Don't Look Up (2021)

IMDb plot summary: Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

Directed by Adam McKay. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, and Meryl Streep.

Don't Look Up is... well, let's call it a satire from Adam McKay about a pair of scientists who discover a comet is en route to hit the Earth and obliterate all life, but when they call it to the higher-ups' attention, nobody seems to be taking it very seriously. I was hesitant to call this a satire because it *doesn't* feel like it's trying to actually make any points, it seems to just be screaming in frustration. And while it may be primarily a climate change metaphor, I felt it in my SOUL about the pandemic and found myself just screaming right along with him and going, "YES, that's EXACTLY what it feels like." If I'm going to compare it to anything, it weirdly might be in the same category as like... super angsty music for teens, in that it doesn't necessarily hold together on an artistic level but it's the unfiltered cry of a furious soul and is going to connect with other furious souls. Should it have been nominated for a Best Picture Oscar? Absolutely not. Did I find it a cathartic viewing experience? Absolutely.

How it entered my Flickchart:

Don't Look Up > Beauty and the Beast (1946)

Don't Look Up < Anna Karenina

Don't Look Up > The Green Mile

Don't Look Up < Cargo

Don't Look Up < Man on Wire

Don't Look Up < Panic Room

Don't Look Up < Gone in 60 Seconds

Don't Look Up > The Family Man

Don't Look Up < The Impossible

Don't Look Up > Nobody's Fool

Don't Look Up < All That Jazz

Final spot: #1352 out of 3655, or 63%.