#NOPE movie

[spooksier]

what’s a bad miracle?

[bhramarii]

it was a one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater

[fleurum]

the movie of all time 🐎

[julesdap]

a hungry audience

[jolyjamboree]

[missazura]

i wear my sunglasses at night

DO NOT REPOST MY ART

[pandadrake]

Horses. I really like that other movie that Hobie's voice actor was in.

IDK why I ended up putting so much effort into the rendering this was just supposed to be a shitpost.

Hobie's pose is heavily referenced from a shot from the movie Nope (2022). The background texture is also from the same frame.

Miguel is cast as the stressed-out, half-Latino, tech guy with an angel name who watches camera feeds all day and bitches about his life to people he just met.

[hardcockforhitchcock]

Nope (2022) directed by Jordan Peele

[millenianthemums]

i was thinking about how a lot of horror stories set in one location get the “why don’t they just leave” criticism, but in real life it isn’t usually that simple. even really mild reasons characters might have for not leaving or for going back to the scary place can make total sense sometimes. and i thought about OJ’s “i got mouths to feed” thing, about taking care of the horses.

but then i was like “well OJ didn’t JUST care about the horses, it was also about not wanting Jean Jacket to win. but yeah he cares a lot about the horses, it makes sense. and he’s not the type to make big heroic speeches anyway, he’s not showy like that.”

and then i realized something cool about OJ as a character. OJ not being showy, not caring about spectacle, is what sets him apart from everybody else in the movie. others see the spectacle, he sees the people and animals caught up in it. in his first scene the others want to hurry and film, but he sees the horse is stressed; if they’d listened to him and backed off, it wouldn’t have kicked. he tried to save the motorcyclist who was just yelling at him to get the camera before being eaten. he’s the kind of person who wasn’t around on the Gordy set, who knew when to stop pushing and listen before something bad happened.

He was the only one who realized not to look in Jean Jacket’s eye. He didn’t give in and look up at the spectacle in the sky. He kept his eyes low, and because of that he saw the ones on the ground who were suffering and wanted to help. He SAW the horses, he cared for them and he risked his life to save Lucky. He SAW his sister when their dad broke a promise to her for fame and money.

Emerald was the one who got the “money shot” of Jean Jacket and defeated it. i think that was important and good for her to do. Defeating this thing that had caused her so much pain, that had killed her father, her friends and maybe her brother. And in doing so she captured proof of what she and her friends went through, made sure that suffering wasn’t all for nothing. OJ helped it happen, he was behind the scenes staring down Jean Jacket while she escaped. But Emerald was in the spotlight at the end. She won.

But with all this in mind, I think it’s really beautiful that the final shot of the movie, the REAL money shot, wasn’t Jean Jacket. It wasn’t anything all that weird or spectacular. On the contrary, it was deeply familiar.

It was OJ, on a horse.

[firelise]

Emerald Haywood Appreciation (Nope, 2022)

Oh and I’m Emerald Haywood! I also act, write, direct, internet, fashion, VFX, motorcycles, baby... And I make a mean grilled cheese if you’re looking for Crafty! I’ll be over there...

[spiderwebx]

The Lighthouse (2019)

Midsommar (2019)

The Conjuring (2013)

Hereditary (2018)

Get Out (2017)

Pearl (2023)

The killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)

The Witch (2015)

Nope (2022)

Us (2019)

[bhramarii]

i wear my sunglasses at night

[lizzybizzyart]

What’s a bad miracle? They got a word for that?

Nope.

[lavenderbanisters]

an illustration I made last year after watching the movie Nope

[spooksier]

happy (almost) new year everyone!!

as always thank you sm for all the support and all the kind words over this year, im done with art school so we’re officially in my unleashed era!! im off the rails free from the shackles of Having Homework <3 thank you all <33

[ferretteeth]

Thinking about Nope again and about Jean Jacket.

I loved what an animal Jean Jacket was. Not a monster or a demon, a large predatory animal who absolutely bullied over the eco system it was located in.

I loved how when it got incredibly frustrated, injured, and angry it did what clearly is a threat display inspired by marine animals

And I loved how OJ, the man who struggles to understand people but perfectly understands animals, was the one who knew how to deal with it.