tay-sedai

I don't particularly glorify military men or anything (I'm a pacifist), but I really liked this. It was a captivating conspiracy and kept me guessing for a lot of the story as the viewer learned the next lot of secrets at the same time as the characters did.

I thought everyone did a good job, and I an admire Pratt's performance even if I think he's a bit of a prick in real life.

Fairly early on I was thinking "FFS, who else can he lose?" and it did seem a bit over the top, but of course it was necessary for the plot to keep going. The way the series ended was particularly sad, but also satisfying if you like vengeance storylines. For me it was definitely more bitter than sweet in the end.

Story: an asteroid is heading straight for earth, and the scientists who discovered it are determined to get the word out so the world can get to talking solutions. They hadn't counted on the world refusing to listen.

Although the story was depressing because I can totally see it becoming our reality (only the comet is climate change/COVID/whatever catastrophe we'll face next), it was also great to see the main jerks of the film get their comeuppance in the end. No sympathy whatsoever.

I thought the film was brilliant, hilarious, and depressing, and the main people I've seen criticise it so far appear to have been people who were being ridiculed / caricatured in the movie itself. Interesting thought, that ...

Ever since watching this film, I've been looking at morning TV shows in a very different way. It's uncanny how realistic the content of this 'absurd', 'exaggerated' movie is when you look a little more closely at what mainstream media is force feeding you.

I've seen many climate scientists, climate activists, etc., talk about how watching this movie was like a punch in the gut, painful to watch even though it was also validating. I'm not a scientist or an activist, but I instantly recognised so much reality in the fictional scenario I was being presented with.