Us (2019)

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Wikidata Q56000996, film, IMDb tt6857112, TMDB 458723: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Jordan Peele as director (The 2022 Movie Draft); 4 more episodes agree.

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Who talked about it

Blank Check — Patreon

The Big Picture

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Get Out: 3 lines unmapped ×1 contrast ×1 career ×1

  1. unmapped (sophomore film): Us → Get Out. Us was held against Get Out and feels like an unfinished second feature full of ideas not yet coagulated.
    “it feels to me like a slightly unfinished 2nd feature, which a lot of great artist 2nd features feel that way”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:57:21 · Wesley Morris (0.50 sure it was them)

Lupita Nyong'o: 3 lines verdict ×2 unmapped ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Lupita Nyong'o → Us. Griffin's winner in a squeaker for technical skill; both performances equally riveting though one is showier.
    “Lapita is just, I got to give her the edge on just a technical level.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:01:03 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

Harriet: 2 lines theme ×1 contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Harriet → Us. Erivo's slavery role is the Oscar-type narrative; Nyong'o's genre role in Us is not.
    “One is a heavy genre, one is sort of indie coming of age story.”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:31:19 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)

Nope: 2 lines career ×1 people ×1

  1. people (same director): Nope → Us. Adam thought Peele could have gone either way after Us, and now rates Nope above his other two horror films.
    “But I mean, this film, I think, is better than the other two.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 0:59:47 · Adam Nayman (0.85 sure it was them)

Jordan Peele: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Jordan Peele → Us. Wins 'existential carnival-based horror film of the year', tied with Toy Story 4.
    “Jordan Peele existential carnival-based horror film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:18:05 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Midsommar: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (memes): Midsommar → Us. Midsommar wins best meme inspiration; Us and Joker are the Halloween costumes Amanda saw.
    “Us and Joker, the 2 Halloween costumes that I saw.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:46:42 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)

Midsummer: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Us → Midsummer. Us and Midsummer are prestige films that actively explore what it means to be a final girl though not pure slashers.
    “I think Danny in Midsummer really, really fits the bill”
    The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 0:55:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Toy Story 4: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Us → Toy Story 4. Tie for existential carnival-based film of the year.
    “It's a tie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:18:15 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (filmography progression): Nope → Us. Us and Nope are described as messier and less neat than Get Out, with more strands.
    “But us and Nope, or like a little messier, have a lot of strands around them.”
    The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 0:43:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Us → Get Out. Get Out is the extraordinary debut and Us is the second-album film, so Us may get makeup votes.
    “get out is the extraordinary debut and us is the, you had 6 months to make your 2nd album kind of film.”
    The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:30:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

contrast (3)

  1. contrast (contrast): Harriet → Us. Erivo's slavery role is the Oscar-type narrative; Nyong'o's genre role in Us is not.
    “One is a heavy genre, one is sort of indie coming of age story.”
    The Big Picture · The Snubs and Surprises of the 92nd Academy Award Nominations | The Oscars Show · 0:31:19 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Us → Get Out. Chris reads Us as a high-concept thriller rather than a horror film, a direction Peele seems headed.
    “I didn't really think of us as a horror movie more so as a super high concept thriller.”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 0:07:16 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): Us → Toy Story 4. Tie for existential carnival-based film of the year.
    “It's a tie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:18:15 · David Sims (0.35 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (same director): Nope → Us. Adam thought Peele could have gone either way after Us, and now rates Nope above his other two horror films.
    “But I mean, this film, I think, is better than the other two.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 0:59:47 · Adam Nayman (0.85 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): Us → Midsummer. Us and Midsummer are prestige films that actively explore what it means to be a final girl though not pure slashers.
    “I think Danny in Midsummer really, really fits the bill”
    The Big Picture · The Final Girl Film Canon and ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ With Gillian Anderson, Hannah Einbinder, and Jane Schoenbrun! · 0:55:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. theme (snub comparison): Us → Harriet. Lupita's invented two-character performance was overlooked for Erivo playing a familiar enslaved figure, the lone nominated actor of color for a slavery role.
    “They nominated one actor of color and is for playing a slave.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 1:24:07 · Wesley Morris (0.40 sure it was them)

unmapped (3)

  1. unmapped (memes): Midsommar → Us. Midsommar wins best meme inspiration; Us and Joker are the Halloween costumes Amanda saw.
    “Us and Joker, the 2 Halloween costumes that I saw.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:46:42 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (trailer): Us → Lupita Nyong'o. The Us trailer, first seen on the Christmas NBA games, used a re-engineered song to make you want to leave dinner for the movies.
    “I thought that was an extremely effective use of, of a trailer to like, make you want to leave, thank, or Christmas dinner to like go to the movies immediately.”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:56:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. unmapped (sophomore film): Us → Get Out. Us was held against Get Out and feels like an unfinished second feature full of ideas not yet coagulated.
    “it feels to me like a slightly unfinished 2nd feature, which a lot of great artist 2nd features feel that way”
    The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:57:21 · Wesley Morris (0.50 sure it was them)

verdict (3)

  1. verdict (verdict): Lupita Nyong'o → Us. Griffin's winner in a squeaker for technical skill; both performances equally riveting though one is showier.
    “Lapita is just, I got to give her the edge on just a technical level.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:01:03 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. verdict (verdict): Lupita Nyong'o → Us. Blankies listeners' list had Lupita number 2 and Sandler number 1, so ostensibly they are the winners.
    “Lapida and Adam Sandler are the winners.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:01:51 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. verdict (verdict): Jordan Peele → Us. Wins 'existential carnival-based horror film of the year', tied with Toy Story 4.
    “Jordan Peele existential carnival-based horror film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:18:05 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

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