Oh wow, I actually came late to that same Monday AZ IMAX screening. Crazy experience, the unhinged QnA was a perfect primer to just how bizarre the movie was.
@nms7872 lol looking into it the controversial folks are Jon Voight, who is simply openly conservative, and Shia, who has sexual assault allegations. Shia has opened up revealing at least some truth to what is levied against him. But - this represents unity in Coppola's mind? Hiring an open conservative and someone accused of sexual assault? Voight and Shia aren't even comparable lol
@@TheLongestTakeDustin Hoffman is in the movie. He got a lawsuit case back in like 2018 from assaulting an actress so he stay quiet ever since. I’m sure the majority of the cast in this movie got some allegation
I was at that AZ showing too! Luckily not that far of a drive for me or I would’ve regretted it even more. I didn’t have high expectations going in, I was mainly going because people hyped up the audience participation element, and even that was incredibly disappointing. That interview beforehand I think was the perfect encapsulation of the disorganized cluster that was about to follow it.
It's beyond a train wreck. It's like that comet that wiped out the dinosaurs. If the 4 Horsemen of the Apocalypse were promoting a movie, this would be it.
I remember seeing the trailer when it came out and being super confused that you thought it was good. I thought it looked like a B movie from 2006. Which, given the pro-American sentiment that it sounds like is in the movie, is what the movie was supposed to be. This movie should’ve come out 20 years ago and it should’ve starred Keanu Reeves.
I was at the TIFF premiere and lost it when they said the baby's name. Also your reaction of "this movie is bad but I also recommend seeing it" is exactly what I've been telling people lol
I was also at the tiff premiere and yes that part got lots of laughs 😂 I have also been telling people it is worth seeing even though it is a bloated mess as it goes further along.
That movie is legit amazing, it’s the anti-Megalopolis The character work is great Filmmaking is consistent It’s crazy and original and exaggerated but in a sincere way Megalopolis is just absolutely all over the place and is DULL
just watched it a few hours ago in IMAX. This movie absolutely has the most stimulating imagery you will ever see. Extreme sensory overload, and I loved that. it
Honestly your best review yet. For each video I'm liking your content more and more. Your growth as a creator is awesome to see man. Keep up the good work
Can't believe you didn't mention the greatness that is Jon Voight in this film lmao. For me he hard carried. The scene with his 'weapon' had me laughing more than any comedy.
Saw it at Cannes. It’s trash I’m sorry. Just so grating and amateurish in its craft. It’s as if Coppola has completely forgotten how to make a movie. This guy made the Godfather for god sake. I know he’s old and probably completely overthought this movie considering it’s been basically 50 years in the making but this would have genuinely been better off staying in the can and being a dream for Coppola (and his biggest fans) rather than a reality. It’s disastrous!
Was there a helicopter in the movie? Because Coppola mentioned something like that but I don't remember there being any helicopters at TIFF. Maybe I was too tired or baffled at how all over the place the film was to remember
I loved it. It gave me the feeling of having just read a wonderfully colorful and crazy novel in two hours. So much imagery! I'm definitely going again. And yes, it has a coherence problem, but it's an art movie. It's meant to be thought about and interpreted. It's great!
Coppola has made four of the greatest movies of all time in succession back in the 1970s: Godfather I & II, The Conversation and Apocalypse Now. One could even argue that his Dracula is a misunderstood masterpiece, Keanu Reeves' performance aside. I think he should be afforded some space to make an ambitious movie that disregard narrative conventions in trying to come up with new ways to express ideas on film: the mixture of the high and low in Megalopolis is the point. Many good movies fail to last longer than a week in our minds, while I expect this film to linger on for years because of its unevenness (akin to the Beatles' White Album). Overall, I think we are beyond good or bad assessments here, just the question of how much debate it can inspire in audiences regarding its ideas. Meanwhile, Coppola has already moved on, beginning to work on his next film project, a musical adaptation of the novel "Glimpses of the Moon".
@@richardwhite2921 it’s like every big movie is 3.5 hours long now. It’s annoying. Like, your whole day becomes going to the damn movie theater and you’re worn out when you’re done.
@@forsaken841what ? I go to the theater to watch a movie. It doesn’t matter if it’s 5 hours long. Just as long as it’s worth my money.. you going to the movies and complain about watching a movie like somebody is forcing you to do it…
@@nilespeshay1734 then don’t watch it ? Why do you feel the need to complain about long movie when there are literary so many short movie. Is someone forcing you to watch extremely long movie ? It’s a choice.
Auntie Wow and Clodio - Most Outrageous Sex Scene - Unofficial AVN Winners! Lol Aubrey and Shia need a spinoff. Yeah, I said it. I want to see whatever movie they were in. Lmao! 🤣🤣🤣 Other than that, and Emmanuel (didn't care for her, sorry), I agreed with what you said. Kudos to you for driving all that way! You got a subscribe from me. 😊
Anything that's different, creative and ambitious, I support. Do I think it's good? No. It's terrible. But at least it TRIED to do something interesting. I would rather have 10 total failures that tried to do something imaginative and ludicrous than one more fucking comic book movie that's been test-marketed into total mediocrity. Even if this movie gets people talking about its numerous problems and ideas while despising it is an improvement in terms of the brain-dead state of cinema today. Yes, it's a mess. Absolutely. It's bad. But at least it was TRYING to do something interesting.
I saw Megalopolis last night also, I feel the actors were farcical on purpose with their dialogue. Presenting Rome in modern times bares a righteous attitude while being serious with lines from the Stoics. A lot of the story was ham fisted also purposely ... while showing all forms of a visual spectacle is needed. It creates conversation and a need to see it again to pickup on what one had missed from first viewing. From 1 out of 5 ... I agree a 2.5 rating.
now vary the elements so it is not so repetaitve and make it more tense more tension must increase as the story advances add your own elecments of insanity The Ultimate Absurd War Prevention In a world where time travel is possible, a group of bumbling adventurers, led by Captain Jack, must prevent 7 wars from occurring, or else Halley's Comet will crash into Earth, causing a chain reaction that will destroy the entire omniverse. Act 1: The Time Travelers' Quest The time travelers journey to ancient Troy, where they accidentally turn the Trojan Horse into a giant, flaming, mechanical spider, causing Mercury to crash into Earth. The spider's legs start to dance the Macarena, hypnotizing the Greeks and Trojans, who begin to fight each other with rubber chickens. The time travelers then visit the American Revolutionary War, where they turn the Boston Tea Party into a giant game of "Tea-Party Twister," but with a twist: the tea chests are filled with jelly beans, which start to multiply and cover the entire city. The British and American armies begin to slip and slide on the jelly beans, causing chaos and destruction. Act 2: The WiFi Jammer The time travelers decide to create a WiFi jammer to prevent the next planetary collision. However, they soon realize that they need specific parts from each of the wars they've been trying to prevent. They journey to the Napoleonic Wars, where they obtain a rare crystal needed for the jammer's antenna. However, they accidentally turn Napoleon's army into a giant game of "Simon Says," but with a twist: the soldiers start to turn into chickens, and Napoleon becomes a giant, talking eggplant. The time travelers then visit the American Civil War, where they obtain a crucial microchip needed for the jammer's processor. However, they accidentally turn the Battle of Gettysburg into a giant game of "Capture the Flag," but with a twist: the flags start to come to life and begin to fight each other, causing the entire battlefield to erupt in a giant, swirling vortex of color and sound. Act 3: The Final Confrontation The time travelers finally complete the WiFi jammer, but it fails to prevent the next planetary collision. They journey to the Thirty Years' War, where they obtain a crucial battery needed for the jammer's power source. However, they accidentally turn the war into a giant game of "Red-Light-Green-Light," but with a twist: the soldiers start to turn into giant, walking mushrooms, and the battlefield becomes a giant, psychedelic dreamscape. The time travelers then visit the Hundred Years' War, where they obtain a crucial antenna needed for the jammer's signal. However, they accidentally turn the war into a giant game of "Musical Chairs," but with a twist: the chairs start to disappear, and the soldiers begin to float in mid-air, causing the entire galaxy to implode in a giant, swirling vortex of chaos and destruction. Finally, the time travelers journey to World War I, where they obtain the final part needed for the jammer. However, they accidentally turn the war into a giant game of "Simon Says," but with a twist: the soldiers start to turn into giant, talking clocks, and the battlefield becomes a giant, ticking time bomb, counting down to the destruction of the entire omniverse. Epilogue The time travelers fail to prevent the omniverse from exploding, and every planet, star, and galaxy is destroyed. The time travelers' adventures become a cautionary tale, a reminder of the absurdity and hilarity of their failed mission. The omniverse is reborn, and a new timeline is created. However, the time travelers' legacy lives on, inspiring future generations to try and prevent the next great catastrophe. As the new timeline begins, a giant, talking eggplant appears, saying "The end is just the beginning. The absurdity will continue. The chaos will never end." The eggplant starts to laugh maniacally, and the entire universe erupts in a giant, swirling vortex of color and sound, as the absurdity and hilarity of the time travelers' adventures continue forever.
SO many ideas though none that are actually very meaty and no actually very profound point is made about any of them!! Nonetheless YES i have to agree that I thoroughly respect the attempt … It’s for such brave visually mesmerizing attempts that we love Cinema!!!
I suspect that all these reviews about the movie are more entertaining than the movie itself. But its probably a thing to see in IMAX just for the spectacle of it.
It started off surreal with Francis Ford Coppola introing the film and then we all did laugh at the parts that were both genuine and unintentionally hilarious/dumb to see.
@@theprowler18Same with our audience. Lol One guy was upset that he paid $20.00 and got even more pissed when I said I got a promo code to see it for free! Lol 😂
wait i’m sorry back to the question thing- WHAT? like wait do you ask adam driver a question and he can answer? can you ask adam driver to define Hawk Tuah???? what do you mean?
it's giving that movie that came out couple years ago - i forgot the name - apparently in the beginning an elephant was shitting or something like that, about old Hollywood
@@samisfun868You might think differently. Just because I didn't like both movies doesn't mean you will feel the same. I think it's good to see all kinds of movies even if I don't end up liking them. Art is subjective, after all. 😀
Coppola made an abstract art film its not meant to be digested like your typical marvel movie or even Hollywood narrative cinema just appreciate it for what it is.
