Movie #2054 "Don't Look Up" (netflix) -- Here we go with critics' choice nominated films that are available to see before the awards show on January 9.
"Don't Look Up" was the first we watched --- huge cast of very capable actors in a film about, we hope, an unlikely (at least at this point in time) huge asteroid/comet that is headed for earth, and scientists ( mainly, at first, Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo Di Caprio, who are the first discoverers of it) say it will cause complete destruction. An intriguing idea with an obvious warning to us about Climate change/Global Warming, but I question the subject matter sustaining a full length movie --- there didn't seem to be anywhere to go except from shock to fear to acceptance ---- and not sure any of it is in any way funny --- the film is just too long and it runs out of steam somewhere in the middle --- and not sure how clear that message is because it seems too late for people in the film --- so shouldn't this be incentive to get people to work together to do something about it ? I'm not sure we got that message --- if it comes across as just silly and that we were stupid because we did nothing about it when we could have, it just doesn't seem to work --- at least it didn't for us. I give it a 3 out of 5 --- and that's really just for 1) the acting and 2) the bravery to put this film together --- just wish it worked as a scathing satire rather than a silly one.
PS --- and I didn't even bring up that over-the-top ending ---
PPS --- Jonah Hill almost makes it worth one's while to see it, with his remarks about his "mother" (Meryl Streep) which I read was many times improvised.
"DON'T LOOK UP" 2 hours and 18 mins 2021 Rated R
Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of a approaching comet that will destroy planet earth.
Director: Adam McKay
Writers: Adam McKay, David Sirota
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep
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