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20 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

This. Bleakest film ive seen in years

Yup, the humor didn't really click for me, because it was all too real. There were times I think they were trying to point out absurdities, but they were almost exactly what really happens, so I just didn't find it all that funny. I don't think there can be any comparison to Idiocracy. That film began with some legitimate satire and commentary, but the story about how it happened was also over the top absurd and hilarious, as is the rest of the film. I can watch it over and over and laugh every time. I don't think I'll care to rewatch this one, although I did enjoy it somewhat and am glad I watched. The social media stuff is what I found the funniest, especially where Lawrence gets meme'd like immediately after her on-air freakout. There were some really good performances too, Streep and Hill were good playing some familiar characters, but again, a lot of what I think they intended to be humor was seriously depressing to me.

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Appropriate for middle school kids? My nephew brought this up last night to watch but his mom shut it down, I figured if he really wants to watch it he will anyway without her knowing and I also want to watch it .

i don't remember anything that seemed too much for middle school kids.  i doubt they really "get" it, but i don't think there is anything that should keep them from watching it.

25 minutes ago, Zepol87 said:

Appropriate for middle school kids?

There's some minor sex scenes, but nothing egregious. Lotsa F-bombs and implied drug use.

Just explained that and as I got up one of the younger kids yelled 'omg even our teachers have said the F word before." Game on 

Ummmmm I guess y’all didn’t watch the credits. There is full frontal male and female nudity. Granted it’s not sexual but prolly pretty awkward with your kids.

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President just gave the speech them fireworks went off. Why is this shit so accurate

 

I liked it.  Funny and disturbing.  Ha ha, the concert scene was like every goddamn super bowl show for the last 20 years.  Except for Prince which was fine.

Only downside was Jennifer's hair and makeup.  I love her so much, but not that look she was throwing down.

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The scenes have a slight exaggeration of todays society but they’re not far off and possibly the near future.

7 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

The scenes have a slight exaggeration of todays society but they’re not far off and possibly the near future.

Does it have a part where the rich politicians all own Mansions at the predicted impact site but instead of selling them as quick as possible just buy up more of them while telling us those sites will be obliterated any day now if we don't surrender more money to them?

42 minutes ago, Johnny Sack said:
Does it have a part where the rich politicians all own Mansions at the predicted impact site but instead of selling them as quick as possible just buy up more of them while telling us those sites will be obliterated any day now if we don't surrender more money to them?

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I watched it last night and generally enjoyed it.  It hits pretty close to home.  I really didn't like the ending though.  I think it would have been better if all the elite went off to some underground luxury bunker.

Rather than take a chance on an unknown earth-like planet, why not just orbit earth for a few millennia until things settle down and then come back?

41 minutes ago, Guadaloopy said:

Rather than take a chance on an unknown earth-like planet, why not just orbit earth for a few millennia until things settle down and then come back?

Because then that final punch line doesn’t hit as well. 

On 12/26/2021 at 9:08 PM, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I liked the movie. I imagine the politics would turn off a certain part of our society.

55% on rt, 50% on metacritic…

Incredible. Instant classic for me..

Those who don't get it probably don't get a lot of things going on around them.

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If Rotten Tomatoes existed when Dr. Strangelove was released it would have rated similarly.

The stupid don't get the joke is on them.

The scene at the end with  everyone having a normal dinner while the end approaches was so well done. 

Really got to me. Maybe because of all the family and friends I've been around the past week.

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Really liked it. Pretty depressing though because there is so much truth to it.

1 hour ago, MissingInAction said:

Incredible. Instant classic for me..

Those who don't get it probably don't get a lot of things going on around them.

Or it hits too close to home for them 

1 hour ago, MissingInAction said:

Those who don't get it probably don't get a lot of things going on around them.

I don't really think there was anything to "get".  It wasn't a particularly subtle satire.

I didn't know who the fuck Ariana Grande or Kid Kudi were until my daughter told me who they were so at least now I feel my indifference is justified.   So while I enjoyed the movie, I think I still probably missed tons of inside jokes. 

I take a bit of offense that it's been compared at all to Dr. Strangelove because come on!  I'm thinking it terms of black comedy satire, something like In the Loop or even Burn After Reading did a better job of capturing political rot.

I think this movie excelled because it was really tight and captured some vibes from lots of genres.  But in the end, it's almost as if it was almost "too soon" in relying on the idiocy of the past four years.  Too many of the characters and jokes seemed like copies of real idiots.

Adam McKay arguably did my favorite movie of the last five years, The Big Short.  I think this one fits in nicely between his Will Ferrell comedies and something as cool and great as The Big Short. 

Didn't know who Ariana Grande or Kid Cudi? Damnit I do hang around old people most of my day.

39 minutes ago, tantric superman said:

I don't really think there was anything to "get".  It wasn't a particularly subtle satire.

I didn't know who the fuck Ariana Grande or Kid Kudi were until my daughter told me who they were so at least now I feel my indifference is justified.   So while I enjoyed the movie, I think I still probably missed tons of inside jokes. 

I take a bit of offense that it's been compared at all to Dr. Strangelove because come on!  I'm thinking it terms of black comedy satire, something like In the Loop or even Burn After Reading did a better job of capturing political rot.

I think this movie excelled because it was really tight and captured some vibes from lots of genres.  But in the end, it's almost as if it was almost "too soon" in relying on the idiocy of the past four years.  Too many of the characters and jokes seemed like copies of real idiots.

Adam McKay arguably did my favorite movie of the last five years, The Big Short.  I think this one fits in nicely between his Will Ferrell comedies and something as cool and great as The Big Short. 

I just finished it and thought it was OK.  I agree that The Big Short was one of the best movies in the last decade.  I felt like this wanted to be like The Big Short but for me kind of missed the mark.  I understand the satire but it just didn’t resonate to me as I guess I am pretty much living it right now.  Throw in a nice pandemic and the movie is like watching a documentary on the current world sadly.  A few other thoughts.  Meryl Streep really looked old to me.  I get that she is and maybe I haven’t seen her lately but I was kind of surprised.  Also, it’s weird but the only way I recognized Cate Blanchett was because of her cheeks for some reason.

i enjoyed it, but i def found it more depressing than funny. 

2 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

The scene at the end with  everyone having a normal dinner while the end approaches was so well done. 

Really got to me. Maybe because of all the family and friends I've been around the past week.

...and this^.

I thought it was great. While I get that it depressed some, I think y’all are overthinking it in terms of “can this actually happen?”  I think the chances of that, even under the leadership of what we witnessed, are pretty slim. It was about as outlandish as Idiocracy. Maybe a little more realistic, and present-day, and therefore offensive to some. But pretty far fetched. I thought it was very well done. 

2 hours ago, Zepol87 said:

Or it hits too close to home for them 

This is what it really boils down to. The script was written and shooting started before covid happened. I think had covid not happened, the comedy in the movie would have come off more nuanced in a "no way would people be that fucking dumb" kinda way. I think it's hard to see it that way now since covid has borne out that almost half of our nation are fucking idiots and now the bits in the movie feel like a sledgehammer. I don't think it really matters though because the people that are getting made fun of either won't watch it or will just dismiss it as 'leftist Hollywood propaganda'. 

7 minutes ago, Hmbre97 said:

shooting started before covid happened.

Not really. Filming was November 2020 - February 2021. 

 

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also nobody associated with the movie would reasonably be considered political. 

It was written before COVID.

And not sure if the “no one associated is political” is sarcasm or not lol.

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18 minutes ago, Bama Chick said:

And not sure if the “no one associated is political” is sarcasm or not lol.

yes you do. 

Anyone comparing this movie to Dr Strangelove should feel ashamed. Nobody will be talking about “Don’t look up” in six months.

Incredible. Instant classic for me..
Those who don't get it probably don't get a lot of things going on around them.

What exactly do you think people didn’t get?
9 hours ago, Porterhouse said:

I thought it was great. While I get that it depressed some, I think y’all are overthinking it in terms of “can this actually happen?”  I think the chances of that, even under the leadership of what we witnessed, are pretty slim. It was about as outlandish as Idiocracy. Maybe a little more realistic, and present-day, and therefore offensive to some. But pretty far fetched. I thought it was very well done. 

Uh, it is “really happening” currently with climate change

9 hours ago, Zepol87 said:

Didn't know who Ariana Grande or Kid Cudi? Damnit I do hang around old people most of my day.

I'm too busy listening to all the Neil Young I never got around to.

10 hours ago, Porterhouse said:

I thought it was great. While I get that it depressed some, I think y’all are overthinking it in terms of “can this actually happen?”  I think the chances of that, even under the leadership of what we witnessed, are pretty slim. It was about as outlandish as Idiocracy. Maybe a little more realistic, and present-day, and therefore offensive to some. But pretty far fetched. I thought it was very well done. 

 

1 hour ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Uh, it is “really happening” currently with climate change

I didn't see it as about climate change only. The problem with climate change is that it is relatively slow, there's not a date or time we can say that it'll officially fuck us all up, it will be incremental, and involve many tragic problem over time. As long as it snows sometimes, senators can carry snowballs into the chamber and say "gotcha." I think you could plug in any crisis that requires scientific expertise to understand. COVID is a better comparison in that regard, in my opinion. It would be pretty damn easy to convince half the country that the scientists' calculations of a comet strike are made up to cause panic for xyz cloak room reasons. The most unrealistic part of the movie is the rally where they looked up and saw the thing and turned on the president. That wouldn't have happened in real life. They would just say the comet is real but it's not actually going to hit, or in some circles, that its an optical illusion using Jewish space lasers. It is very much realistic, no where near the outlandishness of Idiocracy, which was also much funnier because the humor went way beyond social commentary.

7 minutes ago, 'stache said:

 

I didn't see it as about climate change only. The problem with climate change is that it is relatively slow, there's not a date or time we can say that it'll officially fuck us all up, it will be incremental, and involve many tragic problem over time. As long as it snows sometimes, senators can carry snowballs into the chamber and say "gotcha." I think you could plug in any crisis that requires scientific expertise to understand. COVID is a better comparison in that regard, in my opinion. It would be pretty damn easy to convince half the country that the scientists' calculations of a comet strike are made up to cause panic for xyz cloak room reasons. The most unrealistic part of the movie is the rally where they looked up and saw the thing and turned on the president. That wouldn't have happened in real life. They would just say the comet is real but it's not actually going to hit, or in some circles, that its an optical illusion using Jewish space lasers. It is very much realistic, no where near the outlandishness of Idiocracy, which was also much funnier because the humor went way beyond social commentary.

I guess what i should have said is that McKay made the movie with the underlying message being “climate change”

1 minute ago, GreenspointTexas said:

I guess what i should have said is that McKay made the movie with the underlying message being “climate change”

I interpreted "don't look up" as the equivalent of "don't test" with regard to COVID. Just outright denial of reality.

32 minutes ago, 'stache said:

I interpreted "don't look up" as the equivalent of "don't test" with regard to COVID. Just outright denial of reality.

yeah the don't look up political rallies immediately made me think of all the trump rallies last summer and fall.  

It's about politics and profit over science. 

33 minutes ago, RPM said:

It's about politics and profit over science. 

This. Much more about Covid than climate change. 

...and i think that's why the dinner scene at the end actually had an emotional punch for me, the prayer and JLaw's line "i'm grateful...that we tried"...b/c i've lost count of the times i've felt defeatist/defeated and alienated in my own state/country the last few years. i really identified with that scene and her line especially. 

fuck. this movie is actually a tragedy isn't it? lol 😄😐

I enjoyed it. But the film is not really prescient and, honestly, is flattering to the MAGA crowd. Their reaction would be far more idiotic than what is portrayed in the movie. 

33 minutes ago, mchookem said:

fuck. this movie is actually a tragedy isn't it

Good news is that it will become a comedy in time

26 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Good news is that it will become a [strike] comedy [/strike] documentary in time

FIFY

Edit: how the fuck do you do a strike through now?

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