...because that's how far I got.
From the trailers I just hoped that the satire wasn't as flat and dull as it seemed, but unfortunately it was exactly as flat, dull and mind-numbingly boring as it seemed. The simple story of astronomers attempting to warn a distracted world about a cataclysmic event could be hilarious. If it was on South Park for example.
Yet the filmmakers can't decide on whether they want their world to act realistically or unrealistically. Even the first minutes are filled with contradictions. They clearly wanted to have their cake and eat it too, which ultimately leads to confusion. Are you trying to say something about people or society or whatever? Or not?
By cranking up the satirical elements the incredibly strange behavior of some of the characters would make some sense, but the constant flip-flopping between awkward social commentary and lackluster satire, made me quickly reconsider this viewing as a waste of time.
Comedy needs grounding. If your grounding is shaky as hell because you couldn't make up your mind what kind of movie you were creating, then the comedy ends up shaky as hell too.
TLDR: I wanted to like this, but I didn't even smirk once. That's bad.
From the trailers I just hoped that the satire wasn't as flat and dull as it seemed, but unfortunately it was exactly as flat, dull and mind-numbingly boring as it seemed. The simple story of astronomers attempting to warn a distracted world about a cataclysmic event could be hilarious. If it was on South Park for example.
Yet the filmmakers can't decide on whether they want their world to act realistically or unrealistically. Even the first minutes are filled with contradictions. They clearly wanted to have their cake and eat it too, which ultimately leads to confusion. Are you trying to say something about people or society or whatever? Or not?
By cranking up the satirical elements the incredibly strange behavior of some of the characters would make some sense, but the constant flip-flopping between awkward social commentary and lackluster satire, made me quickly reconsider this viewing as a waste of time.
Comedy needs grounding. If your grounding is shaky as hell because you couldn't make up your mind what kind of movie you were creating, then the comedy ends up shaky as hell too.
TLDR: I wanted to like this, but I didn't even smirk once. That's bad.