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  • DON'T LOOK UP (no spoilers)

    From moviePig@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jan 23 11:27:54 2022
    With a space rock hurtling towards all life on Earth, political
    buffoonery rises to meet it. DON'T LOOK UP (from the writer-director of ANCHORMAN) features a night sky filled with A-list cameos ...and manages
    to be entertaining for most of its 130 minutes, even if its ultimate
    impact feels somewhat less than earth-shattering. Recommended.

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to moviePig on Sat Jan 29 06:12:42 2022
    On 1/23/2022 10:27 AM, moviePig wrote:

    With a space rock hurtling towards all life on Earth, political
    buffoonery rises to meet it.  DON'T LOOK UP (from the writer-director of ANCHORMAN) features a night sky filled with A-list cameos ...and manages
    to be entertaining for most of its 130 minutes, even if its ultimate
    impact feels somewhat less than earth-shattering.  Recommended.


    So you don't know what the theme of the movie was?

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to trotsky on Sat Jan 29 10:58:47 2022
    On 1/29/2022 7:12 AM, trotsky wrote:
    On 1/23/2022 10:27 AM, moviePig wrote:

    With a space rock hurtling towards all life on Earth, political
    buffoonery rises to meet it.  DON'T LOOK UP (from the writer-director
    of ANCHORMAN) features a night sky filled with A-list cameos ...and
    manages to be entertaining for most of its 130 minutes, even if its
    ultimate impact feels somewhat less than earth-shattering.  Recommended.

    So you don't know what the theme of the movie was?

    What do you think it was?

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to moviePig on Sun Feb 6 14:18:14 2022
    On 1/29/2022 9:58 AM, moviePig wrote:
    On 1/29/2022 7:12 AM, trotsky wrote:
    On 1/23/2022 10:27 AM, moviePig wrote:

    With a space rock hurtling towards all life on Earth, political
    buffoonery rises to meet it.  DON'T LOOK UP (from the writer-director
    of ANCHORMAN) features a night sky filled with A-list cameos ...and
    manages to be entertaining for most of its 130 minutes, even if its
    ultimate impact feels somewhat less than earth-shattering.  Recommended. >>
    So you don't know what the theme of the movie was?

    What do you think it was?



    It's an allegory about climate change.

    From google:

    Don't Look Up is a satire of real-life environmental concerns such as
    climate change. In the script, McKay exaggerates the extent to which institutions refuse to address science. In real-life politics, it may be
    a matter of voting down environmental bills.Jan 8, 2022

    'Don't Look Up' Script: Read Adam McKay's Screenplay For ...

    https://deadline.com/2022/01/dont-look-up-script-adam-mckay-read-the-screenplay-1234906261/

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  • From moviePig@21:1/5 to trotsky on Sun Feb 6 16:40:13 2022
    On 2/6/2022 3:18 PM, trotsky wrote:
    On 1/29/2022 9:58 AM, moviePig wrote:
    On 1/29/2022 7:12 AM, trotsky wrote:
    On 1/23/2022 10:27 AM, moviePig wrote:

    With a space rock hurtling towards all life on Earth, political
    buffoonery rises to meet it.  DON'T LOOK UP (from the
    writer-director of ANCHORMAN) features a night sky filled with
    A-list cameos ...and manages to be entertaining for most of its 130
    minutes, even if its ultimate impact feels somewhat less than
    earth-shattering.  Recommended.

    So you don't know what the theme of the movie was?

    What do you think it was?



    It's an allegory about climate change.

    From google:

    Don't Look Up is a satire of real-life environmental concerns such as
    climate change. In the script, McKay exaggerates the extent to which institutions refuse to address science. In real-life politics, it may be
    a matter of voting down environmental bills.Jan 8, 2022

    'Don't Look Up' Script: Read Adam McKay's Screenplay For ...

    https://deadline.com/2022/01/dont-look-up-script-adam-mckay-read-the-screenplay-1234906261/

    I shouldn't argue with whatever the screenwriter himself says about it,
    but I'd argue that it was a satire on inherent human/societal
    intransigence even in the face of "real-life environmental concerns such
    as climate change". E.g., if he'd made if about 'climate change'
    explicitly, he could as easily have been referring to asteroids.

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  • From Arthur Lipscomb@21:1/5 to moviePig on Mon Feb 7 11:13:31 2022
    On 2/6/2022 1:40 PM, moviePig wrote:
    On 2/6/2022 3:18 PM, trotsky wrote:
    On 1/29/2022 9:58 AM, moviePig wrote:
    On 1/29/2022 7:12 AM, trotsky wrote:
    On 1/23/2022 10:27 AM, moviePig wrote:

    With a space rock hurtling towards all life on Earth, political
    buffoonery rises to meet it.  DON'T LOOK UP (from the
    writer-director of ANCHORMAN) features a night sky filled with
    A-list cameos ...and manages to be entertaining for most of its 130
    minutes, even if its ultimate impact feels somewhat less than
    earth-shattering.  Recommended.

    So you don't know what the theme of the movie was?

    What do you think it was?



    It's an allegory about climate change.

     From google:

    Don't Look Up is a satire of real-life environmental concerns such as
    climate change. In the script, McKay exaggerates the extent to which
    institutions refuse to address science. In real-life politics, it may
    be a matter of voting down environmental bills.Jan 8, 2022

    'Don't Look Up' Script: Read Adam McKay's Screenplay For ...

    https://deadline.com/2022/01/dont-look-up-script-adam-mckay-read-the-screenplay-1234906261/


    I shouldn't argue with whatever the screenwriter himself says about it,
    but I'd argue that it was a satire on inherent human/societal
    intransigence even in the face of "real-life environmental concerns such
    as climate change".  E.g., if he'd made if about 'climate change' explicitly, he could as easily have been referring to asteroids.



    I saw it as being an allegory about COVID. Later when I heard it was
    about climate change my reaction was I guess that fits too.

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  • From trotsky@21:1/5 to moviePig on Sun Feb 13 16:50:50 2022
    On 2/6/2022 3:40 PM, moviePig wrote:
    On 2/6/2022 3:18 PM, trotsky wrote:
    On 1/29/2022 9:58 AM, moviePig wrote:
    On 1/29/2022 7:12 AM, trotsky wrote:
    On 1/23/2022 10:27 AM, moviePig wrote:

    With a space rock hurtling towards all life on Earth, political
    buffoonery rises to meet it.  DON'T LOOK UP (from the
    writer-director of ANCHORMAN) features a night sky filled with
    A-list cameos ...and manages to be entertaining for most of its 130
    minutes, even if its ultimate impact feels somewhat less than
    earth-shattering.  Recommended.

    So you don't know what the theme of the movie was?

    What do you think it was?



    It's an allegory about climate change.

     From google:

    Don't Look Up is a satire of real-life environmental concerns such as
    climate change. In the script, McKay exaggerates the extent to which
    institutions refuse to address science. In real-life politics, it may
    be a matter of voting down environmental bills.Jan 8, 2022

    'Don't Look Up' Script: Read Adam McKay's Screenplay For ...

    https://deadline.com/2022/01/dont-look-up-script-adam-mckay-read-the-screenplay-1234906261/


    I shouldn't argue with whatever the screenwriter himself says about it,
    but I'd argue that it was a satire on inherent human/societal
    intransigence even in the face of "real-life environmental concerns such
    as climate change".  E.g., if he'd made if about 'climate change' explicitly, he could as easily have been referring to asteroids.


    I see your point, it probably isn't as illustrative as they wanted or
    expected it to be.

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