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Don't Look Up (2021)
Second Half Better Than The First
Don't Look Up might be renamed The Comet Comedy. It is a satire. And at that it may get some credit.
The enormous 'walk on' celebrity cast can't save a terrible first hour of the script and bad directing. DiCaprio and Lawrence do their best to make the save. They both deserve nominations for their performances especially in the second half of the show. If they don't I hope they both were well paid to put their names on this average movie.
Meryl Streep does a nice job. She is one of the best actresses ever so she can play the fool and not worry about her reputation. She should get a nod as best supporting actress.
The first hour is slow and boring. It moves a bit faster after the mini riot and pill tossing scene as the spoof and comedy gets better. And yes, it takes on political clowns, useless broadcasters, Silicon Valley, with the appearance of a Silicon Valley type psycho billionaire hallucinating. I go 5 to 6 stars out of 10.
Short Cuts (1993)
Faulty From Start To Finish
This movie is a disaster. There is not one single memorable performance by the cast of "stars". They walk through this movie like they are having a boil removed.
If you want to see a little boy happily running to school, get hit by a car, walk home injured and die, have at it. Criterion should be ashamed.
Of course there is the requisite sad sack waitress, a drunken husband, and a philandering cop. All starkly uninteresting characters. Oh yea, the cop takes the family dog and deposits him on the other side of town because he is tired of the barking and then gets the hots for a clown. This is reality? A former husband cuts up everything in his ex's house while a door to door salesman shampoos the rugs. More reality? Wow. This is the worst movie I have seen in years.