Have a damn good day.

It was already killing humans. At the very beginning you can hear the missing hikers they mentioned in the radio screaming in the clouds. It was their stuff it dropped out that killed their father.

Peele had the actors first scream like they were on a Rollercoaster. Then he told them to scream like they were being murdered. He combined the two. That's what you hear when they're being digested.

This movie uses primal fear in a way nothing else has. Instead of “spooky monster running toward you” being called primal, this actually doss it. There is no fight with hands or weapons, instead you’re in a hunting ground of something 1000x bigger then you and you’re put in the prey position without an ability to turn around and become a predator home alone style. It’s the best rep of primal fear I’ve ever seen

the most terrifying part is the digestion scene, and the fact that they are in there for so long still alive slowly dying just sounds like the worst way to go

I like how Jordan Peele fooled everyone into thinking that there was aliens inside the UFO but then dropped a huge bombshell by revealing that the UFO IS the alien, greatest plot twist ever imo

This is actually a genius movie idea. They took one of the most basic horror movie tropes, aliens, and removed the entire idea of them being dangerous due to they're intelligence and made it a freakishly large animal. That's genius! It still maintains all the scary mystery of "what can it do?" because it's an alien, while also making it a threat for entirely different reasons. love it!

8:50 using pigs wouldn’t work as bait, pigs’ necks limits their upward movement so they physically cannot look up, that’s why you see a pig on top of the entrance of Jupe’s theme park.

I'd never had thought that a cloud not moving in the sky could be so chilling

I like how realistic they made the reaction to the alien. Because let’s be honest, most people would whip out their phones and possibly profit off of an alien encounter rather than doing something heroic, like in most movies, to save the human race

That was definitely one of the smartest moves to make. Tricking it into swallowing a helium balloon was genius and I most likely would have never thought of that.

Realistically after all those people went missing with no trace from the park, there would be a media frenzy. A bunch of search and rescue teams scouring the area, assuming families of the missing would be desperate to find their missing family members. Military would investigate on that alone, helicopters/planes would be searching the area for the lost.

If you listen close in one scene of the movie, when they recognize the cloud that isn’t moving, OJ says “y’know I’ve probably been looking at that same cloud for the past six months.” and later on, Jupe says, “for the past *six months*, my wife and i have bare witness to an absolute spectacle.” meaning that that cloud was 100% JJ, and OJ was oblivious to it for those 6 months while he was selling Jupe the horses that would get fed to JJ.

I watched this movie completely blind. Never heard about it before, never saw the trailers, didn't even know the genre or the fact that it's a jordan peele movie. I just went to the theater alone and randomly picked this one. And god, I came out really satisfied by what I just watched

An alien saucer being the predatory alien itself and not a ship is a frightening concept to think about. Though apparently it’s no match to a helium balloon in the end.

Great video, but there was one issue: Jean Jacket is indeed territorial. Seeing the “head down” scene was after the digestion of the 40 people, JJ was acting on aggression (this being stated by the characters soon after the encounter), not because it needed food. This is why at the end of the movie, Jean Jacket flares a weird green thing at the balloon, which JJ perceives as a threat (the balloon is making eye contact, flying above JJ, being followed by streamers which will “fuck it up”). This is a demonstration of JJ’s territorial behavior, as well as how JJ perceives threats and reacts to them (this behavior being inspired by real animals, such as birds and marine animals) :)

One thing you did get wrong about the movie is the scene where JJ is above the house and the car. The creature is not looking to eat them. It already ate 40/60 people and was satiated for a while. It came there to assert dominance by outing blood on the house and spitting the fake horse at theme. It’s still a wild animal but it is decently intelligent.

Something I never saw anyone point out is how at the start horses where being used to lure the alien then the alien started using horses to lure the humans.

After seeing this, what Nope did seems like how a bait and switch should be done in cinema. Everything about the marketing made it out to be a fairly classic UFO abduction story. None of what was shown was then a lie, because even within the context of the film, it was thought to be a UFO initially as well before they come to realize that it's not an interstellar ship, but an interstellar creature, which changes the context of the film, turning it from a UFO/alien abduction movie into a monster movie.

First off, Yes, it is indeed a terrifying monster. But I have a feeling that an explosive device similar to a grenade or more powerful would be more than capable of killing or seriously damaging it.

Jordan is a genius for the UFO being the alien-animal twist and not a saucer.

JJ DOES have an eye. It's located inside of it's mouth, you see it a few times during the film. It's the green block at the end when it unfurls. The reason it react aggressively to eye contact is because it eye is in it's mouth, so it relates it to hunting. It also didn't originally relate humans as a source of food. Jupe had been feeding it for a while, which habituated it to humans. JJ knew that where there were humans, there would be food. It's the same as people feeding bears and later getting mauled for upsetting it for one reason or another.

Nobody is going to mention how creepy the scene with the kids in the barn was? Also the fact that OJ straight up punched a kid in the face

I guess it's lost on general audiences, but when he mentions the "Magic Hour," it's referring to dusk and is generally the BEST time to film anything. While Jean Jacket caused a lot of damage, it's entirely possible that some of the footage survived, especially if the digital footage automatically uploads to a Cloud-based server. As for what I'd do, I always thought the solution to beating Jean Jacket was getting it to suck up some sort of explosive device and then detonate it once it sucks it up. There's plenty of items civilians can get to do this, such as gunpowder. Use an extended timed fuse and double-prime it to guarantee it goes off when Jean Jacket sucks it up.

I love how the beginning of the movie starts with a dude dying, being brought to the hospital, having a coin embedded in his brain and the hospital is like "nothing to look further into here! just an unexpected projectile embedded in a man's brain" and the entire event isn't looked into by anyone at all.

I watched this movie at night, and was schocked at how good and actually terrifying it was.

The animal he uses as "bait" is the one of the only animals that can't look up. Thus, the one pig that was left at the theme park

4:07, well they kind of did this with those blowup swinging men (I don't know what they're called) that they use at car dealerships. They put a bunch of them on the field and if they stopped working they knew the creature was close, and based on the order in which they shut off, they knew what direction it was comming from

Kelsi Rutledge: Jordan wanted to make something that was still in the realm of scientific possibility. He had a clear vision for how he wanted the creature to look and then was hoping for certain elements. Like, “Is there anything like this that exists?” I think marine animals have freaky, weird attributes that provide great inspiration for alien-like things. When he was designing the eyeball, for example, he’s like, “I really want to do a square eyeball, but does that exist anywhere in nature?” It’s not very common, but octopus have this very square iris actually...

I was not expecting Jean jacket to eat everyone in the show, I was so surprised to see the digestion process. Jean jacket swooping down immediately after to try and eat OJ scared the shit outta me.

Ok but seriously, the Star Festival scene freaked me the fuck out, and I had nightmares for days because of it. That being said, love the scene and how truly terrifying it is

Idk why, but I found the kids pretending to be aliens the most scariest bit in the movie, lmao 😂, But overall I really liked this movie 🍿👏🤩

the creature actually seems like it might have been a very rare earth creature that lives high in the atmosphere rather than an alien because all of its features and design inspiration

The creature can 100% see through its body as it swaps focus between Em and OJ at the end. It definitely sees when OJ makes Eye Contact in the movie. Eye Contact is a huge part of the movie as OJ doesn't like to make Eye Contact with people. Eye contact was interrupted with Jupe and the Chimp with the table cloth. You weirdly skipped that whole bit.

That scene with Jean Jacket dumping blood and the remains of his victims over Oj and Esmeralda’s house while we can hear screaming knowing that those are still living people, still remains in my nightmares every few days. I love this movie!😁😁😁

Pigs wouldn’t work cuz they physically can’t look up so it wouldn’t eat them. That’s why there’s one on the roof after the attack on the event

Can we talk about how BEAUTIFUL the alien's final form is tho?? It looks so ethereal

Fun fact: *Jean Jacket* shares many traits with the Lovecraftian "Flying Polyp." Territorial, aggressive when looked at, and a few others. There is also lore (and youtube videos) for a "real" aerial phenomena called "sky serpents" that appear more like giant organic flying worms than anything mechanical, but also seem to house orbs of light or be made of orbs of light. Not disc shaped nor eating people but certainly what came to mind when we learn in the film the UFO is alive.

I'd argue the opposite. If the creature's behavior is similar to terrestrial predators, it will stay out in the field and far away from the city because here the prey is seperated from the herd. It tries to stay as hidden as possible, and only reveals itself when it's certain that it can devour all animals present.

He didn’t survive. You can hear the horse screaming while they were being sucked up before it starts chasing em on the bike. Then at the end oj is saying hi to her from “out yonder” which means he crossed over and she’s just seeing his ghost.

I love how the whole video the Protagonist never changed his Expression even when he was "Scared"

I love the scene when jupe was offering the flyer to his show and a gust of wind ripped it out of his hand as if to say "NOPE" lol, also OJ finding the flyer in a pile of horse dung is a message in itself.

I kinda want to see ya make a horror movie where the protagonist makes all the best decisions and still fails to survive. And it's in the "discovered footage" format

I think the concept of "don't look at it" makes sense. It has clearly adapted to prey on things on the ground below and can identify "prey" through seeing the eyes.

“Since it’s a spacecraft, we can’t fight it off” *grabs 75 mm flak cannon “Are you sure about that?”

the fact that it's avoiding to eat barb wires means on the inside its very vulnerable

What I learned: Stay in a car. The heaviest thing the alien can eat is a horse so as long as your car is heavy and far enough away, you might be able to tire the alien out of chasing you or it may not see you

In JJ's true form, it does kinda resemble biblically accurate angel.

One of the best videos I’ve seen from How To Beat. It actually feels like I watched the movie

Everybody talking about how unnerving the digestation scene is but I found the Gordy's home scenes way more unnerving and shocking. Especially after learning about the true story behind it (try looking up Charla Nash if you're interested in it).

Little fun fact about the pigs is that in this scenario they have the highest chance of survival. This is all do to the fact pigs cant look up. It is impossible for them to do so with how their muscle structure is oriented. Had they used pigs as bait, nothing would really happen to them considering you have to be looking at the Jean Jacket for it to attack you. This would likely lead to more questions on why the pigs weren't taken like the horses. Though it could lead to the same conclusion that O.J. made about not looking at Jean Jacket. So it at least would possibly give us some insight on the behavior of our favorite flying saucer. That is probably why the only "survivor" besides Lucky the Horse is the pig that is on top of one of the buildings at Jupiters Claim.

The part you were wrong about is the fact that eye contact is key to the story , there are multiple scenes with the chimp and the horse at the start where they were provoked by eye contact, the animal relys on eye contact to gather its food, it uses the screams as a way to lure in eye contact

I love how the way you chose to beat the monster was actually how they beat the monster in the movie

Really enjoyed this video. The depth you go into with your strategies and the creativity is amazing.

20:47 just to let you know the tunnel like thing you see at the start of the film that is in the mouth acts as the creatures eye, so it can see who is looking at it from below.

I love how everyone has their opinion on how they would do better but it’s like. You. Had and advantage you were able to see the whole movie and the ending and you can create your own plan accordingly these character had no heads up or couldn’t skip to the end to find out they did their best

I'm a sucker for aliens, suspense and wild west aesthetics, so I absolutely loved this movie. And I know it's already been said by nearly everyone, but geez, I love the idea of the classic UFO being a living entity rather than a ship piloted by stereotypical grays or whatever.

Wow, this was an excellent video!!!!! I really enjoyed it. Thank you for all the work you put into it. 🤗🥰

Wanted more from it. But on the 2nd watch got what i needed Jordan makes you work for it

Bear searching for food and sees salmon. Salmon looks the other way. Bear: Guess it was nothing

there are multiple themes in this movie that gets explored and looking into depth makes the movie all more better. for example: The Gordy scene, lots of people got confused by it but here's my friend's idea mixed with mine: Gordy was an animal used to be marketed, sorta like how Jean Jacket was marketed onto a jacket. Gordy was marketed as a unusual pet in that show, but it soon later backfired when he snapped and killed everyone. the shoe in that scene represents an unfortunate miracle, and is suppsoed to get your attention, telling you that you pay attention more to the shoe rather than the violence around it. sorta like Gordy, hes a danger but gets represented as a special character, getting your attention ignoring the fact that hes a chimp. so when he finally snaps, the realization finally kicks in and you see whats behind the curtains. this message is simply "dont meddle with nature for profit". On top of that, when Gordy went to fistbump Jupe, in that moment Jupe realized that he can control Predators. we see this with Jean Jacket herself, when Jupe is on screen, you can see on the back of his jacket that he has literally Jean Jacket imprinted on it, to be sold and marketed. this also sorta confirms that Jupe thinks that he can control predators, we've seen it with the stadium and look how that turned out. Gordy was supposed to be the small representation of Jean Jacket and why you shouldn't meddle with predators. this theme of control is present for most of the movie, like at the start, where The Movie Director was instructing OJ to do these things like "Spin", "Look here" and stuff like that, things you would say to an animal. But thats my interpretation, reply with your own, debunk or add on to this comment if you want too, i love reading other's interpretation for this movie.

Using the decoy horse was an ingenious idea. That information enabled the destruction of the alien. ❤❤❤❤ I am obsessed with this movie 🎥.

The movie's theme of seeing spectacles and attempting to capture it would help more, especially knowing that OJ wasn't just gonna shut down the family business and sell off the horses or be willing to let them out. Also, I'm pretty sure OJ isn't gonna tie up the horses with rope or even chains if they outside. And Antlers took some pills, which could mean he was gonna die eventually. In regards to the film crew on the ridge, I don't think they're fast enough runners to get to the house.

You can tell that Cinema Summary is slowly losing his sanity as his ideas went from “Get undeniable proof of extraterrestrials” to “Pig IEDs” in the span of a few minutes.

13:27 it would be a terrible idea to tie the horse to the stable stall or outside because in a panic the horses would sprint, as shown earlier in the movie and break its neck, killing it. I am speaking from experience when I type this to. Also, it is often very difficult to find a new field to put horses in never mind a whole ranch (also speaking from experience) then you have the high expense of paying for said ranch or field so it’s a loose loose situation either way unless you ride and camp until they find somewhere

20:29 It didn’t come to the farm that time it was hungry. Remember it just are 40 people

6:27 Welcome to America, mothafucka.

Guys please don't make tri-acetone tri-peroxide (TATP) it is roughly about 70% as powerfull as TNT but it is EXTREMELY sensitive to shock, friction, heat, static electricity and can degrade over time becoming even more sensitive, so handing it without being properly grounded or dropping it from a short distance could cause it to detonate or deflagrate dependent upon the quantity

I really love the idea of an alien being a predator from space rather than a standard probing style UFO

I love how in this one episode, all your smart planning is actually worse than what the movie does. By assuming that the aliens are smart and advanced, you wouldn't have given the plastic bait (which allowed them to learn they can damage it and repel it with UN-digestible foods and bright colored fabrics) and by replacing it with pigs as a decoy you would have endangered yourself with the explosives but the alien wouldn't have touched them (because they can't look up and therefore don't look at it in the eye). I know you said it doesn't make sense, but the creature does work like that, so sense or no sense it is how to beat it... A very interesting episode for sure

When he says "That would have been my biggest mistake." I howled. That's how you know he's done the research if he's gonna criticize his own reactions 🤣

24:58 I'm completely on this guy's side. The reporter was basically free bait!

This kind of alien is the kind of thing I would probably see in Terraria, It's true form is really reminiscent of like Brain of Cthulhu

I love how he goes off on the information they have at that stage in the movie

1:54 “terrified” man has the best poker face ever

I love how you only describe the ways the characters can deal with their situation using only the information that they know, and if they don't have that information, you tell us the way in which they could have found it out, which makes it follow along with the movie much better. Great videos as always.

The pigs wouldn’t work because they don’t look up. That’s why the pig was left on the roof at Jupe ranch when it ate everyone else.

"BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK" brilliant cut to the A Roll!

Great movie, wonderful concept and I am not scared to admit that I look really hard at clouds now. 👽💀🛸

I wanted to see the star festival scene so badly but I could not find it on youtube... so I watched the movie myself to see the scene. I regret everything, it was truly horrifying to see them all die in such a way it terrifies me to think of the sounds and the screams inside jj. also the 2nd most terrifying moment in the movie to me was the one where jj vomited on the house but star festival takes the cake for most terrifying scene in a movie I've seen so far.

Tbh them trying to film it for money is the most accurate thing about this movie.

It’s cool the way he talks like he’s in the movie, like how he talks about the fake aliens as if they are real before the characters realize they are fake.

24:34 “now, what I’m about to say might sound a little unethical-“ 15 minutes ago you recommended we strap C-4 to some pigs and use it as bait I don’t think that’s a concern at this point

20:00 you Curl up and protect your neck and soft parts if its a grizzly (Brown) NOT a black bear. Black bears you get big and get loud to try and frighten it. Grizzlies you curl up and look like less of a threat. Polar bears you get good with your maker because you're about to meet him.

The scene where the kids were dressed as aliens creeped me out the most. I was both excited and freaked out finally seeing creepy aliens on the big screen but of course my disappointment is immeasurable my day was ruined.

I can really appreciate the sarcasm of using the TMZ reporter's death photo as a piece of art, and selling it as some sort of poetic justice lmao

Congrats man you’re almost at 2 million!!!🎉

16:45 The entire human species wouldn't be at risk, it died on a balloon, normal guns and military weapons would kill it.

WE NEED PART 2 OF ZERO!!!

I Alr been instantly creeped out when you said he heard screaming in the clouds now I might actually have to watch this

Let me defend this scifi on when he looked down instead of at it to "avoid eye contact". You are very right about the facial recognition of animals that determine the eyes and the thought of aggression thereof. However. Think of this: just like SCP096, maybe it SENSES when it is being observed, and that is exactly how it hunts? Think about it. Bugs and such dont stare at birds when they are spotted until they die. They scatter. That is a natural reaction to millions of years of evolving against predators that fly. However, we dont have that evolution in us, because we have never had to worry about death from above. Well... until we developed planes.. lol but thats neither here, nor there. Since we never evolved to look up from flying predators, we tend to OBSERVE what it is that is hovering above us. Maybe THAT is what this alien is hoping for! That instant of OBSERVATION.?? Just a theory.

I’ve learned that I do not want to be in his group when the apocalypse comes this guys is sacrificing everyone without hesitation 😂💯

The craft in this movie was immaculate. Honestly though? I found Jean Jacket the alien to be beautiful and kind of funny. He reminded me of my betta fish… angry, territorial, puffs out when you look him in the eye. Gordy though? *CHILLS*. The scene where he looks at the camera activated my fight or flight response. I was seriously ready to bolt.

"the helium will explode" Helium being a noble gas: "And i took that personally..."

I don't know why I sleep when I watch these videos, but it's a good sleeping pill💀

I fucking love how you just go into how to beat the "aliens off their ship" when its just some kids. The fact that its never brought up how these were just some clever fuckers.

Honestly, seeing as the monster died to a helium balloon I am positive that it was not a threat to humanity.

3:18 I love how it says zero electricity and points to the horse

Just dont look..but how u know that it's somewhere near by uf u don't look😅.. pretty amazing concept after long time..enjoyed watching

I loved how they did the akira bike slide