Nope's Alien Explained: What Is The Alien & What Does It Want?
WARNING! This post contains SPOILERS for Nope.
Jordan Peele’s Nope offers a new and insightful addition to the sci-fi horror genre, especially in regards to its mysterious alien ufo monster, and the amibigous origins and its motivations the creature has. Nope (2022) is the third directorial venture in Jordan Peele's horror movie roster, following the critically acclaimed horror-thriller movies Get Out and Us. Peele's films are often notable for their underlying social commentaries, with Nope seeing the director break out from his typical horror approach as he comments on the widespread obsession with spectacles, which certainly applies to the unique nature of Nope’s alien.
Nope follows siblings OJ (Daniel Kaluuya) and Emerald Haywood (Keke Palmer), the claimed descendants of the man in the famous The Horse in Motion pictures. The two must run their family’s Haywood Ranch after their father suddenly dies from a nickel that mysteriously falls from the sky, while also coming into frequent contact with the nearby Jupiter’s Claim theme park when forced to sell one of their horses. After a series of odd occurrences, Nope's main characters OJ and Emerald suspect a UFO is hovering over their ranch, with their surveillance camera installer, Angel (Brandon Perea), helping them detect the object. Eventually, it’s deduced that the UFO isn’t a spacecraft, but rather the alien itself, which the characters in Jordan Peele's movie nickname “Jean Jacket.”
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After the alien eats and kills many of those around the Haywood Ranch and the audience at Jupiter’s Claim, OJ and Emerald successfully destroy the being. Nope’s ending leaves certain loose ends untied, such as whether there are
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