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the dad doesn't say random words, he says the names of the horses to try to remain mentally there, it's something for his mind to do so he doesn't fall unconscious

TBH, it's refreshing to see a predator in a movie that acts like a predator. No unnecessary screaming, eats when it needs to eat etc

The shoe was important because it’s another example of a “bad miracle”. That shoe saved Ricky’s life, because he was so confused and focused on the bizarre shoe that he wasn’t looking Gordie in the eyes for long enough that Gordie came to his senses and calmed down. The problem is that Ricky took the wrong lesson from that situation and believed that he was special and Gordie just refused to hurt him and that led him to believe that Jean Jacket would do the same. That shoe was a blessing and a curse for Ricky because it saved his life but also got him killed. He never moved on from that day and kept trying to take control over it by buying the items, using it for profit and anything he could do to try to make something good come from a bad experience. But he clearly had PTSD because whenever it came up he deflected from his own experience, bringing up the SNL sketch or whatever so he didn’t have to actually talk about it himself. He was a guy who had a horrible experience, took the wrong lesson from it and then payed for trying to profit off of another creature like Gordie…

I also like the theory that JJ's species might have been confused for christian angels. His territorial form definitely gives big "Be not afraid human" vibes plus humans that misinterpreted them as something biblical would have been more likely to avert their eyes and/or bow, making them more likely to survive and their version of events to be the one more often told.

Fun fact: stealing a man's horse used to be a hanging offense, as if you were to steal it in the middle of nowhere, it would mean it's original owner is stranded and likely to die in the wilderness. Thus it was equated to murder.

I think the implications that Jean Jacket hunted other creatures in the stratosphere for food before coming down to Earth is horrifying; more monsters above us that we just can't see.

Can we appreciate OJ punching the kid in the alien costume without hesitation even after he says “Nope” ? 😂 Badass good guy

Fun fact, the screams from the people eaten by the creature were made by combining the screams of people imagining being in a roller-coaster and people imagining being eaten by a monster.

Oddly enough, I haven't seen anyone talk about how that entire area was blurred on Google Maps in the movie. _Someone knew it was there._

The idea of stratosphere having its own unique ecosystem with flora and fauna sounds so damn exciting

Something I've noticed about what Jordan Peele does well as a director is how his characters act intelligently, no horror movie tropes of acting like an idiot to progress the plot. His characters (almost) always react and respond to situations like a real person would (looking at you Antlers you stupid bastard) and with how horror movie characters have been for like the past decade plus that is super refreshing.

From avoiding eye contact, JJ making itself look bigger and OJ making eye contact as he backs away it really made JJ feel like a real animal.

The shoe represents a bad miracle, like something seemingly important happening when it really isn’t. The shoe staying up caught jupes attention and kept his eyes off Gordy, something random saved his life when it really isn’t all that important.

I love the explanation that the reason JJ has never been seen before is that avoids humans like other wild predators (bears, wolves, sharks) but when Glenn started feeding it, JJ suddenly became bolder and decided we were good enough to eat as well. Don't feed wild animals, kids.

For anyone who didn’t understand the scene with the mirror ball on the plunger, OJ was doing what he does best and just focusing on work and his horses and he was planning to train the horses to not be afraid of the CGI mirror ball since that’s what spooked Lucky and lost them the job in the beginning. The same as the scene where the trains Lucky with the flags and wavy arm men so it doesn’t spook. It didn’t really have anything to do with the alien but it shows that OJ does actually know his stuff and he knows how to correct his mistakes and learn.

Fun fact: the dad wasn't saying random words. He was saying the names of the horses

Whoever designed Jean Jacket deserves an award for the creativity

The terrifying thing is, in this movie's "universe", that might not be the only creature out there, since there are stories of "UFO" abducting animals everywhere.

I've heard the shoe explained as how during traumatic events we seam to focus on the weirdest things. Like a friend of mine was in a car accident and the car flipped and left a good crater in the dirt that was stopped literally millimeters from a gopher hole. My friend said he literally just started laughing because he was in shock and the absurdity of the gopher hole is all he could focus on. Not the broken car, not his own injuries, not even everyone else's status. He just sat their laughing at a gopher hole like a mad man.

The shoe is purely symbolic. It represents two things: a point of disassociation for Jupe, which allowed him to remove himself from the moment. It also represents a "bad miracle", which is a overarching theme in the movie.

It’s amazing how many people didn’t get what the wacky waving people were there for. It wasn’t to attract JJ, it was to indicate where it was, as his EMP field would cause them to deflate.

I don’t know how Jordan peele managed it but to re-write the alien kinda of genre is so impressive. I think alien movies are so overdone but he somehow managed to make JJ terrifying and finding out it was an animal was an absolute plot twist because u just don’t think of that when seeing a ufo

Considering this thing might produce its own body heat, couldn't it be possible that JJ's buoyancy is in part aided by its body essentially acting like a hot air balloon?

As for why Antler decided to become an hero, I always interpreted it as him realizing that nothing he did would ever surpass that moment. He was a proud artist, and he captured footage of the impossible, so he knew that the only way he could ever top that was with an even more impossible shot; he knew he would die, but he laid it all on the line for his art.

I like how the portray it as a real animal, not as a static animal. Like when they used the mini parachute to scare it off, because it remembered that's what blocked its windpipe.

If there is one imposibility in this movie, is not the creature, but the idea that the california desert has THAT many clouds at once in the sky multiple days a week.

Jordan Peele essentially took the message of Jurassic World and well... Did it right. Characters have motivations that make sense and are not idiots and most importantly, the "movie monster" acts like an animal, not an evil villain. Satisfying to see.

The wavy armed props in the field wasn't just to attract the alien. As the alien gets close, the battery dies, and the wavy arm prop goes limp. Showing the aliens' position while it's in the clouds. Also, they don't need to look up in the sky to see it. Even though they can't help but look up.

It's not the scariest Alien design I've ever seen, but it is by far the coolest. Drawing inspiration from what may be biblical angels and rays and octopuses.

In regards to why Jean Jacket hasn’t been seen before, either Peele or one of the other creators note that it’s design is partially based on biblical depictions of angels (mass of wings, rings, and eyes) so it’s possible it’s been viewed in the past but given divine meaning.

Something that could also contribute to Jean Jacket's "unusual" aggression and interaction with humans could be either a prior injury or a lack of food. Animals like tigers have been known to avoid people as best they can, but if for one reason or another they can't hunt their usual prey, they'll take what they can get. This could mean a few things for Jean Jacket; something in the stratosphere (or another Jean Jacket) is able to give its species a run for its money, or human interference has either somehow reduced the available food or also injured it. These would result in the same outcome, but I like to lean towards injury since we don't see Jean Jacket actually enter the stratosphere. A prior injury could actually keep it closer to the ground, and based on the amount of crap it eats we would DEFINITELY have noticed it sooner if they regularly hunted in the lower atmosphere.

Not sure if it was intentional on Peele's part, but the Key that was stuck in Ghost, made the horse look like a life sized wind up toy. If it was intentional, maybe that helps with the animal exploitation analogy. People both in this movie and any Hollywood movie that uses trained animals, simply expect the animals to do what they want them to do and when they force that, everything goes wrong.

Fun fact-Jean Jackets scientific name is apparently *Occulonimbus edoequus,* which roughly translates to *Dark Cloud Horse Eater*

It amuses me to no end how hard JJ swerved to avoid the comparatively tiny colorful string, I know it’s because it recognized it as the thing that hurt before but it looked like it nearly crashed itself in trying to avoid the colorful string.

A small detail i interpret about JJ's design: both in the front and back of his UFO form, there are these little holes or orifices which look like apertures of some kind, sort of like the crevices in a crab's shell - I took them as the entry and exit points from which the air flows through it. That way, the wind currents flow front to back more easily in a circular shape (that's why the UFO form is circular, like a saucer), filling the air sacks and that way the mouth beneath it regulates the amount of air expelled, which it also uses both to propulse itself and to ingest his food. It's also how it creates the clouds used to camouflage itself; by condesing the water particles in the air within and then releasing them around itself.... essentially like a fart.

Thinking on the possibilities of Jean Jacket's origins, whether it's from Earth or from another planet, a possibility arises where... It came from both. Looking at the creature in Nope, while it's abilities and physiology is indeed otherworldly in every way it at the same time feels Earthly, as if it has grown accustomed to the world it lives on or, more specifically, EVOLVED on. The alien in the movie may not be the same alien that first entered Earth's atmosphere long ago but may in fact be a descendant. An ancient ancestor far more adapted for interstellar travel than hunting in the skies of a single planet. Considering the seemingly desert-like emptiness in the galaxy in terms of other life, it's possible Earth may be a celestial oasis that when found by interstellar animals, would basically become their new-home paradise where they stayed and preyed on the local wildlife until they became perfectly adapted for it at the possible cost of losing their ability to travel through space. The first of Jean Jacket's kind may not have come from Earth but after possibly hundreds of millions of years of living on Earth, Jean Jacket could be a longstanding resident with a vast and mysterious heritage. edited for grammar.

I didn't see anyone mention this but the "threat displsy" looks a lot like the hypnotic display a cuttlefish uses to mesmerize its prey. That also ties in with the other ocean life references.

The shoe represents the expression “waiting for the other shoe to drop”. Jupe is waiting under the table for Gordy to come back and attack him too, but he never does, so the “other shoe” never drops.

If you watch later in the movie during the "blood rain" scene the coins and keys being dropped are embedding themselves in the wood of the house like bullets, being dropped with what seems to be reversed magnetic force.

There's something about the idea of this creature to be earth-based making it even more terrifying. The implications. Namely: Evolution. What order does it belong to? Is there more of it out there? How old is it and how much has it diversified? More similar species? Are there more of such creatures in different environments? Competition? Other creatures occupying the same niche? etc etc.

Apparently a marine biologist worked on Jean Jacket’s design, and it’s scientific name is “Occulonimbus edoequus”, meaning hidden dark cloud stallion eater”. Which is appropriate lol

The idea that Jean Jacket isn't the only one up there, that there are others, and that there are things up there that Jean Jacket and its ilk are eating could probably be a horror movie in itself.

Like another comment said: The dad doesn't say random words, he's recalling the names of his horses to stay conscious. But the metaphor is is kinda deep when you realize all the horses are named after real animal stars that were "sacrificed" to the industry....

Coolest alien movie I've seen in years. I gave it a 5/5 for it's great narrative, creativity and originality. Jordan Peele knows what he's doing and I can't wait for his next movie.

You can REALLY tell that a biologist was consulted in the creation of JJ, Nope was a REALLY rare treat of a movie

in my own opinion, the shoe standing upright is the bad miracle OJ mentions. its the amazing uncanny thing that came from a horrible incident much like the coin from the sky that killed his father. it gave him the push to figure out what really happened and eventually find jean jacket.

Saw people mentioning that the shoe was just something that grabbed his eye and kept him calm, but didn’t mention that he’s dissociating. It’s a very common thing that happens to people during severe trauma, especially when the victim is young. You part ways with reality in your head because the brain is using a last ditch attempt to protect you. The last thing it can do for you is to make you not feel it in the moment. And he took that calmness and the protection it afforded him and gave it (false) meaning.

During certain scenes, you can actually see the alien "looking" around from the very edge of its "saucer" tip section. Its a tiny black opening, like a dot, that its looking through. When angel is wrapped in the barb wire and looking at it, you can see the dot swivel around towards him and it stays locked on him when it flies past to double back behind him. You can see the duvet here at 18:30 when its chasing OJ.

The shoe can be seen as two things, 1 being a writing reference “waiting for the other shoe to drop” which is suppose to convey suspense and 2: a bad miracle, which is something so impossible that can be seen as a miracle but something bad happened to create it

Definitely one of my all time favorite monster designs. It travels in disc form and unfurls into some sort of angelic/jellyfish abomination.

7:15 - Yeah that was my one and only gripe with the movie. This is rural California, on a ranch which keeps valuable livestock and holds many acres of land. There is ZERO chance they wouldn't have any guns for staving off wild animals, or obviously livestock thieves.

I like to think it's an early being that just evolved so well to conceal itself that it simply took us that long to discover it

I think the shoe is just one of those bizarre details that sticks in your mind when going through a traumatic experience. I remember as a child I'd stare at random things and remember small unrelated details, kind of like your brain escaping the situation

I’ve seen people say “it’s just a movie, they haven’t actually thought into it that much” but the fact that you can actually think this far into it shows how many details were put into it.

The shoe is actually the test to see if you would survive Jean Jacket. During that scene, you either look at Gordy at the face, triggering the chimp's aggression and dying, or you get fixated on the shoe like Ricky did.

I can’t get enough of this movie. I watched it for the sixth time last night pausing,rewinding at certain points. I’ve not felt like that for many years over a single movie.

In the off chance no one else had explained, the shoe is just as OJ said: "A bad miracle." It also inspired Jupe to think he was special in being alive at the moment, living despite the tablecloth protecting him, and making him think he has a special purpose in seeing a UFO. I so appreciate you mentioning that the greenscreen tendrils are an aggressive action. It's seizing up OJ, as this human has CONSTANTLY gotten away and hurt it. That's why OJ lives! He's the BIGGER predator. Also it's heavily hinted at that we HAVE seen this species before; in old pictures of UFOs BUT ALSO in the Purple People Eater song. Holst sings it FOR a reason; we keep seeing monsters and telling legends, but we just...shrug them off as fairytales. Or...even Angels from the Bible.

the standing shoe represents nothing but pure luck. But Jupe thought it was some sort of divine intervention, because Gordy didn't go full chimp on him. That's why before starting the live-show monologue, he whispered to himself that he is chosen.

This analysis is amazing! Thank you so much.

Otis, Sr., wasn't speaking just random words in the truck. Those were the names of his horses he was reciting. Really sad as this shows how much his horses were esteemed in his heart. The hobby weed was also located in the liquor cabinet, so they were talking about not only drinking, but also smoking a bit of weed.

Honestly an incredible design of a creature, turning a generic UFO design and turning it into a bizarre jellyfish-esque creature with some semi-realistic traits

There is one little detail you've missed out. The biker who was filming for TMZ asked why the entire area was completely blanked out on satellite imagery. This implies that the US government is aware that UAP has been taking place there for years.

this is honestly one of the most creative ways of using old alien stereotypes but making them feel like something we would genuinely see if aliens tried to visit us, we dont even know if aliens would be the same size as us let alone be humanoid, they could be giant monsters that come down to the planet and scoop people into their hungry mouths,

this explanation makes so much sense especially when you reverse the logic with giant whales and now I can't stop thinking about historical imagery, recollections, abduction theories and inexplicable disappearances tied to spottings of UFO's

i like to think that JJ went into an aggression/intimidation form because it saw OJ as its equal or a rival, not prey.

5:58 The reason it's greenscreen is because Fry's went bankrupt and shut down during the pandemic, and the exterior shots you see was basically the last footage ever taken of that location before it was torn down.

Absolutely fascinating deep dive into the anatomy and origin of JJ. Super love and appreciate the expert level of nerding out here. 👏👊🙌

I've searched high and low for this exact video! Thanks!

There’s an article of the biologist that helped consult with Jean Jacket’s creation explaining what JJ is and what inspired it’s creation as well.

I absolutely love how animal-like JJ is. It's smart but not human level smart. It was smart enough to hunt their prey by hiding in the clouds but also can't tell the difference between a living creature and a statue just like with real animals. It chooses to live in the desert because there aren't a lot of humans that can harm it because it knows that despite the size the creature knows that it is still a living being that can be harmed, just like with leopards live in the jungle and always try to avoid any contact with humans despite how strong it is. Man, this creature is just so fcking awesome I love it! If Peele somehow decided to do another movie within that universe, I would love for him to do it with a new different creature instead of making a direct sequel to this. A movie series, or trilogy, about people finding new species of animals that has never been seen before. And maybe do it like with JJ, where everyone thought that it was a giant spaceship when in reality it's the creature itself, which explains the reasons why UFO looks like a flying disc that can suck everything, because it's based on JJ's species. A misconception because they never really see it, only just the shadow of it. But if he won't do it then I am absolutely fine with that because some movies are just better at being standalone

First time checking out your channel & I found your Analysis to be very excellent and indepth! Bravo on explaining complexities in the film. Great job!!!

I finally just watched it and now I just know how this would work so thank you for this video

There’s the thought that JJ’s species is the inspiration for what primitive people thought were angels. When he’s unfurled he looks like old paintings of angels.

I like how Jordan Peele went with the "unidentified atmospheric organism" pivot when everyone was expecting plain ol' UFOs and aliens.

I always had the idea, that it evolved to disguise itself as an actual alien ufo. And so ate aliens by making them think it’s their ship coming to pick them up lol

Excellent movie and great breakdown of it .

A couple notes, Antlers is seen popping pills before the "impossible shot" and while reviewing the old footage, suggesting that part of the reason he's taking the shot, is that he's dying anyways. The tube men were less about attracting Jean Jacket and more being a very obvious indicator of where it is without looking AT it.

The shoe is hilarious to me. It's a happenstance that forced Jupe to not look at Gordy, saving his life. He saw it as some kind of divine intervention, that he was destined to survive. He cherishes it perhaps as some kind of coping mechanism for the trauma he experienced.

Incredible analysis. I'm really enjoying your work sir 👍

The way the ship glides through the air is sooo soothing.

I've seen a few people talk about the shoe, but no one's mentioned how Otis Senior wasn't saying random words in the car, he was saying the names of their horses

Also, the Shoe represents a 'bad miracle'. It's just a phenomenon that happens in a terrible event but may benefit someone (as how Jupe only survived the C h i m p Out because his eyes were drawn to the shoe instead of looking Gordy in the eye).

hi this video made me watch Nope for the first time, and i just want to say THANK YOU because that movie is incredible oh my god

This is the most detailed breakdown of Jean Jacket I’ve seen! Awesome video

I think Roanoke left this out but did anyone else notice that Jean Jacket made clicking noises similar to a dolphin? I think that was probably another method of hunting or just navigating. It would make sense given how JJ was modeled after sea animals.

Jordan Peele really read an SCP report and said "I'm making this." And did a pretty good job.

this. thanks for sharing your knowledge

This entire video blew my mind and I am SO thankful for that!!! The amount of work put into this is staggering. Thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!!! I loved NOPE, and have watched it six times in the last two weeks. I notice something different every time I watch. And now, after watching this brilliant video, I'm going to watch it again with this in mind. 🤗

The scene with the people screaming and the blood rain is truly fucking chilling I love Peele's work

I saw a theory that Jean Jacket instead of flapping, used ionic propulsion to float and move around, which is also how it messes with electronics. (The field is so strong it shuts them off)

Dang, it's an ambush predator, it can camouflage seamlessly into the surroundings, and it pounces when it's seen... Is it just me or does Jean Jacket have a lot in common with tigers?

When I say YOU BROKE THAT TF DOWN!!! Best review I’ve seen 🙌🏾

I really like the lore for jj, he’s every ufo sighting, and biblically accurate angel. It makes you kinda wonder if there’s more of them, and maybe they have always been here.

Could it be that Jean jacket was a filter feeder? The motions of digestion through squeezing to me seems like a form of filtering edible and inedible things. This could also explain the species never being seen since it could use negative pressure to eat large amounts of fauna from any water or sand it encounters.

I've heard people say the shoe was actually full of a dismembered foot but Jupiter repressed the foot because it was too gory so he only remembers a shoe staying upright for no reason.

Amazing this has so many views with so many small inaccuracies.

I love the idea that in this universe, the majority of UFO sightings have just been this. The shape is perfect with a disc body and the huge hole in the bottom plus the "tractor beam" that it uses is reminiscent of alien abductions. It's unfolded form is interesting too, maybe people in olden times saw this thing coming down every now and again and based biblical depictions of angels of off them. With its huge towering wings and the holes in them possibly being interpreted as eyes, it's not too farfetched

The digestion and blood rain reminded me of War of the Worlds: they drained everyone and sprayed blood every where. That movie scene still gets me, I had a similar feeling of dread when the demon jellyfish ate everyone.

The shoe is a miracle, a bad miracle. It landing on it's tip, perfectly balanced, is so unlikely, yet it happened. Like Otis Senior getting hit in the eye. Like the alien coming to this valley of all places. Additionally it was the shoe as well as the tablecloth that saved little Jupe from getting mauled by the ape, by preventing direct eyecontact.