Don't Look Up (2021)
The mixture of comic cynicism, witty one liners, and a lot of trying too hard to be funny makes this a strange movie to like. It's obviously aware of how it wants to be likeable (and this wordy description is on purpose). Self-aware movies require insight, and intelligence, even if they attempt to hide it.
But here you kind of just go for the ride, and enjoy bits and pieces along the way. Which isn't so terrible, except that you are thinking all the time how good it actually could have been. The ostenstible plot event-the comet-is workable, but the real point is the range of political excesses along the way. Yes, it reacts to the world as we know it in 2020, and we laugh a little at the rejection of science when the science is so obvious, and at the incompetance of the presidency, but it's not really as funny as it might seem on paper.
Great cast. Enjoyed Tyler Perry with Cate Blanchett. Leonardo DiCaprio was fine if a bit uninspired.
Best advice-don't expect too much and you'll enjoy it!
The mixture of comic cynicism, witty one liners, and a lot of trying too hard to be funny makes this a strange movie to like. It's obviously aware of how it wants to be likeable (and this wordy description is on purpose). Self-aware movies require insight, and intelligence, even if they attempt to hide it.
But here you kind of just go for the ride, and enjoy bits and pieces along the way. Which isn't so terrible, except that you are thinking all the time how good it actually could have been. The ostenstible plot event-the comet-is workable, but the real point is the range of political excesses along the way. Yes, it reacts to the world as we know it in 2020, and we laugh a little at the rejection of science when the science is so obvious, and at the incompetance of the presidency, but it's not really as funny as it might seem on paper.
Great cast. Enjoyed Tyler Perry with Cate Blanchett. Leonardo DiCaprio was fine if a bit uninspired.
Best advice-don't expect too much and you'll enjoy it!