The movie Don’t Look Up on Netflix is very well watched and everyone is talking about it. The question is why…
Netflix is popping one good movie after another good movie on the service these days. And if you spent even a minute on the internet last week, you must have read something about Don’t Loop Up. This is currently the top film on Netflix and is directed by Adam McKay.
Netflix movie Don’t Look Up
The film is about a planet-destroying comet on its way to Earth and humanity’s response to its approaching end. The comet is a metaphor for climate change, and the characters all play their part, from the scientists who scream into the void to the tech billionaire who wants to mine it for minerals using unproven technology. The film is packed with stars such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence.
However, opinions on the film are divided. The film has a 55% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes. This reflects the division in how people have experienced the film. The negative reviews were nothing short of damning. Defector called it a “movie made by people who spend too much time online”. Gawker said Don’t Look Up “transforms the underlying conflict of how to handle the climate crisis from one action to another of simple belief: are you listening to scientists, or not?” McKay along with co-creator and journalist David Sirota, for their part, tweeted defenses of the film that have led to more criticism. This makes everyone even more lost.
Climate change
The film is therefore (also) intended to (re)open the conversation, the debate, about climate change. Especially in America it is quiet about climate change. Half of Americans “who are interested in or consider global warming to be an issue” rarely or “never” talk about it with family and friends.” This is according to a 2016 study from Yale and George Mason University. The film is now a topic of conversation, but more about the quality of the film than about how we can solve the climate crisis.
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