gwentdaddy t1_ixrde45 wrote
Reply to comment by stormwolfdanger in 16 Insanely Good Movies Like 'Us' by Fudgyfig
Now days if a movie isn't 10/10 its considered trash. I also think that some people are holding Jordan Peele to a standard that isn't held to every filmmaker. I don't know why he's being held to such a standard but his films are thought provoking, beautiful and fun. What else could you ask for.
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gwentdaddy t1_ixrgfae wrote
I can respect that criticism. At least you gave a reason that wasnt just "it's not as good as get out" for me I liked the details in the back. It makes multiple viewings fun for me.
cficare t1_ixri8ox wrote
I couldn't deal with the "there's literally twice the amount of people in the country and no one knows about it and it's not some dimensional gateway - literally a cloned america - oh, and they're evil" angle.
SitDown_BeHumble t1_ixrhfgz wrote
Get Out was so good that it set incredibly high expectations for him. That one is understandable, if not a little unfair to him.
However, there is another reason he gets criticized so much: he became a target of right wing culture warriors because of the social commentary in his movies and because he said he wanted to tell stories with black people as the leads. Apparently that makes him racist against white people somehow? Lol
You’ll see these type of people hating on him pop up in threads in this sub all the time.
gwentdaddy t1_ixrltko wrote
Wow its difficult to read those comments. I know that that kind of criticism exists it's just hard to believe people think like that.
jjohnfil24 t1_ixrgvsk wrote
IMO I feel as though that Peele is very good at creating interesting concepts rather than fully exploring it (With the exception of Get Out). Nope’s concept of the UFO was awesome, but I feel as though he didn’t really do that much with it. Similar with Us. You can tell he was more interested in the concepts that he made rather than the story and characters in the film. Not bad, just not amazing as his other content.
gwentdaddy t1_ixrhu47 wrote
I agree Peele is a concept man. I also think that Get out was probably something that he dreamed of making if he ever got to make a film. Where as Us is a follow up to one of the biggest smash hits in horror ever. Following Get out would be hard for any filmmaker. I'm not saying Us is better than Get out, I'm just saying Us is great to me. I had a blast watching it and tbh I was more scared too. I just saw so many comments trashing Us and I disagree. Us is awesome
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