Movie Review: Don't Look Up
Ratings? 5/10. They thought if they cast in some big names in Hollywood we would ignore how bad the storyline is... lol
Trying to get back into my love for American movies and this was my first pick. Looks like I’ll have to stick with Kdrama for the time being.
I somehow understood the storyline because let’s be real this is something that might happen in the real world, I don’t mean the comet threatening our planet, I mean the carefree attitude towards situations like this.
I mean see what happened with Covid? Everyone was locked in their homes all through 2020 but somehow the virus still found a way to spread throughout the world. Countless jokes and memes were made about it on the internet and at some point, it was a thing to laugh about, even with people dying.
Nonetheless, I feel us laughing and joking through a pandemic is more like a coping mechanism, we’re all locked up in our homes with no cure in sight, and Covid cases increasing daily, we needed a lighter diversion. What isn’t cool is us not taking the issue seriously because it is, it’s not so hard to wear your mask and stay safe but then we’re humans and we kinda don’t listen.
On Don’t Look Up…
Don’t Look Up is a Netflix movie starring Leonardo Decaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, two astronomers who found a comet approaching earth that will wipe away the planet. It was a thing of concern and so they began to inform everyone, the white house, the media, and anyone that cared to listen, and all they got in response was “meh” and an internet world that was more focused on creating memes. To Americans, it was a joke and nothing of that sort would happen… or so they believed.
The white house was more focused on politics and what would help them retain their seat in a country that might not exist again in a few months.
The Media saw it as a joke and instead made memes out of it and found ways to sexualize one of the astronomers.
The billionaires saw it as a way to make more technology and make America great again🙄
Six months later, the earth was wiped off with only one man surviving.
On the plot and cast…
Now, the whole movie makes no sense and at some point, I felt they lost the plot. Unlike other movies/series I’ve seen about the end of the world, I could not feel this one. It felt like they were preparing for war or another sad Monday. No fear or desperation to find a way to avoid it. It was all fun and games even until the end of the movie. I was expecting a twist at some point.
I lost it when they started the “Don’t look up” and “Just look up” agenda. Felt like two politicians campaigning for office.
I expected more from him at the beginning of the movie. “Oh, he is a genius scientist that only thinks from his glasses, he will find a way to save the earth” or at least that was worth I thought until I was confused about his role. Is he trying to save the world or is he just trying to screw the journalist and become a hot politician? A hot-last-minute-dying-world-politician.
Felt like she was the only one worried about the end of the world. I still couldn’t feel the fear in her but I loved the fact that she was the only sensible one in the movie. Loved how she kept ranting about the general that charged them for the free water and snacks. It was hilarious.
I love him. I am a big fan but I have no idea what his role was. A praying gangster? I’m sorry I don’t understand.
Honestly, she has to be the most useless President character I’ve seen in a movie. Wait, she comes second after the president character in The Devil Judge (A mind-blowing Kdrama). I lack the words to use to describe her. Undeserving? Incompetent? Selfish? Unnecessary? Typical politician? Name it. A president that was more worried about her seat in the office than the lives of people who were about to be scraped out of the earth. Seems like politics is the same everywhere. In the real world as well as in movies.
Seriously? He was the only one that survived on earth? Why? Was his character that great? I’m not too pained though, he is probably going to die alone. I had no pity for him when his mother left him. They deserve each other.
All I can say is BILLIONAIRES. They are always weird… everything is about money to them. And they think with the last brain cells in their body.
Oh my Ariana! I love you. The scene where she sang was my favorite. She is such a talented musician. Had no idea what she was doing in the movie but I was grateful for the song.
I have no words for both of them. No words! Loved Tyler Perry's humor though.
My ratings for this? 5/10. Nothing less, nothing more.
They probably thought if they put in lots of big names in Hollywood we will be able to ignore how bad the storyline is. It was bad. Really bad.
Upcoming Series
All of us are dead on Netflix coming January 28
I’m loving all the thriller series Korea has been giving us lately. The recent one is SILENT SEA. It’s really good and I might do a review on it. HELLBOUND was also good.