Don't Look Up (2010)

I love this movie so much

How sad is this?

Awesome Movie

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Here's a film which seems to be all over the place in terms of story, which is needlessly complicated and as a result feels rushed and unsatisfactory. This is apparently a remake of an Japanese ghost film, given a western twist and cast, and directed by Chinese director Fruit Chan (who made the sickening DUMPLINGS).The story tells of a film crew attempting to shoot a tale about a cursed production, only for themselves to fall foul of the evil spirit of a witch inhabiting the set. The witchcraft/ghost angle is entirely predictable, although there are some cool CGI effects involving swarming flies, but that doesn't stop the film from feeling disjointed and more than a little unfocused.There are familiar cast members here, from a cameoing Eli Roth as a Hungarian director to Henry Thomas and Shiloh Fernandez, but the actors fail to bring life to what is a very stale script. You can tell Chan is trying and indeed DON'T LOOK UP is unsettling in a few places thanks to his efforts, but as with most remakes I'd recommend checking out the original instead.

I'm somewhat used to indie-films zipping around from past to present to dream sequences and back to any combination of the above. But this movie was just plain dumb. A legend says gypsy girl is killed due to a pact with the devil. A silent film maker tries to make a film about the legend, he disappears. A modern day film maker decides to try again, turmoil ensues. The plot is so contrived in the first 15 minutes that I lost interest. Then, people started beating each other up for no apparent reason, then people started dying. People that I really didn't care about, people who were so uninteresting that I started wondering who they were. Oh yeah, they were the people working on the movie, but no one had a back-story, besides the director, who, all you figured out was that he was a whack-doodle. Don't think I'm giving away any major plot points, but I always put a spoiler alert just to be on the safe side. Rent it or watch it "on demand," but don't waste your money buy it.

I originally picked this movie to watch after reading the plot. It seemed different from most movies so I thought I was seeing something new that would grab my attention. When getting the movie home, I read the reviews on here and saw it was a "bad" horror film. Still, I took my chances.I can see why many do not like this film. There is no definite beginning or end, leaving you to question the purpose of the entire movie. The plot seems to change focus from the movie production to the mental state of the producer.Let it be known, this is NOT a horror movie. There are "intense" images placed in scenes without much thought (i.e. the flashbacks the main character gets). The idea is probably to shock the viewer when they least expect it. The "gore" in the movie is less frightening than taking a stroll through the butcher's shop to pick up dinner. I do not understand how this movie is rated R. It lacks the core elements which would make a movie "R" - gore, language, and nudity. This movie is all about the deteriorating mental state of the "producer" inside the movie, which is fun to watch if you're into that kind of thing. The acting was subpar; I think a high school play crew could act the scenes better than the actors hired for this movie. Overall this movie gets a 3/10. They tried and came up short.

Sure, it's not a GREAT movie, but it's far from bad. It's a Japanese director's attempt at making a more western-oriented horror film. It DOES have some gore (though no nudity, but who gives a shite about nudity unless they can't get laid? Most of us can see real nudity whenever we want it, so that shouldn't be an issue to most Americans). This is actually a quite decent interpretation of Asian horror. The script is certainly no more lame than other 'revered' Asian horror films like The Ring or The Grudge or The Eye. Give it a chance and an open mind and you'll see that it's not a classic, but still quite good compared to most horror films produced nowadays.