Or the comet could have grazed the planet killing 'only' a few million and everyone complain that the government/media lied to them instead of it being a close call. I just thought the movie was too obvious and topical to be all that funny. It's not comparable to Idiocracy which is more of a cult classic that anyone can find funny.
I liked the movie, but I agree it was 30 minutes to long To the people that thought this movie was too weird, what did you think of Talladega Nights? TN was a satire on racing culture and that movie was ultra whacky, but people love that film. What is the difference with "Don't Look Up"? Same director, same vibe, same ridiculousness IMO.
Will Farrell + John C Reilly + Sasha Baron Cohen vs Leonardo DiCaprio + Jennifer Lawrence + Meryl Streep The first is a list of comedic geniuses. The second is a list of Academy award winning dramatic actors Don't get me wrong, Leo can be funny depending on the movie and situation. But not a knee slapping comedy with similar undertones to Talladega Nights.
To me the characters weren't necessarily supposed to be the funny over-the-top part in the movie; the situation is the funny over-the-top part. The ridiculousness of a comet coming to destroy earth and nobody is paying attention is the funny part. I thought a majority of the characters were playing it straight in a crazy situation. compare that to Talladega Nights: the characters are wacky and funny in a regular NASCAR racing environment.
Idk.... I have to disagree. I mentioned earlier that it reminded me of a movie version of a long political SNL skit. Those skits are normally performed by comedic actors. When I first saw the cast and then began watching the first 15 to 20 minutes, I was already turned off because with the actors i expected something totally different. As the movie went on, it didn't get any better IMO
Jonah was hilarious as a basic Eric Trump type. I was expecting them to show that the U S actually shot down the China/Russian attempt Rocket River
He should have went BIGGER or Smaller He was in that area where it seemed too serious to laugh too hard but too silly to take seriously Rocket River
Since this copied a bunch of stuff from Contact, I figured it would be like when Jodie Foster thought the mission failed , some rich Japanese billionaire had another machine ready to go
Him being a dick was funny. His circular diarrhea dialogue was annoying. "sit back and assess", "CIA hoods", was like eye-rollingly excessive.
That is the reason for the movie. The fact that there is another side of the aisle at all for something like that. That anyone would actually feel singled out by it is the reason the movie exists.
Watched it last night and I liked it. I wasn't expecting an Anchorman-styled comedy, and I think that might have been an issue that some people had. It's not my favorite movie and I don't think it's going to be an Oscar winner, but it was good. It was unsettling to me, which I think is what they were going for. This interview with David Sirota, who operates The Daily Poster and the guy who came up with the idea for the movie, is what got me interested in it.
Finished it today before the Rockets game, had to break it in half over 2 days, It feels like a 10-minute Key and Peele skit that was stretched over 2.5 hours with expensive actors. Definitely has an idiocracy vibe, just a lot more realistic. It's okay as a dumb movie, it has funny moments, the theme is fun, but it would have been best as a short film/skit, especially being a Netflix film. If movie theater movies can sell being 1 hour and 15 minutes there's no reason this thing should have been a minute longer. I'm surprised you didn't like it @Os Trigonum ... this is an onion article in movie form.
