i wanna call out another genius aspect of nope, everyones been talking about the story aspects but i specifically want to mention the SETTING
the horror of being in the desert, out in the open where there’s nowhere to hide, and the dawning fear that comes with seeing the monster coming from miles away and knowing that it sees you too, and the only thing you can do is run for your life as it gets closer and closer, heart pounding from adrenaline and exertion and sheer terror, not knowing if you’re going to make it
like it’s such an underrated type of horror that gets so expertly used just like everything else in the movie FUCK i love jordan peele
i love the fact that the alien in nope looked like a flying saucer and that it fed by using what was essentially a tractor beam. it gives us the idea that in their universe, stuff like cattle mutilation has a very simple reason - a larger animal ate it. and then when it unfurls, it looks like a weather balloon! i didn’t realize that until later, but i remember thinking that the way it moved looked like some kind of balloon. the implication that these aliens have been to earth before and have been interpreted completely wrong is chilling but also so fucking cool
