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Title: Don't Look Up (Adam McKay)
Post by: wrongright on September 08, 2021, 11:06:01 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL9aJcqrtnw
Title: Re: Don't Look Up (Adam McKay)
Post by: ©brad on September 09, 2021, 04:17:30 PM
Seems really high concept but this all star cast surely saw something in the script we're not seeing in the trailer.
Title: Re: Don't Look Up (Adam McKay)
Post by: wrongright on September 25, 2021, 03:43:16 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op_v2PHDn-0
Title: Re: Don't Look Up (Adam McKay)
Post by: Drenk on September 25, 2021, 04:03:41 PM
There's no way it's a real clip from the movie, right? It feels like a teaser? I guess he's trying to edit like Lars Von Trier.
Title: Re: Don't Look Up (Adam McKay)
Post by: Axolotl on September 25, 2021, 04:10:10 PM
Marvel banter.
Title: Re: Don't Look Up (Adam McKay)
Post by: Robyn on September 25, 2021, 04:16:44 PM
Quote from: Drenk on September 25, 2021, 04:03:41 PM
I guess he's trying to edit like Lars Von Trier.

If they are trying to create an disoriented feeling, they are doing a good job! But I don't think that's the point.

I have low expectations, but the DiCaprio + Lawrence combo could be fun. She hasn't had a good role for a while...
Title: Re: Don't Look Up (Adam McKay)
Post by: wrongright on November 16, 2021, 12:00:08 AM
https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1459995232217485326
Title: Re: Don't Look Up (Adam McKay)
Post by: Yes on November 16, 2021, 12:05:50 AM
It's genuinely upsetting how this dude fell off. Went from comedy classics to old man yells at cloud liberal sermonizing. We already have one Michael Moore. And I say that as someone who enjoyed Big Short and Vice. Has JLaw ever looked more intolerable in a movie?

Leo looks fun, however, he always excels in comedy mode
Title: Re: Don't Look Up (Adam McKay)
Post by: wrongright on November 16, 2021, 10:02:36 AM
https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1460637591431262216
Title: Re: Don't Look Up (Adam McKay)
Post by: Drenk on November 16, 2021, 10:07:04 AM
Seems bad. Will watch it.
Title: Re: Don't Look Up (Adam McKay)
Post by: Jeremy Blackman on December 09, 2021, 01:15:11 AM
https://twitter.com/jowrotethis/status/1468773517709570052

Lots of critics clearly watching the Don't Look Up screener tonight.
Title: Re: Don't Look Up (Adam McKay)
Post by: Yes on December 12, 2021, 03:53:08 PM
One of the worst films in recent years. And this is coming from someone who felt Vice was fine
Title: Re: Don't Look Up (Adam McKay)
Post by: WorldForgot on December 25, 2021, 01:27:35 AM
Maybe because my expectations were low, maybe because M4trix iz what it iz, but this hit its social critique with good humor. Its characters are drawn in broad strokes, and it's the cast that turns those personalities and archetypes into endearing notions of modern sensibilities worth watching. At first it may feel like the quick cuts are a detriment to the performances, but then that gives way to the rapid-fire and global portrayal of imminent crisis. It becomes a movie as much about its dual protagonists as how we receive information. Instant, unstoppable, filtered through an economy of commodities and media-manipulation.

There are contrivances that feel inhuman, but that makes up a bulk of McKay's output, so I had expected something much worse. Having prepared myself for a pedantic cringe-comp, I was surprised to care about Kate Dibiasky as much as I did.

Enjoyed it much more than Vice, which I found too silly, its leaps unwieldy. By merging the comedy of his earlier films with the social concern of exploitation that people hooked onto within The Big Short McKay's team creates something like a more-grounded Mike Judge film; Idiocracy via PBS. Or, like, Roland Emmerich for those truly concerned. Staring at splinters.
Title: Re: Don't Look Up (Adam McKay)
Post by: mogwai on December 27, 2021, 02:55:56 PM
First of all it's way too fucking long!

And secondly, it wastes all the actors talents. The story with DiCaprios wife was sweet and real. But the director of Anchorman and Step Brothers? Those are fun comedies but it's like the director wanted to suck up on the actors.

This is DiCaprios "Mars Attacks!". If it makes any sense.