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  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. 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)
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. 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)
  6. 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)
  7. 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)
  8. 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)
  9. 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)
  10. 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)
  11. 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)
  12. 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)
  13. 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)
  14. 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)