The Netflix movie “Don’t Look Up” that was directed and co-written by Adam McKay is getting some mixed reviews.
I’m not going to say that Don’t Look Up is the worst movie I’ve ever seen, but it definitely near the bottom.
They tried so desperately for a partisan metaphor about Trump and the Covid response that they skipped anything resembling a decent plot.
— AG (@AGHamilton29) December 25, 2021
The new release on Netflix 'Don't Look Up' is soooo good! Fiction perhaps, but such a good metaphor for the consequences of putting profit and politics above humanity and the environment. Highly recommend!
— Aqsa Hussain (@aqsawiggingit) December 28, 2021
The film makes it abundantly clear — overly so — that the comet hurtling toward Earth is a metaphor for climate change and those the Left accuses of ignoring the “crisis.”
McKay says that those who haven’t bought in on the climate change alarmism that’s constantly being pushed are more likely to not enjoy his movie:
Loving all the heated debate about our movie. But if you don’t have at least a small ember of anxiety about the climate collapsing (or the US teetering) I’m not sure Don’t Look Up makes any sense. It’s like a robot viewing a love story. “WHy ArE thEir FacEs so cLoSe ToGether?”
— Adam McKay (@GhostPanther) December 29, 2021
If people are not freaking out enough by the alarmism the Left is pushing that means they’re like robots? Better a robot than a sheep, perhaps.
Just FYI, Adam, the notion that the climate is "collapsing" is totally insane.
— Tom Nelson (@tan123) December 29, 2021
If anything’s collapsing it’s been the mental health of people who have allowed themselves to be scared half to death by all the doomsday rhetoric from climate change alarmists.
“You have to like my movie or you’re a climate change denier” sure is one possible marketing strategy https://t.co/4naZR9N597
— Regina 🥂🎆 (@regwag2003) December 30, 2021
I'm sorry you live action remake of Chicken Little wasn't as good as the original. https://t.co/ZhGWgIzDiU pic.twitter.com/fJz7hSjtPc
— Multiple comics reading Exalted Speed (@Exalted_Speed) December 30, 2021
If you have to explain your movie to us, that means you failed as a storyteller. https://t.co/qPIaMaYlCI
— greg (@mistergeezy) December 30, 2021
"If you don't like my movie its because you're just an automaton" is the most Sirota thing any movie maker could ever say. https://t.co/7TIjmHNs6b
— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) December 29, 2021
Adam McKay logging onto Twitter to make sure everyone understands the meteor is a metaphor for climate change: pic.twitter.com/2TW57nx8Be https://t.co/KBVledBXe5
— Michael Cook (@MichaelCookFilm) December 29, 2021
Part of the metaphor fail in “Don’t Look Up” is that it’s hard to believe that “comet denial” would be a thing in such a situation, but maybe we just don’t have enough anxiety about the climate collapsing.
