![]() Now you know which extreme I’m talking about, and I hope you find it funny when said hosts cry out about Marxists spreading science, or when some obviously well-informed gentlemen claim the government is using the comet to take away their guns-cuz I sure did. While there were a few pokes toward one side of the spectrum, what stood out were the obvious jabs at the conspiracy lunatics and the Fox News-esque talk show hosts that almost always sit on the other end. The movie is also not subtle at all with its political disses, which McKay claims were equally aimed at all political leanings. “ is a Clark Kent-level disguise of the climate crisis,” McKay said, making it clear that he did not aim for subtlety whatsoever in this project. Amy Mainzer, McKay happily acknowledged that the message of the movie is much more spoon-fed than previous satirical efforts. In a recent roundtable that I attended with McKay and scientific advisor to the film Dr. What perhaps justifies the movie being straightforward instead of a more layered piece of satire is the self-awareness behind it. They fight to make their case as time slowly runs out, but no one seems to care. We watch as they face many roadblocks such as corrupt government officials, uninterested talk show hosts, conspiracy theorists and greedy billionaires. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) have to convince the world that the threat is serious. student Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) discovers a comet headed toward Earth, she and her Ph.D. McKay, who previously directed movies such as the ever-so-clever “The Big Short” and the incredibly dumb “Step Brothers,” draws more from the former than the latter in this star-studded political satire. If the jokes land and the criticism is valid and deserved, I will gobble that up with pleasure, which is exactly what I did. Critics (and by critics I mean two reviews I read from normal people) say it’s too blunt and not nuanced enough to be satire, but you know what? I’m not complaining. Or rather, don’t look up!Īdam McKay pulls no punches in his latest satire, seamlessly fusing hard-hitting criticism of modern American society and politics with dabs of dark, dry humor. 24.Do you ever want a movie that blends comedy, apocalyptic dread, capitalist corruption and Leo DiCaprio? Don’t look further. ![]() To see the algorithm in action, Don't Look Up is in theaters now and hits Netflix on Dec. In the end, it's a good running gag that also serves as a cutting commentary on human progress. The algorithm might have been warning Isherwell the whole time about his upcoming failure, but he was too busy using it to intimidate people to look at the findings properly. All the rockets in the world mean nothing if the person commanding them is more focused on getting rich than on saving countless lives. A call to unite humanity with a singular message results in bad actors using it as fodder to galvanize conflict. The internet spreads the message of doom but instead turns Mindy and Dibiasky into memes. It's the ultimate message of the film - humanity has created amazing things that it then failed to save itself with, having used all this amazing technology for petty causes and selfish goals. He just looked at the end, and didn't pay any attention towards what else was in the prediction - or more importantly, work to prevent it. This means the algorithm was able to accurately predict the entire climax of the film, and Isherwell never even really noticed. The algorithm Isherwell designed is apparently so advanced that it could accurately predict the likelihood of an alien attack being the cause of death for Orlean, which is especially impressive because that means it needed to successfully predict she'd die on an alien world after spending thousands of years in cryogenic sleep before being killed. It's a silly follow-through on the gag of the algorithm, but it might also be one of the most effective versions of the film's ultimate message. Orlean eventually asks how the algorithm predicted she'd die, and Isherwell admits it was something called a "bronteroc." They discover what such a creature is when they land on an alien planet in the post-credits scene - where an alien Isherwell guesses will be called a bronteroc attacks and kills Orelan when she approaches it. It's an impressive creation, and one that seems to be incredibly advanced, given a later gag. ![]() He even reveals that an algorithm he designed has predicted everything about Mindy, even estimating his likeliest cause of death. Earlier in the film, while confronted by Mindy over the importance of peer review over his technology, Isherwell verbally attacks Mindy as a small man standing in the way of progress. ![]()
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