Jordan Peele's Us

And did he also not notice the heat on his back several seconds before that? I cannot explain that (although he might be *very* dedicated to his imitating act). Obviously by the time Pluto burns it is too late for him to drop a burning match into non-burning gas.

One can also notice that the Tethered don't seem to be very serious about surviving. For instance Red seems to be able to easily defeat Adelaide, but chooses to play with her instead. That is not very consistent with the immigration/class struggle theme (the poor or immigrants would be determined to survive).

Edited by gropcbf on Mar 31st 2019 at 1:10:24 PM

I respect Us for making "Fuck the Police" work in a horror setting.

Count me in the group that didn't see the twist coming. I was sure SOMEONE would get replaced by their Tethered at some point, because why do an Evil Twin movie if you're not going to do that, but I didn't have any real ideas for how it would be done, and certainly wasn't expecting the replacement to have already happened.

Disclaimer: I am not American, nor I did live there, so maybe I missed some of the context. But I did find this film a step behind Get Out.

As much as I loved every part of that one, I found Us to be contrived and muddled in its metaphors, and also kind of narm-y in several moments. I found all the last part in the tunnels to be unintentionally comedic, including the dance battle, and the explanation that the red jumpsuit/single glove outfit combo was inspired by Michael Jackson made everything even more hilarious. Not to mention that the rules of the Tethered are very inconsistent, and also add to unintentional comedy: like, if I'm going to the toilet, does my clone shit himself?. And as a pure horror movie I found it a bit disappointing, since the initial tension is replaced by some (in my opinion) wacky and bizarre scenes.

There's also some unexplained things, like Red's revelation that "god" told her to reclaim the aboveground world. Who was that "god"? The scraggly guy with the Jeremiah 11:11 sign?

(Jeremiah 11:11)

…I don't think there is any particular meaning to the reference to God. She's basically saying "I found my mission in life".

A Year Later, Jordan Peele Has Some Ideas About What the Tethered From Us Might Be Up To

The thing I don't get is if the Tethered were rounded up underground, enslaved to the actions and choices of their doppelgangers... then why was Red shackled to what Adelaide was doing. I guess we see the two dancing in sync before Red tries to break free of the control, but isn't it the other way around, shouldn't Adelaide be struggling to break free from Red's control? And where and how did Red find the tutu? Did the government spooks in charge of the lab have a supply of clothing like that for the Tethered?

It seems off that Red and Abraham even met.

Also, nobody else in the family except for Jason was able to make their Tethered counterpart imitate them.

Edited by FOFD on Sep 17th 2020 at 3:10:43 AM

The more he tries to explain his movie and its backstory, the stupider it (and he) sounds.

So, can somebody answer this for me about the easter egg in this scene?

There's supposed Foreshadowing here when Adelaide snaps to the song I got 5 on it early in the film

Once you learn the twist this scene becomes a big hint because Adelaide is off-rhythm when she snaps, hinting that she's a Tethered because we see them not being able to function/react properly later on. This correlates with Adelaide struggling to speak when she was little and having her strange headaches throughout the film?

I've heard a technical answer about snapping off-beat to someone saying its the context of being black and understanding the rhythm of a song in a way that a non-black person wouldn't see.

And yet other replies are that its BS and she's just snapping quickly.

Edited by FOFD on May 31st 2023 at 11:21:20 AM

I think people are just overanalyzing it. Because I've never seen any director whose work has been more overanalyzed than Peele's(seriously, it's absurd).

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