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Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-16-20
Replies: 88
Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'
Posted By Yoda
I think this is a very good critique. It does a...

I think this is a very good critique. It does a good job of explaining the ways both films are trying to square a circle, to have it both ways, and can't quite there. And I think it's interesting to...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-12-20
Replies: 88
Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'
Posted By Yoda
Re: Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'

Haven't seen it, couldn't tell you. Probably case-by-case, just saying that a better theme is not necessarily a more explicit one, and if I had to choose, I'd say it leans the other way.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-12-20
Replies: 88
Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'
Posted By Yoda
Re: Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'

I think equating the explicitness of a theme with its quality or depth would be a mistake. If anything, it's the opposite: it's bad films that make their meaning too overt or didactic, or just...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-12-20
Replies: 88
Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'
Posted By Yoda
Re: Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'

For some of it, perhaps (I suggested the same thing myself). But not all of it. Some of it's pretty clearly there. If you don't find it impressive anyway, fair enough. I'm mixed on the film, but I...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-12-20
Replies: 88
Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'
Posted By Yoda
Re: Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'

Did you read the other posts in the thread?
Forum: General Movie Discussion 09-24-19
Replies: 88
Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'
Posted By Yoda
Re: Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'

Also, I wanna be on record as coining whatever Jordan Peele does "Identity Horror."
Forum: General Movie Discussion 09-24-19
Replies: 88
Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'
Posted By Yoda
Re: Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'

That's a fair question, and it's actually something that Slappydavis and I talk about on the podcast a lot: how much symbolism and metaphor is intentional, and how much are we, as viewers, bringing...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 09-24-19
Replies: 88
Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'
Posted By Yoda
Re: Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'

One most sometimes sacrifice accuracy for poetry.

I spent a few minutes trying to find a good choice for the first part of the line but there aren't that many examples that fit and are...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 09-24-19
Replies: 88
Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'
Posted By Yoda
You either die a Kubrick, or you live long enough...

You either die a Kubrick, or you live long enough to see yourself become Shyamalan.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 09-24-19
Replies: 88
Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'
Posted By Yoda
Re: Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'

I'd agree Peele is more intellectual and has more interesting subtext. But I'd say Shyamalan actually has a better natural grasp of horror, and even drama.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 09-23-19
Replies: 88
Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'
Posted By Yoda
Re: Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'

A lot of the questions in here are a little odd, to me, but it doesn't mean there aren't big logic problems with the film. How do they survive? There's some allusion to eating rabbits, but that...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 04-01-19
Replies: 88
Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'
Posted By Yoda
Re: Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'

I didn't add the flag yet. They're different because I just missed one when switching to the new version a month or two ago (which is better 95% of the time).
Forum: General Movie Discussion 04-01-19
Replies: 88
Dissecting Jordan Peele's 'Us'
Posted By Yoda
Oof, that's tricky. Don't want to look at it,...

Oof, that's tricky. Don't want to look at it, either.

I can add a quick flag that hides the excerpt, but that would still allow this to happen *sometimes* and would only be a fix after each person...