Solid films, nice to see in groups that wanna chat about what the heck was just seen
I remember Mom taking us to "our spot" for the Hands Across America Thing. And that's all I remember of it. I had to look up the year so I knew how old I was - I would have just turned 12 three days before the event. And I watched y'all til the end.
I believe this film also has a philosophically valuable background. I've been thinking about this for days. Only after the second look I could understand more, but some questions remain unanswered. That makes the film even more exciting. Greetings from Germany❤
I watched this movie in theaters and I remember coming out really enjoying it. I couldn't stop thinking about it. After a while, some plot holes come out, but it doesn't bother me or make me change my mind about the movie. It's so much fun watching everyone's reaction to this movie, knowing everything to come 👍🏽
this is one of my favourite movies ever. i saw it in cinemas and i swear, it was the first time i've ever Audibly Gasped at a plot twist. jordan peele is a genius director. i'm a massive horror movie nerd and he's one of the best horror directors around in my opinion
12:51 - The framing of this pan in and the shape of the window frame sort of resemble a long-length mirror. As though the family is looking at their own reflections also.
This one definitely grew on me the more I thought about it. A lot more daring than Get Out was, sometimes it didn't always land but I had to appreciate thee attempts all the same. Love the commentary and think of it a lot more fondly now. I have to say, "Nope" which just came out this year feels like his most consistent work so far. Not as bold as Us in the social commentary but it lets it be just a real tight solid thriller with some gorgeous anime-like visuals.
Also as someone who grew up in the Bay Area of California and even went to school in Santa Cruz, it's definitely not common for a well off middle class household to just have guns at the ready as much as other parts of the US probably. Given that it's not even their main home it's less likely.
Spooky season is in full effect! I loved this movie! Watching y'all trying to figure out what was happening was just as entertaining as HP. Good job on figuring it out Answer!
I really recommend A Quiet Place, is probably my favourite horror movie, even tho is not a "scary movie", the cast is amazing and I think you would really like it!
of all the questions about this movie I've ever had running through my head, "who created the Tethered" has never been one of them. I don't think there's any point to knowing. however they came about, they were this problem that whichever higher-ups couldn't figure out how to deal with, and so they chose to not deal with it in hopes it'd go away. turns out when someone, let alone a whole race of people, is completely neglected for their entire life they end up having emotions and wanting to do things, so yeah no it super duper didn't go away. I love Jordan Peele's movies and I love to dissect them, but - and I don't want to sound like I'm saying you're watching movies wrong or whatever - that dissection is never focused on explaining how we got here, because the how is nowhere near as important to me as the what and why. not saying i didn't enjoy the video. good video. just putting in my couple cents.
I think the Thriller shirt is a hint because at the end of the Thriller MV, MJ turns to the camera and there's the creepy laugh. Almost like how this movie ended with her smiling
Really disappointed that since Lupita had her breakthrough in 2013 with her incredible Oscar winning performance in 12 Years A Slave that she hasn't had more opportunities like this in terms of leading her own movies - a sad indictment on Hollywood!
@Badd Medicine "Us" has ties to "The Lost Boys". That's the same beach, boardwalk, and amusement park in Santa Cruz, CA. The movie starts off in 1986. "The Lost Boys" came out in 1987, which means filming took place in 1986. This is what Jordan Peele says about it: But there is a reference to The Lost Boys shooting by the carousel. They’re walking down the Santa Monica boardwalk and the mother says, “You know they’re shooting a movie over there by the carousel.”
I figured the hands across america was a sort of protest. To exclaim that they too exist and are real people. And judging by the comments on what the movie represents, it makes sense. xD
Great reaction you guys. Not sure if you picked up on it… but it’s heavily implied that the son was also a “tethered” and the one that had the burned face and died was the original one. The clue was that he “couldn’t remember how to do the magic trick” with the lighter as well as being stuck in that closet for a long time before they found him. The original was replaced at that time, and the “tethered” didn’t know everything that the original knew. Also the look between him and the mom at the end also heavily implies that they are the same. The Hands Across America, I believe is just the mantra that the original used to unite all of the tethered underneath to rise up and kill the originals. The tethered weren’t taught anything and they don’t have “souls” so there’s no personality and nothing that they desire. So the end result is simply them standing and joining hands for the rest of their lives. Really sad ending in that respect.
Jordan Peele himself has said that theory isnt true. It's been debunked so many times. And in reference to the look, Jordan said: "Jason is simply picking up on the subtleties that give away his mother's true identity."
I know gun nuts think guns are the best weapon, but guns weren’t going to help you. They came at you sideways. You wouldn’t have time to realize you were in danger before they were cutting your throat. If you are responsible and safe, your gun isn’t going to be right there and loaded. And as you saw, that white family was dead in twenty seconds. Everyone BUT Adelaide’s family was killed as fast as the white family. The reason the Red team was taking their time killing Adalaide’s family is because it was personal. Red wanted Adalaide to suffer. Y’all should be old enough to remember hands across America and how the charity was an utter failure. That is was a statement. It will really blow your mind when you realize Red waited until her mother died so she wouldn’t suffer the horror.
After watching in the theaters it took days of talking about it with friends to put it all together and figure out the things we missed. It was a brilliant movie that really makes you think. Plus it is so unique
If yall are feeling a horror I highly recommend Hereditary if you haven’t seen it yet. A show recommendation not necessarily a horror but a mix of sad and disturbing but also well acted and not too many episodes with only 6 i cant recommend Black Bird enough. It kept me intrigued at all times.
I’m pretty sure the Hands Across America thing from the 80’s was significant because that was the event the government used as a cover to make clones of so many Americans, when 6 million people held hands in one continuous line. Which means the events of this movie are only happening in America. Also, since the clones are tethered to their counterparts daily actions, they continued to reproduce with the same tethers and have identical clone children for future generations, so it’s likely much more than 6 million clones by the time they take over, and that’s why there are still clones of children even though Hands Across America was in the 80s.
I don't know if anybody said this or noticed this. But in the beginning where she was scared when she was walking through the forest when she was a little, she was whistling the itsy Bixby spider when she was scared, and the situation of when her other self was getting scared when it was intruding the family she didn't whistle instead. She was worried for her family because she knew it was coming. But at the very end, when the herself in the red was about to die. She started to whistle the same thing. She whistled when she was little when she was afraid.
19:28... Lol I don't have anything more deadly than a knife or a bat in my house. Just never felt the need. I think you'd actually be surprised how many household have no guns in them. And as far as the threat they pose unarmed... Imagine fighting YOURSELF at your ABSOLUTE PHYSICAL BEST with nothing but a desire to do damage. I'm certainly formidable in comparison to most folks... But a me that's as strong as I am at my strongest with murderous intent. Yeah, that "me" would make me shit myself, lol.
This is so late, but the police and military was fighting their own doubles, doubles who knew the hand to hand combat and whatever they knew. So, they prob had guns, but their doubles prob knew (just like them) how to beat an opponent with firearms...I think
Have you guys ever seen taken or Olympus has fallen ? They’re such badass movies , I bet there’s so many movies u haven’t seen but I can’t remember any at the moment hahah
Hereditary! Please watch Hereditary! IMO it's the best horror movie that's been made in the last 15 years at least. One of the scariest movies I've ever watched on the first watch. It's easily my favorite horror movie of all time now. The Thing(1982) was before it, for a very long time.
You guys should watch breaking in. Its like a more realistic horror movie from a mothers p.o.v. its sooooo good. Halloween would be the best time to see it
Seeing these guys talking about this from the horror movies at first made me quite curious to see a reaction of them to the scream movie! Please watch the first one and tell me what you think. Enjoying the halloween season LoL
Hopefully Nope is next unless I missed ya'lls viewing of that. I love how the Oak is like "a little too predictable" and then seconds later laughing and grimacing, "I didn't see that coming" lol We see helicopters at the end, we see during the broadcast there were cops at least the lights meaning they died. The Government started a cloning process which, Red explained. She says they could duplicate the body but not the soul and once they figured out they couldn't they abandoned the project and left these clones to fend for themselves. Red, being able to talk, got looked at as a leader and no telling what else happened to her, she became mad as a hatter and having probably only able to watch the hands across America video, a system in which said they were gonna help America and never did, Red used that as her way of actually cleansing the world and releasing them from below.
A great one here by Jordan Peele. What was everyone's reaction to US? Did we miss anything?
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Please react to black phone it's not a Jordan peele movie but it's my favorite movie please get to it when you guys can
Black phone reaction is up! 😁🤘
Are you guys gonna do NOPE or Get Out too??? Love peele, he's so delightfully unsettling and weird
I loved this movie! I did not think it was weird that they did not have a gun in the house to protect themselves. My husband and I have never been big on guns and if anyone would break into our house we would be doing the same thing, using a bat or a knife because there are no guns in our house.
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As a little girl, watching those Hands Across America commercials seems like they were going end hunger so I see how she would think it would end their suffering but just like that program it did nothing.
Also, as she grew up underneath, she began to realize that we up above tell ourselves these stories, like we’re all going to hold hands and end hunger. And we do it to make ourselves feel good so we don’t have to think about the consequences of our excess. Her hands across America was more of a bird flip to the world that made her invisible and forgotten.
@@katpiercemusic Exactly. Paying a minimum of $10-35 per person (depending if you ordered a T-shirt) x 6 million people somehow equaled just $15 million donated "groups" to feed "the hungry" after expenses. Spectacle!
WAIT i didnt know the commercial was actually real 😭
@@sentiments1562 yess!! 😂 It came on everyday for at least 6 months leading up to the big day.
The movie also has a social commentary about wealth inequity and how easy it is to be privileged and comfortable and not realizing how many people are out there starving and living on nothing (eating rabbits and wearing the same red jumpsuits). The speech about “how it must have been to be grow up with the sky” touches on the privileges most of US take for granted. I agree with Oak, this one takes a couple of watches to fully appreciate.
we're really priviledged here and i still cant believe people dont understand that
@@sheddy22 What are you talking about?
@@headstrong4203 hes from the movie ;)
The red suit and the one glove are 100% references to Thriller. She was a huge fan as a kid that’s why she chose the Thriller shirt at the carnival at the beginning. I love all the clues and Easter eggs.
Thanks for your reaction guys!
the Hands Across America thing is connected to the core symbolism of the movie: an "invisible" population of Americans who live in poverty, who are humans just like everyone else, who could be pulled up and helped, but aren't, because they're "different" and "don't deserve a handout." Hands Across America was a promise that was never kept, just like how the REAL Adelaide says "You could have taken me with you" instead of switching places.
It's interesting that you wrote "don't deserve a handout" and could be pulled up and helped. It reflects Adelaide/Red's friend wanting help whilst bleeding out, but her underground husband pulls his hand back.
@@FeelinErie wow, several watches and years later and I didn't pick up on that. crazy how this movie continues to build upon itself with symbolism, Peele is amazing
Hands across America was a real thing that happened back in the 70’s
Red tells Adelaide that "the Tethered" are actually genetic clones created by the government to control the originals on the surface. When the experiment failed, the Tethered were abandoned underground for generations, mindlessly mimicking the actions of their counterparts and surviving on rabbit meat. After they realized that Red was "different from the others,” she organized them to escape and take vengeance by murdering their counterparts.
You explained that better than the movie did
@@kevinhurston1555 lol I think the movie was pretty clear in it's explanation to be honest. You just have to really pay attention and not overthink it.
@@kevinhurston1555it was clearly shown u just have to actually think with this movie it doesn’t give you the answers which I loveee
Lol I'm an old Black lady who took part in Hands Across America back in '86 (hint: we didn't end poverty that day). Loved you guys' reaction!
jordan peele movies have a simple concept: this one is about class. they're literally above the tethered, the tethered have to suffer for the people above can enjoy their lives.
"why is no one armed?" every weapon the family used are a symbol of wealth. also, if the person you're shooting looks like your kid, it might give you pause. "why the hands across america?" it was an ultimately empty/performative show of solidarity. "where are the police and the military" a lot are probably dead and the rest are getting a whole bunch of 911 calls probably. and if there's one of everybody in america, even people in power can easily be killed in their homes and perhaps no one was there to call the shots.
but ultimately it's how in america, even if you escape poverty, you will never truly be someone who was born in wealth. a nice touch is the dad is wearing a sweater from an hbcu, where college is said to be a great way to escape poverty, but if you go to an hbcu you went to an institution born out of opression. not only that, the rich are also not happy because the pursuit of being richer, prettier, etc. is ultimately empty.
there's a bunch more stuff but i'm not american or black so i'm definitely gonna miss nuances
I love the look the son gives the mom at the end. He's super perceptive that it's not her. Even Jordan said that he's the only one who's able to "see through the veil" and is "simply picking up on the subtleties that give away his mother's true identity."
Kudos to the actor for being able to communicate that just through facial expressions!!
I thought the boy was a tethered? At the beach the twins told his sister that her brother was weird, then when the family is in the driveway the dad tells Jason to grab the bat and he doesn't know what it is. Then locking himself in the closet 🤷 I think the look at Red at the end was him and her realizing they're both the same
@@HTxGhost24i think he is the original but remember he is half tethered because of his mom so he has these weird urges or some cognitive problems.
Well she is his mom. She birthed him. Real Adelaide was killed
I noticed he puts his mask on at the end too. He always seems to put his mask on when he's scared or in a stressful situation. The fact that he puts it on while looking at his mom confirms that he knows something is wrong and he's afraid of her.
what nonsense are you writing. it´s literally his mom.
I really really recommend you guys to watch The Haunting of Hill House. It’s a horror series (10 eps) but trust me you wont regret it. It’s so much more than just scary ghost or jump scare
I love horror and to me that's the best one I ever watched so far. All of Mike Flanagan works has been amazing
I second this. Such an incredible show
Big facts 10/10 show
I swear this show is incredibly unique, fun, and has the best storyline ever
i prefer bly manor tbh
Jordan peele did say in regards to the meaning of the movie ‘We are afraid of the outsider. Our fear lies in this idea that there's a bad guy is coming to get us. This movie is about the fact that we are our own worst enemy.’
Thank you for that insight! -oak
I like the detail that at the end, Addy has red over her white clothes, signifying that she is really a tethered.
Us is a metaphor for the class difference in the US: the visible half and the invisible trash. The entire story is to push through that metaphor. The plot here serves the metaphor. Plausibility is secondary here.
Lupita like always is perfect and just shows how diversed her talent is ❤❤❤❤
Jordan Peele really knows how to get these horror movies
I gotta rewatch this film
Excited for what’s next
Did u watch Nope??? It’s amazing
The ironic thing about horror movies is they make you feel more alive than any other genre. They get the adrenaline pumping and your body physically reacts in multiple ways. That doesnt happen in other genres. Thats why I love them. After a comedy you might wanna just chill but after a horror movie it gets your blood pumping and makes you want to get out and go do something.
They make you feel more alive than any other genre. That doesn't happen in other genres for you.
That's if they're actually scary. A thriller or drama can make me feel alive if it's done well. It's not about the genre it's about how it's executed.
Although I don't understand the irony in any of this. Any movie executed well will make you feel alive. All emotions are part of the human experience.
I swear people just say shit to sound intelligent.
I'd honestly rate this an 8/10. Still good but not one of the greatest.
Thriller movies does that for me too.
I mean to each person other genres really give us that 'alive feeling'. This is actually one of the few horror movies that actually make me feel alive. Other horror movies just make me yawn lol there are a couple of good ones though, but few, for me anyway.
My face when I heard ‘you think it’s going to be a 90s switch out’ 😳😯🤫
I loved seeing Lupita and Winston together again after Black Panther. I’m a huge fan of both of them. 😊
I’m really not a horror movie person either but I love this film, Jordan Peele’s the first director who’s work I’ve followed, there’s just something about his films that are always so interesting
He's a genius. Get out was just amazing. 😍. I'm always looking forward to watching his next project.
@@Aragonsdick Watch NOPE. It’s a Jordan peele movie that came out in July
@@DavidGomez-xl5om I already did.😊.
Watched it in the cinema when it came out and I still have no idea what the "standing shoe" meant. Been trying to find out if there's any connection on blue jacket but I got nothing.
@@Aragonsdick a theory I heard is that it was a reflection of the kids mental state and how the trauma deluded his mind so much into thinking he could create miracles with animals. Like how he though he could tame a chimpanzee but in reality he just didn't make eye contact. that thought process ended up getting him killed as he thought he was some miracle animal whisperer enough to tame a alien
Only at the end I realised why she was panicking and calling the police immediately cos she knew what she’d done as a kid.
the hands across america was the last thing she saw on tv and as a child it probably felt like a big event like the commercial made it seems
As a former resident of Santa Cruz (where this was filmed), I will never be able to look at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk the same again after this movie XD great reaction again, gentlemen
You should react to "Get Out" by Jordan Peele too!!!
Coming next week🤘
I love horror comedy. Please react to happy death day and the fear street trilogy next. Those are awesome movies in my opinion. Fun fact: Don't know if you noticed but when the Wilson family drove away in an ambulance was predetermined in a much earlier scene in their summer house when Jason put a toy ambulance to keep the door frim being shut.
I have learned with Jordan Peele's movies that there are always layers. There is the surface layer of what is going on on screen but then there is the second layer which is usually some sort of commentary on racism or the entertainment industry or class. Every time I leave one of his movies, I have to go home and binge on videos the deconstruct the movie and explain everything.
There’s so much good about this (and all of Peele’s horror). The directing, the imagery and symbolism, the sound design and lighting. The stand out in this movie is the acting though. The fact that everyone had to play two completely different roles and that both of their characters had to interact convincingly (though that’s also directing). And the physicality of the doubles is unreal. I think I was most amused by Josh’s double though. I’m pretty sure the actor just said “yeah, I’m gonna play him as a t-Rex. You cool with that?”
Jordan's movies have very specific messages, mostly about race and social issues. This one speaks a lot about duality and how sometimes we can be our worst enemy. The hands across america ending is meant to be a form of ''protest'' or ''now you have to look at us, we are people too'' like a different class treated badly, making their stand and getting a better life after being treated unfairly all their lives. Other examples of Jordan's , messages is the ''f* ck the police'' scene(it explains itself), Jeremiah 11:11 verse says ''I am about to bring on them disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to me, but I will not hear them”, the scene with Elisabeth Moss doube cuts her face with te scissors shows you how the original was getting plastic surgery to look ''pretty'' so she tries to do the same herself to have a nicer smile because she has had to ''operate'' on herself anytime the original had surgery. Adelaide keeps getting out of the car to check on the kids because they are part her kids too so she cannot stop herself. I hope this helps, there are more meanings i think but this is all i remember. Sorry for the long comment. As always greetings from Argentina.
Hands Across America was 15 minutes of holding hands in order to "fight" poverty and hunger
I would love to see your reaction to The Haunting of Hill House! The story is amazing, the shots are incredible! It's so much more than just cheap horror
Jordan Peele and Ari Aster are two of my favorite more modern-day directors! Their films you have to watch several times to pick up on all of the clues they give you throughout their movies, and there are A LOT!!
Jordan Peele loves dealing with topics that are more current and/ or not addressed quite often in cinema which is why his films are so refreshing and worthy of the hype they get. In turns of Us he deals with a lot of issues with race and classism. It deals heavily with the tethered representing poorer populations and the main cast are representative of the more wealthy. The tethered are envious of those who get to see the sky because they live "rich and fulfilling lives." While the tethered are forced to follow in their shadows. Eating "rabbits raw and bloody" while those above them figuratively and literally are fortunate enough not to do so.
For Hands Across America it was basically a hypocritical stunt that was posed to help the homeless but it ended up doing more harm than good. For one thing is was to help the homeless but it was extremely expensive to put the event together. The basis for Hands Across America was that people from all over would hold hands for 15 minutes to represent physical unity. And each person would donate at least $10 towards helping the homeless.
One issue was that "it also drew the unfortunate participation of President Ronald Reagan the same week that he blamed the country's hunger problems on the poor, brainlessly claiming that no one "is going hungry in America simply by reason of denial or lack of ability to feed them," but because there was "a lack of knowledge on the part of the people as to what things are available.""
This link explains it further:
www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/us-ending-explained-what-is-hands-across-america
Lol I love the confusion because i watched this with coworkers in the theatre and afterwards we were just spouting out theories and I got on my phone researching all the symbols trying to make sense of them including the song lyrics. I got 5 on it means going half on a drug purchase, but the movie is essentially about their other halves. It seems so weird but symbolically it fits. Jordan peele is a comedian at heart so he takes a very new approach to horror comedy. As a horror fan I consider his movies comedy first with horror elements because a lot of what he does is add social commentary kinda george romero style. Solid films, nice to see in groups that wanna chat about what the heck was just seen
I remember Mom taking us to "our spot" for the Hands Across America Thing. And that's all I remember of it. I had to look up the year so I knew how old I was - I would have just turned 12 three days before the event.
And I watched y'all til the end.
I believe this film also has a philosophically valuable background. I've been thinking about this for days. Only after the second look I could understand more, but some questions remain unanswered. That makes the film even more exciting. Greetings from Germany❤
Greetings from the states!
I watched this movie in theaters and I remember coming out really enjoying it. I couldn't stop thinking about it. After a while, some plot holes come out, but it doesn't bother me or make me change my mind about the movie. It's so much fun watching everyone's reaction to this movie, knowing everything to come 👍🏽
Ive never watched US... but i enjoy you guys reactions so i went ahead and watched your vid🥰
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Always thought that Jordan Peele’s movies are like a longer Twilight Zone episodes. I am excited for his journey and hope he tries new genres.
Love all of Jordan Peeles movies, he does explore some pretty wild concepts!
His latest movie Nope is awesome, well worth checking out!
We might check that out
@@BaddMedicine after Get Out of course 😂 both have pretty interesting concepts I hadn't seen before watching (as with this movie)
this is one of my favourite movies ever. i saw it in cinemas and i swear, it was the first time i've ever Audibly Gasped at a plot twist. jordan peele is a genius director. i'm a massive horror movie nerd and he's one of the best horror directors around in my opinion
12:51 - The framing of this pan in and the shape of the window frame sort of resemble a long-length mirror. As though the family is looking at their own reflections also.
I feel for the dad, looks like he's the only extravert in the whole family
He's been crushing it with his movies. Nope is my favorite one yet.
Nope if my favorite too! Such a great film!!
This one definitely grew on me the more I thought about it. A lot more daring than Get Out was, sometimes it didn't always land but I had to appreciate thee attempts all the same. Love the commentary and think of it a lot more fondly now. I have to say, "Nope" which just came out this year feels like his most consistent work so far. Not as bold as Us in the social commentary but it lets it be just a real tight solid thriller with some gorgeous anime-like visuals.
Also as someone who grew up in the Bay Area of California and even went to school in Santa Cruz, it's definitely not common for a well off middle class household to just have guns at the ready as much as other parts of the US probably. Given that it's not even their main home it's less likely.
Spooky season is in full effect! I loved this movie! Watching y'all trying to figure out what was happening was just as entertaining as HP. Good job on figuring it out Answer!
I really recommend A Quiet Place, is probably my favourite horror movie, even tho is not a "scary movie", the cast is amazing and I think you would really like it!
Besides all the obvious things, what I love about Jordan Peele movies is the character never hesitate.
The music and jump scares make this movie great. Also when you find out the tethered Addy is the actual Addy in the end, man what a twist. 🔥🔥
of all the questions about this movie I've ever had running through my head, "who created the Tethered" has never been one of them. I don't think there's any point to knowing. however they came about, they were this problem that whichever higher-ups couldn't figure out how to deal with, and so they chose to not deal with it in hopes it'd go away. turns out when someone, let alone a whole race of people, is completely neglected for their entire life they end up having emotions and wanting to do things, so yeah no it super duper didn't go away. I love Jordan Peele's movies and I love to dissect them, but - and I don't want to sound like I'm saying you're watching movies wrong or whatever - that dissection is never focused on explaining how we got here, because the how is nowhere near as important to me as the what and why.
not saying i didn't enjoy the video. good video. just putting in my couple cents.
I think the Thriller shirt is a hint because at the end of the Thriller MV, MJ turns to the camera and there's the creepy laugh. Almost like how this movie ended with her smiling
Really disappointed that since Lupita had her breakthrough in 2013 with her incredible Oscar winning performance in 12 Years A Slave that she hasn't had more opportunities like this in terms of leading her own movies - a sad indictment on Hollywood!
19:27 sir, if you would have a lethal weapon like a gun, that means your shadow would have something crazier
@Badd Medicine "Us" has ties to "The Lost Boys". That's the same beach, boardwalk, and amusement park in Santa Cruz, CA. The movie starts off in 1986. "The Lost Boys" came out in 1987, which means filming took place in 1986. This is what Jordan Peele says about it:
But there is a reference to The Lost Boys shooting by the carousel. They’re walking down the Santa Monica boardwalk and the mother says, “You know they’re shooting a movie over there by the carousel.”
Snowball what are you doing here cracked me up😂😂😂😂
Watching this after knowing the ending is such a different experience!!
Can't wait for NOPE reaction 🤘
I watched it cinema and it was crazy (in a good way). The sound is amazing, story scary and creepy.
Loved your reaction
I figured the hands across america was a sort of protest. To exclaim that they too exist and are real people. And judging by the comments on what the movie represents, it makes sense. xD
It was a real thing though that happened back in the 70’s or 80’s
Unexpected reaction. This movie really creeped me our first time 😂
I don't like horror, but I also couldn't look away. That definitely was spooky.
Horror movies can be watched all year around
I saw this film twice in theaters and loved it twice lol
Great reaction you guys. Not sure if you picked up on it… but it’s heavily implied that the son was also a “tethered” and the one that had the burned face and died was the original one. The clue was that he “couldn’t remember how to do the magic trick” with the lighter as well as being stuck in that closet for a long time before they found him. The original was replaced at that time, and the “tethered” didn’t know everything that the original knew. Also the look between him and the mom at the end also heavily implies that they are the same.
The Hands Across America, I believe is just the mantra that the original used to unite all of the tethered underneath to rise up and kill the originals. The tethered weren’t taught anything and they don’t have “souls” so there’s no personality and nothing that they desire. So the end result is simply them standing and joining hands for the rest of their lives. Really sad ending in that respect.
This is the first time reading the son's tethered theory. Makes so much sense!
Jordan Peele himself has said that theory isnt true. It's been debunked so many times.
And in reference to the look, Jordan said: "Jason is simply picking up on the subtleties that give away his mother's true identity."
They didn’t pick up on it because it’s not heavily implied in the slightest lmao
I don’t think that he was the original one but you can definitely see that they’re souls were still connected in some way.
haha not me watching this horror movie in January 😂
Adelaide’s shirts gets more and more red like Reds jumpsuit signifying who she really is
My brother and I are being the tethered for Halloween this year :)
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I know gun nuts think guns are the best weapon, but guns weren’t going to help you. They came at you sideways. You wouldn’t have time to realize you were in danger before they were cutting your throat. If you are responsible and safe, your gun isn’t going to be right there and loaded. And as you saw, that white family was dead in twenty seconds.
Everyone BUT Adelaide’s family was killed as fast as the white family.
The reason the Red team was taking their time killing Adalaide’s family is because it was personal. Red wanted Adalaide to suffer.
Y’all should be old enough to remember hands across America and how the charity was an utter failure. That is was a statement. It will really blow your mind when you realize Red waited until her mother died so she wouldn’t suffer the horror.
19:41 what he’s saying is “so i started blasting.”
19:28 did you ever stop to think that not everyone likes or has guns??? 🙄
A baseball bat is a perfectly valid defense.
After watching in the theaters it took days of talking about it with friends to put it all together and figure out the things we missed. It was a brilliant movie that really makes you think. Plus it is so unique
If yall are feeling a horror I highly recommend Hereditary if you haven’t seen it yet. A show recommendation not necessarily a horror but a mix of sad and disturbing but also well acted and not too many episodes with only 6 i cant recommend Black Bird enough. It kept me intrigued at all times.
I have to admit that I don't like Midsommar at all, but Hereditary definitely delivers!
Lol made all through the rant 🤣
Hahah nice work!!! Thank you!!! -Oak
Lupita Nyongo definitely deserves an Oscar for this performance
Peele is a genius.
He did great in this
The way they did the crawling on the ceiling in Hereditary though was definitely creepy.
You guys could try Last Night in Soho, the plot was great and gave me as much chills as the twist in this movie. The twist really even more unexpected
I’m pretty sure the Hands Across America thing from the 80’s was significant because that was the event the government used as a cover to make clones of so many Americans, when 6 million people held hands in one continuous line. Which means the events of this movie are only happening in America.
Also, since the clones are tethered to their counterparts daily actions, they continued to reproduce with the same tethers and have identical clone children for future generations, so it’s likely much more than 6 million clones by the time they take over, and that’s why there are still clones of children even though Hands Across America was in the 80s.
I don't know if anybody said this or noticed this. But in the beginning where she was scared when she was walking through the forest when she was a little, she was whistling the itsy Bixby spider when she was scared, and the situation of when her other self was getting scared when it was intruding the family she didn't whistle instead. She was worried for her family because she knew it was coming. But at the very end, when the herself in the red was about to die. She started to whistle the same thing. She whistled when she was little when she was afraid.
This films a masterpiece
I believe the hands across were the reds who killed their real counterpart. That's why they were harmless. That was their mission from a little girl.
Yes it was the government that is why she said when ask who are you she replied "we are Americans".
Early morning banger 🤘🏾😎🤘🏾
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19:28... Lol I don't have anything more deadly than a knife or a bat in my house. Just never felt the need.
I think you'd actually be surprised how many household have no guns in them.
And as far as the threat they pose unarmed... Imagine fighting YOURSELF at your ABSOLUTE PHYSICAL BEST with nothing but a desire to do damage.
I'm certainly formidable in comparison to most folks... But a me that's as strong as I am at my strongest with murderous intent. Yeah, that "me" would make me shit myself, lol.
This is so late, but the police and military was fighting their own doubles, doubles who knew the hand to hand combat and whatever they knew. So, they prob had guns, but their doubles prob knew (just like them) how to beat an opponent with firearms...I think
Have you guys ever seen taken or Olympus has fallen ? They’re such badass movies , I bet there’s so many movies u haven’t seen but I can’t remember any at the moment hahah
For the military point. It happened everywhere so where should they go first?
Hereditary! Please watch Hereditary! IMO it's the best horror movie that's been made in the last 15 years at least. One of the scariest movies I've ever watched on the first watch. It's easily my favorite horror movie of all time now. The Thing(1982) was before it, for a very long time.
All the rabbits, the 11.11, and scissors it has a meaning . And it relates to US (united states).
I just love your videos
Much appreciated Amanda 🤙
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Me watching this in February and loving it 😬
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Much appreciated and thank you
You guys should watch breaking in. Its like a more realistic horror movie from a mothers p.o.v. its sooooo good. Halloween would be the best time to see it
Seeing these guys talking about this from the horror movies at first made me quite curious to see a reaction of them to the scream movie! Please watch the first one and tell me what you think. Enjoying the halloween season LoL
She's traumatized from what happened to her when she was a little girl
the oak needed the yvie oddly's "WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING BITCH?" meme hah.
You guys should watch Woman in Black it's a great ghost story 😄
great reaction definitely check out Get Out and Nope
Hopefully Nope is next unless I missed ya'lls viewing of that. I love how the Oak is like "a little too predictable" and then seconds later laughing and grimacing, "I didn't see that coming" lol We see helicopters at the end, we see during the broadcast there were cops at least the lights meaning they died. The Government started a cloning process which, Red explained. She says they could duplicate the body but not the soul and once they figured out they couldn't they abandoned the project and left these clones to fend for themselves. Red, being able to talk, got looked at as a leader and no telling what else happened to her, she became mad as a hatter and having probably only able to watch the hands across America video, a system in which said they were gonna help America and never did, Red used that as her way of actually cleansing the world and releasing them from below.
Please watch "Nope" next it's really dope
19:34 just you mate
Twists 💯🤷🏼♂️