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Netflix 2021’s Christmas present is called Don’t Look Up: Cosmic Denial<\/em>, directed by Adam McKay (director of The Big Short<\/em> and Vice<\/em>) with a dream casting (Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, Rob Morgan, Cate Blanchett, Tyler Perry, Mark Rylance, Ariana Grande, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, etc.). Synopsis<\/a> : <\/p>\n\n

Inspired by the theme of the current climate crisis that no one really cares about, the film is about the upcoming fall of a large comet that will completely devastate the Earth, discovered by scientists Randall Mindy and Kate Dibiasky, and the difficulty they face in warning the world in the face of misinformation, denial, as well as the greed of the president of the United States under the thumb of the powerful creator of a large technology company. Translated with www.DeepL.com\/Translator (free version)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

A movie about the climate with such a cast? Nothing better to relax<\/em> during 2H20. My opinion and my cinematographic tastes not having any kind of importance, the objective of this article is to come back on the media treatment of the film and the criticisms which were made to it. Indeed, only 24 hours after the release of the film, some people had already seen everything, understood everything, analyzed everything, knew already if the film was a success or not and what impact it would have on climate change.<\/p>\n\n

Not being endowed with this superior intelligence, it took me about ten days to analyze the various criticisms and sensibilities. So let’s look back at the Don’t Look up phenomenon<\/em>, its successes and possible parallels with climate change.<\/p>\n\n

Don’t look up<\/em> is an indisputable success<\/h2>\n\n

Despite what critics may say, there is one thing that is undeniable about Don’t Look Up<\/em>: it’s a success! And a worldwide success!<\/p>\n\n

First, a success for Netflix<\/strong>. The film has been streamed 152 million hours<\/a>, an all-time record in one week for the streaming platform. When you’re at the top of the viewing charts in 94 countries, it’s hard to say anything other than “the movie is a hit”. Is this surprising? Not really. With a cast like that, it’s normal for the film to make some noise. But the fact that he was in the lead and broke records all over the world was not a foregone conclusion.<\/p>\n\n

Secondly, the film has been unanimously praised by scientists.<\/strong> There are hundreds of testimonials on the subject. NASA climate scientist Peter Kalmus sums up this shared sentiment very well<\/a>: “the movie Don’t Look Up is a satire. But as a climate scientist doing everything I can to wake people up and prevent the destruction of the planet, this is also the most accurate movie I’ve seen about society’s terrifying lack of response to climate degradation.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n

This is what director Adam McKay was looking for. In interviews and on Twitter, he repeatedly said that if the movie could relay the voices of climate activists and scientists, “that would be the best possible review.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n

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Thirdly, and most importantly, the movie has gone beyond the green bubble!<\/a><\/strong> Well helped by the stars of the movie, the movie makes people react, launches debates, including by people who are not really aware of the importance of climate change and its consequences. Whether this movie is “extraordinary” or not, it makes more talk about global warming than the release of the IPCC report<\/a> or the COP26<\/a>. And that is extraordinary. Sad, but extraordinary.<\/p>\n\n

If further proof were needed that this movie is already a success, the hashtag #Dontlookup has also been widely used around the world by politicians and other non-environmental and climate media. When a movie is already the subject of hundreds of memes<\/a>, jokes and videos comparing certain scenes of the movie with reality, it means that it has gone beyond the borders of climate activists. <\/p>\n\n

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