Don't look up. Memoires of crooked world
If you had asked me for the most prominent film surprise of the year 2021, it would be definitely Adam Mckay's Don't Look Up. Originally author of relatively cheap comedies, earning his name by the movie Big Short, many expectations were held from a stellar cast the movie had (from Ariana Grande to Chris Evans) and I suppose the movie was able to meet them. Filmed during the pandemic, the cast had to live together with the producers, and the outcome is seen through exhilarating performances. Even though the film depicts the end of humanity, it still manages to be hilarious at times, which is a quality I have to assess only positively. The story starts as a PhD candidate at Michigan university, Kate Dibiasski (Jennifer Lawrence), discovers a giant comet the size of Mt. Everest. The problems begin when her associate professor Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio), calculates that the comet hurtles toward the planet Earth, which will result in a clash with fatal consequences. What f