Megaflopolis
Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" has ended its theatrical run after just 4 weeks with only $12.5 million, against its $120 million budget.
Submitted 6 months ago by TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to movies@lemm.ee
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jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s definitely worth watching. I can’t say I fully understood it on one watch, the time stopping ability is clearly a metaphor, but I’m not settled on what for yet.
It started with Caesar, then passed collaboratively to his wife, then their baby.
Edit I’ve been thinking about it tonight and I think I have it…
At the start, the Architect can stop time, as an architect, he has the ability to form a lasting, permanent impression on the world around him. His posterity as it were.
Through the film, he loses that level of influence, and similarly loses the ability to stop time.
When he falls in love, he regains a level of influence over his destiny, and so does she. They can stop time together, but not separately.
The film ends with their baby stopping time, as his permanent impact on the world has been transferred to a new generation. Father and mother are frozen in time as the baby moves forward.
Edit Having now seen it a 2nd time on UHD, yes, I think I had it right.
Bonus - the UHD is not avaiable in the US, but it is region free if you import it from the UK. The Blu Ray that comes with it has the bonus features and it’s region locked, but that’s a solvable problem.
WhyFlip@lemmy.world 6 months ago
“An utopian”.
abysmalpoptart@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You know, that’s the first thing that caught my attention, and it’s actually kind of bothering me. I now want to pronounce it “ootopian” to make it work, but it’s just so wrong.
scottywh@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I enjoyed it and I think the hate it’s gotten is undue.
Jonnyprophet@lemmy.world 6 months ago
So… Is it any good?
It’s you or Rotten Tomatoes and I’d prefer to trust you.
scottywh@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Good is obviously somewhat subjective but …
It’s visually stunning in a way that rivals Moulin Rouge or Luhrman’s Romeo & Juliet.
The cast is incredible and I found many of their performances quite interesting and entertaining.
The story is unusual and compelling enough that it held my attention throughout, though I also think it’s reasonable to say that there are certainly confusing elements.
I’m confident though that the main reason for the vast majority of the negative reviews are that the film draws strong parallels between certain unlikable elements and the MAGA movement in a way that upsets them.
Roldyclark@literature.cafe 6 months ago
I enjoyed it and it deserves all the hate LOL
Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m sure it’s fine but I don’t have the patience for these movies that are so far up their own ass in “style”. Also Coppola isn’t a good director. He’s a shit director who made a classic.
TheDuffmaster@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah there will definitely never be a movie like that again
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 6 months ago
I read the wiki summary and it sounds kind of incoherent and bad. Too many plot beats, and he can stop time??
Roldyclark@literature.cafe 6 months ago
Him stopping time has no point in the plot. It’s a really good bad movie if you’re into that.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I can’t get over “Franklyn Cicero.” What the fuck.
shreddingitlater@hexbear.net 6 months ago
For some reason, I thought this movie was based on or influenced by an Ayn Rand novel (foundationhead maybe?), and I was about to say something like “guess they didn’t learn their lesson since their attempt to make Atlas Shrugged a movie”.
Is it any good?
machinaeZER0@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Movie was an absolute trip, haha
Roldyclark@literature.cafe 6 months ago
“How do you like my boner?”
machinaeZER0@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Bahahah. Hard to choose a favorite scene but that was definitely a crowd pleaser in my showing
Jerkface@lemmy.world 6 months ago
In what way was Franklyn Cicero greedy? Wasn’t his whole role to advocate for the common man?
UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I was excited when I first heard about this while it was filming. Then I saw the trailer. I noped out of that pretty quick. There was not one single thing in the previews for this movie that made me want to watch it. lol
bubbalu@hexbear.net 6 months ago
Usque tandem Cappolina…
OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
This movie is so hard to talk about, because the question is: “What is it even about?”
I like movies with abstract themes and strange storytelling, but this was just incomprehensible. Its plot revolves around the machinations of rich men to control the future of their city “New Rome”, but the plot is kinda meaningless. There’s never any real threat to Caesar’s goal. Just plot events that could be obstacles but then are immediately resolved/neutered. Ok, fine! Surely then it’s an art-house piece with a deep message? I was waiting for everything to add up in the finale, but it just ends up with Caesar delivering a speech filled with platitudes so bland that I thought it was a joke. Then the credits rolled and the 2 of the other 5 people in the theater with me started laughing.
Jerkface@lemmy.world 6 months ago
10 min: This should be interesting. 20 min: Why does this feel… off? 30 min: I must be missing a lot of historical references. 40 min: Wait, is the audience the butt of the joke here? 50 min - 90 min: confusion/anger 100 min: Holy shit Aubrey Plaza is hot 120 min: He made a whole movie for that one scene 🤣
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 months ago
Idk, maybe you’ve sold me.
Janovich@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Got it. Show up 1:10 into it and leave after 10 minutes.
altasshet@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
So it’s a condensed version of Atlas Shrugged, maybe with a sprinkle of The Fountainhead?
Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Directors like this have no idea what real people are like anymore. Why would I want to watch another movie about weird rich people doing weird rich people shit?
inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 6 months ago
This sounds like a spin on Atalas Shurgged?
Which, ew…
OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
It’s similar only in that it’s about a “Great man” remaking a society in collapse.
Really none of the themes are there. Nor is there any journey of discovery to understand who Caesar is, like you get in Atlas Shurgged where other characters learn who John Galt is.
Galt is “Self interest and belief in my vision will make society better”. Caesar is “McGuffin building materials and belief in my vision will make society better”. For all its flaws, one is at least a political statement, while the other is milquetoast hopium.