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Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" has ended its theatrical run after just 4 weeks with only $12.5 million, against its $120 million budget. (lemmy.ml)
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[–] OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

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? The plot points must be there for the sake of a larger theme. 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.

[–] altasshet@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 weeks ago

So it's a condensed version of Atlas Shrugged, maybe with a sprinkle of The Fountainhead?

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

good, fuck that movie

[–] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

Ewww. What the fuck did I just read?

[–] Ghostwurm@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Why is art, even if not to your tastes, incorrect? Commercial viability is not the measure of quality. Even if it's an incoherent mess, it adds. Why a lust for the failure of others? Did Francis re-neg on a promise he made to you personally?

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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 3 points 3 weeks ago

Him stopping time has no point in the plot. It’s a really good bad movie if you’re into that.

[–] notsure@fedia.io 4 points 3 weeks ago

Julia's Cesar?

[–] machinaeZER0@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Movie was an absolute trip, haha

[–] Roldyclark@literature.cafe 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

β€œHow do you like my boner?”

[–] machinaeZER0@lemm.ee 3 points 3 weeks ago

Bahahah. Hard to choose a favorite scene but that was definitely a crowd pleaser in my showing

[–] UniversalMonk@lemm.ee 0 points 3 weeks 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