re: 'Don't Look Up' Discussion Thread | Netflix starring Leonardo DiCaprio

My review:
Just watched this the other day because it popped up to the top of Netflix. I didn't know what it was about, thought it would be about something an old gamer friend once said about getting the jump on other gamers ("no one ever looks up") but then I saw it was about an asteroid hitting the earth. I'm always up for a good apocalypse movie so we watched it.
I thought some of it was funny and about halfway through I could see the asteroid was probably going to win, was not disappointed. By the time it was half over I also hated most of the characters enough that I was cheering for the asteroid, although I felt bad for all the cute animals they kept showing pictures of.
Through the second half I began to sniff AGENDA, however, and I figured this was probably about COVID what with all the whining about how no one was Listening To The Science. I looked it up on Teh Internets and was actually shocked to see this was supposed to be some big analogy about climate change.
Then I was annoyed and disappointed. What kind of morons think climate change is anything like an asteroid about to hit the earth?

Saw some redditors asking "if anyone would change their fossil fuel behavior based on this movie". What behavior should we ordinary peons change, exactly? Most people I know already try to conserve gas and electricity because it's expensive. I'm not sure what you think ordinary pepole can do. They say stupid shite like "don't eat meat" or "give up this" and "give up that" and it amounts to "suffer without any climate control in your house, walk everywhere and drink your soylent green". Every single star in this movie burns more carbon in a week than anyone I know does in a year.

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Adam McKay

Loving all the heated debate about our movie. But if you don’t have at least a small ember of anxiety about the climate collapsing (or the US teetering) I’m not sure Don’t Look Up makes any sense. It’s like a robot viewing a love story. “WHy ArE thEir FacEs so cLoSe ToGether?”

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But if you don’t have at least a small ember of anxiety about the climate collapsing (or the US teetering) I’m not sure Don’t Look Up makes any sense. It’s like a robot viewing a love story. “WHy ArE thEir FacEs so cLoSe ToGether?”

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Of course. If you don't get it then you hate the Earth. His attempt at humor in the movie fell flat, and his analogy about a robot saying something also fell flat. He should just get Will Ferrell to improvise a YouTube video about the climate if he wants to produce something humourous and clever

There’s actually 2 post credit scenes

couple of things, the steven seagal pic was the funniest part of the movie

it was well done, but I despise the meaningless cuts of the animals and minutiae

it was way too long and too broad, just a steaming pile of non-stop quick cuts trying to do too much and make too many points

the MSM and social media quant segment was awesome

the irony of Adam mckay’s movies are he is for open discussion if you agree with him and he is skewering a part of society and culture that he and his peers are big parts of.

the cast was great on paper BUT there was a glaring lack of self awareness in some, specifically Leo

a movie about Cate Blanchett’s character with leo et al in supporting roles would have been interesting

I think the premise was misguided and a lot of the points mckay tried to make may have made sense at the time but havent aged well or have fallen apart from shooting to release

it is painfully obvious what mckay and his writers think about the flyover country

how many times did they say “peer reviewed” studies and data, holy shite we get it, but “peer reviewed” is code for “debunked” or “validated” if they agree with it or disagree with it

“we’re all going to die” from the two stars of the movie is a little too on the nose for satire, that was probably written into leo and Jlaw’s contracts

I liked the Oglethorpe character and actor a lot

SA you have said it all

I haven’t seen the film and I’m not a big believer man made climate change is a driving force behind what this planet does climate wise. It’s obvious McKay is a big believer so if he didn’t find a way to make fun of China (the biggest polluter on the planet) then he’s just another Hollywood hypocrite that sucks their dick for cash.

Unfortunately I can’t get back that two hours of my life from that abortion of a movie
If they are that miserable why don’t they all just move somewhere else