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So much potentional for an alright film

posted 3 years ago by Rorikon (18384)
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Overall decent. Wasn't bad but wasn't great either, just slightly above average imo. Started off with a bang then sizzled out a bit near the end.

I have to start off with the high clarity and focus on the background sfx (music, machine noises, wind, etc.) which was amped up more than your usual movies, even more focused than the voices which makes it phenomenal for that alone.

That scene where the stable lights turned back on after he turned it off then that blended creature moving spooked me out and immediately brought memories of Signs Cornfield Scene (https://youtu.be/FDY43_tAZt0). That was the apex of what I thought Peele was going for with the movie but was let down. I literally sat forward in my theater seat thinking oh boy, shit was gonna go down until it was found to be a bunch of prankster kids from the fair. Another good moment was with the alien shape shifting ship mulching all the fair residents then dropping their belongings and blood all over the house when it wasn't busy meddling with the rain water.

So for some reason, not looking at the shape shifting ship makes it ignore you? Why? It doesn't like eyeballs? Seems to like horses though. I don't know what it formed into near the end, it was like a large angelic hot air balloon that got owned by a giant air balloon itself.

The potential I was thinking about could've gone with a different route by getting the police or military involved or a maybe more horror to spice things up a bit. Can't recall any funny scene. What was the connection or significance with the crazed chimp and the rest of the movie other than a traumatized young Yuen's character? I mean he still got killed in the end.

[–] Ripkens25 (2066) 3 years ago

You should probably put a “Spoilers” warning in this post.

[–] Rorikon (18384) 3 years ago

The movie is literally out now... Why would it need spoilers tags? I could get it if it were for the title of the thread but this was an obvious based on the thread title alone.

[–] Ripkens25 (2066) 3 years ago

I think people doing curious research about a film might click on posts like yours, to get a sense of whether or not it is worth seeing, and then would stumble into a couple of those spoilers…(like what the sound and light effects turn out to be).

I know plenty of movie buffs who enjoy checking out posts about films on this sight whether it’s after seeing it OR before.

Oh well…not a big deal.

[–] Satan2016 (26195) 3 years ago

Putting (SPOILERS) in the title is easier than [ spoiler ] throughout the post.

[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 3 years ago

SPOILERS

It was an animal. One that for a long period of time was not dangerous (as shown by the long running Western show). I wondered at its shape change as well but kinda thought that it must have entered a metamorphosis stage that required eating a bunch.

The eye thing bothered me less and less as I thought about it. It is actually thought provoking. OJ had a few lines about the nature of predators that satisfied a surface issue. However, when you take into account what the TMZ guy had to say about the Google Maps blind spot, it could be that the creature has some natural/mystic aversion to perception.

I loved this movie. Peele's effort to show the nature of animals (not just Gordy) was a clever backdrop.

9/10