{"id":1099980,"date":"2021-12-08T19:14:18","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T00:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1099980"},"modified":"2021-12-08T19:14:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T00:14:21","slug":"even-film-critics-are-hating-on-leonardo-dicaprios-new-climate-change-movie-smug-shrill-obvious-satire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-film-critics-are-hating-on-leonardo-dicaprios-new-climate-change-movie-smug-shrill-obvious-satire\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Film Critics Are Hating On Leonardo DiCaprio\u2019s New Climate Change Movie: \u2018Smug, Shrill, Obvious Satire\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feven-film-critics-are-hating-on-leonardo-dicaprios-new-climate-change-movie-smug-shrill-obvious-satire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1099980&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Leonardo DiCaprio has been an outspoken climate change awareness advocate for years, and now he\u2019s bringing that message to the big screen. The Academy Award-winning actor is playing the lead in Adam McKay\u2019s latest film, \u201cDon\u2019t Look Up,\u201d which seeks to mock everyone who isn\u2019t terrified of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Hollywood types mostly agree with the message that \u201cDon\u2019t Look Up\u201d is pitching. Still, the plot and A-list cast weren\u2019t enough to save overwrought messaging that feels tired, stale, and unnecessary. Even self-professed liberal film critics hated the movie for so many reasons.<\/p>\n<p>DiCaprio plays an astronomer named Randall who, along with his colleague Kate (Jennifer Lawrence), discovers a huge comet that\u2019s poised to destroy the Earth in six months. When they inform the president (Meryl Streep), she\u2019s completely unconcerned and caught up with other petty problems. Most of the populace ignores the impending danger as well. The characters in the movie are thinly-veiled caricatures based on popular figures, with Streep acting as an obvious stand-in for former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>McKay is no stranger to satirical films and is best known for his other titles including \u201cThe Big Short\u201d and \u201cVice,\u201d about the life of Dick Cheney. But \u201cDon\u2019t Look Up\u201d is meant to be darker and more prescriptive \u2014 even if some film reviewers claim it fails on those fronts.<\/p>\n<p>Film critic Chris Evangelista of SlashFilm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/679771\/dont-look-up-review-this-smug-shrill-disaster-movie-satire-is-just-a-disaster\/\">said<\/a>, \u201c\u2026 [H]ere the filmmaker has stumbled too far from the path, and he can no longer see the forest for the trees. He\u2019s created a smug, shrill, obvious satire that has nothing to say other than \u2018Humanity is screwed.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After professing to be a liberal himself, the critic goes on to lament how the \u201cclimate change deniers\u201d won\u2019t watch it anyway, and the audience who will pay to see the film won\u2019t get anything of substance out of it. He continues, saying \u201cDon\u2019t Look Up\u201d is \u201can excuse for smug, self-righteous liberals to bask in how smart they are while everyone else is a dunce. This isn\u2019t a movie with a message; it\u2019s an excuse to point and laugh at the oblivious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some publications were less harsh. The Verge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/22822107\/dont-look-up-review-netflix\">called it<\/a> \u201can emotional journey\u201d that offers \u201ca kind of desperate hope.\u201d Meanwhile, Esquire took a vague <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/uk\/culture\/film\/a38458321\/is-dont-look-up-impossible-to-review\/\">approach<\/a>, saying the movie is \u201cimpossible to review\u201d and that the message, \u201cfor all its noble and worthwhile intentions, is doomed to failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the success or failure of \u201cDon\u2019t Look Up,\u201d DiCaprio is committed to the cause. <\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old actor famously said \u201cClimate change is real; it is happening now. It is the most urgent threat to our entire species,\u201d during his 2016 Oscars acceptance speech. He also founded The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, an organization that raised more than $80 million for environmental projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t Look Up\u201d premieres in theaters on December 10 and on Netflix on December 24.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leonardo DiCaprio has been an outspoken climate change awareness advocate for years, and now he\u2019s bringing that message to the big screen. The Academy Award-winning actor is playing the lead in Adam McKay\u2019s latest film, \u201cDon\u2019t Look Up,\u201d which seeks to mock everyone who isn\u2019t terrified of climate change.Hollywood types mostly agree with the message that \u201cDon\u2019t Look Up\u201d is pitching. Still, the plot and A-list cast weren\u2019t enough to save overwrought messaging that feels tired, stale, and unnecessary. Even self-professed liberal film critics hated the movie for so many reasons.DiCaprio plays an astronomer named Randall who, along with his colleague Kate (Jennifer Lawrence), discovers a huge comet that\u2019s poised to destroy the Earth in six months. When they inform the president (Meryl Streep), she\u2019s completely unconcerned and caught up with other petty problems. Most of the populace ignores the impending danger as well. The characters in the movie are thinly-veiled caricatures based on popular figures, with Streep acting as an obvious stand-in for former President Donald Trump.McKay is no stranger to satirical films and is best known for his other titles including \u201cThe Big Short\u201d and \u201cVice,\u201d about the life of Dick Cheney. But \u201cDon\u2019t Look Up\u201d is meant to be darker and more prescriptive \u2014 even if some film reviewers claim it fails on those fronts.Film critic Chris Evangelista of SlashFilm said, \u201c\u2026 [H]ere the filmmaker has stumbled too far from the path, and he can no longer see the forest for the trees. He\u2019s created a smug, shrill, obvious satire that has nothing to say other than \u2018Humanity is screwed.\u2019\u201dAfter professing to be a liberal himself, the critic goes on to lament how the \u201cclimate change deniers\u201d won\u2019t watch it anyway, and the audience who will pay to see the film won\u2019t get anything of substance out of it. He continues, saying \u201cDon\u2019t Look Up\u201d is \u201can excuse for smug, self-righteous liberals to bask in how smart they are while everyone else is a dunce. This isn\u2019t a movie with a message; it\u2019s an excuse to point and laugh at the oblivious.\u201dSome publications were less harsh. The Verge called it \u201can emotional journey\u201d that offers \u201ca kind of desperate hope.\u201d Meanwhile, Esquire took a vague approach, saying the movie is \u201cimpossible to review\u201d and that the message, \u201cfor all its noble and worthwhile intentions, is doomed to failure.\u201dDespite the success or failure of \u201cDon\u2019t Look Up,\u201d DiCaprio is committed to the cause. The 47-year-old actor famously said \u201cClimate change is real; it is happening now. It is the most urgent threat to our entire species,\u201d during his 2016 Oscars acceptance speech. He also founded The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation, an organization that raised more than $80 million for environmental projects.\u201cDon\u2019t Look Up\u201d premieres in theaters on December 10 and on Netflix on December 24.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1099980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1099980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1099980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1099980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1099980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}