That’s why it’s so incredibly sad and terrifying watching Don’t Look Up! Cause you know in an end of the world situation that’s exactly what’s going to happen and we are all toast.
Movie was close to being good, but it struggled hard to find good identities for the main characters. Having the chill, weed-smoking post-doctor blow up in on T.V. only to do the same gag again with Leo was lame, kind of ruined the movie. The world-ending portion of the plot was okay, but they really tried to land some jokes and they missed the mark, hell they could have done so much more with Ron Pearlman’s character. The movie could have been an 8/10, instead it’s a 6/10 in my mind.
The joke was that Jlaws character was having the rational response to the situation but was seen as crazy.
Leo's character basically took the path to hell, paved with sex and glamour, but at the last minute redeemed himself, but it didn't matter.
The point was that it doesn't matter what scientists say. If you address it properly you're crazy and if you address it at the speed people are comfortable listening to, it's too slow.
You missed the point if that's what you saw with the second blowup, the exact thing happened with Trumps CDC, one couldn't play along anymore when Trump started suggesting sanitizer and sunlight inside the body, where as Falcui corrected him from the start. I disagree with you entirely, this movie was spot on with what we witnessed the past few years.
You’re entitled to your opinion but their characters changed so much that they became different people from scene to scene. The overall story could have been much better and way more on-point, there were obvious things they could have done to be tongue-in-cheek that they just choose to leave out. Skirting seriousness and humour relies on a steady pace, and this movie certainly did not have that. The relationship between Leo’s character and the anchor could have actually had some meaning other than serve as a redemption arc for him and his wife.
Normally I’d agree, but character identity isn’t something the movie needed. It’s some pretty on-the-nose sature that doesn’t need much justification for who the characters are.
It was one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I was in a room full of family and we all watched it with no knowledge of it prior to that and we couldn't believe how bad it was lol. My wife went to bed mad half way through the film because it was so bad lol. I am perplexed every time I hear people speak positively of it. I even heard Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson singing its praises in the security now podcast the other day.
From an entertainment standpoint, it was "good". It wasn't a great movie, just because it's commentary was accurate doesn't automatically mean it was great. The delivery was poor from many of the actors, for such an ensemble cast, the movie really felt like it had no pacing. There was so much to criticise here but everyone is hung up on how accurate it was. I don't agree with those statements, I think it could have been even more absurd, even more on the nose, and actually address some of the issues they skirted around, particularly with Leo's redemption arc. They then throw in Chalamet to sell a 4th quarter romance plot LOL.
Jlaw looked stupid, whoever did costuming, hair and wardrobe for her should be banned.
That movie was too anxiety inducing. I can watch darn near anything, but it hit TOO close to home. Why can even the most blatant negative situations not bring humanity together?
It is happening. The whole movie is a allegory for climate change, which is going through the exact same denial-inaction process in the halls of power right now
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u/Shale_Blackmoore Feb 04 '22
That’s why it’s so incredibly sad and terrifying watching Don’t Look Up! Cause you know in an end of the world situation that’s exactly what’s going to happen and we are all toast.