Nope was a movie I had to seen before and wanted to desperately due to my love for the movies “Us” and “Get Out”, and safe to say Jordan Peele did not disappoint this time either. My favorite thing about his movies are how he can connect abstract horror concepts to real life problems, and how he does it so seamlessly that you leave the movie and think about different ways you can interpret it for days. To me, “Nope” was no different- so it’s rather lucky that I am a viewer this week.

My initial main question about the movie was the significance of Gordy and the gruesome sequence in which we saw him massacre/ injure many actors on set. As it kept popping up, I remember just thinking “Why is Peele showing us this so many times? As the movie progressed though, I feel like I found an answer to my question. In my opinion, the Gordy sequence was significant because it showed us why Ricky was the way he was- especially about his behavior towards the alien. Ricky, having survived Gordy, thought that he could survive the alien as well- that he had some sort of unspoken connection with these wild creatures. This explained a lot of his actions in the film and also gave him a lot of depth as a character.

However, a question that is still lingering in my mind is whether or not Gordy could have another purpose in the movie. An idea that came to my mind while watching was that maybe he was could be analyzed as a symbol for the rage that is present within the industry, how actors are pushed to their limits and often crash out in some shape or other. Maybe it is a bit of a stretch, I don’t know, but I thought it was an interesting way to look at the character of Gordy.

Some other lingering questions I have left after seeing the movie are rather small ones, but still very interesting. First of all, why was the shoe in the massacre scene standing up right (I guess more importantly how)? I also would love to know where Jean Jacket came from, is it a lone creature or did it come from a planet of like-figured species? Overall, I really liked this movie- and thought it did a great job in making commentary on the real life horrors of the film industry while also incorporating a lot of supernatural elements.