Adam McKay says the Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio-starring satire resonates with a widespread feeling of being deceived by government and media

    • themeatbridge
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      202 months ago

      I can’t bring myself to watch it. I saw a trailer, and my blood started to boil.

      • @crawancon@lemm.ee
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        92 months ago

        it does… but while it does, it still is a movie that sticks with you in other ways…

        • themeatbridge
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          52 months ago

          Yeah, I also have nightmares about the apocalypse. Ever since I had kids, I would have dreams about inescapable volcanoes or tidal waves and just feel completely hopeless. I don’t need to watch movies about it. See also: 2012, The Walking Dead, The Road, A Quiet Place, the Day After Tomorrow, Deep Impact, The Mist, etc.

    • snooggums
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      162 months ago

      20 years ago it would have been considered a farce!

    • anon6789
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      92 months ago

      I didn’t really know what it was about, and I watched it shortly after the November elections. I thought it was funny, but did I ever pick a bad time to watch it. It lost a lot of the overall joke feeling and while still farcical, now it’s a little too close to reality.