No. 70 (2022) NOPE August 10th.

 

Film No. 70  (2022)  August 10th.  6:45 PM  HOYTS CINEMAS,  VMax 1   Karrinyup.

"We like to say, from the moment pictures could move, we had skin in the game." Emerald Haywood sells the deeds of her family's ranch, (the first black owned horse wrangling ranch), to the Hollywood boffins before they begin their shoot.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into cinemas, Jordan Peele is back. And the reason for my opening sentence is my nagging suspicion that Jordan, while not making NOPE as a tribute to Spielberg's JAWS, he is definitely assigning some love to the classic.  

NOPE will be compared to Peele's previous films. GET OUT and US have created a real fascination for what this talented director has to offer. Peele undoubtedly has the ability to turn film goers into film lovers. He has something to say, he laces his films with images and dialogue that audiences will mull over in the days following. While GET OUT is his masterpiece, NOPE is more sophisticated in the smattering of puzzle pieces that need to be placed.

This time Peele delves into UFO territory and while this theme is the vehicle by which he builds his story, his overall NOPE theme, asks questions about man's voraciousness for the mighty dollar. In the same way that Spielberg asks how long can a community turn a blind-eye to a man-eating shark swimming around its popular beaches; Peele asks, what if the shark, in this , is a rogue UFO? 

I hope my interpretation and perhaps the silliness of my analogy, does not dissuade you from buying a ticket to this smart film. The big screen experience via sound, visuals, script, characterization and classic Peele messaging, is well worth the price. The bigger the screen (there are sessions in Imax format) the better. 

I'm light on story re-tell here, but I'm keen to firstly encourage a viewing and secondly allow you to come to your own conclusions. Hey, it's Jordan Peele. It's what Jordan would want.  10GUMS.