rhofl t1_j9v7iua wrote on February 24, 2023 at 8:12 PM

Reply to comment by Rayliex in I hated the film 'Nope' by jonah_wilkie

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

Rayliex t1_j9vmxc2 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 9:51 PM

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.

rhofl t1_j9w659g wrote on February 25, 2023 at 12:06 AM

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.

Rayliex t1_j9xa278 wrote on February 25, 2023 at 5:40 AM

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.