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Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Mon March 25, 2019 4:40 am
by verb_to_trust
- Spoiler: show
- where did they get those really nice scissors? Billions of them would have had to have been made. Only thing I can think of is they were standard issue rabbit scissors used to dine with.
Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Mon March 25, 2019 10:15 pm
by epilogue
Really dug this. Jordan Peele is emerging as a powerful and engaging voice.
Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Tue March 26, 2019 1:27 am
by VinylGuy
durdencommatyler wrote:Really dug this. Jordan Peele is emerging as a powerful and engaging voice.
what did you liked about joe? I was entertained, and i liked his framing and overall aesthetic. But i found his intent to have a political subtext always embarrassing.
Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Tue March 26, 2019 1:30 am
by verb_to_trust
A lot of people are complaining about it being too political but I didn't think it was coherent enough to be annoying in that way.
Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Tue March 26, 2019 1:34 am
by LoathedVermin72
verb_to_trust wrote:A lot of people are complaining about it being too political but I didn't think it was coherent enough to be annoying in that way.
Yeah. Whatever the hell the subtext was, it was incoherent at best. Nothing in this movie makes a lick of sense when you think about it for 60 seconds.
Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Tue March 26, 2019 1:36 am
by epilogue
I guess I wasn't concerned with nor thinking about politics during the film. So, I don't have any input as far as that stuff goes.
I am really looking forward ep watch it again, though. I'm super curious what the second viewing reveals/upholds.
Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Tue March 26, 2019 1:37 am
by LoathedVermin72
I mean, the surface narrative doesn’t make any more sense.
Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Tue March 26, 2019 1:41 am
by epilogue
I didn't have any issues with that. But I'm an idiot.
Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Tue March 26, 2019 1:50 am
by VinylGuy
durdencommatyler wrote:I guess I wasn't concerned with nor thinking about politics during the film. So, I don't have any input as far as that stuff goes.
I am really looking forward ep watch it again, though. I'm super curious what the second viewing reveals/upholds.
yeah, im also interested in a second view.
Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Tue March 26, 2019 1:54 am
by run2death
verb_to_trust wrote:A lot of people are complaining about it being too political but I didn't think it was coherent enough to be annoying in that way.
Pretty much.
The subtext (along with the rest of the movie) was undercooked at best.
Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Tue March 26, 2019 1:56 am
by epilogue
So, what is the "subtext" that you all find so questionable?
Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Tue March 26, 2019 1:59 am
by run2death
I don't find it questionable, it's just not compelling.
Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Tue March 26, 2019 2:02 am
by epilogue
Can you articulate it for me? I'm just curious what didn't work for you exactly. Like I said, I wasn't tuned in to any of that so I'm curious what I missed (or ignored) that didn't work for others.
Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Tue March 26, 2019 2:09 am
by knee tunes
Joey,
your Avatar's hair is brown and lovely
Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Tue March 26, 2019 2:11 am
by knee tunes
Politically correct,
dark and lovely
Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Tue March 26, 2019 2:21 am
by run2death
- Spoiler: show
- I felt like he was pointing to the dark underpinnings of human existence without showing us them in the main characters. Adelaide, in particular, was played too straight and clean. The exchanges between her and her "dark half" did nothing for me and took away from the action/flow of the movie.
I would have preferred either more subtext or none at all and have it be more bloody and nihilistic.
Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Tue March 26, 2019 2:22 am
by knee tunes
VinylGuy wrote:Im not a fan of Get Out...i was expecting more and the first time i saw it i was disappointed. Then, i was in Brooklyn waiting for Joey to reply a message and the movie was on tv and had a blast.
This looks good yeah.
Oh, Joe never texted me back.
Do you mean our Joey?
Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Tue March 26, 2019 2:31 am
by epilogue
run2death wrote:- Spoiler: show
- I felt like he was pointing to the dark underpinnings of human existence without showing us them in the main characters. Adelaide, in particular, was played too straight and clean. The exchanges between her and her "dark half" did nothing for me and took away from the action/flow of the movie.
I would have preferred either more subtext or none at all and have it be more bloody and nihilistic.
Thanks for this reply.
Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Tue March 26, 2019 2:41 am
by given2trade
verb_to_trust wrote:- Spoiler: show
- where did they get those really nice scissors? Billions of them would have had to have been made. Only thing I can think of is they were standard issue rabbit scissors used to dine with.
I made this joke too. If they could make those, why not just make guns?
Anyway, this was no Get Out which I absolutely loved.
Re: Jordan Peele's Us
Posted: Tue March 26, 2019 4:24 pm
by gardenparty
