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#UnleashSean

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Don't look up
« on: December 30, 2021, 07:18:25 PM »
If there's any form of media that has put this entire world for the past year and a half in a nutshell, this movie is it.
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #1 on: December 30, 2021, 07:20:55 PM »
I watched about ten minutes and turned it off.  Did it get better?
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2021, 07:22:29 PM »
Quote from: Fluffy Blue Monster on December 30, 2021, 07:20:55 PM
I watched about ten minutes and turned it off.  Did it get better?

It's pretty good. It's a satire on the climate change "war" but it also fills in quite well for covid and people who refuse vaccines.
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #3 on: December 30, 2021, 07:31:07 PM »
I made it through about 20 minutes.
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2021, 12:16:21 AM »
I can’t recall a movie I’ve seen in the last ten years that bored me more. That movie sucked.
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2021, 08:00:03 AM »
Quote from: DegenerateDish on December 31, 2021, 12:16:21 AM
I can’t recall a movie I’ve seen in the last ten years that bored me more. That movie sucked.

As soon as it got to the initial Oval Office scene, I knew this was going to be a "Hollywood taking itself too seriously" movie and turned it off.
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2021, 08:43:03 AM »
It’s almost like the people that didn’t like it have something in common. So strange.

And yes, it could have been shortened by 30 minutes.
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2021, 08:48:50 AM »
I thought this article summed it up pretty well - https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/29/opinions/dont-look-up-critical-mistake-thomas/index.html.  tl;dr - movie sniffs the hell outta its own farts, aina?
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2021, 09:09:37 AM »
Quote from: pbiflyer on December 31, 2021, 08:43:03 AM
It’s almost like the people that didn’t like it have something in common. So strange.

And yes, it could have been shortened by 30 minutes.

I dunno, I agree with every point they were trying to make, but I've also been living through it - watching a metaphor for something I agree with and am living thru is not a fun use of my time (i.e. maybe I'm not the target market. Or I am, but it was a bit too echo chambery for me)

I made it to the first oval office scene and went to bed while my wife finished it.
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2021, 09:48:41 AM »
Quote from: GB Warrior on December 31, 2021, 09:09:37 AM
I dunno, I agree with every point they were trying to make, but I've also been living through it - watching a metaphor for something I agree with and am living thru is not a fun use of my time (i.e. maybe I'm not the target market. Or I am, but it was a bit too echo chambery for me)

I made it to the first oval office scene and went to bed while my wife finished it.

Fair enough, my daughter was similar in that she said she’s living it, stressful watching a movie about it.
It should have been edited down to shorten it.
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2021, 10:35:53 AM »
I mean, this was a movie making fun of everything in politics for the last decade.  I don't feel like it was 'aimed' at one side or the other.

It's a dark comedy with heavy social commentary on how we've ruined our society.

Did people really take it seriously?
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2021, 10:38:18 AM »
Quote from: Hards_Alumni on December 31, 2021, 10:35:53 AM
I mean, this was a movie making fun of everything in politics for the last decade.  I don't feel like it was 'aimed' at one side or the other.

It's a dark comedy with heavy social commentary on how we've ruined our society.

Did people really take it seriously?

I didn't.  I just didn't think it was particularly funny or interesting.
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2021, 10:43:26 AM »
I’m as down the middle as it gets. I understood the point they were trying to make. It was just boring af.

This should have been a Netflix mini-series, not a movie.
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #13 on: December 31, 2021, 10:47:33 AM »
Quote from: Fluffy Blue Monster on December 31, 2021, 10:38:18 AM
I didn't.  I just didn't think it was particularly funny or interesting.

But you watched 10 minutes.
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #14 on: December 31, 2021, 11:04:37 AM »
Quote from: Hards_Alumni on December 31, 2021, 10:47:33 AM
But you watched 10 minutes.

Yeah if you don’t get me in ten minutes, I’m watching something else.
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #15 on: December 31, 2021, 11:14:46 AM »
Quote from: Fluffy Blue Monster on December 31, 2021, 11:04:37 AM
Yeah if you don’t get me in ten minutes, I’m watching something else.

So how can you comment on whether the whole movie was funny or not?  You basically read the headline here.   ;D
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #16 on: December 31, 2021, 11:28:40 AM »
Quote from: Hards_Alumni on December 31, 2021, 11:14:46 AM
So how can you comment on whether the whole movie was funny or not?  You basically read the headline here.   ;D

I said I didn’t find it funny or interesting, and even asked at the beginning of the thread if it got better.
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #17 on: December 31, 2021, 01:56:37 PM »
Quote from: Fluffy Blue Monster on December 30, 2021, 07:20:55 PM
I watched about ten minutes and turned it off.  Did it get better?

No.

It’s intentions were OK. The execution was terrible.
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #18 on: January 01, 2022, 02:19:27 PM »
Quote from: pbiflyer on December 31, 2021, 08:43:03 AM
It’s almost like the people that didn’t like it have something in common. So strange.

And yes, it could have been shortened by 30 minutes.

Like that well known bastion of alt-right propaganda, Rolling Stone?

https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/dont-look-up-review-leonardo-dicaprio-jennifer-lawrence-1268779/

No, it can’t just be a bad movie.  ::)
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #19 on: January 01, 2022, 05:27:17 PM »
Quote from: pbiflyer on December 31, 2021, 08:43:03 AM
It’s almost like the people that didn’t like it have something in common. So strange.


What do Fluffy, Jockey and Dish have in common that you don’t like?
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #20 on: January 02, 2022, 01:48:36 PM »
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Let me count the ways.
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #21 on: January 02, 2022, 02:11:41 PM »
Quote from: Lennys Tap on January 01, 2022, 05:27:17 PM
What do Fluffy, Jockey and Dish have in common that you don’t like?

You totally misread my post.
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #22 on: January 02, 2022, 04:37:44 PM »
Quote from: Goose on January 02, 2022, 01:48:36 PM
Lenny

Let me count the ways.

Other than obnoxious football posts and bad gambling advice, I rarely ever say anything that moves the needle either direction around here.
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #23 on: January 02, 2022, 04:40:31 PM »
Dish

You are correct. My bad. It is the other two with so much in common.
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Re: Don't look up
« Reply #24 on: January 02, 2022, 04:42:23 PM »
Quote from: Goose on January 02, 2022, 04:40:31 PM
Dish

You are correct. My bad. It is the other two with so much in common.

Not sure what any of that has to do with this movie.
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