I finally watched "Don't Look Up" Last night. NYE

[alphafemale]

It was some of the most magnificent satire I have seen in a very long time.

Very many Easter eggs too.

Also very poignant at times with the flashes of the life on earth.

Be sure to watch to the very end of the credits.

I do not mean satire is not an insult or demeaning.

"If You Want To Tell People the Truth, You’d Better Make Them Laugh or They’ll Kill You" Oscar Wilde

[LAS14]

1. WARNING - REPLIES TO THIS COMMENT MAY BE SPOILERS

Could you tell me some of the Easter Eggs? I didn't notice a one.... I did some Google research and found out about the 800 number (I wished I had copied it down, as I was curious). And the QRC code.

[alphafemale]

2. I did not notate them as they were coming fast.

I'm sure calling the 800 number would be great.

I did not write it down but Google says 18005324500

Go ahead.

I double dog dare yah

Did you stay to the end of the credits?

[LAS14]

4. No, didn't stay. Wish I had. nt

[alphafemale]

10. Probably on YouTube by now.

Worth it

[Celerity]

23. it's a phone sex number, and the QR code on the Riley Bina ticket takes you to a YT clip of

the concert


https://www.tyla.com/tv-and-film/dont-look-up-netflix-science-hotline-sex-chat-joke-20211230

[CTyankee]

3. I'll see it cuz it has Meryl Streep in it...

[jimfields33]

5. I watched for first episode of squid game

Very odd show. Talk about violence in movies and tv shows. Is it any wonder that kids are taking guns and killing people.

[alphafemale]

6. What does this have to do with Squid Game?

And do you really think everything has to be sanitized to the point of a ten year old's mentality?

Or maybe we can have some adult programming?

[Calculating]

7. So you're saying you don't want to "play the game"?

Squid game was awesome, can't wait for another season hopefully.

[alphafemale]

8. Yeah. They were going back.

So maybe.

[tenderfoot]

26. Kids are taking guns and killing people because of Squid Game?

Not video games or heavy metal music?

[MarcATL]

9. I watched it on Thursday, it was really good

Cenk's analysis was spot on.

[IzzaNuDay]

11. I watched it too.

Will watch again. My take on it: exposes our current behaviors, both good and bad, in the name of satire.

[FakeNoose]

12. Yes I recommend a repeat viewing because it's easy to miss stuff

The zingers go by so fast. Of course the story isn't difficult to follow, it sort of hammers us with the heavy satire. But the many characters are so great and they all have what you call "easter eggs" - hilarious one liners that go by quickly. They're both funny and intriguing, but they take a second to process. It's Adam McKay's awesome scriptwriting combined with several actors' smart ad-libbing.

That's why I recommend a 2nd watching to get them all.

Another comment is that I loved Cate Blanchett's character, but it took me several minutes to recognize her. Not sure if it's make-up or heavy botoxing, but she looks quite different in this movie.

[paleotn]

13. Same here on Blanchett. Makeup or has she gone to ....

heavy plastic surgery in an attempt to delay the inevitable?

[Tikki]

18. Kate Blanchett is a true Chameleon...

and carries it off because she is a great actor.

Tikki

[TexasBushwhacker]

27. Makeup and false teeth n/t

[ibegurpard]

37. Cate Blanchett has always practically disappeared

Into her characters. I love her.

[keopeli]

14. My issue with this movie, as a satire, is not the commentary. I completely agree with that.

I have a problem with any comedy, satire or otherwise, that doesn't make me laugh. This movie reminded me of "Mars Attacks". Big names, big message - didn't make me laugh.

Maybe I'm just an old crusty fool. Maybe I've forgotten how to laugh. I enjoyed watching the actors.

But the satire was the "hit you over the head" style, which is fine if it makes you laugh. I just didn't laugh but twice (and those were really chuckles).

Is someone of a certain political ilk really going to watch this and say, "Oh, I get it. I've been duped!" Or are we the audience, being told a truth we already know? Either way, the message has no way of changing people's perspective, if that's the intent. So, we're only left with the goal of making us laugh and enjoy ourselves. I just can't say I thought it was wonderful.

I am sure that many of my DU friends will love this movie. After all, it was written specifically for you! And just having people we like (famous actors) publicly partake in a satire of a desperately important message that gets precious little attention in our media, we get to feel good for a moment. I get that and I'm happy for that. But, if it had been written so that it was truly funny, then "the masses" would really have watched it and laughed together, which is a healing phenomenon that we sorely need. On that point, I think this movie missed the mark.

Happy New Year everyone!

[Martin Eden]

15. As a movie it didn't do much for me ...

... but as a satirical indictment on our culture and politics it hit pretty hard. I liked it better as it went on.

[roody]

25. I did not know it was a comedy,

and I never laughed.

[alphafemale]

31. good for you

Other people did though

But revel in yourself

[enki23]

16. I loved it. I think people expecting it to be a "comedy" can be disappointed.

Because it wasn't a comedy, at least compared with the typical comedy film. It was a drama. Maybe a "dramedy" or whatever. I'm not any sort of film or theater geek, but it felt like this was self-consciously absurdist fiction. Waiting for Godot etc. Except this one has a very real ending.

[alphafemale]

19. I was expecting one of those plodding melodramatic Day after Tomorrow type things

Or something as grim as Testament.

So the comedy and satire was a good surprise and treat.

[alphafemale]

21. The ending ending?

You have to watch the credits all the way through.

[smirkymonkey]

24. I think the reason the film was so controversial is that it creates so much dissonance in

most people's minds. There is the obvious hatred of the right wingers, but even for those who are not of that tribe, people weren't sure what to make of it, or what the actual message was. Or they were. Or thought they were, but I think the film was brilliant in that it made a lot of people uncomfortable. Most aren't entirely sure why.

Personally, I found it very funny on certain levels and at the same time, profoundly depressing. It pushed a lot of different buttons, not only in me, but I suspect in most people who watched it. I am still thinking about it days later.

On the surface it seemed shallow and obvious, but the more I think about it, the more I doubt that initial impression. I don't know, I'm not a film expert, but I am a human being who reacts to what I see and experience and there was definitely an emotional message there. I guess we all see what we are willing to see.

[alphafemale]

29. The short clips interspersed of all the life on earth

That from the microbes to the magnificent all is soon to be lost.

Did you watch to the end of the credits?

[lindysalsagal]

32. The uncomfortable truth: we want happy, mindless entertaining tv

Our consumption if the lala "news" places the blame on all of us. Just as our stock ownership drives the corrupt system.

[alphafemale]

35. The interspersed clips of nature

Brought home what we were/are losing.

Microbes to the magnificent.

Everything

[WarGamer]

39. It certainly was a dark comedy...

Anyone expecting a SciFi documentary with Dr. Michio Kaku would be disappointed I guess.

[Joe Nation]

17. It said as much about liberals as it said about conservatives.

Something we all should pay attention to.

[albacore]

20. I thought it was hilarious...

...in spots.
The woman's obsession with having to buy the snacks... the "story of the week" on the Fox News clone... the brontoroc...
C'mon...lots of funny there.
And does satire really have to be subtle?

One reviewer said that the video had one main idea repeated countless times for 132 minutes.

OK... I can live with that.

[egduj]

22. It was good. War Machine was better.

[DFW]

28. I watched it last night

I thought it was hilarious, and very biting at the same time.

It took me a while to get the cadence of the movie’s title, but it came to me as the crowd was chanting “Don’t look up” with the “president.” It was the closest they could get to “Lock her up!” without actually stealing the line.

[Paladin]

30. Thank you for spelling out the title in full. (nt)

[lunatica]

33. I saw it too

I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Spoiler: the President gets eaten by a Brontaroc.

[alphafemale]

34. You need patience for credits

To get that reward.

Even more patience to see what became of her son

[marie999]

36. Thanks to all of you that said to watch Don't Look Up.

I tried to watch it a couple of days ago but I could only make it through the first White House scene. So I read some posts and I just watched it and it turned out to be a good movie. I really liked the family scene before the credit.

[WarGamer]

38. Hilarious, loved it.

People who don't like it were expecting some sort of deep SciFi movie...

It was just a dark comedy mocking everything from the MSM to Gov't to stupid sheeple.

Great stuff.

Academy Award for Leo.