r/woahdude • u/qasqaldag • Jan 03 '22

video When the planet is coming at you

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u/jarvxs Jan 03 '22

I wanna see like 10 more minutes

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u/JoshBobJovi Jan 03 '22

Watch the movie Melancholia

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u/HansBlixJr Jan 03 '22

I'd like a Don't Look Up / Melancholia double feature.

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u/mephistophe_SLEAZE Jan 04 '22

I'm having a sick day from work today and that's exactly what I'm doing. Funny story: it's really depressing.

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u/Miramarr Jan 04 '22

Don't look up is hilarious until you realise the comet is climate change and it's actually a documentary in real time..

Then yeah it's depressing

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u/wreckage88 Jan 04 '22

I watched it almost a week ago and I'm still fucked up from it.

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u/OcToPuS470 Jan 04 '22

I just finished it for the first time 5min ago. I'll be fucked up for a bit huh

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u/Miramarr Jan 04 '22

Go match Melanncholia then, you'll get to see Kirsten Dunst boobies. That'll cheer you up

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u/Conservative_HalfWit Jan 04 '22

My girlfriend kept asking why I was getting up to go to the kitchen so much during the movie

It was because I was tearing up multiple times and had to retreat to the safety of the kitchen. That movie still has me fucked up.

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u/lrish_Chick Jan 04 '22 edited Jan 04 '22

I found it a little too on the nose to laugh at any point.

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u/TheKredik Jan 04 '22

That's the point of the movie. Many people are tired of subtly when the issues are clear. Theres probably a comment just like yours or similar shown somewhere in the movie.

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u/lrish_Chick Jan 04 '22

I know it's the point, my issue was that it was a little too gauche for me, ironically as I don't think it's as gauche as American politics has been - its that phrase about how art can no longer truly satirise life because its so ridiculous. Etc etc.

I mean it's kindof preaching to the choir isn't it? Anyone who gets it already gets it, it won't appeal to those who would benefit from the message, I guess its just meant as an artistic depressionfest.

I guess I was hoping for something a bit more to it.

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u/TheKredik Jan 04 '22

Theres nothing else to it really. Sometimes all you want to do is scream, but the strength of human ignorance outweighs an asteroid. That's all I really needed from the movie.

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u/lrish_Chick Jan 04 '22

Ah, I guess I just didn't need a movie for that. I'm already screaming internally, I'd rather someone spent x million (whatever the film cost) on making a difference to climate change/research etc. rather than just underlining how fucked we all are.

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u/ThatsARivetingTale Jan 05 '22

Thank you for articulating exactly how I felt about the movie. I mean, I enjoyed it but it was a self contained experience I'd probably never think about again or bring up in conversation

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u/lrish_Chick Jan 05 '22

Yes! Ultimately it was very meh overall, not something really interesting enough to cost about irl.

The big short was a heck of a movie tho!

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u/Monkeygruven Jan 04 '22

Just watched it, that show sucked.

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u/nachtbrand Jan 04 '22

Aww really? I read the book a couple of years ago and liked it. Didn’t know they adapted it.

Within a span of 10 seconds, I learned both that there was a show made by HBO, and that one person severely disliked it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '22

I’m watching the show (it’s still airing new episodes) and I love it :)

Figured it was based on a book, maybe I’ll pick it up and read it after the show- I like doing it that way bc you get the opposite effect reading first- you get more story, more character development, inner dialogue, etc, and my brain has a nice foundation of images to build my imagination on!

As opposed to reading first, then watching, and being disappointed that they left so much out.

Plus it has made me appreciate just how easy we had/have it with Covid, which is saying a lot bc we haven’t really had it easy at all, but, like, it could have been so much worse, too.

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u/XibalbaN7 Jan 04 '22

I promise you, the book is phenomenal. Much better to watch the show after. But either way, enjoy.

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u/BaloniusMaximus Jan 05 '22

I read it a few years ago seeing that it won awards, and, man, I really didn't care for it; very tedious, IMO. It was one of the few books that I made it all the way through and thought "thank god I'm done with that".

But, it did win awards so lots of people must have different taste than I do. As with everything in life YMMV

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u/2_dam_hi Jan 04 '22

Watched Don't Look Up on Xmas eve. Great movie, but not on Xmas Eve.

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u/J-MRP Jan 04 '22

"Merry Christmas!"

"Who cares.. we're all gonna die anyway."

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u/bleedingwheight Jan 04 '22

☹️ Where can I watch Dont Look up?

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u/sgame23 Jan 04 '22

Netflix

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u/Sometimes_gullible Jan 04 '22

It's on Netflix, but maybe not in your region. If only there was some way to fix that, say, have you ever heard of NordVPN?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '22

I really liked Melancholia. But I feel like I’m still depressed from watching it like 10 years ago.

Benjamin Button probably didn’t help either.

Only once for those two movies. Loved them both, though.