Why you should never look up - unless you want to see and believe
My wife and I enjoyed the movie “Don’t Look Up” (2021) which is one of the most watched films on Netflix.
The movie is a modern day parable about culture wars and today’s global warming crisis.
In the movie, the two heroes – played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence – try to warn people that a comet will hit planet earth and wipe out all humans.
People must “look up” and they too will see and believe.
But many refuse. They adopt the opposite motto: “Don’t Look Up!”
No spoilers here. But if we know we’re about to die what will we do?
At the end of the movie, one character crassly says (and I paraphrase), “We can have sex or we can pray.”
In other words, is life merely about pleasure and survival of our species?
Or is there something more?
Do we keep looking down, and stick to our self-absorbed lives? Paying bills and surviving?
Or do we look up at the stars and connect with a bigger story than our own? Do we worship the God who made the stars – who loves and saves us?
If we don’t look we will never see. If we never see we will never believe.
While you’re here, check out my buddy Russ Matthew’s Third Space review of “Don’t Look Up”.
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