#also i am just plainly terrified of monkeys lmao

[tirednapentity]

What fucking gets me about the chimp subplot in nope is that unlike jean jacket, unlike flying saucers or aliens, it’s real. Let me elaborate. I wasn’t scared of jean jacket. I looked at her with wonder. I was awed at her, enraptured by how clever and how cool her concept and design was. I made jokes about her spitting out the blood over the haywood house. The digestion made me wince, but it didn’t scare me. 

Gordy, on the other hand. I couldn’t stand it. I couldn’t look at the screen while it happened. I had to leave the room. I am writing this post right now trying to get that all out because if i don’t I’ll end up having nightmares tonight. Jean jacket isn’t scary to me because she’s not real. Tragedies like the one Jupe experiences are. They have happened before and we continue to repeat them. The system that allowed it to happen is still in place. We see that at the end of the movie, too, the reporters closing in at the entrance. People killed because someone tried to exploit a wild animal and it backfired, ready to be turned into a spectacle. The snl sketch.  This is something devoid of the influence of any alien creature. The chimp attack happened because of humans. It is devoid of any fantastical element. It is a stark reminder that the issues the movie comments on are real. Am i making sense.