Jordan Peele

The comedian made his feature directorial debut with the Oscar-winning horror Get Out in 2017 and followed it up with two more movies in the genre - the ...

"Sir, please put the phone down I beg you," Peele replied. Can you think of another horror director that had 3 great films, let alone 3 in a row? Jordan Peele has shut down the suggestion he's the best horror director of all-time.

Jordan Peele - whose movies include 'Us' and 'Get Out' - has just released his latest film 'Nope' but he doesn't believe the three films are enough to ...

In anticipation of his third movie "Nope," Jordan Peele batted away claims he's the G.O.A.T. of horror movies.

series on Netflix, he also made Hush, Gerald's Game and Doctor Sleep for the big screen. John Krasinski's name was thrown into the mix as a potential future candidate as he's created two successful horror movies so far in A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place Part II. Ahead of the release of his new horror movie Nope, Jordan Peele inadvertently started an online debate about who exactly is the best horror director of all time. His opinion sparked a mini debate in itself as ardent horror fans questioned some some of the choices. The Oscar-winning filmmaker, known for creating hits such as Get Out and Us, has publicly batted away a fan's claim that Peele is the "best horror director of all time." Jordan Peele Sparks Debate on Who is the 'Best Horror Director of All Time'

After one enthusiastic fan named Jordan Peele as the best-ever horror director, the man himself stepped in to disagree.

Maybe in a decade or two when Peele has more uniquely engaging exercises in existential dread under his belt we can circle back, but even the man himself doesn’t believe he’s worthy of being part of the conversation just yet. However, his third movie hasn’t even been released yet, but some fans are operating under the assumption that he’s already the greatest of all-time. well, Jordan Peele. After catching wind of the debate that was sweeping Twitter last night, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker stepped in to offer his own two cents on the matter.

Jordan Peele refuses to recognize himself G.O.A.T in Horror film genre · Horror, one of the much-loved genres among the youth, have seen many actors come and go.

He agreed to the Halloween series being a classic among the other horror series, but as for John's other horror movies, he did not have a great opinion of them. John Carpenter's Halloween series, including the very well-known and considered one of the best movies in horror genre, The Thing and many more. He apologised as well, appreciating his fan's love and excitement, but refused to tolerate any wrong word about John Carpenter. Surely, he has made some brilliant movies, but they don't qualify for the classic level for him. JordanPeele is the all-time best horror film director. Peele has established a steady place for himself in the past few years.

Jordan Peele channels some Spielbergian riffs in Nope, but the bigger the scale, the fuzzier the picture.

While there’s no question that Jordan Peele is a tremendously talented filmmaker with some fascinating ideas and a true love of the genres he’s working in, this one stumbles like a horse making its way down a steep ravine. As for the film’s menace, which we won’t spoil here, let’s just say that we can tell when a movie isn’t working for us when we start to formulate our own ideas – while still watching the picture – of how the thing and its story could be better handled. These ideas and the characters who embody them – the forgotten child star trying to make a buck, the craftspeople of color who have delivered specific services behind the scenes for decades and are now trying to stay relevant – make Nope as fresh at the outset as Peele’s earlier efforts. Perea makes for an enjoyable enough nerd, his conspiracy-theorist bravado hiding a broken heart and retail-worker malaise, but Michael Wincott is largely wasted as a grizzled, growling, oddball cinematographer whose main function seems to be merely to provide the Haywoods with a camera. But not all is what it seems, as the Haywoods – with the help of an overeager electronics store technician named Angel (Brandon Perea) — learn more about the invader and what it’s there for. In his third film, Nope, Peele leans more fully into science fiction (with horror flavoring) and also aims for his most visually ambitious film yet – a “spectacle,” as all the early social media reactions seemed almost programmed to call it.

While patriarch Otis Haywood Sr. (Keith David) always expected that his son Otis Jr. (Daniel Kaluuya) and daughter Emerald (Keke Palmer) would eventually take ...

But instead of trying to present itself as a wholly new spin on the kind of film it appears to be, Nope exceeds by going a bit meta as its heroes realize that they’re going to have to fight for their lives using, among other things, cameras. As characters, both OJ and Em are so firmly within Kaluuya and Palmer’s wheelhouses that they have a way of feeling like archetypical performances you’ve seen from them before, but it works within the context of Nope’s slightly amped-up reality. Even those willing to do business with the Haywoods, like former child actor turned local show cowboy Ricky Park (Steven Yeun), are hesitant to see them as more than the people who tend to animals — people so low on the call sheet that they’re almost invisible. While Nope — Peele’s third feature with Universal — definitely runs on the distressing, disorienting energy his projects have become known for, it also feels like the director’s first movie that’s actually about filmmaking as a thrilling and terrifying art form. Blessedly, racism (or some anthropomorphization of it) is not the frightening menace that eventually gets Nope’s characters uttering the movie’s title aloud. The Haywood siblings are still grieving in their respective ways as Nope opens on Otis Jr. (who goes by OJ) doing what he can to maintain Haywood’s Hollywood Horses and Emerald making it very clear that she’s ready to become a part of the showbiz in a non-equine capacity.

Peele and star Keke Palmer tell IndieWire that the "cinematic experience" of the film is hard to spoil.

“There’s something about the flying saucer that’s always scared me because it’s this minimal shape that kind of shouldn’t exist, shouldn’t be able to move,” he said. Horror [films] and the people who try to capture their nightmares and show it, I have to think and hope that it provides some catharsis for some people.” “Making a movie that involves the moviemaking process is just so inherently meta,” Peele told IndieWire. “I mean, when you’re on a set that has a set [within it], it gets very confusing. The classic “flying saucer” UFO shape. It’s like nothing else that you’ve seen of his before, but yet is just as thoughtful and has so much to say as the other things that you’ve seen. Such is the tension at the heart of “Nope.”)

Horror maestro Jordan Peele explains how the nightmares he brings to the big screen tend to start in his dreams.

In an interview with ComicBook, Peele opened up about how he utilizes his nightmares as inspiration for his movies, taking special note of how they tend to manifest as a liminal space. And so, you know, when I have a really juice nightmare, it’s in that tone. I love when something’s creepy in a way you almost don’t even know why, but it just is.

Jordan Peele may be a horror movie visionary —scoring the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for his 2017 hit “Get Out,” amongst other accolades — but the ...

Jordan Peele is one of our most exciting contemporary filmmakers and he deserves respect, you philistine,” another said. Fans of thrillers and horror pictures also weighed in on the debate, noting the other filmmakers who made their mark on Hollywood. “I know this is a hot take but at what point do we declare Jordan Peele the best horror director of all time?” Ellis tweeted yesterday.

While talking about horror movies and pioneers like John Carpenter among others, Jordan Peele named the greatest horror director of all time.

Can you think of another horror director that had three great films, let alone three in a row? Jordan Peele has been making waves after the premiere of his latest horror film Nope which has managed to capture the attention of fans all over the world. While that’s definitely a controversial statement, the fan was adamant about the claim.

A fan who cited Jordan Peele as the greatest horror director ever was shut down by the director, who had another name in mind for the accolade.

When it comes to public opinion, while Peele offered his choice of whom the greatest horror director of all time is, there were plenty who offered up some other options. However, while Us and now Nope have not quite reached the same heights, his output has certainly been consistent enough to prove him as a new dominant voice in horror cinema. When it comes to horror movies, there have been some really good ones and a lot of really bad ones.

And he won't be accepting any “John Carpenter slander” in his Twitter mentions.

Despite his protestations, Peele has more than staked his claim in the horror genre. “He has some good ones for sure, but they’re like cult classics in my mind.” “Can you think of another horror director that had 3 great films, let alone 3 in a row?

The Nope director happily concedes the title to Halloween's John Carpenter.

It would be more than a little embarrassing for Peele to accept that title when he only has three films so far. Can you think of another horror director that had 3 great films, let alone 3 in a row? Take this viral Twitter exchange for instance: On Wednesday, comic book creator Adam Ellis tweeted the certified fresh Rotten Tomatoes scores of the auteur’s films, writing, “I know this is a hot take but at what point do we declare Jordan Peele the best horror director of all time?

Oscar-winning 'Get Out' writer/director Jordan Peele's third movie 'Nope' hits theaters this weekend.

Besides that core piece of inspiration, it just doesn't seem as fun to me." "Sir, please put the phone down I beg you," Peele tweeted in reply. Can you think of another horror director that had 3 great films, let alone 3 in a row?

Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer and Brandon Perea in 'Nope.' (CNN) Jordan Peele's "Get Out" marked such a thrilling directing debut ...

Yep. But to the extent "Get Out" offered the complete package in an Oprah-worthy way, this latest journey into the unknown is entertaining without rising to meet those over-the-moon expectations. Peele shrewdly draws from a variety of sources, including sci-fi movies of the 1950s at least in tone, relying on viewers to putty in gaps. Although the marketing has teased an alien-invasion plot, Peele again seeks to turn some of our expectations on their heads, playfully toying with conventions of the genre.

'Nope' director Jordan Peele shut down a fan who called him the best horror director of all time, and instead praised John Carpenter.

In a lot of ways, it's about Hollywood." "That's all wrapped up in this movie. "Sir, please put the phone down, I beg you," Peele replied.

Jordan Peele is a humble guy. With the release of Peele's latest blockbuster "Nope", comic artist Adam Ellis tweeted out some extremely high praise for the ...

— Adam ElIis 𓁹𓂏𓁹 (@adamtotscomix)July 21, 2022 — Adam ElIis 𓁹𓂏𓁹 (@adamtotscomix)July 21, 2022 Can you think of another horror director that had 3 great films, let alone 3 in a row?

'Sir, please put the phone down,' Jordan Peele told a fan who tweeted that the 'Nope' filmmaker might be the best horror director ever.

“Sorry,” Peele tweeted. As anticipated, Ellis’ “hot take” prompted some objections — most notably from the director himself. Can you think of another horror director that had 3 great films, let alone 3 in a row?

Nope. Written and directed by Jordan Peele. Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer and Brandon Perea. Classification R; 135 minutes. Opens in theatres July 22.

Ever a student of his own lived media history, Peele is eager to set us within the regime and crisis of the visual: the instinct to look away and, even more damning, the urge not to. It is no coincidence that O.J. and Emerald reference ways of image-making codified by daytime television, particularly the sensationalism that marked its cacophonous cultural presence in the 1980s and 1990s. In many ways, the film feels like a loose assemblage of parts, a series of gestures toward something that can’t seem to reach the potential of its full expression. The chapters complicate the very experience of watching – and in a film full of ambition, it is perhaps the least successful element. In grappling with the give and take of form and story, Peele can’t seem to find the sweet spot between convention and experimentation, which leads to an unfortunate muddying of both philosophies. It is a peculiar irony that the history of American filmmaking finds its beginnings in images of Black life.

Jordan Peele appreciates the praise his movies have received from critics, but he's not ready to call himself the best director of horror films yet.

In a lot of ways, it's about Hollywood." His latest film has received rave reviews from critics, with the New York Times writing that "Nope gets a hell yes." "Sorry," Jordan continued.

Jordan Peele's third horror movie Nope hits theaters this weekend.

And that’s only the tip of the iceberg regarding Carpenter’s contributions to horror as a whole. It looks like Jordan Peele isn’t going to be taking up the mantle of the best horror director anytime soon. It’s a good time to be a horror fan, with properties new and old killing it at the box office as the genre experiences a thrilling renaissance.

Nope. Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott and Keith David. Written and directed by Jordan Peele.

The firm leases horses to filmmakers, with OJ and Emerald assisting as on-set wranglers. Ricky has also seen strange things in the sky and he’s attempting to turn them into a profitable tourist venture. But it’s tantalizingly open to interpretation, including the thought that nature, once violated, always exacts revenge. That’s a narrative thread that Peele chooses not to fully untangle, preferring enigma to the more overt racial messages of his earlier films “Get Out” and “Us.” And it certainly works: imperfect as it is, “Nope” is his first film that makes me want to see it again immediately, to parse its many clues and symbols. There are weird things happening in the clouds above. True enough, as it turns out, although we must take that on faith rather than verified science since the movie resists giving up its mysteries.

It's gutsy to start a movie with a verse from Nahum, which is surely one of the Bible's least-quoted books. But Jordan Peele likes a challenge.

The name of the TMZ reporter who shows up on a motorcycle — with a mirrored helmet, no less — is listed in the film’s credits as “Ryder Muybridge,” which is obviously a reference to the man who shot the film starring Alistair Haywood and who has gone down in history with all the credit. Yet it might help to explain why OJ is the first to realize that the saucer isn’t a saucer at all, at least not like the kind they’re used to seeing in the movies. It’s a movie with a thousand references to the past. When midway through the film, the saucer rains guts and blood down on the ranch house, you have to think of Nahum’s words: “I will cast abominable filth upon you.” The first night, as OJ dodges the saucer, a nearby coworker in the store, munching chips and hanging out, even breathlessly asks, “What happened to OJ?” As if he’s a character on a show, and not a real guy whose life is in danger. But you can’t really opt out of a spectacle culture — it’s around you, and whether or not you want to participate, it tends to suck you in anyhow. Jupe’s development of a “family show” at Jupiter’s Claim is just another harnessing of spectacle — in this case, the flying saucer — to get paying customers to his amusement park. Watching and being watched is everywhere in Nope. When OJ and Emerald first come to believe there’s a saucer in the sky, they head straight for the electronics store to get surveillance cameras, which Angel installs on their property. In any case, the Haywood ranch is just up the road from Jupiter’s Claim, and OJ’s been selling horses to owner Ricky “Jupe” Park (Steven Yeun) to keep the ranch afloat. Nope is centrally about how our experiences of reality have been almost entirely colonized by screens and cameras and entertainment’s portrayals of what it calls reality, to the point that we can barely conceive of experiencing reality directly, with honesty and without any kind of manipulation. Just before this verse, Nahum describes Nineveh as a lion’s den, the “city of blood, full of lies, full of plunder, never without victims,” a place with “galloping horses and jolting chariots,” full of bodies of the dead. TV and movies over the past several decades have coaxed us to expect explanations and puzzle boxes in our entertainment, and to be annoyed when creators refuse to reveal the trick at the end of the show.

Jordan Peele's latest thriller, Nope, has been shrouded in secrecy, but the shroud comes off this weekend.

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The critically-acclaimed director happily shifted the spotlight to another horror icon after being praised on Twitter.

They always scared everything out of me, but it wasn’t until then that I got mature enough to mentally separate myself, and look at these films as powerful artistry. Carpenter is widely recognized as one of the most influential artistic voices in the horror genre. Can you think of another horror director that had 3 great films, let alone 3 in a row?