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BoomaofBandM

(1,922 posts)
Mon Dec 27, 2021, 12:15 PM Dec 2021

Don't look up reviews are pretty negative. We really enjoyed it. [View all]

Am I getting paranoid? Has big conservative money gotten to reviewers?

To be fair, I am no movie expert. My husband, a movie lover, not only has to explain pop references and plot lines to me, but in our older age of hearing loss he has to tell me literally what actors have said. It works for us. I approach many films as I do baseball, occasionally looking up from my reading to ask what is going on. Its a flaw of mine, but I keep trying.

So when I saw Don't Look Up, I was so happy that we could enjoy the whole movie together. A rare treat in our 30 years of marriage. I mean, my husband was used to nudging me awake when I started to snore in theaters pre pandemic. And this was a movie that spoke to me as only the movies Arsenic and Old Lace and Harvey have been able to. A not subtle take on the crazy that has occurred. A take that had to go over the top of crazy to properly put what we are up against in perspective.

While it is ok to not like a movie, and a review is one persons opinion, the fact there are so many negative reviews scares me. Am I that out of touch to where "my fellow americans" are? One reviewer was perturbed at the movies take on climate change. Ummm. Or has big money and evangelicals added certain reviewers to the glazed eyed white washed mericunts.

I am glad I there are do many people on DU who also enjoyed the movie. And if there is anyone who was involved in the making of this movie reading this, I thank you for a few hours of laughs. I needed it.

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Thanks for the review. I will try to check it out. badhair77 Dec 2021 #1
It's polarizing... targetpractice Dec 2021 #2
There are RWNJs who spend their days TexasBushwhacker Dec 2021 #19
I watched it last night. sheshe2 Dec 2021 #3
NY Times JustAnotherGen Dec 2021 #4
It Fell Pretty Flat With Us, But I Too Was Surprised The Roux Comes First Dec 2021 #5
it's the hit dog that hollers. mopinko Dec 2021 #6
When critics really love a movie, I agree with them, but when they don't like it... Binkie The Clown Dec 2021 #7
7.3 on IMDB.com is excellent. IrishAfricanAmerican Dec 2021 #8
Some reviewers thought it was too heavy-handed. Ocelot II Dec 2021 #9
It's Gulliver's Travels heavy-handed. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2022 #36
The film was produced by david sirota....yes that one! Not watching ...period! PortTack Dec 2021 #10
It was written and directed by Adam McKay. Any involvement Sirota might have had must be minimal, Ocelot II Dec 2021 #11
Sirota shares a "story by" credit with McKay TexasBushwhacker Dec 2021 #20
That's not much; certainly not enough to warrant shunning the movie. Ocelot II Dec 2021 #21
Definitely shouldn't be shunned TexasBushwhacker Dec 2021 #22
Is that a line from Don't Look Up? paleotn Dec 2021 #23
Saw it Christmas night kimbutgar Dec 2021 #12
I think that may be because people may think this is a sci-fi movie, and don't realize it is a JohnSJ Dec 2021 #13
I liked it... My favorite scene... Ohio Joe Dec 2021 #14
I saw it and loved it. Polly Hennessey Dec 2021 #15
Smart movie KT2000 Dec 2021 #16
I agree that the satire was a bit heavy handed. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2021 #17
I read the first book because it was mentioned on Lost. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2022 #37
I watched it I thought it was ok nothing doc03 Dec 2021 #18
Very well done.... paleotn Dec 2021 #24
I thought it was a good movie, and I rarely watch a movie. roody Dec 2021 #25
Spoiler Alert -The old folks snowybirdie Dec 2021 #26
Good flick. Everyone should see it. Achilleaze Dec 2021 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author djm5971 Dec 2021 #28
A specific point came to me watching the mid-credits scene. Collimator Jan 2022 #29
"The fact that they all seemed well above reproductive age is an indictment by the story tellers of chia Jan 2022 #30
I just watched it again - SPOILER TexasBushwhacker Jan 2022 #31
I noticed the tattoo. . . Collimator Jan 2022 #32
I read that Meryl was fine with the nudity TexasBushwhacker Jan 2022 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author djm5971 Jan 2022 #34
I see what you did there - SPOILER TexasBushwhacker Jan 2022 #35
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