Friday, November 29, 2019

Danny's Doomsday

Danny's Doomsday takes climate change to Scandinavia where temperatures near and above 100 degrees Fahrenheit have transformed sea creatures into land dwelling monsters.



Like most campy cli if movies, the focus is on monsters produced by our own destructive behaviors rather than mitigating the problems we produced or at least decreasing our own carbon emissions to minimize future monstrous developments.


Danny's Doomsday reminded me of Sharknado with an added coming of age story that suggested destroying (or at least surviving) monstrous consequences of climate crises helps us grow as young adults. Using ecodisasters as rites of passage seems like a good way to bury any messages about our warming planet. If that's the goal in Danny's Doomsday the filmmakers should be happy. The movie buries its opening cause and global ecothreat well.

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