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PrecisionHat t1_j9tvfir wrote

Your first mistake was going in expecting to watch a horror movie. It's not horror, and neither was Get Out or Us.

I can agree about most of what you said about the characters.

As for the monster, I'm happy they left a lot unexplained. I think it's bad when a film explains everything about those kind of elements (one of my main gripes about Prometheus and Alien Covanent).

A lot of people refer to Nope as Sky Jaws and I think that's pretty accurate.

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OtherwiseCricket8982 t1_j9uzg31 wrote

>I think it's bad when a film explains everything about those kind of elements

Totally, unless the entire point of the film is to set up a larger universe, like Star Trek or Lord Of The Rings. I would argue that Get Out more closely resembles a classic horror/drama film though.

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PrecisionHat t1_j9w3bgt wrote

Get out is definitely the closest to horror in my view. Us isn't far off either, but it's just got a lot of comedy relief that detracts from the scariness, imo. Nope felt a lot like Jaws. The thing OP said about Gordy is spot on, though. Best part of the movie and definitely the creepiest.

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Mcclane88 t1_j9vki1h wrote

Get Out and Us are horror movies though. What other genre do you think they are?

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PrecisionHat t1_j9vt8gl wrote

Suspense/Thriller. In the case of Us, it's got comedy elements as well.

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