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No denying it, a huge spectacle in sci-fi and technically brilliant on all fronts, but apart of me feels a little bit let down from a narrative point of view. Definitely by far one of the most ambitious things Peele could do this early in his career, by building this grand of a sense in world building in technicality, but storytelling and thematic wise, it wasn’t all that groundbreaking generally, with Get Out having the better script and layers of profound themes by miles.  To get to the good: vfx were stunning and absolutely amazing. The climax while not my favorite part of the film, was undeniably a heightened experience in the film solely because of how amazing it was to look at with this sort of sprawling body of mystery he created with the reveal. It’s bold, beautiful and just extremely impressively crafted on a technical level. Also the cinematography here was fantastic. I’ll never not love a good piece of desert cinematography. The illuminating light beaming off from the sun is just ultimately such a clean look for the color grading and overall feel of the film  The night shots as well I thought were just as good with this sort of misty, foggy atmosphere it created that provided a sort of sense of lingering terror about to strike. The characters were also very well written and entertaining to watch on screen with so many vastly different personalities trying to cooperate yet so much camaraderie between them all also as expected from Peele, comedic as well when it comes to the dynamics at the start before the horrors fully unfold.  One of the comedic lines that kept popping into my mind is when Emerald kept saying “the shot, the Opera shot,” which kinda conveyed a sort of commentary on how this generation is so ambitious off of finding that spark of life changing virality, even in the most dire situations, which is what the film pretty much conveyed throughout the remaining duration of the film. Other than that piece of commentary though, Not the most impressive Peele outing as far as thematic depth goes. While it is a monster of a film in terms of its vast sci-fi world it creates, it doesn’t fully expand upon that world enough for me to fully connect with it emotionally, like how I connected to and felt ultimately in awe by Peele’s slick commentary of racism in Get Out. In this one, it’s a fun ride of entertainment but not much else for me personally, the commentary is pretty straightforward and by the time you get to the reveal, besides the sprawl of VFX, it dosent feel all that climactic as the twist isn’t anything that the sci-fi mystery genre hasn’t already established before in past films like this exploration of the possibilities of humanity being destroyed by something outside the human comprehension.  I think the whole morality of that could’ve been an interesting topic, as well as multiple other themes touched upon like how our minds decide to cope with death and tragedy, but I feel like Jordan never truly commits to those ideas throughout this huge sci-fi world. The film has a more central interest on building tension and an enthralling “spectacle” rather than true depth. Still dosen't however shut down the fact that I really enjoyed this. Again, a starstriking showing of visual and technical immersion for the genre meshing of sci-fi and horror that’s undeniably impressive for Peele at this early stage of his career.