If I'm being honest, the only reason I watched this was due to enforced isolation due to catching covid. And apart from the brief summary description on Netflix, I had literally heard nothing about this film.
The storyline follows a couple of astronomers who discover that in 6 months an asteroid will hit and destroy the Earth. Due to my preference in films, this would normally be enough to put me off, but the fact Leonardo Dicaprio was enough to push me into giving it a go, as all of his films are great. As usual, I was not let down.
If you get this type of humour, it is hilarious. Obviously completely made up, it's too far fetched not to be, surely. Yet when you look at the ridiculous parts of this film which you think could never happen, you actually realise that almost identical things to these do happen and most of the time we don't bat an eyelid.
The film is sublime in its silliness. And despite being a complete work of fiction, it portrays the media and politicians perfectly. Flawed human beings who have 'winged' their way into positions of trust and responsibility, yet truthfully are as incapable as the rest of us.
It's a case of if you don't laugh at this film, you may well cry because as a species we are doomed.
The storyline follows a couple of astronomers who discover that in 6 months an asteroid will hit and destroy the Earth. Due to my preference in films, this would normally be enough to put me off, but the fact Leonardo Dicaprio was enough to push me into giving it a go, as all of his films are great. As usual, I was not let down.
If you get this type of humour, it is hilarious. Obviously completely made up, it's too far fetched not to be, surely. Yet when you look at the ridiculous parts of this film which you think could never happen, you actually realise that almost identical things to these do happen and most of the time we don't bat an eyelid.
The film is sublime in its silliness. And despite being a complete work of fiction, it portrays the media and politicians perfectly. Flawed human beings who have 'winged' their way into positions of trust and responsibility, yet truthfully are as incapable as the rest of us.
It's a case of if you don't laugh at this film, you may well cry because as a species we are doomed.