We're All Screwed - Don't Look Up Review 

the premise is ridiculous, but the reason this movie works is, because it's actually fucking happening. we're fucked

I really enjoyed the movie and it's attack on politically polarized sensationalist media. The reality is that science seems to be distanced or heavily dumbed down in the media. This movie wasn't meant to convince climate change deniers, but to make fun of the media for misrepresenting the scientific method.

Really missing James from this review. I think he has a philosophical and thoughtful process that is great.

The thing that absolutely killed me in this movie was Ron Perlman and then the "just a different generation" lines.

One take away I got that none of the guys picked up on is that we need to be careful that arrogance of tech billionaires or egos of politicians don't kill us all.

Brandon has a utilitarian view on movies.

So I watched this movie in a cinema because it had a cinematic release where I am (Australia), and I don't know if that helps but I found this movie to be INCREDIBLY immersive and VERY moving; I left this movie having an existential crisis for the rest of the evening. Maybe you would have a different experience if you're watching this movie on a laptop or a subpar home theatre experience, that might explain not feeling the same way about the movie because you aren't experiencing it in the ideal viewing environment. I think everyone on this show either needs to watch the movies they review in the same way to maintain consistency across experience, or they need to tell us how they watched the movie at the beginning of the episode (in the cinema, on a laptop in bed, etc.) to set expectations.

No. Leo's wife took him back because she had cheated on him as well back in school, she didn't have the righteous high ground to judge him on because she fucked up as well. And as the world is ending fuck it, let's make the most of it.

I especially liked the "last supper" scene as a whole scene, without cutouts, but the scene itself. The "talk" before the hit is perfect. The moment everything starts to shake, they start speaking weird nonsense just to fill the trill, kinda, to not the silence before the end arise.

As someone who used to work for the news and left because of the corrupt nonsense this movie was amazing and I wouldn't be surprised that the cast feels over peddling crap on mainstream media. I found that working at Costco afterwards was a better use of my energy lol.

The power of the film, for me, was that the analogy between climate change (or any other modern concern) was played against a deliberately immediate event that was undeniable to show the extreme absurdity of our reaction to any problem. The way we behave in politics, social media, the media, celebrity, it had to be something that would seem to be ridiculous to ignore because the question it asks is what the hell would it take for us to actually come together? It wasn't subtle, and it left me feeling I don't know how to feel (because there was so much to feel) after the film. After sometime I came to the conclusion what it left me with was a renewed lack of tolerance of the fake positive morning tv show or those taking a position for personal gain. Maybe it was trying to say listen to the scientists but you know, predictions in science are extrapolations and there can be disagreement so we can't just listen to the science, we have to discuss the science. I loved how Leonardo's character got sucked into the media frenzy and became an empty mouth piece and sold himself out. I mean, that's relatable isn't it? I liked his personal redemption of screwing up but then realising it. His wife didn't have to forgive him, she just had to decide it didn't matter anymore. If she had held onto it, in the end she'd have just hurt her kids in their final moments. Riley made an interesting anecdote of 'yeah lets just not talk about that' with his friends because that's the exact theme of the film for me, ignoring uncomfortable things. If it's ignored, rather than discussed rationally it doesn't help anybody and in the end everyone ends up getting frustrated and wanting to explode. When they first introduced Yule, I thought why do we get a new character at this point? It's gone on for a long time already. In the end though I loved him, as he was part of the majority of people out there who is just trying to live their lives and hadn't been in any of the polar extremes. He brought humanity to the film back to me and it left me really touched (well had me in tears) with the ending dinner scene. The weird cutaways didn't work for me. Some of the filming choices didn't work for me, but I thought the actors put in great performances. It's definitely the most divisive reaction I've seen for a film from the last year. Personally I didn't take it as a left vs right. The Daily Rip felt like a generic mass media play on peoples emotions but don't really try to say anything show, it wasn't right wing (they had a right wing snapshot). The president definitely had some Trumpisms because of recent politics, but I could have seen it equally as any politician who is more interested in being in their position than doing anything for the people they are supposed to represent. Do I think it's a film that would sway people about climate change? No, and I liked that. I don't like films that overtly tell you what to think. What I saw from it was a challenge against some of the ridiculousness of what's going on that we just accept as the way things are, and that's something I see which is a worthwhile message. Just think. I know that's not most peoples reaction, but I knew nothing about the film (or what the cast had said) prior to going in. I did not enjoy the film, it was uncomfortable, it didn't feel like a film to enjoy. But... it was cathartic in the if I don't laugh I'll cry or scream kind of way. I am really glad you covered it and managed to discuss it so evenly with different opinions amongst the crew.

Its a movie, its not a government outreach & people are idiots especially the audience. Is entertainment supposed to skirt around the political machinations of people(the audience) who would sacrifice others for their own gains or worse ignorance? Its one thing to talk about how on the nose/missed the point or how it has poor editing but it seems hackish to think a movie can't highlight the idiocy of society even if its not going to somehow instill some sense of self reflection. I think the point of this movie was to reflect the anxiety/emotion a portion of its audience feels or even would feel and perhaps it achieves that at the expense of another portion but I don't think it devalues the end result.

I believe this is one of the best satire comedies in recent years. As much as funny this movie is, it is also depressing to know this is how our current state deals with any world disaster. Be it a hurricane, climate warning, or our ongoing pandemic. Media and politics only acts to disasters when they have a benefit in it and that is the actual takeaway message from this movie.

The lyrics to Ariana's song made me laugh out loud. :D

The death bit where he says you're gonna die of some creature, but we don't know what it is. And then it happens in the end. Was hilarious, best joke.

1:32 - To paraphrase Beavis and Butthead: I didn't go to the movies to learn something. If I wanted to learn something I would have just went to school.

I think the interviews spoiled the movie for Brandon. I agree with him that compared to The Big Short, Don't Look Ups isn't as good for all the reasons he gave. But I didn't know it was by the same director so I watched it with almost no expectations. As an eye-opening critique of modern society which hopes the change the minds of Climate Crisis deniers, it falls really short. However, it's a pretty good bit of cathartic satire and overall, I liked it. The names definitely have that made-up feel. Probably to avoid any lawsuits.

Why there is an assumption that they want to changes someone's mind? It just shows the ideocracy of times that we're leaving in.

Ok, the guy in the middle isnt actually reviewing the movie. he's reviewing everything around the movie.

The bash CEO told Decapprios character that he was going to die alone- which he didn't. Just wanted to point that out as a nice little bit of proving him wrong

I mean this in the most charitable and loving way... Broke: Riley Woke: David

I really enjoyed this film as a view on how our culture reacts to news now. I didn't know and didn't really get the climate change parallels - i felt it was more of a representation on how there always seem to be 2 conflicting sides to every debate now, and not specifically about one topic.

got the strangest glitch ever and opened this video like 10times on one click and they all played at once and i died

Pitch meeting: It's like Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, but modern.

I enjoyed it more than Matrix Resurrections

Brandon has got a personal vendetta or something. Just relax my guy

I don't think I need to read too much into this. It's a comedy. It made me laugh quite a bit. Also cut quite deep towards the end so there was some other payoff. I was game.

I feel this movie had a couple of specific and actionable messages: - get your head out of your butt and start listening to the science because no matter what, reality will hit you even if you don't "believe" it - do not trust billionaires

Brandon really chose violence

Brandon probably isn't a fan of farces. I'm not a big fan either tbh. But it was a decent flick

Who hurt Brandon? Someone hug that man 😁

Just watched this so it’s still fresh. Commenting on the beginning of this review I thought, “this movie is pushing some kind of agenda, but I don’t really care. It is a unique look at our world we live in.” I also knew that this movie was in the works WELL before COVID, Jan. 6’s Insurrection, and all the other crazy shit that happened in the last two years (I actually graduated from Michigan State University a year ago but saw news articles about the actors wearing MSU apparel back in 2019). The same parallels I saw in a movie from the past like Contagion at the beginnings the pandemic are all present again now in this one but this hits harder because of the retrospective I apply to it.

I really enjoyed this film. I agree that it felt very cathartic. Maybe it'll plant seeds in some people's minds like Riley pointed out.

I think Brandon’s issue is that he thinks the movie was trying to change anyone’s mind at all. It so clearly wasn’t- it was purely just a mockery of how our modern society functions, from all angles.

litterally cried watching the movie

My girlfriend did not realize it was satire on society and I’m worried 😅

Don't think any of Jennifer Lawrence's lines we're meant to be funny, also the reason Jonah threw snacks at them like they we're some dogs was because he was butthurt when she didn't want to kiss him in the mission room

i love this podcast! the explanations make me see film through a lens that I've never really experienced and it's really eye opening! I wish brandon would have been open to finding some things he enjoyed or things he would have changed or adjusted to make it more enjoyable for himself, if only for the sake of the conversation. seemed like he stayed quiet a lot of the show as a means of not repeating himself (which i appreciated A LOT) but it felt like there might as well been an empty chair there. but hey, when you don't enjoy something, sometimes you just don't enjoy it and that's okay! all in all, you guys have created lightning in the bottle for me! can't wait until the next show!

Hit pick that David talked about but missed the deeper moment: When the president calls Dr. Mindy from the satellite phone saying, "we have a ship and a seat for you and one other person." Dr Mindy, "No thanks, I'm good." Powerful. Shows he wants no part of any country/planet where she is in charge of it.

I miss james

I like how often they do the podcast and yet they don't remember James lines hahaha

I don't know if it fits in what you guys do for the channel but if it does you should give Arcane a watch. That show is just "Chef Kiss" Also i think it would be a great episode to include Sarah. The art direction on that show is something i'm pretty sure a Graphic Designer like herself would thorougly enjoy.

Y'all notice how they left all the young people on Earth. It's Adam McKay's way of saying Boomers don't really care about us.

I think it's time you do Paddington and Paddington 2...

Fustrating gets me every single time

For me, it didn't make the people who didn't agree with the science look like idiots, just either people who are being lied to, people living in denial, or people who have their own interests to serve. The moment one of those people actually see it, they lose it, yelling, "THEY LIED TO US!" I thought that was nice

The way I saw this movie was: It's The Martian. Except on Earth. And the opposite because they didn't succeed.

I laughed the whole time watching this movie. It is such a great mix of satire skit, mockumentary and what the world actually feels like. It's if Armageddon was a Mike Judge movie. Painfully funny. Loved it!

20:00 i laughed so hard on Riley' statement, But I agree with David and I get the same exact thing

These Canadians are clearly uncomfortable with how close to home the movie hit.

Why is it that my opinions on movies align most with those of Riley & James?

The movie is more SNL and less Dramedy only as a function of mirroring reality. The reality of human existence is fucking absurd right now. This movie never steps away from reality too often and still comes off as an SNL skit and that's both mind boggling and deeply worrying.

Brandon's inability to move on from his "what is this movie trying to do?!" really shows how a lot of themes and subtext went right over his head. His sole reason and core of why he dislikes this movie says more about him than it does the film. Man giving off some sus bad vibes. Bravo to David and Riley for tactfully handling this ep despite Brandon.

Damn Brandon, now tell us how you really feel. I haven't heard a TJM host this mad about a movie since the guys watched Matrix Resurections.

u do understand that the movie is literally about YOU right?

While I get Brandon's point that this movie will do nothing to change climate deniers opinions, I don't think that's the point of this movie. It's a frustrated scream at the world and how futile it feels to try and get everyone to open their eyes. I don't know if you could make that movie that you want. The line that spoke to me the most was after Dibiasky tearfully says "At least we tried" and Oglethorpe replies "Boy, Did we try".

The story felt like a first draft before anyone reviewed it and someone with a lot of money just threw a bunch of big actors on it. I can't fathom enjoying this movie and it makes me sad since this opinion is in the minority and so negative.

Really like the movie, could have been a half hour shorter tho.

The comments made me feel like watching this review wasn't worth it but boy am I glad I did because it's really nice to hear David talk about what he enjoyed in this movie. That's exactly how I felt watching it too and I was surprised at how different most peoples takeaway was. Feels good to know I'm not alone.

This is this decade's "Idiocracy" - no one is going to go out and stop idiots outbreeding smarter people, Idiocracy wasn't a movie to make you *do* something, it was to show you how things can end up based on the data.

Hey David! Frustration has 2 f*ing R's in it and no L's. What the F is flustration?

They all have veneers because their lives are veneers

If you want to get a taste at how 'horseshoe theory' is correct, and how the little seeds of bitterness sprout into things like the internal repression in the USSR and The Great Leap Forward in China, then pay attention to David's reaction to the mass death of his opponents starting around 19:30. He tries to backpedal later, but it rings hollow. In addition, a enormous number of innocent people died at the end of the movie. But to people like David, that doesn't register. This kind of nihilistic self-righteousness, when applied in the real world, can become truly tragic.

Maybe the oddest thing to me about the film is that it manages to take place in six months. It explains why the world governments can't prepare multiple launches in time, but it's so jarring to go through that cycle in 6 months having lived through the last 2-6. And yet Bash had time to have a second secret launch with cryopods that would be powered for tens of thousands of years. They could have leaned into the sci fi better by explaining how the comet will approach and be visible and cause impact and have denialism about how much damage would actually be done. The third act where Ogelthorpe and Mindy are reduced to public awareness and organizing shows how powerless the individuals are against climate change and shows that the movie can't suggest any actions to take because it's all in the hands of the powerful.

I don't want to make too many assumptions about Brandon, but I'm at the 36 minute mark of this podcast, and it seems like he must have gone into this with a pre-conceived distaste. His criticisms about cinematography and writing are on point. But to hate EVERYTHING about this film? I can't help but feel he went in against the underlying themes before even pressing play.

Climate educators for the most part ignore climate-change-science-resistant individuals, because decades of attempts at talking to them have found it to be a waste of time. There’s data on it. Yale does a “Six Americas” study on this topic, and have found people who resist valid climate science usually have incentives for doing so. Educators tend to focus on different groups. But to Brandon’s point about not mocking deniers… this movie is satire, and literally everyone looks ridiculous at some point (except J-Law I guess). This was never meant to change climate denier minds, not every climate movie has to be Schindler’s List But For Planet Earth, sometimes you gotta make some silly art about how ridiculous people are.

I liked it, everything the methapores the story but it was too long, they could have done it shorter. Guys I love you all. I always listening to your podcast, I love movies and I am learning a lot about all of you. have yup talked about NOMADLAND? I am really interested in hear people's opinion cause I really really;y loved that movie.

This movie is so much more than an allegory about climate change. In fact, making out to be an allegory completely blurs the real focus of the film: the utter and complete inability for those that guide narrative and control resources and direct politics to confront and meaningfully solve big problems, and the loss of sense-making and problem-solving to transient simulacra of reality that has no substance.

Personally loved this movie! I can understand why it's not for everyone tho

It's nice to hear what a 3/10 experience for this is

I clicked this video with the only expectation. To hear someone compare craig federighi to Peter Isherwell. They did not(

I didn't like how the movie pins the blame for the bulk of climate change on the average joe instead of the much greater contributor which is large corporations' pollution. Of course it's on us to pressure lawmakers to pass legislation to regulate this, but there's only so much you can do when all the politicians are paid off by those corporations. Like, China's coal production is fucking the atmosphere infinitely harder than some dude who just wants to drive a truck instead of a hybrid. In that regard I think the analogy works much better for Coronavirus, since we definitely could've handled that better.

I liked this movie. And I never denied Global warning but never think about it much but this made me stop for a while and think about it and my day to day life. And I think this move can seed the Idea that we are all doomed and we should think about it.

I feel as though this is a response to the big short making no change. What's the point in making a movie so well when it has no effect. This movie was a cathartic scream into the void where The Big Short was an attempt to give a good lesson.

Did Brandon think this was a documentary and not a movie? His point of view is pretty odd for a movie...

I also like how Chris Evans is a typical super popular actor who will be a centrist to keep their brand appeal to every demographic for profit. Being that the actors in this movie are A-list, I like how they critique themselves.

I loved Rylance in RP1 so seeing him here is dope haha

Movie was great, and showed us exactly what we are as humans today.... That's why it was so painful to watch.

I didn't watch it in the theater ._.

way too long for sure, I still thought it was a pretty fun watch though. the ending was really sad my wife and i had to watch some survivor after to erase the pain

So ya'll should really watch a Korean movie called Save the Green Planet (2003), I think it's the best movie to date and it benefits from going into the movie blind, without finding out what it is about, it would be great to check that movie out before it gets rebooted in Hollywood (unfortunately) it is currently in the works of being rebooted.

This is the first time I watch the entire thing. Pretty fun seeing lads talk about it

If Hilary Clinton and Trump were a person...

I loved this movie. I've been waiting for these guys to talk about it all week.

Its pronounced "hyme". Rhymes with time.

Am I the only one that thought this was about the current pandemic as well?

it is so much more funny watching this as an american becasue there are people like these characters in the real world

The movie is showing that something as obvious as a comet coming straight to Earth is something people in power cannot deal with. 17:33 18:55 Brandon's question is missing the point.

The thing I like about the Brantorac scene at the end is that if you think about it, even the over-the-top AI with the main goal of please-buy-all-our-stuff has predicted with surgical precision the inevitable through the course and action of all humans (since the CEO tells one point they know every aspect of every human through the gathered data).

I feel exactly the same way David did... and it was made even harder when it blatantly went over both of my right-wing parent's heads

I hate how Riley mispronounces everyone's names every time! Really makes it seems like he didn't actually watch any of the movies.

This is the frustration. You have a side that will not accept evidence. If you can't accept new evidence and change you mind you aren't a skeptic or critical thinker. You're a toddler.

I feel while the basic idea is pretty cool and the obvious parallels to the reality are really cool, the whole comedy aspect just like got lost, the jokes where just bad and didn't make me laugh, so it just was a chore to watch. So I don't hate the context, but it's just bad execution.

i think the movie really amplified current issues in our society, i dont think this would ever be a real senario but instead amplifies smaller issues such as sensationalised media which i think still could damage our society but maybe not quite literally as the meteor. I overall thought this movies was alright, it could have been done better but better than nothing

It's a total piss take, I wouldn't try and make sense of it.

One of the few times I find myself really dissenting from the opinions of the main guys. I felt everything Brandon said in this podcast. The movie was mostly just a giant eye-roll for me that came across as self-righteous without actually bringing any of the nuance that a movie of this type should bring to actually have any effect on people.

Did y'all catch the commentary on how women experts are treated when J-Law was dismissed in the beginning. And how DiCaprio contributed because he was getting positive attention. *Cringe*

this movie had a few funny and sincere moments, but the rest of it is very unbelievable and hard to watch.

15min into this, I just realized this applies to climate change. While watching, the analogy to me worked fine with Covid.

loved the movie, maybe a bit too real for some to enjoy, specially if they are on the denial side of modern issues.