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elliott back again with a brand new netflix movie review and today we'll be discussing
the new satirical sci-fi comedy by the name of don't look up a film that has an amazing cast a
director i'm a fan of is it worth checking out on netflix well we're gonna break it all down here
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cast what were some things that didn't work for you all were you disappointed by it and also since
we're talking adam mckay if you've seen enough of his movies what's your favorite film of his
let's talk about that in the comments below so let's start off this review starting off my pros
i want to talk about the director and co-writer adam mckay who i'm a fan of his work now
looking at his career from early 90s being a head writer of saturday night live transitioning into
some of my favorite comedies in 2000s whether it be anchorman taylor goodnight step brothers him
making the transition into more serious dramas such as vice and the big short and if you all
do not know he is the executive producer of one of the best shows on tv in succession
i like his work but what i like about adam mckay and i think it's highlighted pretty well in this
film he's one of those few directors and writers that can handle comedy and seriousness right
and drama in particularly and we've seen this narrative a thousand times right whether it be
armageddon deep impact and we normally see it in the perspective of astronauts going
into space trying to save the world but we don't really see the ground level and i like how adam
puts a mirror in from the audience now it can be very heavy-handed at points there is a you know
a message that is very heavy-handed in this film and we'll talk about that a little bit later but
for the most part i think it's a good balance you know you look at the narrative here you have two
low-level astronomers played by leonardo dicaprio and jennifer lawrence who see this comment coming
to earth and just seeing them trying to tell the madam president played by meryl streep trying to
tell the government officials we need to make a plan or else we're going to see that in the days
it was really well woven in in regards against this scene how look at today's society we are
literally living in a time now where there has been so many eff ups in how this situation that
we've been in has been handled and then just tying in how the media plays into this how
misinformation can affect things how social media puts a spin on things and how celebrity gossip
can be more important than climate change you know in this film they highlight that by ariana grande
and kid cudi having a breakup and that's like headlines versus the world coming to an end so
again adam mckay this isn't his best directing job this isn't his most you know well-written
script but i thought for the most part he did a good job in telling the narrative directing
these incredible actors and i enjoyed it for the most part in regards to what he had to say but
going into these performances starting off with leonardo caprio and jennifer lawrence who again
play these low-level stratometers i want to talk about leo who is arguably the best actor working
in hollywood and maybe one of the greatest of all time he is i think the only character that has
like a legitimate arc in this film because we meet randall at the beginning of the movie very timid
very soft-spoken he hates to be in the center of attention and as him and jennifer lawrence are
making their way to the media to let them know the truth you're seeing him breaking out of his shell
and you see him kind of get his 15 minutes of fame and he actually gets kind of corrupted in this
movie and then when you see where he lands and in the film it has some heart it has a good emotional
beat so again leo's great i don't think that this cast does a good job i don't think anyone like
blows me on the water with the performances but i thought leo was great jennifer lawrence who
is to me she didn't have the most arc in the film like she was pretty much the same character from
the beginning to the end but i will say i like jennifer lawrence i think outside of when we
see her on screen i think she's pretty funny like i've seen her on snl i've seen her on social media
she has a pretty good sense of humor and i thought there were multiple times in this film where she's
the one character in this movie who's shouting at the top of her lungs trying to say world what the
hell are we doing we need to make a plan she has some really good beats i think of her in the back
and forth she has with jonah hill in this film who plays jason who is the chief of officer of
the of the white house i thought their back and forth was hilarious and there's this recurring uh
funny moment where she keeps getting picked up by the fbi and they do something to her i
thought that was funny so again jennifer lawrence wasn't my favorite character but i did have a good
time with her but i would say out of this entire cast i think jonah hill is a standout to me now
comey's very subjective and i thought that most of the comedy landed i wasn't like dying laughing
in this film but i had some really good laughs and when it came to the good laughs it came from that
character jason he is so funny in this film again he plays the chief officer he is a very millennial
type of character who is very more concerned about the cool things in life than saving the people
of the world so i thought that he was funny his back and forward is mom who's played by the goat
meryl streep i thought she again she's the ghost she was great in this film and again whether it be
your cameos by kid cudi ariana grande whether it be timothy chalamet who comes in the film
a lot later than i was expected i thought that he was funny rob morgan's great you know tyler perry
doesn't have much to do but i thought that he was fine kate blanchett i i love her so much she plays
brie and her chemistry with leo was great so again not it wasn't that anyone like blew me on the wall
like oh give this person a nomination for an oscar but i thought everyone knew the assignment again
jonah hill very funny and speaking of jonah hill this film kind of reminds me of what if this is
the end was a a movie in the universe of mother who jennifer lawrence is in that film which i'm
not a fan of mother but i think this film has a lot of similarities to those two movies which kind
of brings me to again the story at hand it is very heavy-handed but i do like how adam mckay does
show us like listen world this is what it looks like when stuff hits the fan and we don't take
stuff seriously enough right this is what happens when government officials have their greed in
front of them their pride their political agenda this is what happens when social media gets a hold
of something and all the different stories that go out there so i do think at the end of the day the
story and the themes that the film tackles when it focuses on that that's when the film's at its
absolute best but let's go over to my criticisms i mentioned the film mother the thing i didn't like
about mother it was again it was very heavy-handed it was very artsy in the way again i'm not talking
about mother in this review this isn't a mother review but what i didn't like about that film
is what i didn't like about this film i feel like it was just there were many points in this movie
number one this is a almost 2 hour and 20 minute film way too long i mentioned how adam mckay was
an snl head writer this felt like an snl skit that ran way too long and it's funny moments and
again fun comedy's very subjective but sometimes i thought the jokes just went too long i didn't feel
like again besides leader on dicaprio none of the characters really developed into anything besides
when we get to the end there is an intimate moment that i enjoy but i didn't feel like none
of the characters felt like actual characters they felt like skits they felt like you know just like
goofy type of people and not really like real life people there there is a real life circumstance
that we see in this film but a lot of times those longer takes those over-the-top moments kind of
take took me out of the film so i thought that the film was definitely way over welcome to stay
and it kind of lost focus throughout the film again i don't know why this is almost 2 hours
20 minutes because i feel like in an hour and a half or maybe an hour and 45 the same
goal could have been accomplished by chopping off so many of unnecessary scenes unnecessary dialogue
and some of the comedic beats were just completely unnecessary and i thought again there were some
characters that i didn't even think needed to be in the film so again i feel like adam mckay lost
focus i mentioned how i don't think this is the best directing job and i think from a directing
standpoint creatively speaking there were some really weird editing choices there was some
choppiness in the way that they told the narrative there was some pacing issues so i was kind of
really disappointed by how the film was handled and telling this really interesting narrative
but being chopped up by some bad directing choices and some bad editing choices so i i was uh i would
say disappointed by how the narrative was told and how it was handled for the most part but hey
before i give you all my overall thoughts those are my pros my cons if you haven't already make
sure to like share and comment below and leave your thoughts in the comment section overall
i i'd have to say that don't look up kept me engaged for the most part i did mention how there
are some really solid performances no one really stood out to me besides a jonah hill character
most of the comedy beats work the narrative when focused does hit the lanny but i do think
sometimes it got convoluted by the jokes and just an unnecessary long run time but at the end of
the day this is a film i would recommend you all give a watch when it becomes available on netflix
later this weekend with all that being said i'm gonna give don't look up a three out of five
i know this film came out in theaters a couple weeks ago and i know people were raving about it
it didn't hit me like that but i do think it is something to check out and when you do
let me know your thoughts pros cons your favorite moments your favorite characters what were some
things that didn't work for you all let's talk about that in the comments below if you stuck
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