"Don't Look Up" is splitting mankind in two

Half of my fb friends believe the movie is a hilarious godsend with the potential to reawake Man’s slumbering collective conscience. The other half believe it’s a large pile of rotting, rat-infested uncollected rubbish, redolent with self-congratulatory satire and heavily signposted irony and worse than the global disaster it’s trying to avert.

I think this is one of those rare examples when I’ll have to watch the movie before making up my mind.

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I enjoyed it.

It’s a far more realistic interpretation than other disaster movies - by far

Nothing wrong with a dose of reality.

Make sure you watch past the first set of credits at the end :smiley:

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The people who are most fanatical about the film are the same people I’ve been telling to get out of my face for years now anyhow, so this is nothing new.

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@ozymandias But wouldn’t that be most people? Apologies, the question is of course rhetorical.

I get along with most people IRL, I’ve put a lot of effort into being able to do so. I’m very capable of developing and using social capital. Fanatical zealots are still the minority and easily ignored be they JWs or climate whackdoodles.

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I’ve yet to watch Don’t Look Up. Friends who already saw it generally gave good ratings.

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I will watch so I don’t feel left out. :dog:

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Forget all the bull ■■■■ around it you have heard and just enjoy it - it’s only a film!

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I’ve been trying to watch it, but keep dozing off.

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Sorry im slow today - Are you on about the film on Netflix with De-Caprio?

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I’ll be watching the film tonight. Looking forward to it.

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I appreciate satire, but the film was only average. I didn’t realise there was any hype.

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I didn’t try to read into the movie to see if it had deeper meaning. I just watched for entertainment value

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Half an hour into the movie, a pop icon says:

“You discovered a comet? Wow that’s so dope!”

20 seconds later, the same character shows an uglier side when the scientist tries to console her about her recent breakup:

“Why don’t you mind your own business, you old f**k?!”

The movie is a dark comedy, with satirical elements and some real science crumbs intertwined. I was expecting something more like The Martian or Interstellar, but it’s totally different. Not jaw dropping but decent.

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I heard it’s a long and boring movie. Is it worth watching??

In the end I’ve decided not to watch it.

I haven’t watched it yet but I’ll probably do so soon just to see what all the fuss is about. Was pleasantly surprised by Squid Game, which seemed to garner similar reactions.

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Yes, i am sure the people infected with various diaseases on theyre death bed are having strong convictions about that movie.

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I just watched this earlier this week it was a funny and good movie

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