{"id":28688,"date":"2021-12-30T12:47:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T17:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=28688"},"modified":"2021-12-30T12:47:06","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T17:47:06","slug":"dont-look-up-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=28688","title":{"rendered":"“Don’t Look Up” \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\nDon’t Look Up<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(2021)\n\nDirector: Adam McKay<\/strong>\n\nScreenplay: Adam McKay<\/strong>\n

Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchette, Rob Morgan, Jonah Hill, Tyler Perry,\u00a0 Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, Ron Perlman, Ariana Grande, Michael Chiklis <\/strong>\u00a0and Paul Guilfoyle<\/strong>.<\/p>\nTagline: Based on truly possible events.<\/em>\n\nThe Overview:\u00a0 Beware of Spoilers\u2026\n

When a grad student (Lawrence) and her professor (DiCaprio) discover a huge comet on a collision course with Earth they bring the information up the chain of command to the President (Streep).\u00a0 Unfortunately the information about the possible end of the world comes at a bad time — the mid-term elections are just around the corner.\u00a0 Although sworn to secrecy, Lawrence and DiCaprio take the information to the media.\u00a0 Now that the world knows action will be taken… or not.<\/p>\n

A satire about an apocalyptic disaster with this all-star cast had so much potential.\u00a0 Sadly, Don’t Look Up<\/em> is a bit heavy-handed and long.\u00a0 Lawrence and DiCaprio come off as neurotic worriers needing medication to get through the day (even before the discovery of a planet-killer comet on collision course with us).\u00a0 Streep and her followers are in denial (Hence, the Don’t Look Up<\/em> title) and more interested in ratings, money and being re-elected.\u00a0 This set-up could have worked if we had some likeable characters and tighter editing.<\/p>\n

There are funny scenes and set-ups.\u00a0 Lawrence and DiCaprio are forced to wait for hours and hours to see the President with perhaps the most important information ever. Then when they finally do get in, the President and her staff downplay the danger because of ratings.\u00a0 There’s potential laughs in how both conservatives and liberals react to the knowledge that the comet is coming.\u00a0 It’s interesting that both groups find ways to make money off the comet – a concert for the libs and a rally for the President’s followers.\u00a0 The way the media delivers the message to the masses and makes stars of some and ignoring others is ripe for laughs.\u00a0 And we do get a few, but not enough to get better than a 2 star rating.<\/p>\n\n\n