Don’t Look Up (Netflix)
Don’t bother. This is an example of a film with a roster of A
list stars and an awful script sprinkled with over acting. The star lineup includes
Leonardo Di Caprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Mark
Rylance, Jonah Hill and others. The film’s premise is a life ending killer
comet hurtling towards earth. This is a rehashing of a number of other doomsday
sci fi films.
The film starts out as farce, meanders into political satire
and back to farce. Some scenes depicted far right comet deniers with their red baseball caps. This was a
veiled reference to Trumpers.
The acting was from bad to silly. Di Caprio is the lead scientist
who hyperventilates and pops Xanax. Streep is the Lady President who is more
worried about the midterm elections than the comet. Laurance is chicken little
and no one heeds her warning. Blanchett is flippant talk show host who ignores
the scientific warning.
What a waste of talent.
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