Jordan Peele’s much-anticipated third movie has lastly arrived in theaters. Nope is a genre-bending mixture of sci-fi, Western, and horror with a wholesome dose of social commentary (it is a Jordan Peele film, in any case).

Thus far, it’s opened primary on the box-office, sparked quite a few think-pieces on-line, and garnered overwhelmingly constructive opinions from critics and viewers members alike. Sounds nice, proper?

However now, we’ve received Logan Paul weighing in as a result of apparently, we will’t have good issues.

Taking to Twitter, Logan Paul shared his ideas concerning the film in a scathing, and at occasions nonsensical, 13-tweet thread. The WWE star/YouTuber/controversy magnet began off by calling Nope “one of many worst motion pictures I’ve seen in a very long time.” (Maybe he’s by no means seen After Earth or, I don’t know, something by Michael Bay.)

He went on to name Nope “objectively sluggish and complicated with stretched themes that don’t justify the tempo” earlier than writing “it’s not laborious to conceptualize one thing disturbing…. it IS laborious to sensibly tie it to the plot” after which launching right into a collection of spoiler-heavy questions on varied facets of the film.

Reactions to his Twitter tirade have been fairly derisive, with many stating the irony of Logan Paul criticizing and misunderstanding a movie about spectacle and fame-seeking tradition.

In case you don’t sustain with pro-wrestling or YouTube personalities, Logan Paul is thought for being… type of a software. Keep in mind, in 2017 he shared a video of a lifeless physique he got here throughout in Japan’s “suicide forest,” apologized for it, after which a number of weeks later filmed himself tasering a lifeless rat. A 12 months later, he confronted backlash once more when he declared he would “go homosexual” for a month as some kind of social experiment.

However this is similar man who was as soon as quoted saying, “I need to be the largest entertainer on the planet… I’ll do no matter it takes to get that.”

Which brings us again to his overview of Nope.

(Some spoilers beneath)

Nope facilities round OJ (Daniel Kaluuya) and Emerald (Keke Palmer) Haywood, a brother-and-sister duo who personal a horse ranch in California. They make a residing offering their horses to movie and TV studios and dealing as on-set handlers.

After the premature demise of their father, they’re dealing with monetary hardship. To maintain issues afloat, OJ has been promoting a few of their horses to Ricky “Jupe” (Steven Yeun), the proprietor of a neighboring Outdated West-themed amusement park.

So, once they discover an other-worldly phenomenon plaguing their ranch, they resolve to attempt to use it as a solution to clear up their cash issues. They group up with native tech and UFO aficionado, Angel (Brandon Perea) and acclaimed cinematographer Antlers Holst (Michael Wincott) to seize what they seek advice from as “the Oprah shot”—simple proof of aliens.

It’s a fairly simple plot and, whereas elements of the movie are sluggish, it’s actually not complicated or unclear. On the opposite, I believe it’s fairly rattling apparent what Jordan Peele was making an attempt to say.

One among Logan Paul’s critiques was that the Gordy’s House incident wasn’t “sensibly tied” to the storyline, which isn’t true, however would possibly clarify why he discovered the entire thing so complicated. Arguably, that side-plot was the one most necessary (and terrifying) a part of the film.

Gordy’s House was a short-lived 90s sitcom that Jupe starred in as a baby. The present, a couple of household and their pet chimp, Gordy, was canceled after a brutal, on-set assault whereby one of many chimps viciously mauled a number of forged members. Jupe managed to outlive unhurt, and now earnings from it by way of a morbid, hidden museum crammed with memorabilia from the day. However the occasion additionally left him with unprocessed emotional trauma.

The Gordy’s House incident is a direct parallel to the occasions that occur later within the film. It’s additionally a driving issue for the plot. Jupe was in a position to survive the chimp assault, however his profession in Hollywood ended. Since then, he has been making an attempt to get again into the highlight and he sees the UFO as the best way to do this. Jupe needs to create a spectacle. And due to his childhood expertise, he believes he has the flexibility to manage the uncontrollable.  

However Jupe isn’t painted because the dangerous man. He’s in search of the spectacle, however so is everybody else. Their motives might differ—OJ needs to handle the ranch, Emerald needs to safe the household’s place in Hollywood, Angel needs to show the reality to the world, and Antlers needs to create his inventive imaginative and prescient—however it doesn’t matter.

The UFO, a metaphor for fame, doesn’t care about them—the very act of chasing it, whatever the final result, is harmful.

So, sure, there’s something undeniably ironic about Logan Paul’s critique. There’s additionally one thing nearly poignant about it. He, like Jupe, appears to lack introspection. However, by mocking him for it, aren’t we simply as dangerous? Just like the unwitting spectators at Jupe’s present, we’re all going alongside for the journey, prepared and prepared to gawk on the spectacle.