After Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) discovers a comet is on its way to Earth, her professor Dr Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) discovers it will wipe out most of life on Earth unless action is taken.<\/p>\n
Teaming up with NASA scientist Dr Teddy Oglethorpe (Rob Morgan), the trio approach the embattled US President Janie Orlean (Meryl Streep) and find her not very keen to tackle the crisis.<\/p>\n
Heading out on a media blitz to try and convince the planet to wake up to their imminent doom, Randall and Kate find a wave of apathy, division, and self-serving greed in response to the apocalypse.<\/p>\n
Will they succeed in preventing armageddon?<\/p>\n
And what does it all mean?<\/p>\n
RadioTimes.com<\/a><\/span> have you covered with an explainer on the ending and meaning behind Don\u2019t Look Up.<\/p>\n In the meantime, here is what you need to know about the end credits scenes for the film<\/a> and we also have our full\u00a0Don\u2019t Look Up cast<\/a>\u00a0guide.<\/p>\n **Spoiler warning for Don\u2019t Look Up**<\/strong><\/p>\n In short, yes.<\/strong><\/p>\n Comet Dibiasky collides with Earth despite the efforts of the Just Look Up campaign to push world leaders into combating the apocalyptic disaster.<\/p>\n However, the efforts of tech giant BASH to split up the comet and utilise its minerals for profit fail and the efforts of other nations to divert the comet\u2019s path also fail.<\/p>\n In the end, the \u201cplanet-killer\u201d comet hits Earth and causes cataclysmic devastation.<\/p>\n Well, just about everyone in the cast really.<\/p>\n The majority of lead characters including Dr Randall Mindy, Kate Dibiasky, Dr Teddy Oglethrope, Yule (Timothee Chalamet) and others are all killed when the comet hits Earth.<\/p>\n The only survivor shown on Earth is the President\u2019s son and Chief of Staff, Jason Orlean (Jonah Hill).<\/p>\n Meanwhile, President Orlean herself is eaten and killed by an alien creature named a Bronteroc when the mega-rich survivors land on a habitable alien world 22,740 years later.<\/p>\n The fate of the remaining super-rich survivors as they are naked and surrounded by Bronterocs does not look good but we don\u2019t see the deaths of tech billionaire and BASH CEO Peter Isherwell (Mark Rylance) or the others.<\/p>\n The film ends at the home of Dr Mindy after he has reconciled with his wife June (Melanie Lynskey) and sits to eat a meal with his family, Kate, her new love Yule, and Dr Oglethorpe.<\/p>\n The group makes small talk after a prayer from Yule and some hold hands before the impact of the comet rips through the house and kills them.<\/p>\n We see some shots of the devastated planet as a spaceship for the rich and powerful is seen departing Earth.<\/p>\n However, two scenes follow in the end credits.<\/p>\n The first end credits scene picks up 22,740 years later when the rich Americans who departed Earth arrive on an alien world and depart the ship naked.<\/p>\n President Orlean is eaten and killed by an alien animal known as a Bronteroc, just as the BASH algorithm predicted.<\/p>\n Further Bronterocs approach the other rich humans but their fates are unknown.<\/p>\n The second end credits scene comes post-credits and sees rubble and devastation on planet Earth as Jason Orlean emerges as a survivor in the rubble and when he sees no one there with him, he begins posting on social media.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t Look Up is, of course, a not-so-subtle allegory for the inaction, political discourse and apathy towards our impending climate disaster.<\/p>\n Despite replacing the climate crisis with the approaching asteroid, the response of politicians, the media and subsequent divisions is all very much rooted in satirical truths surrounding the climate crisis.<\/p>\n Our very own Don\u2019t Look Up review<\/a> notes: \u201c<\/b>It is, of course, a rather heavy-handed metaphor for global warming, and the lack of sufficient action taken by governments in the face of impending climate collapse.<\/p>\n \u201cWe follow various broadly sketched characters, from Meryl Streep\u2019s vain, polling-obsessed President to Mark Rylance\u2019s bizarre, self-aggrandising tech billionaire, and watch their all too predictable responses to the disastrous news.<\/p>\n \u201cThe result is a somewhat overstuffed film that has all the sledgehammer subtlety you\u2019d expect from an apocalyptic satire about a world-ending comet, but it does manage to deliver some good laughs \u2013 and enjoyable performances \u2013 along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n Don\u2019t Look Up is available now on Netflix.<\/b><\/p>\n If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch, check out our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0or visit our dedicated\u00a0Movies<\/a>\u00a0hub.<\/strong><\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Lewis Knight Published: Monday, 27 December 2021 at 12:00 am Well, this feels a bit too close to home. 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