airdvr 196 #1 Posted December 31, 2021 Funny satire but I couldn't help but notice that the actual message was climate change. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feuergnom 18 #2 December 31, 2021 Climate change?????? Over the years you have proven many times that you have a funny way of interpreting written stuff, but a whole movie???? More in topic: don't look up is america in a nutshell 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
olofscience 419 #3 December 31, 2021 3 hours ago, airdvr said: Funny satire but I couldn't help but notice that the actual message was climate change. So given your "skepticism", did you root for the deniers? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kallend 1,611 #4 December 31, 2021 Watched it last night. Lots of fun. I thought it a great and accurate parody of the Trump administration and Fox News. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wmw999 2,089 #5 December 31, 2021 I heard a great interview with the producer or director (don’t remember which). It’s an attempt to avoid the sledgehammer approach so favored here in SC , and to have some fun doing so Wendy P. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,362 #6 December 31, 2021 1 hour ago, kallend said: Watched it last night. Lots of fun. I thought it a great and accurate parody of the Trump administration and Fox News. A friend was telling me about it. I don't currently subscribe to Netflix, but I am tempted to re-subscribe just to see this. Funny thing is the project was announced in November 2019, months before anyone knew a pandemic was coming. But filming began in November 2020. I think the script was heavily rewritten over that period to reflect current events. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,040 #7 December 31, 2021 3 hours ago, kallend said: Watched it last night. Lots of fun. I thought it a great and accurate parody of the Trump administration and Fox News. Hi John, Over the course of my life I have considered many things. There are quite a few that I hope to never experience. Just think of Trump as POTUS when a big rock is coming at us. Jerry Baumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,355 #8 December 31, 2021 7 hours ago, airdvr said: Funny satire but I couldn't help but notice that the actual message was climate change. Or COVID. Or the ozone layer. (Although since that one actually did get fixed it's not that relevant any more.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stumpy 253 #9 December 31, 2021 5 hours ago, kallend said: Watched it last night. Lots of fun. I thought it a great and accurate parody of the Trump administration and Fox News. Agreed. The only unrealistic bit was the guy in the crowd who suddenly twigged that they were lying to him. Most people this satirises are not that self aware. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeWeber 2,265 #10 January 1, 2022 22 hours ago, ryoder said: I don't currently subscribe to Netflix, but I am tempted to re-subscribe just to see this. Just disable your javascript, upload Codec v.2, and adjust your HVAC. No problemo. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gowlerk 1,889 #11 January 1, 2022 18 minutes ago, JoeWeber said: Just disable your javascript, upload Codec v.2, and adjust your HVAC. No problemo. I don't see any .tor for it yet. Surely someone would "lend" you a password?! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,362 #12 January 4, 2022 I watched it yesterday. I've seen films that slipped a final scene in after the credit roll, but I've never seen one do a credit roll, another scene, a longer credit roll, then one more scene. I wonder how many people missed one or both of those. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,029 #13 January 4, 2022 9 hours ago, ryoder said: but I've never seen one do a credit roll, another scene, a longer credit roll, then one more scene. I wonder how many people missed one or both of those. I watched it Saturday night and turned it off when the credits started rolling. Went to lunch with another couple the next day and they were telling us about these additional scenes we'd missed. By then we'd heard enough not to go back and scroll to the end end. Or, end, end, end. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airdvr 196 #14 January 4, 2022 12 hours ago, ryoder said: I watched it yesterday. I've seen films that slipped a final scene in after the credit roll, but I've never seen one do a credit roll, another scene, a longer credit roll, then one more scene. I wonder how many people missed one or both of those. I'll have to go back and check that out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,362 #15 January 4, 2022 2 hours ago, BIGUN said: I watched it Saturday night and turned it off when the credits started rolling. Went to lunch with another couple the next day and they were telling us about these additional scenes we'd missed. By then we'd heard enough not to go back and scroll to the end end. Or, end, end, end. Ever since "Wild Things"(1998) I learned not to assume the film was over when the credits begin to roll. Especially when streaming it and seeing the progress bar is indicating 10 minutes remaining. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,029 #16 January 4, 2022 25 minutes ago, ryoder said: Especially when streaming it and seeing the progress bar is indicating 10 minutes remaining. I'm kinda laughing at myself cause I did see that, but I thought it was just another 10 minutes of Netflix - you need to watch these on Netflix promos. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 2,355 #17 January 4, 2022 13 hours ago, ryoder said: I watched it yesterday. I've seen films that slipped a final scene in after the credit roll, but I've never seen one do a credit roll, another scene, a longer credit roll, then one more scene. Marvel has been doing that a lot lately, which is why I tend to watch to the end now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,040 #18 January 4, 2022 2 hours ago, airdvr said: I'll have to go back and check that out. Hi air, Do. I found out that I missed the final scene. Jerry Baumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coreece 189 #19 January 4, 2022 (edited) 4 hours ago, ryoder said: Ever since "Wild Things"(1998) I learned not to assume the film was over when the credits begin to roll. The first one I remember was in Ferris Bueller, tho it didn't really add to the story. 4 hours ago, ryoder said: Especially when streaming it and seeing the progress bar is indicating 10 minutes remaining. Yep, that's when I scrubbed through and saw the extra scenes. I also figured they'd eventually explain what a bronteroc was, but I totally forgot about it by the end of the movie. Edited January 4, 2022 by Coreece Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brenthutch 383 #20 January 8, 2022 From the Right Wing echo chamber of the Rolling Stone Somewhere out there, someone may be crafting the ultimate Swiftian skewering of our cultural death-spiral moment — but Don’t Look Up is most certainly not that. So caught up in its own hysterical shrieking that it drowns out any laughs, or sense of poignancy, or points it might be trying to make, McKay’s screed imagines the response that would greet such dire news circa right now… Don’t Look Up is a blunt instrument in lieu of a sharp razor, and while McKay may believe that we’re long past subtlety, it doesn’t mean that one man’s wake-up-sheeple howl into the abyss is funny, or insightful, or even watchable. It’s a disaster movie in more ways than one. Should you indeed look up, you may be surprised to find one A-list bomb of a movie, all inchoate rage and flailing limbs, falling right on top of you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gowlerk 1,889 #21 January 9, 2022 On 1/4/2022 at 2:05 PM, Coreece said: I also figured they'd eventually explain what a bronteroc was, but I totally forgot about it by the end of the movie. IDK, but sure is purdy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coreece 189 #22 January 9, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, brenthutch said: Don’t Look Up is a blunt instrument in lieu of a sharp razor, and while McKay may believe that we’re long past subtlety, it doesn’t mean that one man’s wake-up-sheeple howl into the abyss is funny, or insightful, or even watchable. It’s a disaster movie in more ways than one. Should you indeed look up, you may be surprised to find one A-list bomb of a movie, all inchoate rage and flailing limbs, falling right on top of you. I still think it was "lots of fun." There's just so many ways to interpret everything that's going on. I thought it captured the hysteria on both sides very well considering that both attempts to divert the comet would've been doomed given only the 6 month window. So from that angle, it makes sense not to look up; and what the scientists were doing at the end of the movie is exactly what they should've been doing the whole time. Spending it in good company and praying with the foul mouthed evangelical who is quite frankly the hero of the movie. He pretty much kept his cool the whole time and got to score with Jennifer Lawrence's character - an auburn haired scientist from MSU. I too am a foul-mouthed evangelical that got to score with a Jennifer with auburn hair from MSU, but she was a law student and probably better depicted as the fiery red comet that destroyed my world. . . . . .and I'm not as cool as Timothee Chalamet. Edited January 9, 2022 by Coreece Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JerryBaumchen 1,040 #23 January 18, 2022 Hi folks, Hmmmmm: Massive asteroid zooms by Earth today: How to see 1994 PC1 - oregonlive.com Jerry Baumchen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NewGuy2005 51 #24 January 19, 2022 Watched it last night and loved it. It's about a lot more than climate change. I also thought Dr Mindy's final line was great. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites