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Us - Official Trailer (VIDEO SCRIPT)
🕑 Added 2018-12-31 22:39:26 +0000 UTC
(Cuts to empty computer, then appears camera right and points at computer) FUCK YOU!
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Readers, Jordan Peele got me fucked up.
You see, Get Out wasn’t as bad because... Well, okay, Get Out also had me fucked up
But in my defense, Get Out the MOVIE had me fucked up, not the trailer.
The trailer for US however, got me just as equally fucked up as Get Out the MOVIE.
And upon retrospect, I have to ask myself...HOW?
How can a TRAILER for a movie fuck me up just as equally as a WHOLE ASS MOVIE, BITCH???
So in order to properly answer this question for myself, I have to digest what I watched, starting with the overall premise
/A black family while on vacation encounters murderous copies of themselves and they each have something seriously fucked up about them./
But what’s messing me up about this situation with the copies is that all of their fucked up-ness is supposed to be symbolism for each of the family members
But all of the symbolism that we’ve seen in the trailer has various meanings and trying to figure out which symbolism is actually accurate is fucking with me SO HARD, Y’ALL
Like, it’s obvious that the scissors mean something. It’s obvious that the red jumpers mean something
/But then you have the oldest girl having no eyebrows and black makeup around her eyes, you have the oldest boy in that Strangers-ass mask with his mouth skinned over on some “kids should be seen and not heard” ass shit./
/And the bunnies. THE FUCKING BUNNIES./
Like what the fuck you gonna do to make bunnies scary that Watership Down ain’t already do??
Like, is one of these bitches Bunnicula? What is HAPPENING?
But that’s just one-half why this trailer left me shook. The OTHER half...is the use of “I Got 5 On It.”
Like, how you gonna make “I Got 5 On It” not only sound sinister as fuck, but actually work in context??
Like, yes; I acknowledge that with the proper amount of time and dedication, you can make any hip-hop and r&b song sound sinister as fuck
I’m sure somebody can make an evil-ass sounding remix to Deborah Cox’s “Nobody Supposed To Be Here” and it’ll feel right at home as part of this trailer.
But the reason why the use of this song threw me off the most, is because over the course of many years my close group of friends and I used I Got 4 On It as an inside joke.
Like, we reference it when playing Destiny. We reference it when we’re waiting on something. We reference it when we’re pre-order shit at GameStop; this song -- jokingly -- is part of my everyday life.
So when I watched this trailer and saw that Jordan Peele just decided to turn it into the Negro National Horror Anthem, of COURSE I’m gonna think he’s listening in on my personal conversations with my friends for max capitalization; that’s the most logical and sane conclusion one can come up with!
So back when it was announced, I was already going to see this movie. And now that the trailer is out, and I’ve watched it like, 17 times... Now I’m REALLY going to see this movie.
I’m probably not gonna watch the second trailer that drops for this movie because I don’t want Hollywood to prematurely spoil it for me
But given the fact that I was shook as hard as I was watching just the trailer, I can only imagine how I’m gonna be when I watch the ACTUAL MOVIE
Like, I don’t know what comes after being shook, but I’m pretty sure that’s gonna be me, bitch. I got 5 on it.
Anyway Readers, your homework assignment for the day: Write in the comment section how you digested the trailer for Jordan Peele’s “Us.”
Are you mildly alright? Did it leave you as fucked up as I am? I’d love to know your thoughts.
