“US” (by Jordan Peele) Official Thread

[Mass]

Female mannerisms.
Non threatening black guy here with a howard sweater.

 

[Mass]

The song Ha came to mind when I saw this trailer. "You don't really wanna fukk with them nikkas ha, but you came up with them nikkas, Ha you stuck with them nikkas, Ha."

We gotta get a horror version!

 

[NormanConnors]

The trailer

 

[Neuromancer]

We gotta get a horror version!

That would be easy in movie form.

 

[NormanConnors]

 

[DosCadenaz]

Modern Day Hitchcock

 

[EA]

More incoming thinkpieces

For the record, this post was sarcastic because I know how Black Twitter can’t help themselves with being pseudo-intellectual

I’m gonna treat this film the same way I treated Get Out and I’m going to avoid all discussions regarding this film until I watch it for myself.

 

[8WON6]

some people doing too much acting like "I got 5 on it" is super deep now.

 

[wire28]

Jordan Peele did an interview talking about the trailer

Spoiler: Jordan Peele interview

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Why did you decide to use Luniz’s “I Got 5 On It”:
JORDAN PEELE: That song, it came pretty simple, I’m making a movie in Northern California, that’s a bay area hip-hop classic and I wanted to explore this very relatable journey of being a parent [and] maybe some of the songs you listened to back in the day aren’t appropriate for your kids. So that was one level, and another part was, I love songs that have a great feeling but also have a haunting element to them and I feel like the beat in that song has this inherent cryptic energy, almost reminiscent of the Nightmare on Elm Street soundtrack. So those were the ideas that that song hit the bullseye on for me, and also, it’s just a dope track.”

Who are The Tethered?
I think the main idea that went into writing this film is that we’re our own worst enemy, and that idea created this monster, The Tethered. I wanted to forge this new mythology that explored our duality and the duality of the characters. To the actors, I knew this was the ultimate fun because who doesn’t want to play two roles in a movie; when you’re tired in one, you get to jump into the other. But I think what was a fun challenge for actors, was finding the connections between the characters and their counterparts.”

What was the significance of the rabbits and scissors imagery?
I’m a filmmaker and film-lover that loves iconic imagery and what it could mean. When we talk about the scissors and the rabbits, for every choice like that, there are several different reasons that clicked to me but the first test that anything passed was the genre test. So does it conjure the horror genre to me, which is a limitation that I feel very dedicated to working within. I think rabbits and scissors, they’re both scary things to me, and both inane things, so I love subverting and bringing out the scariness in things you wouldn’t necessarily associate with that.

How far does the destruction span?
I won’t say how far and all the places this goes to but I definitely wanted to do a movie that started with this sense of invasion, this sense of the fear of other, the fear of the stranger from outside, which I think is a common fear in society these days, and then sort of force the characters to realize the invaders have their faces. I didn’t want to make just a home invasion, though I utilized that imagery. I wanted the sense of an adventure that was not necessarily a claustrophobic one — that’s a feeling that turns me off watching. I wanted to make this expansive, I wanted it to have themes of night and day.

Talk about your ideas for the Wilson Family?
I can’t think of a horror movie of this nature with a family in the center of it that uses a black family. So I knew just by putting an African-American family in the lead role, already we would be exploring cinematic uncharted territory – and I apologize if I’m missing something, which I probably am. I love films like Poltergeist, I love The Shining, The Amityville Horror and I love Amblin films, those Spielberg films that brought extraordinary situations to a family unit, and even though this movie is not about race, I felt like it was an important piece of the project to have a black family in the center. Get Out was one missing piece of the racial conversation and this is another one and we’re seeing a lot of great strides being taken by great artists like Ava (Duvernay) and Ryan (Coogler).”

Cemented as a top 5 film of all time he really did it again

 

[Dzali OG]

Never understood how people discussing, projecting, even dropping spoilers on a movie...spoiled a movie for people.

Me personally....you can break down EVERY detail of the movie and I still enjoy the movie.

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

If this dude doesn't get the fukk up outta here

I can already see it now: all this faux-intellectualization is gonna turn me off this film. Ugh.

Rabbit

White Rabbit

The family, Lupita,etc were wearing white

However, there was a brown/black rabbit as well

Brown rabbit...Brer rabbit

Brown rabbit...Brer Rabbit...short for B. Rabbit

Brer Rabbit was illustrating the negative perception of blacks and B.Rabbit was trying to validate himself in the world of blacks

Our perceptions and our insecurities usually come back to haunt us.






I believe I solved this shyt.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

James Wan still around

And he’s been consistent for a decade.

Slow down

You're that breh, but Dead Silence is one of the worst films I've seen and the Saw movies are just torture porn to me.

Maybe I should get around to watching The Conjuring sometime, but I ain't giving you a decade of anything.

 

[MartyMcFly]

You're that breh, but Dead Silence is one of the worst films I've seen and the Saw movies are just torture porn to me.

Maybe I should get around to watching The Conjuring sometime, but I ain't giving you a decade of anything.

Again I’m not arguing for the quality of saw or even the conjuring, which I do love. The first saw isn’t what the rest of the series became. And his name is only on the first one. But what I am arguing is impact. Regardless of what you or I think of saw, the impact cannot be denied breh. Dude created something that went on to become one of the largest horror franchises in history and spawned so many damn imitators until paranormal activity. Then he did the conjuring and has done the same thing again.

Influence is a big deal. I may not like every John carpenter movie or even every Wes craven movie but I can’t say these guys weren’t influential for a long time. Craven had missed before nightmare on elm st and after it. And he had misses before scream and after it. But that doesn’t mean he wasn’t or isn’t one of the most influential voices. Same with carpenter.

Directors miss on shyt. I like dead silence but I’m not going to stand on a soapbox for it either. Him having joints in his catalog you may not fukk with doesn’t change his impact overall

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

 

[Dr. Narcisse]

Yuk and Num finna peep them royalty checks and hit the Dru Down

Low key got me wondering what other hip hop songs could work as a horror remix @Danie84