“US” (by Jordan Peele) Official Thread

[Starman]

Ehhh. 5/10.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Spoiler

It's supposed to be left ambiguous and the whole movie is left for interpretation and not one specific meaning. But if you take these two things that were said in the movie at face value and put it together:

1. The daughter, Zora, said in the beginning about the government is putting fluoride into the water in order to control people (but nobody cares about the world is about to end)

2. Red's assumptions of why the tethered exist being that to her understanding that it was a failed government in which they tried to clone humans in order to control them.

You can summarize that if all of it is true that drinking water was what was used as a method. Now the how and so forth is and never known nor really the point of what this is about. The entire movie is an allegory and not to be taken literally.

Spoiler

The whole bit about the water meant nothing. I think they purposefully left out how and why everything started and why it was abandoned. For all you know, aliens could've did that shyt.

 

[Jean Jacket]

People can try to elevate this into some genius piece of work, but the shyt was light. The writing was horrible. So many cringe worthy lines. Set traps like home alone....really breh

Actually all the characters were poorly written. We already knew Peele was gonna have an underlying message, but simply having a message isn't what makes a movie great. It's how you convey that message that matters. And this movie was all over the place and super corny at times. It feels like Peele just threw it all together and left it to the audience to make something out of it.

Nah breh....if you have a message then it's up to you to get that message across. Peele did that to perfection with Get Out. It was clear. It was unique. It was something brand new. But this film was just sloppy. The terrible writing is what really brought this film down though. shyt was tyler perry bad....so much forced humor and cheesy jokes. People are gonna keep searching for all the hidden meanings, but you shouldn't have to spend hours dissecting something to find the genius in it. The film is supposed to do that itself. I'll still give Peele the benefit of the doubt and check out his next one, but he overplayed his hand with this one.

I cringed through most of this film. No sense of plausibility. It's a ham fisted art piece that tries to be a combination of white 80's film lore. I couldn't connect with the characters nor did they make you. Big budget bullshyt.

 

[Jean Jacket]

was this a scary movie or not?

No. Jump scares mostly.
Nothing deeply psychological or gory.
Tepid R rating.

 

[gluvnast]

People can try to elevate this into some genius piece of work, but the shyt was light. The writing was horrible. So many cringe worthy lines. Set traps like home alone....really breh

Actually all the characters were poorly written. We already knew Peele was gonna have an underlying message, but simply having a message isn't what makes a movie great. It's how you convey that message that matters. And this movie was all over the place and super corny at times. It feels like Peele just threw it all together and left it to the audience to make something out of it.

Nah breh....if you have a message then it's up to you to get that message across. Peele did that to perfection with Get Out. It was clear. It was unique. It was something brand new. But this film was just sloppy. The terrible writing is what really brought this film down though. shyt was tyler perry bad....so much forced humor and cheesy jokes. People are gonna keep searching for all the hidden meanings, but you shouldn't have to spend hours dissecting something to find the genius in it. The film is supposed to do that itself. I'll still give Peele the benefit of the doubt and check out his next one, but he overplayed his hand with this one.

I understand you dislike the movie and to each is own, but you DO REALIZE the cringe-worthy lines such as "set traps like Home Alone" is mainly said by a character who's whole personality is supposed to be something cringe-worthy. They even addressed from the beginning of the movie that the shyt Gabe says is outright corny. So, in character to who he is... he's going to say outright dumb shyt. It's in his character.

As for getting the message across. I think lays the issue as to why you personally dislike the movie. The biggest mistake I say is you comparing it to GET OUT when this movie isn't SUPPOSED to be a GET OUT part 2. It's not supposed to be anything LIKE that film. That movie was streamlined to one specific message about hidden and covert racism in America. This movie is different altogether in which it's an allegory purposely left for OUR OWN interpretation as to what to get out of it. It's not supposed to be anything outright specific. It is more of what you see and how you view about American society and yourself. So, it can be a movie about classism. It can be a movie about oppression. It can be a movie about revolution. It can be a movie about duality and your inner-self. It can be a movie about assimilation. Or neglecting the downtrodden. Or simply a fantasy movie about an impending apocalypse. It's not just one SIMPLE thing or message. It's like a PAINTING. You interpret it as how you view it.

If you want films to be spoon-fed. Then this film isn't for you. In fact, my personal critique is that it had a bit much unnecessary exposition and it should of been 100% ambiguous similar to a Kubrick or David Lynch type movie. Like if you watch Mulholland Dr., it's impossible to fully get that movie off of ONE VIEWING and it boils down to the digging into clue and interpretations of Kubrick's The Shining... that's not anything you get off one time, and like how you feel about this, people felt negatively about The Shining for the exact reasons as well as it not going along with King's novel. But today it's a classic, mostly DUE to people finding and catching on connections within that film. So, to each is own.

 

[gluvnast]

No. Jump scares mostly.
Nothing deeply psychological or gory.
Tepid R rating.

Did you watch the same movie? There's not one jump scare in the entire film. And the entire movie is basically a psychological thesis with way more gore than in GET OUT. It seems like you want to watch torture porn on some SAW type shyt.

 

[gluvnast]

Spoiler

The whole bit about the water meant nothing. I think they purposefully left out how and why everything started and why it was abandoned. For all you know, aliens could've did that shyt.

Spoiler

One thing about this movie, everything had a point or a symbolic message or meaning to something else or a connection. But again, I stated it's supposed to be ambiguous. We do not know because we're basing the entire movie off TWO unreliable narrators opposite of each other. So, all of it is speculation. Red would not fully really KNOW what really happened or HOW it happened because she wasn't ever there at the beginning,so it's all based off what she presumption. I was answering dude's question that Zora mentioning about the government using drinking water as a method of control and Red stating that the tethered were created as a remote to control human beings. It is a possibility that the connection is what they put into our drinking water. But the truth is that we do not know, even Red's account cannot fully suffice.

 

[klutch2381]

The son isn’t a tethered. He’s just an odd ass kid, and he sees his mom for what she really is: a savage.

This is the portion of the show where people start reading/imagining all kinds of deep and philosophical shyt that ain’t even in the film. Basically, the same shyt that happens every time Lupe drops an album.

 

[klutch2381]

Did you watch the same movie? There's not one jump scare in the entire film. And the entire movie is basically a psychological thesis with way more gore than in GET OUT. It seems like you want to watch torture porn on some SAW type shyt.

There absolutely are jump scares in the movie . There’s at least 5.

 

[Jean Jacket]

Did you watch the same movie? There's not one jump scare in the entire film. And the entire movie is basically a psychological thesis with way more gore than in GET OUT. It seems like you want to watch torture porn on some SAW type shyt.

There were jump scares. Stop playing.

Not comparing this movie to anything else.

I don't need gore to enjoy a movie.

Chill.

 

[((ReFleXioN)) EteRNaL]

I understand you dislike the movie and to each is own, but you DO REALIZE the cringe-worthy lines such as "set traps like Home Alone" is mainly said by a character who's whole personality is supposed to be something cringe-worthy. They even addressed from the beginning of the movie that the shyt Gabe says is outright corny. So, in character to who he is... he's going to say outright dumb shyt. It's in his character.

As for getting the message across. I think lays the issue as to why you personally dislike the movie. The biggest mistake I say is you comparing it to GET OUT when this movie isn't SUPPOSED to be a GET OUT part 2. It's not supposed to be anything LIKE that film. That movie was streamlined to one specific message about hidden and covert racism in America. This movie is different altogether in which it's an allegory purposely left for OUR OWN interpretation as to what to get out of it. It's not supposed to be anything outright specific. It is more of what you see and how you view about American society and yourself. So, it can be a movie about classism. It can be a movie about oppression. It can be a movie about revolution. It can be a movie about duality and your inner-self. It can be a movie about assimilation. Or neglecting the downtrodden. Or simply a fantasy movie about an impending apocalypse. It's not just one SIMPLE thing or message. It's like a PAINTING. You interpret it as how you view it.

If you want films to be spoon-fed. Then this film isn't for you. In fact, my personal critique is that it had a bit much unnecessary exposition and it should of been 100% ambiguous similar to a Kubrick or David Lynch type movie. Like if you watch Mulholland Dr., it's impossible to fully get that movie off of ONE VIEWING and it boils down to the digging into clue and interpretations of Kubrick's The Shining... that's not anything you get off one time, and like how you feel about this, people felt negatively about The Shining for the exact reasons as well as it not going along with King's novel. But today it's a classic, mostly DUE to people finding and catching on connections within that film. So, to each is own.

I love Mulholland drive. I love movies that actually make me WANT to think. And this movie didn't do that. It's ok to make a movie that has to be deciphered, but you still have to make the movie entertaining. You still have to create a world that the audience can connect with. And I don't think the film succeeded in that. That's why everybody is so confused because the film didn't draw them in. It had no soul. You felt no emotional connection with any of these characters.

And it wasn't just the dad that was corny. It was the whole cast aside from lupita. The script as a WHOLE was cheesy. The message is not what makes a movie great, it's the presentation. And the presentation here fell flat. Like you said. To each his own. But this movie was very average to me.

 

[Jean Jacket]

I understand you dislike the movie and to each is own, but you DO REALIZE the cringe-worthy lines such as "set traps like Home Alone" is mainly said by a character who's whole personality is supposed to be something cringe-worthy. They even addressed from the beginning of the movie that the shyt Gabe says is outright corny. So, in character to who he is... he's going to say outright dumb shyt. It's in his character.

As for getting the message across. I think lays the issue as to why you personally dislike the movie. The biggest mistake I say is you comparing it to GET OUT when this movie isn't SUPPOSED to be a GET OUT part 2. It's not supposed to be anything LIKE that film. That movie was streamlined to one specific message about hidden and covert racism in America. This movie is different altogether in which it's an allegory purposely left for OUR OWN interpretation as to what to get out of it. It's not supposed to be anything outright specific. It is more of what you see and how you view about American society and yourself. So, it can be a movie about classism. It can be a movie about oppression. It can be a movie about revolution. It can be a movie about duality and your inner-self. It can be a movie about assimilation. Or neglecting the downtrodden. Or simply a fantasy movie about an impending apocalypse. It's not just one SIMPLE thing or message. It's like a PAINTING. You interpret it as how you view it.

If you want films to be spoon-fed. Then this film isn't for you. In fact, my personal critique is that it had a bit much unnecessary exposition and it should of been 100% ambiguous similar to a Kubrick or David Lynch type movie. Like if you watch Mulholland Dr., it's impossible to fully get that movie off of ONE VIEWING and it boils down to the digging into clue and interpretations of Kubrick's The Shining... that's not anything you get off one time, and like how you feel about this, people felt negatively about The Shining for the exact reasons as well as it not going along with King's novel. But today it's a classic, mostly DUE to people finding and catching on connections within that film. So, to each is own.

The characters weren't fleshed out. Lupita and Gabe are great method actors, but the screenplay was shyt. It's like Peele had a vision and it was watered down and edited.

 

[Jean Jacket]

The title intro was dope.

 

[Busby]

Spoiler: Mj

has the michael jackson connection been discussed yet?some of this felt like Thriller. Particularly how Lupita was sorta like Mike at the end. She didnt have the zombie eyes like Mike in Thriller but he was a zombie. When we thought he was human.
Sorta like Lupita wasnt who we thought she was at the end.

Spoiler

Especially with the teathereds wearing the red jumpsuits with the single glove which is very similar to Mike’s red jacket and and his glove. Red’s wide eyes which is similar to how Mike portrayed the zombie in the video.

And when it comes to the ending, they could have literally freeze framed when she looks at her son and zoom in while Vincent Price’s laugh plays in the background with the Thriller music playing while seeing the tethered all holding hands across the country when the credits rolled.

The layers to this movie is on a whole other level man...

 

[LinusCaldwell]

Why didn’t Adeline just walk back up the stairs and get her life back?