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That's kinda the plot of Don't Look Up.
by nothis 5y ago
That's kinda the plot of Don't Look Up.
- kaba0 5y agoThe Bash CEO is not a Bezos, Musk, Steve Jobs combo by accident.
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- oneoff786 5y agoI felt this movie was truly awful. Vacillating between a comedy and a serious movie. As a leftist I felt offended at the leftist pandering and idiotic portrayal of conservatives in the film. It felt like a dangerously left populist film cheering on the decline of public trust. Similar to how the kingsmen did so for right populism. This film really made me feel apathetic to US cultural direction. Not because of the portrayal of political incompetence. But for the eagerness and shamelessness of pretending that the only good smart folks are the little people on the left and that everyone else is comic book evil in a mostly serious film, or at least, a film that felt like it was trying to have a serious point. Anti science and intellectualism in the US is a problem but Christ this movie was just as bad in the opposite direction.
- fullstop 5y ago> I felt this movie was truly awful. Vacillating between a comedy and a serious movie. As a leftist I felt offended at the leftist pandering and idiotic portrayal of conservatives in the film. They were more of a blend of left and right than you might appreciate. The president's smoking habit was a clear reference to Barack Obama, and all of the photographs of her with celebrities was a reference to Hillary Clinton. Unqualified children working as advisors was a reference to Donald Trump. I would argue that what you see in the characters is more of a reflection of your political leanings.
- oneoff786 5y agoI agree with that on the presidential piece. Which is why I say left populist. It’s anti political elite. Anti business elite. Anti American right. It’s not pro Democrat. Much as the Kingsmen wasn’t pro Republican. The Fox News equivalent, idiot military man shooting at the moon, and conspiracy theory culture were all “liberal” pandering though.
- kaba0 5y ago
- oneoff786 5y agoYes everyone knows that American left is still pretty damn right. But it’s the left in America. I don’t care about the global spectrum. I disagree with your lighthearted assessment of the film’s values. I saw all business and political elites being portrayed as truly sociopathic villains, and just generally, assholes in private contexts. I saw conservatives being portrayed as fucking idiots. Like showing the military commander shooting an assault rifle at the comet, or the Fox News equivalent covering stupid content instead of the meteor. I saw constant appeals to young liberal folks as the only ones that get it. And for some reason Arianna Grande. If this movie were clearly a comedy, sure, but it frequently tried to be a serious film, and I think it just adds chaos and anger to what is otherwise an important set of issues. This is just as divisive as the bullshit the movie calls out.
- Jtsummers 5y ago> Like showing the military commander shooting an assault rifle at the comet I haven't seen it, but that sounds like a sendup to Doctor Strangelove. What are you going to do when faced with your inevitable death? Why not something totally absurd! Like ride a nuclear bomb or shoot futilely at a comet heading your way.
- kaba0 5y ago[flagged]
- oneoff786 5y agoFWIW that was also my favorite part. It was a great scene. It was very separate from the rest of the film. Funny. Clear satire.
- panick21_ 5y agoYou realize that political parties are not the only expression of political opinions of large groups of people?