Yeah, I very much get the sense he intends this to be his final film regardless of how well it performs. It feels like someone truly going for broke in so many ways, so I don't imagine Coppola very much cares whether he spends the rest of his life in director jail.
some people don't know when to quit. great directors should quit while they're ahead. those people who collaborated with you to make masterpieces are no longer alive lol.
Many years ago, back in i think 2011, I was in the Comic-Con Hall-H presentation for Francis Ford Coppola's Twixt. There he and Val Kilmer presented their new self funded movie. My uncle took me and we were all really excited, the genus that is Coppola is back and has made a new film. Upon entry we were given Edgar Alan Poe masks that acted as 3d glasses for the what we were about to see. We sat down and the presentation began. There we were met by Val Kilmer, who with foresight might have been slightly stoned, and Coppola, who like any great student of the arts had not prepared for anything. He presented us the trailer, to my confusion was not in 3D. In fact, nothing was in 3D. What was the masks for? I have no idea, a photo shoot maybe? cause it is neat to see us all with the mask on. The trailer ended, we clap, and then Coppola goes "imma do something, Im going to hit this button and see what happens". So this guy didnt even export the trailer looking back at it, dude had like final cut open on the projector and was hitting the shuffle button. And we were treated 3 times of the same trailer but it was something the computer spit out, but now its in complete different order with some extended clips or cut clips not in the original cut, mixed up music and everything. At one point he cuts the music and starts chanting and singing with Val "Nosfuratu, nosfuratu, Nosfuratu....you and ME". Was he just killing time? Spontaneously making it up on the fly? Was this his artistic process? Was this supposed to be cutting edge? Or was he just messing around with Killmer? It was madness. Upon the questions and answers, he teased us that he was working on a new film, writing the script, but was unsure how it was going to be financed. I left that presentation just sitting and thinking about what I had witnessed. Fast Forward as an adult, I still have the mask, have still not watched Twixt, and seeing news about Megalopolis...oh boy cant wait
I’m still very much interested in watching the film, but the whole “kissing people on set” thing is very disappointing. It’s sad to hear that one of my favourite filmmakers has joined the list of Hollywood creeps. 😢
Unfortunately I saw this movie. The only good thing I can say is that I guess I now have a better understanding of people with dementia and how they experience the world
This can never be biggest Hollywood anything because they did not finance the movie. My take is that Coppola did this as a self-indulgent thing just before he dies. It was never about the movie itself, more like he spent 150 million of his own money to do what he wants and enjoy himself, 100% free and full creative control. So he could go around and kiss hot extras etc. Wtf would he care about bad press because of it? As a movie it probably sucks but you have to respect doing such a crazy thing and putting your money where your mouth is.
I think this is the most accurate take of the "why" of this film. It's the FFC equivalent of a retiree buying his own paints and painting. Whether this is "Hollywood" or not is kind of a pointless distinction though. FFC *is* Hollywood, he's just not part of a major production company. E.g. George Lucas self-financed the Empire Strikes Back, Fox distributed it. Lionsgate distributed this film and will likely not recoup on that investment 😅.
Yes and no. In terms of sheer financial loss, yes. Movies like John Carter and Lone Ranger lost way more money because they cost so much more. Because this was only $120 million it can't lose that much. But if you look at it in terms of percentages (how much money did this movie earn vs. How much did it cost?) it *might* end up there. A $20 million box office gross would be a 92% loss, taking the "double it" conventional standard of budget, marketing, and distribution costs. Carter was probably closer to a 50% loss.
I think Gladiator II will flop even harder, considering it's bigger budget. Worldwide total will be 350 million at most, but as it cost 300 million for the budget alone, that will equal a big box office bomb.
Ridley Scott is very hit-or-miss. It's going to be either a refreshing return to the sword and sandals epic or a total misfire. I'm pretty skeptical with him lately.
Coppola's biggest issue as a filmmaker is that he tends to throw money at problems that could be solved in a more holistic or creative way. This is plainly visible in Hearts of Darkness. Whenever there is a logistical issue or disaster to mop up, Coppola just offers to write another check. Luckily, Apocalypse Now turned out to be a masterpiece and Coppola got to keep his house only to lose it again on One From The Heart. Megalopolis didn't need to cost $120 million. All of the actors probably took pay cuts to work with a legend like Coppola. I wish he had applied the lessons he had learned making low budget personal films in the previous 20 years before Megalopolis. The whole greenscreen-driven, CGI-made methods Coppola employed clearly don't suit him, especially at his age. One can only dream what Megalopolis would've been like with Coppola's A-team (Vittorio Storaro, Dean Tavoularis, Walter Murch) having his back. That would've been money well spent.
I guess 2020’s Coppola needed to listen to 1979 Coppola. Hey, maybe it flops at the box office but then becomes a cult hit that people keep renting from their local Blockbuster. Wait, what century are we in again? 🤔
Great video! I'm glad I came across your channel, subscribed. The opening clip was a great find and incredibly relevant. I can understand why Tarantino only wants to make 10 films to avoid an inevitable decline. More directors should take this advice. I didn't know about the creepy on-set behaviour during Megalopolis! I think this story has been buried bc no one is talking about it unless I'm just completely out of touch....anyways, great work!
knew nothing about megaflopolis before this video, but your style of content is very easy to digest. You're also witty, feel like if u were more consistent your channel could be super bingeable
Thanks man, i’m only 16 and have kinda realized I just haven’t lived enough life to have stuff to consistently talk abt. Got a video in the works rn tho. Just busy with school and what not.
I don’t care if it flops. I’m really hyped to see this vision if I like it or not is irrelevant. I’ll always show up for a passion project. Worse case scenario it’s bad but it won’t be a what if for the rest of history
@@TopHotBoxerThis is like a 40 year passion project for him. I don’t think he’ll really care about the box office or how much he makes or loses from it tbh
@@TopHotBoxer 115M in the hole? Yes, he poured some 120M-140M (sources vary...) his own money into Megalopolis...after selling most of his wine business for around 1Billion, which leaves him about 860M-880M above the hole...and an extremely successful career as filmmaker that spans over half of a century with several timeless masterpieces in his filmography so I think he will be just fine and there is nothing to him "bounce back from".
@@aperson5660- He will when he loses a 120 million dollars. And since he’s also paying for the marketing budget, he might lose close to 200 million dollars.
On FFC’s output generally, I stopped watching “Finian’s Rainbow” (released in 1968) at the scene where “How are things in Glacamara” is sung by English singer/actor, Petula Clarke - I’m Irish and have a real aversion to “paddywackery”. I think the movie is largely based on a successful musical from the 1940s - I only mention this as - acknowledging that brilliant movies such as “The Godfather” were directed by FCC - he’s been responsible - even at the beginning of his career - for some “real stinker” moments!
Well I’m not too surprised. Francis Ford Coppola’s time is gone now. Francis Ford Coppola has wonderful successful classics such as The Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now, The Outsiders, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and The Rainmaker. Since this new science fiction movie failed so badly at the box office, I think it’s time for Francis Ford Coppola should retire from making movies and let her daughter Sofia Coppola continue her career as a director and producer.
5:16 Incase people forget, this is the same man that publicly defended and funded his convidcted child molester and cp maker friend Viktor salva and threatened to sue his 12 yo victim (whom salva was grooming since the boy was 6) so his actions does not surprise me at all. I'm glad he'll be losing money on both his movie and hopefully his SA lawsuits as well
Saw the movie last night. Just what I expected, chaotic like everyone said, but one thing I didn’t expect was how visually stunning it was and how I liked it a lot more than what I anticipated. This work is pure cinematic experience and must be watched in the theater specially in IMAX.
just finished watching the movie a couple hours ago. i didn't see any trailers, all I saw was adam driver and other big name actors showing up for this movie and francis ford coppola as a director and I thought I was gonna be in for a good time. halfway through the movie I gave up trying to understand what was going on. i understood what it was about but it really was the randomest shit ever. i feel bad for anyone whos gonna watch the movie and expect it to be good. i should've went to see transformers lmao. i wish I could get my two hours back. if you think this is gonna be your standard movie that has a somewhat easy to digest narrative its far from that imagine getting every instrument and throwing it in a pile. whatever sound that makes is what this movie is to me
It’s not for simple minded people, simple as that in your comment where you’d rather watch transformers, it’s familiar to you, easy to digest, easy to comprehend, basically you can turn your brain off. This movie doesn’t let you do that and you don’t like that
@@mclovinpo i’ve watched complex films in the past that weren’t easy to digest. films that made you think and had to watch more than once to really grasp. this wasn’t one of those. my joke about watching transformers was because i wasted a free movie ticket and if i had known this was gonna be this ass i would’ve went to see something id enjoy. if this was for you, then cool. i simply didn’t enjoy it. don’t try making it some sort of cinephile top tier movie that only big brain people get because even the biggest movie fans i know are trashing it lmao. it just wasn’t good but if you wanna cope with that go ahead
@@mclovinpo complex is different of bad storytelling. If you can't express your idea in general, it doesnt mean its a bad idea, it means YOU are a bad teller
I’m definitely going to see it, and I’m seeing it today at a special screening at AMC. But the film is definitely going to flop badly and Coppola will probably have to sell more of his fortune to pay for his next couple films.
I think this movie is gonna tank when it comes out but years later it'll probably get a reevaluation and maybe like a Criterion release and might go down as Coppola's masterpiece. But yeah it's probably gonna be a rough opening weekend. XD
I enjoyed this movie top to bottom. Can you wrap your head around the fact that maybe he didn't make it to make money? Here's an idea- there's only one person who decides whether this movie is a "flop" and for once it's the director. He doesn't have to "bounce back" from it losing money, it was HIS money. He doesn't have to triangulate whether a studio will give him money for another movie because they weren't involved at all. He's 90 years old and his wife of 60 years just died and he's going to die soon. His kids are all successful on their own. He has absolutely nothing to lose here. He has zero reason to make a movie that holds people's hands through it so that he can make a lot of money from it. This "bad movie" and "flop" discourse is going to age like milk!
I didn’t say the film is bad personally, because this video came out before the film came out it’d would’ve been impossible for me to have seen it to review it. Second of all whether Coppola cares if it’s a flop or not, it’s still a flop. Hope this helps!
@@TopHotBoxer Oh, I don't think it helps. Declaring a movie a flop 9 days before it comes out is not how it works. I'm saying since Coppola made and financed the film himself, it's kind of up to him whether the film is a flop and he obviously isn't concerned about box office as a metric.
Megalopolis is a very good film and I love the film. It is very flawed, but ambitious and thought provoking film. The conclusion is also very hopeful and emotionally impacting. But this film was destined to flop at the box office and it’s definitely flopping at the box office.
I mean there's a good chance you're right but the film's not even out yet and saying "the worst rollout to a film I've ever seen" when you're like, what, like 25 years old doesn't mean that much, just saying. I'm thinking you should read the other comments and maybe reappraise your approach while your channel is still growing. I don't even have a real horse in this race, I don't think Coppola's made anything great since Dracula and that's not without some caveats, obviously, and nothing TRULY great since the 70s.
i’m 16 but i’ll choose to take that as a compliment lmao This video is abt the roll out and box office performance of the movie, not the film cuz it’s not out. It’s the biggest flop of the year objectively, because of its box office numbers. And the roll out of a film has nothing to do with the film itselfz
@@TopHotBoxer Well shit actually that IS a compliment then, you're a pretty mature and smart sounding 16 year old. And now I feel bad lol. Anyway fair enough, good luck with your channel!
He should have done it in the late 90s/early 00s, big step down from Di Caprio and De Niro to "Kylo Ren" and Esposito and the chick from Community. Not to mention NYC has lost that gritty gothic "New Rome" grandeur since then too. Relatedly, the planes in buildings reference would have guaranteed views, if only out of the shock and outrage. Right now it just seems like more CGI fodder in these awful fodder-movies (and fodder-culture) times. Altho it is admittedly nice CGI, but if the also-admittedly-somewhat interesting premise doesn't land, then it won't even be a cult hit. Oh and the grab-assing is par for the course in Hollywood, all movies ever would have to be boycotted for that to stop (not a bad idea tbh, save yourself some braincells too).
Oh I love this, I love this a lot, he talked way too much shits about the Avengers movies ...Turns out you need more than "just money and a big casting" to make a good movie uh ? how about you try to have an actual coherent plot Francis ? and maybe some humility ...
Understand your point in this video is to call out the likelihood this film will be a financial flop but my point is why create a video that trashes the potential economic performance of an art work?
I'm going to watch The Wild Robot instead of megaFLOPolis, cause 1, it looks like the superior sci-fi film, 2, I think it's important to support actually good films, especially if they are of the animation medium, since there are studio heads out there trying to kill it, and 3, Coppola as a person (and as a filmmaker nowadays) sucks.
To so harshly critique a film you and most of the public haven’t seen yet just seems bizarre to me. and to degrade and joke about a man trying to stick it to the big studios who overly dominate the industry by putting up $120 million of his own money is just cruel. He is a legend in his field and deserves some more respect. Yes he acts inappropriately and that’s not acceptable, but I believe art is separate from the artist and those issues will be dealt with if they need be by the relevant authorities or bodies.
@@TopHotBoxer I understand that, but it doesn’t absolve you in my mind of the fact that you have attempted to embarrass and shame an icon for his attempt to accomplish a life long goal that for maybe reasons outside of his control has been very hard for him to achieve. If the film comes out and is a huge success this video will make you look like an opportunistic bully with egg on his face. And in my opinion based on the trailers I think it could be incredibly entertaining.
And so was fight club, american psycho and babylon. All great films. This video is not saying the film will be bad, as the film isn’t out for me to review. Simply that the roll out being a disaster has caused it to financially flop.
I saw a lot of ppl claiming he was not inappropriate but just affectionate and I just want express that he was indeed creepy and anyone defending this behaviour is too. No one should be touching ppl like that in a workplace condition and generally no one should be touching you like that if permission is not given (he is basically a stranger to them). Also to anyone that still has doubts he did not do this to men but just women, if he is a jolly grandpa his ass should be hugging Adam driver like that too.
"Flash wasn't that bad and Megalopolis is pretentious (insert Dark Knight meme quote here), anyway guys I'd totally love to continue the discussion in the comment section, not because it boosts engagements or anything...I'm just so enamoured with the discourse surrounding film, and by film I mean IPs for babies." Video essayists are subhuman
I like the movie where Adam driver said the N word instead of this
My favorite flick.
BlacKkKlansman was great 👌
Which N word? Nickel? Nightmare?
@@Termina2018 That movie kicked ass!
Nuh-uh
Lol the description - can coppola ever bounce back from megalopolis? This is worded like he's a young director finding his footing in the industry
LMAOOOO u right u right
Yeah, I very much get the sense he intends this to be his final film regardless of how well it performs. It feels like someone truly going for broke in so many ways, so I don't imagine Coppola very much cares whether he spends the rest of his life in director jail.
Just when we all thought Francis was out, HE PULLS HIMSELF BACK IN.
Not much time at his age to bounce back.
some people don't know when to quit. great directors should quit while they're ahead. those people who collaborated with you to make masterpieces are no longer alive lol.
Many years ago, back in i think 2011, I was in the Comic-Con Hall-H presentation for Francis Ford Coppola's Twixt. There he and Val Kilmer presented their new self funded movie. My uncle took me and we were all really excited, the genus that is Coppola is back and has made a new film. Upon entry we were given Edgar Alan Poe masks that acted as 3d glasses for the what we were about to see. We sat down and the presentation began. There we were met by Val Kilmer, who with foresight might have been slightly stoned, and Coppola, who like any great student of the arts had not prepared for anything. He presented us the trailer, to my confusion was not in 3D. In fact, nothing was in 3D. What was the masks for? I have no idea, a photo shoot maybe? cause it is neat to see us all with the mask on. The trailer ended, we clap, and then Coppola goes "imma do something, Im going to hit this button and see what happens". So this guy didnt even export the trailer looking back at it, dude had like final cut open on the projector and was hitting the shuffle button. And we were treated 3 times of the same trailer but it was something the computer spit out, but now its in complete different order with some extended clips or cut clips not in the original cut, mixed up music and everything. At one point he cuts the music and starts chanting and singing with Val "Nosfuratu, nosfuratu, Nosfuratu....you and ME". Was he just killing time? Spontaneously making it up on the fly? Was this his artistic process? Was this supposed to be cutting edge? Or was he just messing around with Killmer? It was madness. Upon the questions and answers, he teased us that he was working on a new film, writing the script, but was unsure how it was going to be financed. I left that presentation just sitting and thinking about what I had witnessed. Fast Forward as an adult, I still have the mask, have still not watched Twixt, and seeing news about Megalopolis...oh boy cant wait
That was one hell of a story. I thoroughly enjoyed reading that 🤣
Great story. Thank you
Coppola said, “imma do something”?
Truly a complete and utter garbage this movie is 😂😂😂
This video aged like a fine wine.
"Sorry if I came up to kiss you, just know I did it soley for my pleasure" what a savage
It's a Fake news Coppola put a lawsuit on the magazine for this hoax
you mean creep? if not you should be on a list.
@@huh-o9rexactly. I’ve seen so many comments on this video excusing that behavior
I’m still very much interested in watching the film, but the whole “kissing people on set” thing is very disappointing. It’s sad to hear that one of my favourite filmmakers has joined the list of Hollywood creeps. 😢
True that’s the only thing that’s true about this video
he’s been one and a sympathizer
Check out his relationship with director Victor Salva. He hasn't been beating the creep allegations for a while unfortunately
@@padmesyt never knew about that 😕
Bunch of trolls
Just you wait. This movie is gonna make 50 megalopolillion dollars at the box office. Keep coping man.
“It’s megalopolin time!!!”
Unfortunately I saw this movie. The only good thing I can say is that I guess I now have a better understanding of people with dementia and how they experience the world
This can never be biggest Hollywood anything because they did not finance the movie. My take is that Coppola did this as a self-indulgent thing just before he dies. It was never about the movie itself, more like he spent 150 million of his own money to do what he wants and enjoy himself, 100% free and full creative control. So he could go around and kiss hot extras etc. Wtf would he care about bad press because of it? As a movie it probably sucks but you have to respect doing such a crazy thing and putting your money where your mouth is.
What extras did he kiss?
I think this is the most accurate take of the "why" of this film. It's the FFC equivalent of a retiree buying his own paints and painting. Whether this is "Hollywood" or not is kind of a pointless distinction though. FFC *is* Hollywood, he's just not part of a major production company. E.g. George Lucas self-financed the Empire Strikes Back, Fox distributed it. Lionsgate distributed this film and will likely not recoup on that investment 😅.
Financing a movie does not give anyone license to sexually assault people. This is a horrible take.
@@bjanderson_09 Give me a break. 85y old man can't shit on his own let alone sexually harass anyone.
@@bjanderson_09 sexually assault? Are you insane Blackie ?
"One of the biggest flops in hollywood ever" is a bit of a stretch
Yes and no. In terms of sheer financial loss, yes. Movies like John Carter and Lone Ranger lost way more money because they cost so much more. Because this was only $120 million it can't lose that much. But if you look at it in terms of percentages (how much money did this movie earn vs. How much did it cost?) it *might* end up there. A $20 million box office gross would be a 92% loss, taking the "double it" conventional standard of budget, marketing, and distribution costs. Carter was probably closer to a 50% loss.
Looks like you made all the fan boys mad with this one
It's megalopolin' time!
I think Gladiator II will flop even harder, considering it's bigger budget. Worldwide total will be 350 million at most, but as it cost 300 million for the budget alone, that will equal a big box office bomb.
It cost 300 goddamn million DOLLARS?
That's ridiculous!
Nah I think Gladiator 2 will be a success, ain't no way. it's gonna make 20 millions in Italy alone
Ridley Scott is very hit-or-miss. It's going to be either a refreshing return to the sword and sandals epic or a total misfire. I'm pretty skeptical with him lately.
Coppola just blew his kids inheritance on this for his own amusement, ego and gratification.
I suppose theyre rich enough already though
megaflopolis
My thought exactly
The last review I read warned that every review would use that...
Coppola's biggest issue as a filmmaker is that he tends to throw money at problems that could be solved in a more holistic or creative way. This is plainly visible in Hearts of Darkness. Whenever there is a logistical issue or disaster to mop up, Coppola just offers to write another check. Luckily, Apocalypse Now turned out to be a masterpiece and Coppola got to keep his house only to lose it again on One From The Heart.
Megalopolis didn't need to cost $120 million. All of the actors probably took pay cuts to work with a legend like Coppola. I wish he had applied the lessons he had learned making low budget personal films in the previous 20 years before Megalopolis. The whole greenscreen-driven, CGI-made methods Coppola employed clearly don't suit him, especially at his age. One can only dream what Megalopolis would've been like with Coppola's A-team (Vittorio Storaro, Dean Tavoularis, Walter Murch) having his back. That would've been money well spent.
I guess you could say the film along with the director’s on set behavior is, “Despicable”
I guess 2020’s Coppola needed to listen to 1979 Coppola. Hey, maybe it flops at the box office but then becomes a cult hit that people keep renting from their local Blockbuster. Wait, what century are we in again? 🤔
This take aged very well. Well played.
Great video! I'm glad I came across your channel, subscribed. The opening clip was a great find and incredibly relevant. I can understand why Tarantino only wants to make 10 films to avoid an inevitable decline. More directors should take this advice. I didn't know about the creepy on-set behaviour during Megalopolis! I think this story has been buried bc no one is talking about it unless I'm just completely out of touch....anyways, great work!
I love that you started this video with his statement about "pretentiousness" because Megalopolis was the epitome of PRETENTIOUS.
all im saying is that if anyone else directed this the grifters would actually bash it lmao
Imagine making three of the greatest films ever made and your other films are either mid at best or total dogshit
knew nothing about megaflopolis before this video, but your style of content is very easy to digest. You're also witty, feel like if u were more consistent your channel could be super bingeable
Thanks man, i’m only 16 and have kinda realized I just haven’t lived enough life to have stuff to consistently talk abt. Got a video in the works rn tho. Just busy with school and what not.
BRO IT HASNT EVEN COME OUT GAWDAMN
vid ain’t abt the movie it’s abt the roll out and box office
I don’t care if it flops. I’m really hyped to see this vision if I like it or not is irrelevant. I’ll always show up for a passion project. Worse case scenario it’s bad but it won’t be a what if for the rest of history
I actually really wanna see it, but sadly it’s not going to be shown anywhere in my country 😭
Every new movie flops
Dune 2? Oppenheimer? Don’t get me wrong, Megalopolis is an atrocity
What do you expect from a director in his mid-80's?
way to go from beloved to hated, nice comeback from Coppola.
The very beginning of this video didn’t age well
Only time will tell if this movie will be good or not. Hopefully we can all learn something from Francis ford Coppola
The movie ain’t even come out yet goofy. Real Coppola fans will prolly show up regardless
Right, which is why Coppola’s 115M in the hole LOL
@@TopHotBoxerThis is like a 40 year passion project for him. I don’t think he’ll really care about the box office or how much he makes or loses from it tbh
@@TopHotBoxer 115M in the hole? Yes, he poured some 120M-140M (sources vary...) his own money into Megalopolis...after selling most of his wine business for around 1Billion, which leaves him about 860M-880M above the hole...and an extremely successful career as filmmaker that spans over half of a century with several timeless masterpieces in his filmography so I think he will be just fine and there is nothing to him "bounce back from".
It’s still going to flop.
@@aperson5660- He will when he loses a 120 million dollars. And since he’s also paying for the marketing budget, he might lose close to 200 million dollars.
On FFC’s output generally, I stopped watching “Finian’s Rainbow” (released in 1968) at the scene where “How are things in Glacamara” is sung by English singer/actor, Petula Clarke - I’m Irish and have a real aversion to “paddywackery”. I think the movie is largely based on a successful musical from the 1940s - I only mention this as - acknowledging that brilliant movies such as “The Godfather” were directed by FCC - he’s been responsible - even at the beginning of his career - for some “real stinker” moments!
Bro even if I paid attention, I still wouldn't have gotten it. It's way beyond me, but I still appreciated watching it, even if it isn't good
The tragedy of having success is that you lose your mind
This video getting us out the hood
Well I’m not too surprised. Francis Ford Coppola’s time is gone now. Francis Ford Coppola has wonderful successful classics such as The Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now, The Outsiders, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, and The Rainmaker. Since this new science fiction movie failed so badly at the box office, I think it’s time for Francis Ford Coppola should retire from making movies and let her daughter Sofia Coppola continue her career as a director and producer.
This is going to be a movie we ever seen
I thought it was really good... no wait a second, I just spent 2 hours watching an entirely different film
5:16 Incase people forget, this is the same man that publicly defended and funded his convidcted child molester and cp maker friend Viktor salva and threatened to sue his 12 yo victim (whom salva was grooming since the boy was 6) so his actions does not surprise me at all. I'm glad he'll be losing money on both his movie and hopefully his SA lawsuits as well
Saw the movie last night. Just what I expected, chaotic like everyone said, but one thing I didn’t expect was how visually stunning it was and how I liked it a lot more than what I anticipated.
This work is pure cinematic experience and must be watched in the theater specially in IMAX.
I agree for the most part but there was some seriously iffy CGI at points…
Lionsgate having their biggest flops ever with Megalopolis & Borderlands!
This is the equivalent to heavens gate
Better then most Shit 💩 today 😂
just finished watching the movie a couple hours ago. i didn't see any trailers, all I saw was adam driver and other big name actors showing up for this movie and francis ford coppola as a director and I thought I was gonna be in for a good time. halfway through the movie I gave up trying to understand what was going on. i understood what it was about but it really was the randomest shit ever. i feel bad for anyone whos gonna watch the movie and expect it to be good. i should've went to see transformers lmao. i wish I could get my two hours back. if you think this is gonna be your standard movie that has a somewhat easy to digest narrative its far from that
imagine getting every instrument and throwing it in a pile. whatever sound that makes is what this movie is to me
It’s not for simple minded people, simple as that in your comment where you’d rather watch transformers, it’s familiar to you, easy to digest, easy to comprehend, basically you can turn your brain off. This movie doesn’t let you do that and you don’t like that
@@mclovinpo i’ve watched complex films in the past that weren’t easy to digest. films that made you think and had to watch more than once to really grasp. this wasn’t one of those. my joke about watching transformers was because i wasted a free movie ticket and if i had known this was gonna be this ass i would’ve went to see something id enjoy. if this was for you, then cool. i simply didn’t enjoy it. don’t try making it some sort of cinephile top tier movie that only big brain people get because even the biggest movie fans i know are trashing it lmao. it just wasn’t good but if you wanna cope with that go ahead
@@mclovinpo complex is different of bad storytelling. If you can't express your idea in general, it doesnt mean its a bad idea, it means YOU are a bad teller
I’m definitely going to see it, and I’m seeing it today at a special screening at AMC. But the film is definitely going to flop badly and Coppola will probably have to sell more of his fortune to pay for his next couple films.
Okay so I hadn't actually heard the details of the shit he did on set. That is, indeed, an insane thing to say and do.
Saying "it's only for my pleasure" is the most hilarious thing he could've done in that situation
can I be honest, I haven't been impressed by Coppola since his toilet fire of a movie Dracula.
Isn't Concord's flop at least four times bigger in dollar terms? Shows how big (or small) games are compared to films.
I think this movie is gonna tank when it comes out but years later it'll probably get a reevaluation and maybe like a Criterion release and might go down as Coppola's masterpiece. But yeah it's probably gonna be a rough opening weekend. XD
Movie?
Thank you 🙌🏾. The Flash wasn’t bad it just took to long to come out. Imo
Godfather 1 and 2 and a few other good films generations ago - since then a bunch of flops.
Senility and dementia are very real things. At some point….its just best to call it a day and be grateful for what you’ve already achieved.
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Lionsgate is really going to have a terrible year...the crow, killer's game, never let go and the other two all flopped
take away from this video. If no studios want to buy a Copalla movie it’s for a reason
I enjoyed this movie top to bottom. Can you wrap your head around the fact that maybe he didn't make it to make money?
Here's an idea- there's only one person who decides whether this movie is a "flop" and for once it's the director. He doesn't have to "bounce back" from it losing money, it was HIS money. He doesn't have to triangulate whether a studio will give him money for another movie because they weren't involved at all. He's 90 years old and his wife of 60 years just died and he's going to die soon. His kids are all successful on their own. He has absolutely nothing to lose here. He has zero reason to make a movie that holds people's hands through it so that he can make a lot of money from it. This "bad movie" and "flop" discourse is going to age like milk!
I didn’t say the film is bad personally, because this video came out before the film came out it’d would’ve been impossible for me to have seen it to review it.
Second of all whether Coppola cares if it’s a flop or not, it’s still a flop. Hope this helps!
@@TopHotBoxer Oh, I don't think it helps. Declaring a movie a flop 9 days before it comes out is not how it works. I'm saying since Coppola made and financed the film himself, it's kind of up to him whether the film is a flop and he obviously isn't concerned about box office as a metric.
I don't know why Adam Driver keeps going for stinker movies
Just keep watching mindless marvel universe mooobies and you'll survive
Can we just watch the movie Jesus let bro do what he wants
Nah man I don't think imma let bro just...harass his extras?
@@TopHotBoxer in bros defense, it was for his pleasure
@@TopHotBoxer then don't watch a single hollywood movie. ffs welcome to holywood.
@@jacketofthe80s13 "Everyone does it so it's okay." You effing serious my dude?
Megalopolis is a very good film and I love the film. It is very flawed, but ambitious and thought provoking film. The conclusion is also very hopeful and emotionally impacting. But this film was destined to flop at the box office and it’s definitely flopping at the box office.
Think ur being ruff on one of the greats. We’ll see how it ages.
I mean there's a good chance you're right but the film's not even out yet and saying "the worst rollout to a film I've ever seen" when you're like, what, like 25 years old doesn't mean that much, just saying. I'm thinking you should read the other comments and maybe reappraise your approach while your channel is still growing. I don't even have a real horse in this race, I don't think Coppola's made anything great since Dracula and that's not without some caveats, obviously, and nothing TRULY great since the 70s.
i’m 16 but i’ll choose to take that as a compliment lmao
This video is abt the roll out and box office performance of the movie, not the film cuz it’s not out. It’s the biggest flop of the year objectively, because of its box office numbers. And the roll out of a film has nothing to do with the film itselfz
@@TopHotBoxer Well shit actually that IS a compliment then, you're a pretty mature and smart sounding 16 year old. And now I feel bad lol. Anyway fair enough, good luck with your channel!
The Godfather 4 would have been a better idea
He should have done it in the late 90s/early 00s, big step down from Di Caprio and De Niro to "Kylo Ren" and Esposito and the chick from Community. Not to mention NYC has lost that gritty gothic "New Rome" grandeur since then too. Relatedly, the planes in buildings reference would have guaranteed views, if only out of the shock and outrage. Right now it just seems like more CGI fodder in these awful fodder-movies (and fodder-culture) times. Altho it is admittedly nice CGI, but if the also-admittedly-somewhat interesting premise doesn't land, then it won't even be a cult hit. Oh and the grab-assing is par for the course in Hollywood, all movies ever would have to be boycotted for that to stop (not a bad idea tbh, save yourself some braincells too).
Mega-flop-o-lis
francis may have had the biggest fall of in cinema history theres a VERY high chance megalopolis will be crap or worse just alright
Oh I love this, I love this a lot, he talked way too much shits about the Avengers movies ...Turns out you need more than "just money and a big casting" to make a good movie uh ? how about you try to have an actual coherent plot Francis ? and maybe some humility ...
Let’s gooooo
Megaflopolis
Biggest flop....so far! Still got 3 months
Yall don’t fw talk tauh the way I do
God was trying to tell him not to make this dud. Now he's gonna go out a flop.
mfer predicted 9/11 😂😂😂
@@TopHotBoxer or caused it.
I really liked the film
Gotta love people who measure films based on money and peripheral irrelevant details.
did not say anything about the actual film, i haven’t seen it because it isn’t out.
This video is about its roll out and box office numbers.
Understand your point in this video is to call out the likelihood this film will be a financial flop but my point is why create a video that trashes the potential economic performance of an art work?
Megaflopolis more like.
Hes always been the humble narcissist.
It's not a good movie. Visuals are a 10. But the story doesn't make any sense.
Goofy title I’m not even a big fan of this guy but the movie obviously gonna b good
Pretty sure that variety article was debunked by the women in the video.
I'm going to watch The Wild Robot instead of megaFLOPolis, cause 1, it looks like the superior sci-fi film, 2, I think it's important to support actually good films, especially if they are of the animation medium, since there are studio heads out there trying to kill it, and 3, Coppola as a person (and as a filmmaker nowadays) sucks.
@@mercuryredstone2235 3 excellent points
A bunch of big bloated nothing that rips off better movies. Besides Coppola's an Epstien pdf file.
3:20 😂😂😂😂😂
120mil of your OWN money...😂 kamalas not gonna help you😂
The majority of good films flop these days. Megalopolis looks like a dream come true
Most overrated filmmaker ever
To so harshly critique a film you and most of the public haven’t seen yet just seems bizarre to me.
and to degrade and joke about a man trying to stick it to the big studios who overly dominate the industry by putting up $120 million of his own money is just cruel. He is a legend in his field and deserves some more respect. Yes he acts inappropriately and that’s not acceptable, but I believe art is separate from the artist and those issues will be dealt with if they need be by the relevant authorities or bodies.
Once again, this video is about the roll out and box office numbers of the film. Not the film itself.
@@TopHotBoxer I understand that, but it doesn’t absolve you in my mind of the fact that you have attempted to embarrass and shame an icon for his attempt to accomplish a life long goal that for maybe reasons outside of his control has been very hard for him to achieve.
If the film comes out and is a huge success this video will make you look like an opportunistic bully with egg on his face. And in my opinion based on the trailers I think it could be incredibly entertaining.
Bladerunner was also a flop.
And so was fight club, american psycho and babylon. All great films. This video is not saying the film will be bad, as the film isn’t out for me to review. Simply that the roll out being a disaster has caused it to financially flop.
@TopHotBoxer it's sad but I doubt it will make 5 million on opening week. I hope I am wrong, but we"ll see.
i hate driver
Disagree with the title of your video, esp. since this film is trying to be about something versus Eli Roth garbage.
Dude chill the movie is not out yet...from where is the urge to bash a movie that didn't came out yet
This video is about the roll out and financial return of the film. Not the actual product.
He is being paid by someone to make this
Just watched the movie. It was god awful.
I HAVENT EVEN WATCHED THE VIDEO BUT IK YOURE JUST HATING, TERRIBLE TAKE.
MEGALOPOLIS WILL BE THE BEST FILM OF 2024
I SAW MEGALOPOLIS THREE DAYS AGO AND I CAN CONFIRM THAT IT IS THE BEST FILM OF THE YEAR
Francis Ford Flopula does it again
@@strawhataddison from now on whenever an old person makes one last big mistake I'm gonna describe it as "Doing a Coppola"
I saw a lot of ppl claiming he was not inappropriate but just affectionate and I just want express that he was indeed creepy and anyone defending this behaviour is too. No one should be touching ppl like that in a workplace condition and generally no one should be touching you like that if permission is not given (he is basically a stranger to them). Also to anyone that still has doubts he did not do this to men but just women, if he is a jolly grandpa his ass should be hugging Adam driver like that too.
Worst movie I have ever seen.
"Pretentious" is what you say when it baffles you. Try again.
"Flash wasn't that bad and Megalopolis is pretentious (insert Dark Knight meme quote here), anyway guys I'd totally love to continue the discussion in the comment section, not because it boosts engagements or anything...I'm just so enamoured with the discourse surrounding film, and by film I mean IPs for babies."
Video essayists are subhuman
You could literally boil any YT video down to a sentence or two if you genuinely believe the creator doesn’t care about the discourse. 8/10 Strawman.
@@TopHotBoxer You’re too boring to argue with
@@TopHotBoxer a subhuman is the perfect way to describe you
@@iammraat3059 No that's a bit much, lay off. I regret saying such a thing. Having shitty taste is a human right.
@@angrycat1232 nahi it's cool. He is a mean spirited vulture, trying to leech off of FFC. That is what a subhuman does
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