I watched the recent science fiction (UFO themed) film Nope last night.
It didn't give me much reason to revise my opinion of writer/director Jordan Peele. He makes movies which are very competently made - I mean, they look good and are well acted, and always have some meancing foreboding - but I am never satisfied with the resolution/explanation of what's been going on.
That said, I would say I enjoyed this one more than his first two movies, because I basically like the UFO trope in nearly any form. But really, this movie reaches a point where it doesn't make psychological sense for the characters to do what they do. And perhaps I can say that about all of his films - things happen without real logic, as they do in dreams or nightmares. As for the explanation as to what has been going on - it's a bit of a silly idea, and this might sound an odd complaint if you haven't seem the film, but I could have gone with it more if there was different design work on the mystery thing. But the way it carried on at the end, it just wasn't convincing.
I repeat my earlier complaint: can he please stop writing his own stories, and at least work with a story collaborator?
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