Megalopolis (Francis Ford Coppola, 2024) • Page 12

That’s right soggy

 

won’t be doing that

 

I’m going to start saying “absolute cheeks” about everything I think is bad from now on.

 

it’s worse than baz’s gatsby

 

Let's go see Megalopolis again together.

 

i don’t think i can sit through this again

 

I can and will

 

When it comes out on VOD we should all have a watch party.

 

Just saw this and oddly got Batman vibes before seeing this tweet.

 

Look guys, this is what high-budget art without interference from capital interests looks like. Normally some exec would be telling this silent generation auteur "no you can't fucking do that" at dozens of points throughout the movie, but nobody did. And aren't we all better for it?

Definitely seeing it again lol

 

I have not seen this yet but I cannot imagine a world where this is worse than Baz's Gatsby

 

I hope to see the Substance and then this again this weekend.

 

I had thought he said Amazonian mind and I had no idea what he was talking about.

 

What was the deal with the Indian music needle drop when he reveals his megalon eye

 

catching this tomorrow

 

This looks terrible and the trailer is absolutely hilarious in that it features snippets of reviews from people who didn't like his pervious now classic works. I have never seen a movie embrace bad press like that before.

I'll probably still see it at the movies this weekend or next but I am expecting a grade A disaster of a film.

 

Unless they changed the trailer, that trailer was pulled because the quotes were generated by AI and aren't actually real.

 

Googled it and you're right, they did pull it. Still interesting that a movie of this pedigree would acknowledge bad press in that way even if it backfired and was quickly pulled. I've only ever seen that tactic in a 'so bad it's goood' capacity. Not a 'don't trust these dweeb critics who will be on the wrong side of history'.

Anyway... I will still see it anyway as I've read a lot of behind the scenes articles and history of the movie and ambition is always good to see even if it fails miserably. I have low expectations of a cohesive / worthwhile movie experience but I'll make up my mind for myself.

 

Question: does a "cohesive / worthwhile movie experience" rely entirely on narrative? Performances? Cinematography? This seems like the kind of artwork that asks the audience to consider even beyond these measurable things, things beyond what we see on the screen. In a large sense, it seems like the existence of the movie is a larger accomplishment than what can be fit into a script. Seems like an entirely original creation which is what draws me to this. I haven't seen it yet to give the full extent of my thoughts, but it doesn't seem like it can be reviewed in a traditional sense of good vs. bad. I know people who loved this and people who thought it was the worst film ever created. That level of polarization is enough to let me know it's worth seeing.

 

I think the film is cohesive and worthwhile.

 

Your money is better spent here than with Joker 2

 

I do not think it’s totally cohesive but it is worthwhile.