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34. "I really enjoyed this movie. I am trying to figure out the divide here...."
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I think people are split on this movie mainly based on whether they found the film preachy. I did not. Mainly for two reasons.

1. I didn't know it was supposed to be about Climate Change. I hear there is critical backlash about the film because the creators said it was a metaphor for climate change and critics thought it beat the message over the audience's head like we are stupid.

But personally, I watched the whole movie and didn't connect it to climate change specifically. Like folks have said, its equally applicable to COVID, Jan. 6. and other big problems that we seemed unwilling to address. BTW, I think McKay limits himself by saying its about Climate Change.

2. I think another reason why people found the film preachy is because people found it to be over the top. I just don't think so. Donald Trump was President. I hated Jonah Hill the way I hate Donald Trump Jr. And the MVP has got to be Mark Rylance. He invented a totally new type of movie villain (who at the same time seemed remarkably real); the nebbish soft spoken technocrat who can be blown over by a light breeze but is also a ruthless self-interested sociopath Bond Villian who would sacrifice billions of people for their own bottom line and god complex. That he was able to roll up Musk, Bezos, Job, Zuckerberg and Cook into one person was amazing.

Think it isn't real read this article about how the Rich plan to survive the apocalypse.

https://onezero.medium.com/survival-of-the-richest-9ef6cddd0cc1



I just really see the US handling an asteroid coming towards us in the exact same way and because I didn't think the film was over the top, I didn't find the film that preachy.


I 100% everything ColdTruth said. I really didn't plan on liking this movie but I thought it was great. The fact that it has people divided makes me think its even better than I initially thought.


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Don’t Look Up (McKay, 2021) [View all] , Frank Longo, Sun Dec-26-21 02:16 AM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
this was bad to you but you liked matrix 4?
Dec 26th 2021
1
He tends to love anything Wachowski
Dec 26th 2021
5
      ^^^
Dec 28th 2021
9
I though it was awesome.
Dec 26th 2021
2
You nailed it. Particularly this part.
Jan 04th 2022
25
I absolutely LOVED this…
Dec 26th 2021
3
Same, McKay really has his style down
Dec 26th 2021
4
RE: Don’t Look Up (McKay, 2021)
Dec 27th 2021
6
I was out when the title eventually popped up
Dec 27th 2021
7
i dug it alot
Dec 28th 2021
8
Feels like prequel to Idiocracy. I loved it. Spoilers.
Dec 29th 2021
10
This is all 100% spot on. All of it.
Dec 29th 2021
11
Gracias.
Dec 29th 2021
13
      Seriously. I started out responding to some of the points you
Dec 29th 2021
14
it's such a weird time to do satire
Dec 29th 2021
12
RE: it's such a weird time to do satire
Dec 29th 2021
15
I really do think that's the primary reason for the reaction
Dec 30th 2021
18
This is exactly right. Speaking of which, I read halfway thru this ...
Jan 04th 2022
27
My goodness - that satirical piece came out right before real
Jan 04th 2022
32
Yeah Borowitz got me a few times during the last few years lol
Jan 05th 2022
38
With this week being the anniversary of the Capitol attack, it
Jan 04th 2022
33
It’s been a tough couple weeks for me! lol
Dec 30th 2021
16
Fucking FIGHT ME, Frank
Dec 30th 2021
17
well said.
Dec 30th 2021
19
Same, and I was kinda expecting not to like this.
Dec 30th 2021
20
Agree entirely. And definitely agree with this:
Jan 04th 2022
26
      LOL I love Shawn. I was always the "shawn" IRL
Jan 04th 2022
30
           Haha word - got it.
Jan 04th 2022
35
All over the place, but like Vice I was never bored. McKay's a bully
Dec 31st 2021
21
LOL that was the entire point ! The people he's mimicking ARE cartoon ch...
Jan 04th 2022
28
Rylance felt like Bezos/Zuck/etc but also the Heavens Gate dude.
Jan 17th 2022
42
When it’s comedy it’s not funny, when it’s drama it’s not convin...
Jan 01st 2022
22
Ha it kinda did IMO.
Jan 04th 2022
29
      I thought the same.
Jan 04th 2022
31
           Yep, with you 100%.
Jan 04th 2022
36
Really enjoyed it. Not perfect, but good
Jan 03rd 2022
23
Mark Rylance was perfect as ZuckerBezoJobsMusk
Jan 04th 2022
24
Yea I said to my wife that I thought this was all an allegory for COVID.
Jan 04th 2022
37
This was a great xmas holidaze downtime watch
Jan 05th 2022
39
I was expecting to not like it but I liked it alot
Jan 09th 2022
40
Didn’t care for it. But Jonah Hill continues to be a great asshole.
Jan 17th 2022
41

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