Has anyone else been to see this abysmal pile of shite, this feeble attempt at being arty and mysterious, this absolutely ludicrous , embarrassing , bewildering 2hrs and 15 mins of dross to eat your poppets to ?
I'll with hold my opinions on it until others give theirs. |
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Please no spoilers!!!! I’m going to see it.
Looked good enough from the trailer, and I like the director.
I’ll let you know if we have the same taste in movies/films when I return to this. |
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"Has anyone else been to see this abysmal pile of shite, this feeble attempt at being arty and mysterious, this absolutely ludicrous , embarrassing , bewildering 2hrs and 15 mins of dross to eat your poppets to ?
I'll with hold my opinions on it until others give theirs. "
Well I wasn't planning on but now I am! |
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"You can afford poppets at the cinema? 
Or did you go gangsta and smuggle some pre-bought snacks?
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Don't be silly dear. I got my stash from the cheapy shops and smuggled them through customs...
Get this.... my 'friend' got a small popcorn and a smallish .......... £9.80! hahahahahahahahaaaaaaaa. |
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"Has anyone else been to see this abysmal pile of shite, this feeble attempt at being arty and mysterious, this absolutely ludicrous , embarrassing , bewildering 2hrs and 15 mins of dross to eat your poppets to ?
I'll with hold my opinions on it until others give theirs. "
The Doritos, G & T and fingering weren't adequate compensation for sitting through it then...... 
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"Has anyone else been to see this abysmal pile of shite, this feeble attempt at being arty and mysterious, this absolutely ludicrous , embarrassing , bewildering 2hrs and 15 mins of dross to eat your poppets to ?
I'll with hold my opinions on it until others give theirs.
Well I wasn't planning on but now I am!"
Fancy sitting on the back row , I promise to share my salty popcorn.  |
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By *hirleyMan
over a year ago
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"Has anyone else been to see this abysmal pile of shite, this feeble attempt at being arty and mysterious, this absolutely ludicrous , embarrassing , bewildering 2hrs and 15 mins of dross to eat your poppets to ?
I'll with hold my opinions on it until others give theirs.
Well I wasn't planning on but now I am!"
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"I haven’t seen it yet but I really like Jordan Peele’s other films so I have high hopes. Is it really that bad?"
Maybe I lack the sufficient critical skills required or simply do not know quality when I see it 
I didn't see 'get out' or 'us'. I wanted to but never got around to it.
I do like the M. Night Shyamalan films but this ...... I sooooo wanted to go home. |
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"Has anyone else been to see this abysmal pile of shite, this feeble attempt at being arty and mysterious, this absolutely ludicrous , embarrassing , bewildering 2hrs and 15 mins of dross to eat your poppets to ?
I'll with hold my opinions on it until others give theirs.
The Doritos, G & T and fingering weren't adequate compensation for sitting through it then......
Winston "
I was supposed to see Where the crawdads sing! Change of plan at the last minute.
No fingering. Though I silently sucked my own fingers throughout.
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"I haven’t seen it yet but I really like Jordan Peele’s other films so I have high hopes. Is it really that bad?
Maybe I lack the sufficient critical skills required or simply do not know quality when I see it
I didn't see 'get out' or 'us'. I wanted to but never got around to it.
I do like the M. Night Shyamalan films but this ...... I sooooo wanted to go home. "
I think his films are different. They feel weird when you’re watching them and some scenes make you feel uncomfortable but I do enjoy them. This does look different from Us and Get Out so maybe it isn’t as good. |
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"I haven’t seen it yet but I really like Jordan Peele’s other films so I have high hopes. Is it really that bad?
Maybe I lack the sufficient critical skills required or simply do not know quality when I see it
I didn't see 'get out' or 'us'. I wanted to but never got around to it.
I do like the M. Night Shyamalan films but this ...... I sooooo wanted to go home.
I think his films are different. They feel weird when you’re watching them and some scenes make you feel uncomfortable but I do enjoy them. This does look different from Us and Get Out so maybe it isn’t as good."
Maybe it there is an element of 'seeing' for the first time. Perhaps it says more than I could see at the time. A bit like your first glimpse of Picasso and proclaiming it isn't fucking art!
I just wanted to be entertained, thrilled, moved , interested.... I wasn't moved emotionally in any direction. I was bored. |
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"I haven’t seen it yet but I really like Jordan Peele’s other films so I have high hopes. Is it really that bad?
Maybe I lack the sufficient critical skills required or simply do not know quality when I see it
I didn't see 'get out' or 'us'. I wanted to but never got around to it.
I do like the M. Night Shyamalan films but this ...... I sooooo wanted to go home.
I think his films are different. They feel weird when you’re watching them and some scenes make you feel uncomfortable but I do enjoy them. This does look different from Us and Get Out so maybe it isn’t as good.
Maybe it there is an element of 'seeing' for the first time. Perhaps it says more than I could see at the time. A bit like your first glimpse of Picasso and proclaiming it isn't fucking art!
I just wanted to be entertained, thrilled, moved , interested.... I wasn't moved emotionally in any direction. I was bored. "
I get that. When I go to the cinema I just want to eat nachos and watch shit get blown up or laugh or whatever. |
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"Should of gone to see Bullet Train instead 
That was on too! ( I went to see Crawdads but it wasn't possible ) it was a bit eenie meenie miny mo ..... for Bullet Train or Nope....
I chose Nope."
Err i think you made the better choice
I saw bullet train.. Kinda wish i hadn't  |
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"Should of gone to see Bullet Train instead
That was on too! ( I went to see Crawdads but it wasn't possible ) it was a bit eenie meenie miny mo ..... for Bullet Train or Nope....
I chose Nope.
Err i think you made the better choice
I saw bullet train.. Kinda wish i hadn't "
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"Should of gone to see Bullet Train instead
That was on too! ( I went to see Crawdads but it wasn't possible ) it was a bit eenie meenie miny mo ..... for Bullet Train or Nope....
I chose Nope.
Err i think you made the better choice
I saw bullet train.. Kinda wish i hadn't "
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Jordan Peele is a genius and I won’t hear anything else.
Get out and Us are two of the greatest films of our time and I’m only 50% saying that for the reasons you think  |
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"Has anyone else been to see this abysmal pile of shite, this feeble attempt at being arty and mysterious, this absolutely ludicrous , embarrassing , bewildering 2hrs and 15 mins of dross to eat your poppets to ?
I'll with hold my opinions on it until others give theirs.
The Doritos, G & T and fingering weren't adequate compensation for sitting through it then......
Winston
I was supposed to see Where the crawdads sing! Change of plan at the last minute.
No fingering. Though I silently sucked my own fingers throughout.
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That'll be the Dorito crumbs.
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"Jordan Peele is a genius and I won’t hear anything else.
Get out and Us are two of the greatest films of our time and I’m only 50% saying that for the reasons you think "
Plus he’s married to Gina from Brooklyn 99 which makes me love him more |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
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"Genius = Makers of dull , self indulgent films, with cartoon endings that stretch incredulity further than a perforated parachute. "
Granny, would it be finished al my series, or finished all my series'? I went with the former but I think it's the latter. |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
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"Genius = Makers of dull , self indulgent films, with cartoon endings that stretch incredulity further than a perforated parachute.
Granny, would it be finished al my series, or finished all my series'? I went with the former but I think it's the latter."
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"Jordan Peele is a genius and I won’t hear anything else.
Get out and Us are two of the greatest films of our time and I’m only 50% saying that for the reasons you think
Plus he’s married to Gina from Brooklyn 99 which makes me love him more "
Literally same. When I found that out I was like- he’s good people |
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"Genius = Makers of dull , self indulgent films, with cartoon endings that stretch incredulity further than a perforated parachute. "
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"Genius = Makers of dull , self indulgent films, with cartoon endings that stretch incredulity further than a perforated parachute.
Granny, would it be finished al my series, or finished all my series'? I went with the former but I think it's the latter."
It would be..... One has completed one's series that one was viewing. One has seen all of them. |
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"Genius = Makers of dull , self indulgent films, with cartoon endings that stretch incredulity further than a perforated parachute.
Bet you didn’t see the ending of Get Out coming "
I haven't seen it.
don't tell me. |
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"It looks like I’d waste my time in there
Nothing beats the puppet and Melissa McCarthy film I saw once
Utter tripe "
The only time I made an equally bad choice was when I suggested that two friends and I go to see 'Ted' because I thought the trailers looked good.
Jesus ....... what unfunny garbage. |
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"Genius = Makers of dull , self indulgent films, with cartoon endings that stretch incredulity further than a perforated parachute.
Bet you didn’t see the ending of Get Out coming
I haven't seen it.
don't tell me. "
You wouldn’t like it tbf |
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By *dwalu2Couple
over a year ago
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"Jordan Peele is a genius and I won’t hear anything else.
Get out and Us are two of the greatest films of our time and I’m only 50% saying that for the reasons you think "
Get Out is a very good film. Us is not. |
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That's Jordan Peele - you never quite know what's going on in his head!
Have to say the trailers alone have put me right off seeing this, so I shall defer my remortgage application to purchase a cinema ticket for something else. |
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"Granny, did you get hangry because you'd eaten all your Doritos beforehand?
No. I ate his doritos He bought popcorn....... the eejut"
Maybe you just had indigestion and it was actually an excellent film?! |
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over a year ago
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"Jordan Peele is a genius and I won’t hear anything else.
Get out and Us are two of the greatest films of our time and I’m only 50% saying that for the reasons you think
Get Out is a very good film. Us is not."
Agree to disagree. I preferred Us. Get out was funny. It was the humour that really helped it imo. Us was a better film with a wonderful performance from the lead. |
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over a year ago
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"To be fair I felt like this after watching Jacobs ladder.
If I watch nope I'll stream it through my app. "
Jacobs Ladder is brilliant.
Very different way of telling the story of a dieing man.
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By *dwalu2Couple
over a year ago
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"Jordan Peele is a genius and I won’t hear anything else.
Get out and Us are two of the greatest films of our time and I’m only 50% saying that for the reasons you think
Get Out is a very good film. Us is not.
Agree to disagree. I preferred Us. Get out was funny. It was the humour that really helped it imo. Us was a better film with a wonderful performance from the lead. "
There were some good performances in Us, but that’s really all you can say about it. In every other respect it’s a glossy B movie. |
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"Jordan Peele is a genius and I won’t hear anything else.
Get out and Us are two of the greatest films of our time and I’m only 50% saying that for the reasons you think
Get Out is a very good film. Us is not.
Agree to disagree. I preferred Us. Get out was funny. It was the humour that really helped it imo. Us was a better film with a wonderful performance from the lead.
There were some good performances in Us, but that’s really all you can say about it. In every other respect it’s a glossy B movie."
Fair. I mean I liked get out a lot. Just felt like I only liked it for the commentary on racism and the Jokes about that. |
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"Will everybody get back on track please. This thread is about NOPE and how bad it is.
thank you."
I've not seen it.
What's it about?
Precis........
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"Will everybody get back on track please. This thread is about NOPE and how bad it is.
thank you.
I've not seen it.
What's it about?
Precis........
Winston
Watch the trailer. "
Whats its really about.
Apparently.
https://youtu.be/ZrrycoI4UZM
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
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"Will everybody get back on track please. This thread is about NOPE and how bad it is.
thank you.
I've not seen it.
What's it about?
Precis........
Winston
Watch the trailer.
Whats its really about.
Apparently.
https://youtu.be/ZrrycoI4UZM
Winston "
You think that's why it went over Granny's head? |
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"Will everybody get back on track please. This thread is about NOPE and how bad it is.
thank you.
I've not seen it.
What's it about?
Precis........
Winston
Watch the trailer.
Whats its really about.
Apparently.
https://youtu.be/ZrrycoI4UZM
Winston
You think that's why it went over Granny's head?"
Nah, she's sharp as a tack.
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"Please no spoilers!!!! I’m going to see it.
Looked good enough from the trailer, and I like the director.
I’ll let you know if we have the same taste in movies/films when I return to this. "
….. I liked it 
What I think I enjoy with his films is he sets the scene really well for me. Gets it all intense and the suspense is right up there.
I genuinely liked it, and certainly not as terrible as I imagined after being involved slightly in this thread.
But I am easy to please with films (although I don’t just like anything). I know i want entertainment more than some in depth storyline 1st and foremost. And I’d actually watch it again |
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Get out and Us are two of the greatest films of our time and I’m only 50% saying that for the reasons you think "
I agree with this 100%. I love Get Out and Us, and thought Nope was brilliant too. I get that everyone's different, but if someone hated Nope as much as the OP did, I'd suggest reading a review or 2 before your next cinema trip |
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Watched it last week. Disappointed to be honest. I have a feeling that he doesn't spend much time on the writing. I loved Get Out. Us was fine. Nope was disappointing. In all the films, he has a good plot and setting. He also does really well in direction. But the writing in the last 2 films have been lazy. |
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"Watched it last week. Disappointed to be honest. I have a feeling that he doesn't spend much time on the writing. I loved Get Out. Us was fine. Nope was disappointing. In all the films, he has a good plot and setting. He also does really well in direction. But the writing in the last 2 films have been lazy."
What was lazy about the writing in US compared to Get Out? |
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"Watched it last week. Disappointed to be honest. I have a feeling that he doesn't spend much time on the writing. I loved Get Out. Us was fine. Nope was disappointing. In all the films, he has a good plot and setting. He also does really well in direction. But the writing in the last 2 films have been lazy."
Mi give a lot of credit to the direction, the actors and the even the cameraman and editing for the suspense he does throw at you with little dialogue.
I am critical to the point of, they never reach the crescendo I want, but that’s hard with suspenseful horrors with me, But lazy writing isn’t the problem. I think he actually puts effort and thought into it.
We are all different I guess |
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"Watched it last week. Disappointed to be honest. I have a feeling that he doesn't spend much time on the writing. I loved Get Out. Us was fine. Nope was disappointing. In all the films, he has a good plot and setting. He also does really well in direction. But the writing in the last 2 films have been lazy.
What was lazy about the writing in US compared to Get Out? "
** Spoilers for Us **
The whole mirror tethered idea didn't make much sense. I did enjoy watching the film. But when I came out and thought about it, everything seemed illogical. Even if we ignored the questions around how the tethered society survived down there for so long, the whole idea about the girl going in at such a small age and figuring out how to lead such a big group is unbelievable. If she was that clever, couldn't she have just escaped much earlier?
Again, I enjoyed that film, thanks to plot twist and great direction. But not a film I would rate as high as Get Out. |
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"Watched it last week. Disappointed to be honest. I have a feeling that he doesn't spend much time on the writing. I loved Get Out. Us was fine. Nope was disappointing. In all the films, he has a good plot and setting. He also does really well in direction. But the writing in the last 2 films have been lazy.
Mi give a lot of credit to the direction, the actors and the even the cameraman and editing for the suspense he does throw at you with little dialogue.
I am critical to the point of, they never reach the crescendo I want, but that’s hard with suspenseful horrors with me, But lazy writing isn’t the problem. I think he actually puts effort and thought into it.
We are all different I guess"
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"Watched it last week. Disappointed to be honest. I have a feeling that he doesn't spend much time on the writing. I loved Get Out. Us was fine. Nope was disappointing. In all the films, he has a good plot and setting. He also does really well in direction. But the writing in the last 2 films have been lazy.
What was lazy about the writing in US compared to Get Out?
** Spoilers for Us **
The whole mirror tethered idea didn't make much sense. I did enjoy watching the film. But when I came out and thought about it, everything seemed illogical. Even if we ignored the questions around how the tethered society survived down there for so long, the whole idea about the girl going in at such a small age and figuring out how to lead such a big group is unbelievable. If she was that clever, couldn't she have just escaped much earlier?
Again, I enjoyed that film, thanks to plot twist and great direction. But not a film I would rate as high as Get Out."
I feel like when you’re applying logic to films that float between the horror/thriller genre then you’re bound to be disappointed with most films.
Get bout was great, I enjoyed it but also incredibly unrealistic. I think lots of people, not you necessarily, put Get Out on a pedestal because of what a great social commentary on racism it was and expected that from Us. Us was a good film with great performances. It was better than most of the other highly rated horrors/ thrillers of our time. |
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"Watched it last week. Disappointed to be honest. I have a feeling that he doesn't spend much time on the writing. I loved Get Out. Us was fine. Nope was disappointing. In all the films, he has a good plot and setting. He also does really well in direction. But the writing in the last 2 films have been lazy.
What was lazy about the writing in US compared to Get Out?
** Spoilers for Us **
The whole mirror tethered idea didn't make much sense. I did enjoy watching the film. But when I came out and thought about it, everything seemed illogical. Even if we ignored the questions around how the tethered society survived down there for so long, the whole idea about the girl going in at such a small age and figuring out how to lead such a big group is unbelievable. If she was that clever, couldn't she have just escaped much earlier?
Again, I enjoyed that film, thanks to plot twist and great direction. But not a film I would rate as high as Get Out.
I feel like when you’re applying logic to films that float between the horror/thriller genre then you’re bound to be disappointed with most films.
Get bout was great, I enjoyed it but also incredibly unrealistic. I think lots of people, not you necessarily, put Get Out on a pedestal because of what a great social commentary on racism it was and expected that from Us. Us was a good film with great performances. It was better than most of the other highly rated horrors/ thrillers of our time. "
Every film builds its own logical universe with a set of rules. People don't question why some characters are defying gravity in Matrix or superhero films because the rules in the universe they built is different and they explain it well. Same with horror films based on supernatural existence.
With Us, there wasn't a clear explanation around what the tethered society is. There is a mention of a government project. But that's about it. It's fine if there are multiple explanations for a plot element and the story doesn't explain what it is. But it was hard to come up with any explanation in this plot.
Us is still highly rated. Get out is rated much better because the plot was straightforward and there weren't major plotholes. |
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"Jordan Peele is a genius and I won’t hear anything else.
Get out and Us are two of the greatest films of our time and I’m only 50% saying that for the reasons you think
I agree with this 100%. I love Get Out and Us, and thought Nope was brilliant too. I get that everyone's different, but if someone hated Nope as much as the OP did, I'd suggest reading a review or 2 before your next cinema trip "
Pffffft! and I'd suggest that you make yourself aware of the fact that we didn't set out to see NOPE ..... before you assume what ever it is you are assuming ...... |
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"Jordan Peele is a genius and I won’t hear anything else.
Get out and Us are two of the greatest films of our time and I’m only 50% saying that for the reasons you think
I agree with this 100%. I love Get Out and Us, and thought Nope was brilliant too. I get that everyone's different, but if someone hated Nope as much as the OP did, I'd suggest reading a review or 2 before your next cinema trip
Pffffft! and I'd suggest that you make yourself aware of the fact that we didn't set out to see NOPE ..... before you assume what ever it is you are assuming ......"
Lol, it still applies, you could have saved yourself 2 hours and a forum rant |
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