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Rayliex t1_j9svp9m wrote

You sound like my mum.

Sure, the film wasn't for everyone, but this film was absolutely incredible. The entire metaphor and over all theme was just so well thought out.

Also, whilst I agree with it not being entirely a horror, there are some pretty wildly horrific scenes.

Maybe this was just a movie for those with a sense of media literacy? but even then, I'd find it pretty easy to have fun watching a sci-fi/western/horror without much knowledge on the theme.

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OtherwiseCricket8982 t1_j9uzo85 wrote

nothing is more frustrating than having a parent nonstop not understand the movies you like lol. My mom watched Everything Everywhere All At Once and was ranting about how long it was, how empty the film was of rich meaning. I'm like...damn were we watching the same movie!?

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Stepjam t1_j9vv2s7 wrote

My mom didn't get EEAAO at all either, but she generally bounces off less concrete movies. She likes her police procedurals and period dramas.

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rhofl t1_j9v7iua wrote

I do not think that Peele’s movies require media literacy. They are on-the-nose type alegory movies.

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Rayliex t1_j9vmxc2 wrote

To a general audience, I wouldn't think so. Many people didn't see the connection of Gordy to the main plot and were confused by it.

Also this film is pretty layered I'd say, going from the idea of exploitation to Jean Jacket being a representation of the film industry. I don't think a lot of people would have gotten that on a first watch, or at least instantly. I certainly didn't.

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rhofl t1_j9w659g wrote

It might be expactation of mine which built up by his two movies or maybe I have been trying to go deeper on the movies which is a habit I developed after watching many movies. In a sense, it is a media literacy, however, if you have seen all of the previous works of a director and dig deep on what it is trying to tell, I think that ypu would have much prepared mindset. It might be a crude example but, at the early MCU movies people did not know after credits scene but as it got bigger people started to expect it. That is the way I think about Peele’s films. Like characteristics of Lynch movies which you can put all of your brain-power to decyphir it (except Elephtman) but still cannot fully explain what they are telling.

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Rayliex t1_j9xa278 wrote

I haven't seen Jordan Peele's other films, though I am planning to since I really enjoyed Nope. People each have different ways of watching films and if you watch enough you definitely build a skill of digger deeper and understanding media literacy.

Though to a general audience, it tends to only go surface level.

For example, most people will see Alien as a movie about just Ellen Ripley against the Xenomorph and such, whilst others will see the deeper ideas of pregnancy and rape.

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