Is Netflix’s Star-Studded ‘Don’t Look Up’ a Total Disaster?
Kevin: Well, if there’s one thing that could distract a nation from whether or not a Peloton bike killed a beloved TV character, it’s an asteroid hurtling toward Earth that will absolutely destroy the entire planet upon impact.
Marlow: Like Armageddon… with less laughs!
Kevin: The new movie Don’t Look Up, from Vice and The Big Short director Adam McKay, hit theaters this weekend, ahead of its Netflix release on Dec. 24. It stars every actor there is in Hollywood. No one left unbooked! Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Tyler Perry, Jonah Hill, um… Ariana Grande? It also features every talking point in America: the poison brain of Fox News, anti-science rhetoric, political cynicism, performative wokeness, catastrophe reax, celebrity culture, the domination of viral media, and, um… certain death? This is also a movie that has been nominated for a massive haul of awards already: National Board of Review, American Film Institute, Critics Choice and Golden Globes Best Picture among them. Yet, a huge swath of people hate this movie. I am not among them. But I venture you are. What’s with this dissonance?