Review: MEGALOPOLIS isn't bad... WE are...
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Megalopolis, the new film by director Francis Ford Coppola starring Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight, Shia LaBeouf, Aubrey Plaza and more is now playing and is best seen on IMAX. I review MEGALOPOLIS, the NEW film, by renowned and infamous director, Francis Ford Coppola which is dividing audiences with its avant-garde style and Shakespearean take on Modern America... I mean Modern Rome.
I was lucky enough to catch a special preview of the film presented by the New York Film Festival and Lincoln Center.
Enjoy the review.
Best,
-FSD
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Megalopolis, the new film by director Francis Ford Coppola starring Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight, Shia labeouf, Aubrey Plaza and more is now playing everywhere and is best seen on IMAX. I review MEGALOPOLIS, the film, by renowned and infamous director, Francis Ford Coppola which is dividing audiences with its Avant Guard style and Shakespearean take on Modern America... I mean Modern Rome.
I was lucky enough to catch a special preview of the film presented by the New York Film Festival and Lincoln Center.
Enjoy the review.
Best,
-FSD
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I think that Driver is not Coppola, I think Driver is Elon Musk-esque 4:30
I’m going to put “a fable” at the end of my tax return so the IRS can’t judge it…
🤣
On my phone, Megalopolis’s special effects look decent, but on the big screen? Not so much, the green screen background made me and everyone in my theater laugh.
Favorite quote: So go back to the cluuuub
That's the best quote in the film, hands down.
Art doesn't make something have value
I think it does. But of course value can be different for different people. 100 dollars may be a lot of money to some - and meaningless to others. Value as art - is in the eye of the beholder.
Art is art.
Have a great day! Thanks for watching!
-FSD
Agreed- a lot of so-called "art" is simply pretentious crap. 🥴
Is this review written by AI lol?
No 🤣 it's written by me. I wrote it at 1am the night I watched the film and I produced this entire review within 22hrs. I'm a real human. Beep beep boop beep.
Acudí con las expectativas muy bajas tras las críticas tan malas que leí y...me gustó bastante. Creo que la gente no está entiendo la película. Enhorabuena por el canal. Saludos desde España
Obviously not, the best review of the movie there is
@@YourBestMate64 No, you're the best!
🤣
@@dosentradascentraditas Thank you so much, and HELLO from the USA! I'm glad you liked the movie and saw it for. yourself!
Best,
-FSD
Megalopolis is a higly ambitious but shallow messed up craftpiece which prefers spectacle over story. Sadly, it has ended up becoming something it never was, is and will be.
Perhaps over all these years, Capolla might have retouched the original draft of screenplay so many times, that the final product turned out to be a laclustre ride rather than a unique cinematic triumph was it was actually intended to become.
It personally don't this project had a huge potential of becoming a magnum opus. However, while being highly engaging and enjoyable in few pirtions of the entire runtime, due to lack of clarity in the narrative and proper execution, it has very little shelf live and will not become remembered in the pop culture for the years to come.
At last, I appreciate Capella's perseverance that he stood tall against all the odds in making his dream project come to life.
Agreed! A singular vision against the will of the studios... Coppola gives us his mind.
I think it will quickly become a cult classic... "A Fable" is an important disclaimer... This movie is like a dream.. a bit random and haphazard. I don't mean to excuse away the flawed execution here, but it does work. I think with time, once people realize it is meant to be ancient Rome in a modern setting (like how the Met has set classical Operas in contemporary settings), will the fable make sense to people. Rome wasn't "woke" or insert your own modern interpretation here. , but it did have corruption, populism, a Senate that stopped governing, extreme factions, and powerful people each other to get more power. Feels like today, because that's the point, we are doing the same things that preceded the fall of Rome. We are in Pax Americana. I think this will get cult classic status very quickly for those who get it and are willing to look past the imperfections and narrative flaws in this film.
@@bigdreams5554 yes. Very dreamlike. Very fluid. Sometimes serious sometimes absurd. I see cult status, but I also wonder... we're days away from the film opening wide - maybe people will come out and give the movie a chance.
There's so much boring regurgitated sameness out there and it's exciting to see a SINGULAR vision.
@@FilmSchoolDadyes there is sameness in todays offerings…i may get tired of eating burgers everyday…but don’t try to tell me i should enjoy oyster soaked in ketchup and cheese just because at least it’s different… give me something different and good. I actually give more props to the film than most but it seems that there are those that want to raise it up lofty heights almost as a counter narrative to what others are saying instead of just on the films own merit.
@@istherenooneleftgreat analogy. Exactly what I was thinking.
I think the people who are obsessed with rome and the fall of an empire will enjoy this film
Undoubtedly. I just hope others can cross the line and take a closer look at this film when it opens. An open mind goes a long way.
It feels like people are quick to judge the movie as trash rather than face the fact that they were either confused or a lot of it went of their heads. It doesnt even take great knowledge of greek art/philosophy to understand the characters largely speak metaphorically
I hear you. And I also think it's OK people don't get the movie. There are plenty of high art films that just don't work for me either. This one just really HIT for me, happily.
But I do think there's a lot of jumping on the hate bandwagon going on.
Best
-FSD
Counter point: I saw Megalopolis this night and it was TOO ambitious, too unfocused, and made two to three decades too late.
There is one good idea in Megalopolis and it's portraying Roman history in a modern setting. Unfortunately that got buried in so much... Stuff.
Bummed the film didn't click with you but I DO think it's great that you went out and saw it for yourself and made up your own mind.
That's what's it's all about.
Best,
-FSD
I fully agree with you.
I agree with you, it feels like the author making rookie mistakes
I also love Megalopolis! It is a beautiful, brilliant, crazy, flawed and ambitious achievement. There are some very gorgeous scenes and fascinating moments, while some objectively terrible scenes at the same time. And I’m glad that Nathalie Emmanuael’s performance is getting praised by somebody. She gives a subtle and believable performance that brings everything to a sense of believability and reality. And you’re right, she’s basically the audience who isn’t sure that Adam Driver’s character is a hero or villain. Adam Drive and Aubrey Plaza are also excellent. I think the only weak performance was from Jon Voight, but even he has his moments. Shia is also very entertaining, and Giancarlo Esposito is also great. I give this film an 8.5/10. It’s definitely one of the best films of 2024 so far.
Definitely a top '24 film. Agreed.
I did love seeing Voight again though. I think of all the characters, his worked well for how ridiculous he went with it. It may be his last on screen performance and I say: what I way to go out.
@@FilmSchoolDad - I agree, Voight seemed to know what kind of crazy film he’s in. But I think Shia went even further with the craziness! Lol
@@Transformers217 It's his best work since "Holes".
@@FilmSchoolDad - I think it’s his best since Nymphomaniac.
@@Transformers217 that one is on my list, but I haven't seen it yet. Without spoilers, what's the draw of that movie?
Even if it's a train wreck, I'm planning on seeing it in my town when it opens here this week. Trying to get my son to go with me. We went to see Babylon a couple years back when virtually no one else did because I like to support ambitious artistic attempts, even if they wholly or partially fail, simply because they are trying to do something different than the usual franchise crap. A movie that's 20 percent edifying is better than the average brain-dead formulaic borefest.
100% it's always worth the effort to see and support a film that TRYS.
This film made Babylon look like an Oscar winner lol
@@robzap8874 I still need to catch Babylon
I really loved Babylon. This is what Megalopolis lacked, the dark underground world that hid under glamorous societt
I saw it last night .. was "sublime". Had flawed execution, a bit too abstract , tonally inconsistent... But interesting concepts. Something to talk about. In a world where most people are fine watching explosions and pretty colors on their phones, this is the polar opposite... Abstract yet heavy handed, self serious, yet comical... A film of contradictions and amazing potential. But like Icarus, flew too close to The Room and gives off Wiseau vibes at times... In a decadent way, just like ancoent Rome itself
Interesting final point that you made. In the film Cesar is as decant as the elite he so despises... And his character is a conduit to Coppola - so you're saying Coppola is a decadent as WE.?!?
I dig it.
Convoluted explanations to convince us that we are just plebeians and incapable of discerning the genius in this masterpiece of the cinema isn't working.
We can see plainly that the emperor has no clothes.
I mean. It's an Art film. It's not the first. It's not the last. And it's by one of the greatest directors of cinema the world has ever known. So even if you dislike it that's alright.
Thank you for joining in our conversation as all opinions are welcome.
Best,
-FSD
@FilmSchoolDad
I appreciate your kind response to my comment. 👌That's classy, to be sure!
I will push back on your statement about this being an "art film." Shouldn't a film with that moniker be somewhat accessible to newer, genuinely interested film audiences?
If a film is soooo artistic and obtuse that only the rare, film school-educated person is able to enjoy it, then why lure the low-brow masses into paying to see it?
Maybe the director should have clarified who this movie was actually meant for. If the majority of the audience didn't understand (or even like) a film that cost 120 million dollars to make, then maybe it's unfair to blame the viewers for issues with it.
😆Thank you for reading my rambling comments!
@@kellycasperhanson4426 firstly - of course and you're welcome! I'm a VERY new channel and appreciate the passion whether positive or negative - because in the end I'm not a Megalopolis fan - I'm a film fan. I love movies and everything about them. Good, bad, weird, self indulgent, corny, funny, awful, frightening, educational. I just love movies.
That being said I don't think Art films need to be accessible. I think Art should merely be whatever the artist wanted to make. It's up to each of us to view the art and then make up our own minds about what it means TO us - not what it means. And there in lies the problem. So many people want to "understand" this film when it's much more about having an experience.
I'm a big experiential film lover. I'm one of the people who likes TENET as well... so maybe it's me 🤣
Best,
-FSD
@FilmSchoolDad
😊 It's been so nice to share comments with you! I appreciate your perspective on this film (and art films in general.)
Good luck on your channel!
oh oh... This is the new pretentious RUclipsrs, "it's too smart for you," isn't it?
I sure hope so! Tenet was getting old. Guess I'll mov(i)e on 🤣
It probably is too smart for typical viewers. It will never make back its budget for that reason. But that’s ok: Coppola goes out with a bang.
A lot of art is. Many modern audiences would hate old classic films that were celebrated. Audiences have been dumbed down by movies begging for them to like them for so long, they’ve forgotten how to watch something truly different.
@@maxcalder1010 They didn’t like “truly different” back then, either. Common tastes are always common.
If you are criticizing the lack of a clean, linear narrative, the tendency for the film to start and stop plot threads, you are not engaging with the film on its own terms. Megalopolis, and basically all of Coppola’s classics, is episodic, a series of meditations.
And yes, my screening had the in-theater performance portion of the film.
Nice! The experience was really interesting and over too soon if you ask me.
And I agree about Megalopolis being a meditation. Do you have to know what happened in the movie to understand the movie? I don't think you do. I think if you focused on the plot you missed the SECRET movie happening behind the frames.
Man. I dug this move.
@@FilmSchoolDad The thing that kills me is people who say, “The film poses questions but has no answers.” That’s … sort of the point. Cesar Catalina says a few times that the questions are the point because the questions initiate debate, and the debate happens outside the movie. It actually occurred to me now that the in-theater performance is a clue that what happens on screen is as important as what’s happening in the theater, and that’s the film passing the debate over to the audience.
Good Theatre and Good Cinema is about asking difficult questions. That is what Shakespeare did all time. Bad theatre and cinema is about spooning out answers.
"Great art shouldn't give you the answer. It should make you ask the question." - me
@@richardrickford3028 100% million%! Yes. Agree!
I agree that we are bad and that is why i'm happy to know that at least aliens enjoy this
This movie is absolute trash. I couldn't even finish it. It's so ridiculously boring.
This is the type of movie that, when it's over, you find yourself wishing that you could get your time wasted back
You're not alone. Many were unable to enjoy the film unfortunately. And that's OKAY. You're allowed to have your opinion. "Trash"?... not even close.... But did it click with you? Nope. Not your style. All good.
Best,
-FSD
And half way thru and want to walk out of the theater, this is his magnus opus but in indulgence. He’s fallen low.
Bummer the film didn't hit you the way it did me and a small few others. I'd not go so far as saying "he's fallen low", and instead just that the film didn't work for you.
I think - if we're really honest - all directors are indulgent - or should be - otherwise the only thing we would get is bland white bread and toast.
The movie is incomprehensible in terms of story, editing and acting
I'm with you, I loved the film, though it is clearly not for everyone and is going to bomb hard. Nonetheless, I'm so glad it exists
I am a little worried about the box office - because for more Art to be financed ( I know he self financed this ) there need to be examples. Oppenheimer was a great example last year of Art pushing through. Dune part two balanced Art and the blockbuster format well. Now it's time to see if audiences are tired of the same old thing. Even TV isn't what it was 10 years ago. Prestige TV is hanging on for dear life. Can this save cinema? No. But it's a step in the right direction.
Best!!!
-FSD
@@FilmSchoolDad Agreed!
Completely agree
This was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen and I make a point to watch terrible movies.
Me and my buddies used to do the same thing. A long time ago.
Best,
-FSD
Coppla wanted to make an abstract painting as his last film gotta respect him as an artist for doing what he wanted and following his own creativity nobody wants to repeat themselves. Cant imagine the temptation to just make godfather sequels and tv shows must have been tempting to lay on past successes but Coppla was never that kinda guy.
100%
he’s planning on doing another film
@@paulelroy6650 planning is key word it took a decade to get off the ground. Might not be around long enough at his age
So the vfx being “bad” and lighting choices being unusual was intentional? The movie doesn’t follow traditional movie logic and if that’s intentional I see the reasoning behind that, I just don’t know if that excitement works on moving the film goer
Different things turn different viewers on or off. I've always been more of a fan of a lot of different types of variety in film so one of those styles is just weird and generally, I kinda just dig that it's different. There's more to it, but on the surface I enjoyed that first.
@@FilmSchoolDad My thing is that there's films that are different because the directors vision. I'm not sure if Copolla had the intent to make the film visually look unappealing. The artist very well may have not fully executed their vision and the viewer can pick up on that.
Nathalie looks nice but lacked gravitas. I spent most of her scenes thinking of how many actresses would have been better, though to be fair to FFC the movie would have had to been made decades ago for them to be the right age for the role. And Aubrey was a mistake making the entire thing impossible to take seriously.
I enjoyed their off kilter performances but I can understand how you might not. What's most important, though is that you watched the film and made up your own mind.
Cinema!!!!
Best,
-FSD
People talking about movies and music, need to understand than "I didn't like it", has nothing to do with, "It's a bad movie!" I like a loot of bad movies but I can see why movies I didn't like are considered masterpieces... is not that hard! I'm now intrigued to go to see, this one! if most people like it, it's just another movie with a linear story and B&W threads between caracters! ...most of the time!
Despite all the slating that's happened, I've still remained curious to see it and your take is really helpful so thank you - I'll definately see it
I'm glad I could help. That really was the point of my review. Hopefully letting other film fans know the movie truly is NOT what they're all saying.
Go in with an open mind and you won't be let down.
It's weird. It's fun. It's different. It's Art.
Best,
-FSD
Why is it that every time someone makes a self-indulgent movie that isn't as deep as they would like to have you believe someone defends it with "audiences don't deserve this instant classic?" We've been given modern directors that pushed the envelope far more that Coppola has in the last 30 years. I think most deserve a bit more respect and leeway than that tired film critic argument.
@@roberttaylor9259 the movie is a beautiful work of art in my eyes.
@@FilmSchoolDad and I think that's a very valid point of view. I intend to see it despite my opinion that we don't need any more love letters to Ayn Rand. I just don't like the argument that the audience is some how inferior if they don't like or don't understand more arthouse films. I don't think anyone would argue that it's lofty and aspirational but it's hard say anyone who doesn't like this (or the numerous other movies that this argument has been pinned to) that they are somehow intellectually deficient. I say this as someone who has heard time and time again since the dawn of movie discussions when a critics chides someone with "well you just didn't get it." I have loved some really esoteric films and hated some equally. I like the popcorn summer blockbusters just as much as anyone but I just wish that particular argument would just fade away. When you make a $100 million dollar movie with another $100 million ad campaign you cannot expect an arthouse film to make back a budget of a marvel movie. Ridley Scott just challenged that and lost with the Last Duel, ironically another Driver piece. I just know the same thing is going to happen and we're going to hear more of bemoaning of the younger generation and lack of attention span as opposed to...was this the right film, for the right price, for the right time.
@@roberttaylor9259 I agree that no one SHOULD be saying that anyone is "less than" for not understanding the film. If you rewatch my review I in no way say that anyone is unintelligent or less than me for not getting it - only that I DO GET IT. That's all.
I want to give the other side of the argument. Here's a self financed art project that's being derailed at every turn. Let's let the film speak for itself is all I ask.
There are SO MANY art house films that I abhor to be honest. Since my early twenties I have, less and less, fallen in love with Avant Guard films. But this one just spoke to me.
I will defend my one comment in the video arguing that anyone who says this film is Equal to the THE ROOM - they don't understand the differences. But that is true and I stand by that. The room was a mistaken cult classic. This film is quite intentional - weather good or bad.
Hey ! thanks so much for engaging with me on this. Whether or not you like the film, I'm glad you'll go see it for yourself.
Best,
-FSD
I agree, the fact that most people are not familiar with Roman history, culture, theatre, customs is an issue. You need to be familiar with this because the movie makes a LOT more sense with this context. There was a time when people were educated in the classics.... Those people would totally get it...
I know what you mean. I do think there is a certain amount of Shakespeare and world history that one must first acquire to be able to better enjoy the film. I lucked out. Already had some. 😎
Oh now I have to do homework before watching a movie? Cool...
@@meciocio 🤣 no. But... maybe?
Just because you know Shakespeare, Roman history, metropolis, or any classic art does not help this movie. It makes it seem even more obvious and weakly scripted. It's a barrage of ideas any high-school student can piece together to create a story.
@@afrocut I have to disagree. Because its easy to say "anyone" could have done it - but no one has... He did. So it exists. That is all.
Stinks the film didn't land for you but that's ok. I dug it. Obviously. But I don't like every movie and I bet neither do you.
All good. Movies still rock.
Best,
-FSD
Thank for the review. In regard to humor and farce, a friend and I saw "Clockwork Orange" and were horrified. Then a group of acquaintances who had not seen it almost literally dragged us to see it again. Well, this time around my friend and I laughed our heads off - we thought it was hysterical. Our scandalized friends let us know that we were depraved monsters... We had a lot to talk about!
This is the first review that makes me want to see this film.
I'm surprised so many reviewers were so hard on it. I think - maybe - some "more seasoned" RUclips movie reviewers want to please their audience and assume many mainstream movie goers aren't looking to be provoked - but instead... fed candy.
And listen. I LOVE candy. I love marvel. I love Chris Nolan. I enjoy ALL aspects of the cinema. I love it all, I really do. And that's WHY I'm so happy this movie exists. Because it only adds to my library now. Here's a new edition of a movie I want to watch again and add my collection. That's a win!
As for Clockwork Orange I think it's a great example and comparison.
Best,
-FSD
I saw it (in an empty theater) and liked it. I'm a student of Roman history and Cicero is one of my heroes, especially in his fight against Catiline's coup; Mayor Frank Cicero even recites the beginning of the real's Cicero's first Catiline speech. And Cicero opposed Caesar. But Coppola resolved the conflict well. Cesar is a cross between architect Howard Roark and miracle-material inventor Hank Rearden with an Ayn Rand-type speech thrown in. But Cesar is a very mixed individual. So Coppola gives us valid arguments from both Cicero and Cesar.
I’m a scifi fan but I can see how Cesar stopping time is confusing. Was it all in his head, like him imagining his dead wife still alive?
If I recall correctly, Cesar offers family as a central value. As a half Italian I appreciate that perspective. And the new baby helps bring Cicero and Cesar together. I, as a baby, performed just that function. My Italian immigrant Catholic peasant grandparents did not approve of my mom marrying a non-Italian Protestant. But when I came along, and because my dad was an honest, stand-up guy, always helpful to my grandparents, I only remember love within our families. I hope viewers can appreciate that crucial point in the film. And I need to see it again!
thank you so much for that wonderful addition to our conversation. I think your perspective is very interesting and some of the history you mentioned above may help other viewers understand a bit more.
Best,
-FSD
I am so happy that you understand the movie!! Or at least, I agree with you completely!
Really incredible experience. Sure, you could say not every aspect "worked", but the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. This is big budget film making unrestrained by commercial interests, a glimpse at Hollywood production as personal expression! A triumph of the human mind and spirit!
i’m sorry my dude but this movie is we not good, unintentionally funny
I'm pretty sure everything in this movie is intentional. Whether you enjoyed it is up to you. The beauty of art!
Best,
-FSD
I think the issue is with human world modelling and expectations. We want some amount of novelty, but within a predictable and well established framework. The story of the film must exist within the stories we tell ourselves about film itself. When something truly novel and new comes along, we attack it like white blood cells attacking a pathogen, it irritates people, it causes cognitive dissonance. Films like Southland Tales and Enter The Void are good examples.
This is a “pretentious” sounding idea, but it takes a certain amount of intelligence and creativity to not be annoyed by that which is different, it requires a brain capable of reinterpreting reality on the fly, and adjusting our world models and narrative frameworks. One of the most consistent critiques of media that I hear these days is- “why isn’t it just more like everything else?!!” We have so many rigid rules and conventions that we defend and uphold to the point of banal creative homogeneity.
I’ve not seen this film, I may hate it, but I’m sure that many people are simply annoyed that it’s not playing by the “rules”
@@FigmentHF you're not wrong 🏆
I hope you get the opportunity to check it it for yourself because I do think it's a very interesting epilogue to Coppola's career. I'm re-watching his earlier work right now for fun and it's really not so surprising when watching Apocalypse Now and Godfather 2 even though they're SO different in terms of tone and style.
Thanks for contributing to the conversation.
Best,
-FSD
It feels like a 4 hour movie hastily edited and squeezed into a mainstream runtime of two hours and gives it no room to breathe. The editing is the problem.
Interesting. You're the first person to say you wished it were longer. I sort of agree. I could have gone another 30 minutes.
I keep reading that the audience is laughing parts that are not meant to be funny but I think that the film is funny and almost all the parts that elicit laughs ( at least in the dialogue) are funny.
Agreed. It seems as if the first wave of reviewers were unaware of Farce. The movie is very funny - but in an artistic way. How did you like the film?!?!
@@FilmSchoolDad I had a blast. I am going to see it again this weekend.
I and a friend saw "Clockwork Orange" and were horrified. Then a group of acquaintances who had not seen it almost literally dragged us to see it again. Well, this time around my friend and I laughed our heads off - we thought it was hysterical. Our scandalized friends let us know that we were depraved monsters... We had a lot to talk about!
Honestly loved the film. It’s abstract art, but if you enjoy abstract art like I do you’ll love it. It’s a farce, social commentary about generational conflict over the passing on of responsibility, and Coppola’s views on our world/life/ and a vision of the future wrapped up in a surreal love story. So many cool camera effects and tricks that were masterfully done by Roman Coppola, who did the same on Dracula. I was ready for the film to be bad after seeing first response, but really enjoyed it and was pleasantly surprised. It’s unapologetic art and doesn’t beg the audience to like it like many of Hollywood films. I have to admit I worked a day on the film doing stunts but didn’t get used on the day and hung out on set. I’ve worked on plenty of bad movies though and never afraid to criticize something I’ve worked on. I also saw it with my friend who worked on it in the camera department too. So we wanted it to be good, but we were both ready to for it to maybe be bad based on what we heard. She actually saw a rough cut a while ago that worried her. But after it was over we both loved what we saw and thought it achieved what Coppola wanted it to. It was want perfect by any means, but it was bold, and from someone who is 85 who wanted to put this out into the world before he goes I greatly respect that. The worst thing a movie can do is be boring and that’s what I was expecting based on early reviews, but this was the complete opposite!
You definitely have a really interesting perspective having been on set, even for one day. I wonder, could you give any insight into what the vibes were on set? Would be great to have some insight.
Also loved to hear your thoughts on the film. I agree as I always liked abstract film in general and as a film student years ago wasted many rolls of 16mm attempting my own art.
I have a short film on my other tester page and it's something I'm very proud of - of course... I hated it for years... but I finally fell back in love with it.
That's what art can be. Anything. Fluid. Ever changing.
Thanks for your words!
Best,
-FSD
Nice to see a positive review for a change
Some people can't accept that THEY are dumb. If they don't like something, it's not their taste that's bad and needs to be worked on, it has to be the work of art that is 'pretentious', 'boring', 'trash', blah blah blah.
There's definitely some reverse the emperor has no clothes vibes going on. So many people are just outright calling the movie "lost" or "trash" which is hysterical to me when I see Joker 2 reviews only calling it boring. Definitely a double standard.
I went with low expectations and loved it. Ive been reading about cicero recently so that helped- but ive also always loved coppolas ethos and spirit that come accross in his interviews- i feel like this movie is the apotheosis of his career- bringing together all the themes and ideas hes been exploring in his life and movies. Looking forward to seeing it again
I'm all for this take. The film wasn't perfect- it had some pacing issues, particularly in the second half. Besides that I think it's a brilliant film. Very very weird... and that's not gonna be for everybody. The movie is going to go over a lot of peoples heads, including mine, but I can at least recognize that this is something special. All of the "weird/bad" fever dream type stuff was intentional imo and that is what makes it good.
The issues I have with this movie are the themes being bashed over your head or directly narrated to you, the length it could have had 20-40 mins off and would help pacing so much more, either focus on the dynamics of the government and family running/corrupting the city or have a true Greek comedy ending where the family dies by the true hubris of the main character since we already know he said he was cold and distant by his own admission, and ideally have more showing of the decisions of the present versus the future on display
What's most important is you saw the film for yourself and made up your own mind. This alone will keep cinema alive - albeit not monetarily, but artistically.
Best,
-FSD
Megalopolis is an interesting film, But i think its also a film that many people must understand first. Im actually fascinated by the fantasies Francis added to his film, It felt very special. I'll check It out if i had the time to view it
Well worth a trip to the cinema if you get a chance while it's still playing.
Best,
-FSD
This comment is directed at Norton wedge About the pronunciation of Coppola's name I don't know why someone who would make a video of a film by this man and mispronounces name it's not that difficult to find the correct correction Just start with the word cope Then add ah lah...Cope ah lah...not Cop ah lah... I know this because I know Francis and worked on a film with him for like 8 months
@@bobyers3071 well thanks for welcoming me to the internet 🤣. Yes I mispronounce Coppola about 100 times in this essay. Apparently I've been saying his name wrong for a LONG time. But luckily for me I have YOU. Trust me if I make a Godfather video I won't be saying the "O" sound wrong. 🤣 It's too bad I have this darn NYC accent. Dang naturally occurring vernacular! I must work harder 👍 thanks friend. Come back next time and let me know how I'm doing.
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I understand people don't like it.....I understand people like it.....I liked it but if you go if you go see it...be patient... but if you don't like it.....I totally understand..
100%
No, it's bad.
Coppola has no editorial control, he had none for a very long time. He can not write, does not know what to do, can not build a language that empowers him to experiment. Cronenberg is the same by now. So give up, understand that even good directors grow old, lose the little thread they ever had and mostly work on a retirement, even when, like this case, they expend everything they have on the thin deep obsession that they still have something to say. Francis Ford Coppola has nothing to say and most importantly he has no language with which to say it.
Art is art.
Have a great day!!!!!
-FSD
I considered Nathalie Emmanuel to be the audience stand-in.
Oh she absolutely is. I agree. When I go over her character at 06:26 I note I believe her character to the audience avatar more so than Driver.
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-FSD
@droidx1191 yes- and she's the one able to relate to both poles of cicero and cesar bring them together and reignite cesars powers. Beautiful character
Loved your review. So right. There is some sanity left in the world
The acting style was rough, reminded me of Prince's movies (really go see Under the Cherry Moon)... but yea I really enjoyed it. I can see it becoming a cult classic.
I have to say - at first - the acting was off for me too, but as soon as I got it, I loved it. These are TOP Hollywood actors and just to be able to see them overact was immensely enjoyable for me. Glad it worked for you too.
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-FSD
It is going to be a classic if we’re lucky
Already is my eyes. I think it will go down as something really special. This may take time though. No one liked 2001 when it first came out.
Megalopolis is the most boring, dull, drawn out, meandering, and badly written movie I've ever seen. Film school and art students will no doubt bore everyone about its many layers that only they can unravel. Everyone else will see through it for the pile of garbage it really is.
Hey. You're a million percent entitled to your opinion.
Side note: all the film/art students who are inspired by the movie... may someday make something you really like. Who knows?
Thank you for sharing your opinion.
Best,
-FSD
Oh yeah- wait- here's one film school alum who agrees with you 💯, it's horrible. I wanted to like it so badly, especially after some negative reviews but instead kept falling asleep and rejoiced when it was over.
@@lizze490 well hey, at least your got some rest ❤️
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-FSD
Honestly this movie was the blandest thing I’ve seen in a long time. Any connections to Shakespeare or Rome are so on the nose that they j come off as “look at me I know this thing ! “. And that “a fable” title is so meaningless that if u think abt it for more than a second it literally serves no purpose other than to say “this movie is different for the sake of being different”. And it trys so hard to be earth shattering that it ends up being the exact opposite. It’s so bland that you cannot even hate it. It just passes by you like an inoffensive breeze. Everything is so damn vague that it almost feels like it was written by an AI - “the hero arrives” “the girl is attracted to him, and loves him until the end” “world peace is restored and the hero makes a perfect utopia as everything is in its right place”. Like come onnnnn. And the dialogue…. 😂😂 “you’re so anal, I’m so oral”…… it’s actually embarrassing. What I don’t understand is that on paper, this film should be full of soul, individuality, but it ends up being a lame, soulless, inoffensive, uninteresting, bland, ugly, generic dhar Mann episode.
Not everyone agrees on their favorite artists, but it's great you saw the film for yourself and made up your own mind.
I absolutely loved the film.
im gonna copy and paste here what i wrote on lettrdbox at 2 am after getting out of the theater at 12:
really i think one of the best movies to come out in the past ten years, definitely in terms of American film. No movie ive seen made me cry as much, at first the blatant and almost cartoonish use of roman imagery/dress/language seemed a bit jarring, but it allowed for a symbolic setting.
fantasy, or fable is best served in the symbolic setting, it's a symbolic endeavor to deal with archetypal fortunes. coppola makes the parallel clear in the first scene, in carved stone. he gives us a reason for this mish-mash nyc, and shows us the little things in outlandish ways, because the little things really aren't that little, we just are used to seeing them in a more familiar setting.
I've never read the fountainhead, but I'm pretty sure this is it. caesar is at least an architect, and isn't the one in rand’s book a megalomaniac - or accused of being one? (maybe he isn't, maybe he’s nuanced, but i didn't read it, so idk) whether caesar is one in the film is of course up to the observer, like any art. I think that in a way he is, but not superficially, hes not a flamboyant narcissist, hes obviously very self-aware - but the fact is that the world revolves around him, he controls time with his desire, at his will - that is being at the center of the universe. In this role he is alchemist, he transforms his pain into a new substance with particles seems to bend to his will.
There are whispers through-out the film that this substance was made from his wife's dead body or his hair. His wife, that he drove to suicide by lacking a true moral code, perpetuated by unsubstantiated self. She comes to him in visions, and is projected onto the substance (i gotta look up what this was called i forgot, ‘megalon’ maybe?) i really want to write a whole bunch on the jungian analysis on that part of the film and its depictions of anima and animus, and the anima's representation of creativity and life. but that's kinda unnecessary for letterbox, this whole review is kinda out of hand. I will probably just save it to tell people in person.
People say this movie was a vanity project, it was auteur in a sense. It tells a deeply personal story, of self realization. It feels like its a call to arms for artists, which would make sense for coppola, as an artist, to give as a final message to inspire others to take on an artistic transformative role in society. Its a story of personal transformation and self actualization - and the gifts that are bestowed and created in return.
Last notes: i like the slightly gaudy aesthetics and feeling of the film, very terry gillam feeling.
Also a very funny movie
And im really not doing this meme or anything, its a really beautiful movie that covers an entire scope of self, and therefore is not really a reflection of society but of man. Its the story of the magician, of the christ, the hero, the actualized man.
i feel so happy to have found a review that's closer to a real analysis and not weird rejection or superficial reading
I read your review a few times. I like it a lot. Well thought out and communicated.
I like your explanation of the film as a "call to arms" for artists. As I've been diving back into Coppola's work it's obvious he was always an artist. Godfather Part 2 and Apocalypse Now are so much more fluid and dreamlike than I had remembered. You can see the seeds of his avant-"garden" spouting - but with Megalapolis he finally just let go of all restraint and made a true work of art.
I think categorizing as Art over strictly being a movie is required. Similar to 2001 - which not a strictly Sci-fi film... it is more a kin to viewing a painting at a museum. And I appreciate the difference. Seems you do too!!!
Thank you for sharing!
Best,
-FSD
Thank you. My channel will always focus more on how movies make me ( and others ) FEEL. I believe seeing a movie can and should be an experience. I like to focus on the experience itself over all the technical aspects. In the end, as a piece of art - how does that creative work speak to you/me, etc.
Much appreciated for the kind words.
Best,
-FSD
its fantastic on mushrooms
I'm glad you enjoyed the film!!!
I loved it. I kept waiting for the train wreck I read about but it never happened. It inspired me.
I know what you mean. I assumed the same when I went to the preview. I was just excited to see the train wreck before anyone else 🤣 but I fell in love with the bravery to make a film like this. A true Auteur.
@@FilmSchoolDad Yeah. I hope to see it agaiin next weekend if it's still around. Such a rich experience.
It's a bit of a muddled mess, but I like Aubrey as much that I'll give it another look eventually.
Rather: Aubrey as Wow so much.
I thought she was amazing, as always and I, too look forward to my next viewing.
thats what im saying this is art (: have no idea whats going on but its art
I think that's good. I'm looking forward to a second screening so I can unravel more, myself.
I have not seen this film yet but the references to the fall of Rome are interesting and important. Firstly in an historical sense there is a great deal we simply don't know about the fall of the Western Roman Empire. St Augustine is one of the very few people from that time we really know about as a full three dimensional character. The fall of the Empire was a highly complex process involving decades if not centuries. The attack on Rome in 410 did not destroy the Western Roman Empire like someone neatly felling a tree with one blow. There were at least nominal Western Emperors until 476. You also have to add to the equation that the Roman Empire in the East - the so called "Byzantine Empire" lasted on till the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Anybody stereotyping this Eastern Empire as just a load of decadent and effeminate Caesars and scheming Eunuchs and an institution locked in the past is carelessly doing it a grave disservice. So I think Megalopolis could be about the philosophical idea of the fall of Rome (with references to very traditional ideas of that Fall from very old historians like Gibbon) than it is about the reality. In reference to the USA - yes there is I think clear evidence of America declining - and moreover being eclipsed by powers like China. But this is also a highly complex and unrigid process and is not simply due to decadence and debauched behaviour. Or fundamentalism. The truth is far far more complex and I think the USA will probably remain a very important world player for some time to come. Cinema is not always the best medium to understand about the decline of Empires. Very often one has to do a great deal of reading and researching and talking to experts and even then if one is very lucky one only has the tip of the iceberg.
What's great about the film is that while the "fall of New Rome" is the backdrop it's very much a positive message that Coppola has for us. In order to save the future... we must NOW begin to talk about it.
Amazing comment!
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-FSD
@@FilmSchoolDadThank you Film School Dad for your very thoughtful comment. I think there is a very common human mental fallacy that if you don't treat a problem as a problem and ignore it then somehow it will disappear and cease to exist. This can cover situations like someone with toothache but it can also cover huge situations like the economy of a country or an empire needing urgent, difficult reforms in order to stop the process of its decline. This then poses the question who are the people without their heads in the sand and just because they recognise the problems when others don't are their solutions really any good? Considering the deeply flawed nature of us all it is clear (as Frank Herbert talks about in Dune) that hero worship and personality cults are a very very bad thing. What we need is team work, and a first among equals and that first among equals being mature enough to humbly listen to constructive criticism that is designed to help. Constructive criticism is the one thing all of us will always need. But these things are very very difficult.
@@richardrickford3028 I really like the way your write and express yourself. Thank you so much for your well thought out commentary.
Best!
-FSD
I'd rather smoke cheese than eat crack from a tin.
I'm sure there's almost no one who disagrees with this statement.
I enjoyed it. I also had the pleasure of having rhe theater all to myself.
I feel that the movie is shallow, but at the same time as a lot of depth.
Saw it today, and I loved it. Saw 2 people walk out and not come back, and when the movie was over and I looked at over people, they all seemed confused and angry.
Don't get me wrong, i can completely understand why some don't like this movie, it's definitely not for everyone. But I really enjoyed the world, visuals, story, characters, and sets of this film. And many aspects of history, philosophy, and architecture this film takes is something I really appreciate, though I can see why people who aren't into those things will be bored watching, or they just don't like the story or characters.
Thank you. A very insightfull and clearminded reviewfrom.
Don't let the now destroy the forever - Cesar Catilina
I'm gonna need "time stop" for my second viewing. 🤣
I watched it......everyone is right...mo matter what they say.
I like this take.
Best,
-FSD
I loved it !
What a relief right? I definitely went in to the theatre not know what I was going to see and I was ( yes - obviously ) enamored with what I found as well.
@@FilmSchoolDad yea i went in there ready to chuck tomatoes.
@@IntertropicalConvergence-gf3bm I was expecting to see the same movie everyone else saw... but apparently me and you saw a good movie and no one else did 🤣
Art is subjective. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. That said, if most people think it’s trash, that’s what it’s going to be referred to as.
Oh it IS being referred that way. It just got D+ on cinema score. There's only a few us out there who like it. I'm the minority. But that's ok. It's the auteur filmmaker that interests me the most. It's the vision. A peek inside someone's mind. That's much more interesting to me than more of the same. I still like "the same" too. But variety keeps things fresh.
@@FilmSchoolDad I’m going to see it later today, but I certainly have my reservations. I don’t really like a lot of his movies besides the three godfathers and Dracula. I’m actually in the minority on some other films of his because I didn’t really like Apocalypse now or the conversation.
What a joy to see something like this on the big screen
They really set the mood too. There were NO trailers and they played the films score until the Q&A began. It was a really great way to screen a film and the film itself..... chefs kiss.
The film score in the beginning is called an “Overture” This is a common practice back in the cinema days in the 30s/40s/50s ( maybe even earlier or later) when epic film is being shown.
@@artemus80j.4 for example 2001: a space odyssey begins with a true overture - the MGM logo doesn't even appear before the overture starts. Amazing.
Megalopolis didn't have an overture though. It was special music for the pre-show Q&A. But it made me wish we'd get more overtures these days. It was amazing.
@@FilmSchoolDad I totally agree with you on 2001 and that’s because Kubrick took overture to the next level just like how he took sci fi to the next level. In Ben Hur (1959) the overture is just an image of “ Hands of god” from Michelangelo “Sistine Chapel” with score in the background just like what we saw at the beginning of Megalopolis, still image of Cesar holding a T ruler with the score playing. The only difference is that Megalopolis doesn’t have the word “ overture “ on it so I guess it wasn’t really an overture. Lol
@@artemus80j.4 love the Ben-Hur reference. I think you're right. The overture felt very classic yet modern since it's been so long since the audience was treated so respectfully.
Let me begin by saying I am a huge fan of Mr. Francis Ford Coppola. I honestly believe that in the top ten greatest motion pictures ever made, Mr. Coppola has three. The Godfather, The Godfather Part II and Apocalypse Now. Personally, I believe The Godfather and The Godfather Part II to be tied at number 1.
Having said that, I also believe that Mr. Coppola hasn't made a truly great film since the 70s. Rumble Fish was a very good film, Dracula was good, The Cotton Club Encore was good and Tetro was the closest he came to greatness in the latter part of his career.
Even before the 70s, The Rain People was very good, but not a great film for Mr. Coppola. So that brings me to the topic of Megalopolis. A film 45 years in the making. Before it was filmed, when the cast was announced and it was confirmed to be going into production, I made a prediction to myself that this would be the first great film by Francis since the 70s.
In my scoring system, a great film begins at 91/100, a great great film is 94 though 96, a masterpiece is 97 and above, and of course, a 100 is a perfect masterpiece film. Coppola has three perfect 100 masterpieces by my estimation.
So, my thoughts leading up to Megalopolis was I thought Francis would have a chance to hit that 91 mark, but probably nothing higher. Then Cannes came around and the reviews were anything but flattering. So, I thought either A), Francis is way past his best and created a really bad film or B), which I was hoping and leaning towards, that critics these days mostly know NOT what the hell they are talking about. Most critics these days are afraid to voice a real opinion. There is a lot of WOKE garbage and anything out of the norm is immediately going to be panned.
So I saw Megalopolis tonight with high hopes, but relatively low expectations. I was, honestly, sincerely and TOTALLY blown away. I shit you not. I give Megalopolis a perfect 100 score! The film I saw is one of the top 30 or so greatest motion pictures ever and a real cinematic achievement. The story was great! The acting was marvelous in a kind of 1989 Batman sort of way. The cinematography was beautiful and psychedelic. The closest thing I could find to a criticism was maybe it doesn't possess that one, iconic line that will be repeated forever, but so what?! A lot of films are iconic, but not great.
As far as I'm concerned, this film is perfection and I am so happy for Francis Ford Coppola. He sold a large piece of his winery, he took a real chance on himself and it paid off. Yeah, he may not make his budget back and a lot of people are shitting on the film, but I believe he is happy with it and I know for certain that I couldn't be more pleased with it.
Much like how the main character, Cesar Catalina, successfully created the city of Megalopolis, Mr. Coppola created this masterpiece film Megalopolis. Way to go, Francis! Congratulations! Thank you, sir for your contribution to this great art form that we all love. You are one of the absolute greatest filmmakers to ever live.
I went in to the theatre exactly the same as you. I was hopeful but cautious. I had zero expectations and figured I'd either enjoy the "huge mess of a film" or be delighted if it were good. I definitely didn't think I'd love it as much as I do. It's been so long since I saw a mainstream avant-garde film... "Brazil" maybe.
And yes, I do think many reviewers are either fans of film but unstudied or just want to agree with the bandwagon for views. Had I said this movie was bad this video may have more views 🤣 but instead the movie was sublime. I loved it and can't wait to see it again.
Best!
-FSD
@@FilmSchoolDad Awesome! And you mentioned Brazil. That is another magnificent and unique motion picture that is near and dear to my heart. Thanks for the great review! Keep doing your thing.
I liked it.
I can Dig it!
He said words
I feel the author of this video is trolling us, ( and thinking it's being controversial and artsy)
Nope. Just super passionate about movies I like. Have a great one. Thanks for stopping by!!! Legit.
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-FSD
What a disaster by reasons of this will be his last film. He's not getting any younger
Let's not be ageist.
Absolutely loved it. Adam Driver's speech toward the end gave me chills.
You’re going to lecture us about not being sophisticated enough for the movie while you have avant-garde misspelled in the description lol
I loved it personally but let’s be realistic here
Well gee wiz I missed that spell check. Thank you, legitimately. Fixed 🤣
Also, I sure hope I don't come off as lectury - but, maybe I do 🤷♂️. I FEEL STRONG about my opinions is all and enjoy expressing myself passionately.
No lie I appreciate your comment. Thanks for watching. Thanks for telling me your honest thoughts. Honesty, integrity and communication are ALWAYS WELCOME on my page! 😀
Best,
-FSD
@@FilmSchoolDad well thanks, I appreciate the compliments! Hope your day goes well :)
Appreciate your honesty
im a cinophile. love rome. and shakespeare. and this movie was damn trash. art movies are too pretentious at times. and the time powers leading nowehere was just why? 2 and half hours and most of the time i was going "WHAT THE HELL IS THE POINT"
I hear you. Most people agree with you, and honestly you're entitled to your opinion as I am mine.
Bummer we don't agree on the film, but we both saw it for ourselves and THATS what it's all about. I want to keep cinema alive. There will be movies that work and ones that don't - and they'll be different movies for different people.
But we must keep the doors open to the movie theaters and you're doing your part. Thanks.
Best,
-FSD
One word … Masterpiece!
Three words - You Rock!
I believe I will go see this I also I heard about a scene someone throws their hat just so their assistant can pick it up and the assistant does the same and it goes like that to me that sounds so obviously a metaphor for just wanting to feel powerful but the reviewer didn't get it he posed the idea but wasn't sure if all reviews are like that than I'm a lot smarter than I thought
The film is packed with Farce and Satire. At points even Monty python comes to mind. I had mentioned Brazil in a previous comment and there's bits of Terry Gilliam in there but even bolder. There's lots of interesting things in the film well worth a watch - even if you might not love it - it's definitely a movie that demands to be seen.
Thank you, I had a feeling there was much more to this film than all that ??? from the reviews. People were put off that there was no Joker or Batman in the story ? Really look forward to seeing it.
I like all types. Blockbusters. CBMs. They're all art to me but it's something special like THIS that only comes around once in a long time. I hope you'll come back here and tell me what you think when you see the film.
Expensive SYFY film.
lol "MCU isn't cinema" riding his own coat tails riding America's coat tails riding Rome's coat tails.
lol the cope is real
Just saw the movie.... what do you think the megalon material and ability to stop time are metaphors to?
Coppola mentioned, during the Q&A, that he believes humanity is actively being held back from our true potential. I believe Driver's character - representing progress - has these abilities to showcase that we ALL are more special than we realize and have the ability to make this world a better place if we were to have an open mind.
It's a bad film. Maybe chill with the gaslighting?
Love the review. Mastpiece cinema. Unforgettable.
Thanks!!!! Much appreciated.
Looks a little bit like Man With A Movie Camera (1929)
New to me! Tell me more about that film.
@@FilmSchoolDad Its an old soviet film. Its in the public domain and on youtube. The audio isnt public domain though so people add various soundtracks to it.
@@apilgrim8715 I'll have to check that out! Thank you for the recommendation.
It’s ironic how Jon voight (a trump supporter) character gives his power to Caesar who stands for everything opposite trump lol
I noticed the Trump allegory as well but I do think it's bigger than him specifically. I see it more as whomever could bring the whole thing down seeing another possibility.
But I do need to see it again - and again 🤣
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-FSD
@@FilmSchoolDad that makes sense 👍
If there are ‘bad’ scenes, that might just indicate there has been no test audience or focus groups. I’m all for it! Quality is a killer.
I don't think he would be interested in test groups anyway. This really is a probable epilogue to his career. I went in thinking I would probably dislike the film and walked out astounded that I had found a new Ambiguous work. Some of my favorite films are ambiguous. Donnie Darko, inception, Brazil, The Tree of Life... I love a weird, beautiful work. Quality CAN be a killer!
@@FilmSchoolDad thanks. I just meant that certain thing the multitude agrees upon is ‘quality’ this moment. Accepted beauty, someone called it.
@@phadde I know what you meant and agree with you. I really do think "quality" and test groups are killing cinema.
@@jeronimo196 yyyeeezzzz
I believe that if you were to list five films that have a similar tone, feel, aesthetic, art direction, line delivery, etc, then I think it may be easier for people to understand this film's place in cinema.
After one viewing to list five films with similar tone, feel etc... would be disingenuous of me - however I'll give you two... on feel alone: it's Stanley Kubrick's Barry Lyndon meets Baz Lurmen's Romeo+Juliet. But don't take my word. Go check this wild film out yourself.
@FilmSchoolDad I'm sorry - I wrote this comment whilst pondering to myself what films I would compare Megalopolis to in some way, shape or form and didn't mean for you specifically to shoulder this burden - realising I wrote this comment on your video. I am enjoying the rhetoric surrounding this film in particular. In some ways, it reminds me of some of Baz Luhrmann's films. In others, it reminds me of films from the 1920s and early 30s. For sure, it has elements of many silver screen adaptations of Shakespeare. I like to marinate in a film that intrigues me and this is certainly one such film.
Good comments. I just caught it and if someone asked me my take, l would have a hard time describing it. Don't know if l would ever want to see it again, but glad l caught it. FFC outs his money where his mouth is. P.S. why is Deniro being associated with it, when he isn't in it?
The Robert De Niro stuff regards his being on the Q&A panel on Sept 23rd when the final preview screened on IMAX in NYC and streamed across the country to 65ish AMCs.
The Panel 00:55 was made up of Spike Lee, Robert De Niro and Francis Ford Coppola and was associated with the New York Film Festival ( Hense the NY movie guys ). They spoke mostly aimed at the film but the conversation did end up skewing politically.
There is a RUclips video of the whole Q&A you can check out for yourself I'll post below.
m.ruclips.net/video/JSNcyK91IWE/видео.html&pp=ygUQTWVnYWxvcG9saXMgcSAmYQ%3D%3D
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Finally a coherent review unlike the common denominator ones pushed out en mass all titled "What did I just watch".
I appreciate that. And hey - had I felt the film was "an incoherent mess... blah blah blah.... I'd have said so". I went in with no expectations. Coppola isn't even one of my favorite directors. I'm usually Nolan, Tarantino - writer directors. But here Coppola becomes writer / director / financier and he's reached a higher level almost no one achieves in that it's his true pure art. And I think any of us who have ever attempted true art know... it's as risky a thing to do - to truly put oneself out there - as any thing in this world. That's why Megalopolis is so special.
Glad you appreciated the review. I appreciate you back.
The time we live in has failed this movie. Had to sit in a small theatre surrounded by a very autistic, annoying gen Z 'film group' and they wouldn't stop belittling it while completely disrespecting everyone else in the theatre by yapping and saying 'jesus christ' to everything.
@@dylerturden8018 that's rough. I try and time my movie screenings to be as far away from the uninitiated as possible. I've started doing earlier movie times if possible so I miss out on the later night crowd. Helps a lot to be honest.
THANK GOD YOU WRAPPED EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING! The movie feels like Spartacus mixed with Citizen Kane!
Spartacus. A guilty confession. I've not yet seen it. A little nervous as I'm such a HUGE Kubrick fan. I need to see it.
@@FilmSchoolDad The 4k is amazing as it includes a specific scene that was later cut from the movie. Its a pivotal plot point as well.
Maybe it's time !
THIS MOVIE SUCKS MAN,!!! IT WAS AWESOME!!!!! 🎥 🎞 🎬
@@OG-giku-zb8nj 🤣 your comment represents all aspects of this film's current reviews. I dig.
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-FSD
Is this movie as good and deep as Cloud Atlas?
The book or the film?
I haven't read the book and I maybe possibly could have but am not sure if I did see the movie.
And to answer your question...
It is equal.
Because Art.
Best,
-FSD
@@FilmSchoolDad Thank you.
"It is the best of film and the worst of film!". Love or hate means you missed the point!
I like your stance.
@@FilmSchoolDad It is a good stance on this one. It is just either a hot mess or sublime. I'm leaning towards sublime. Going to see it again this weekend
I'm ready for round two as well.
Both things can be true. This film is rancid.
🤣 how you end it though
Nope, I also went to film school and made films, sorry- it was terrible. Artsy films still need to have substance and connection. It was pretentious, dull and ill conceived. I wanted to like it, as Coppola is one of the greats but fell asleep 3 times and couldn't stand it. 🤔😫🥴
I think maybe falling asleep doesn't help.... but I get it. If you can't stay up... you can't like it.
I hear you.
The first time I saw Lord of the Rings it was a 10pm showing and passed out. Woke up and said the movie was garbage. Then I watched it when it came out to rent and.... yep - it's great. I just hadn't actually seen the movie.
Sorry you didn't dig it!
Best,
-FSD
@@FilmSchoolDadNice to hear from you- I did like Oppenheimer better the second time and will watch a good film countless times. I'll watch Apocalypse Now 50 times in a row before a second viewing of Megalopolis. I really wanted to like it but no.❤
That's fair.
i'm debating whether to see this when it comes to my local cinema this friday...visually it looks amazing but idk if the story is for me or not
I wouldn't focus on the "story" per se. The movie takes place between the words and images. Go in without expectations and you may be pleasantly surprised.
@@FilmSchoolDad sir yes sir
@@ezekiasound just some helpful advice so you don't fall prey to so many others unmet "expectations" 🤣
i hope this review is a parody, not because i laughed at any point but if this is serious that would be sad
What's so great about the movies is that we all get to have our opinion. Art really is in the eye of the beholder. Thanks for stoping by!
@@FilmSchoolDad one of the best ways i've seen to responding to hate/ragebait comments, filmschooldad taking Ws as per usual
Let me guess. You like your avengers and godzilla movies instead