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by plutonorm 1635 days ago
"Don't look up" I watched it on Netflix last night and I can't get over how well it captures the insanity we witness on a daily basis. It's not a funny movie, it's painful to watch, but that's because it's a reflection of reality. Sure its over blown and silly in places, but it resonates so strongly with the idiocy of our time... It's a test with high specificity: If you don't get the resonance then you are part of the problem.
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I have seen this movie referenced multiple times over the last several days and all I can say is, while I understand the points that McKay is trying to make, it's not funny because it's not funny and it's hardly insightful because it totally lacks any nuance and isn't particularly original. How long ago was Stephen Colbert synonymous with "dumb conservative"?

Trying to claim that if you don't resonate with a film then you're a bad person is a mistake imo.

and not a mistake imo.