Megalopolis

Megalopolis is a too long mishmash of Roman and contemporary tropes which promises to challenge movie and societal norms and fails. It's got a white male protagonist, a white female love interest and no chemistry between them, a cross dressing major villain, amoral lesbians, corrupt politicians who somehow resolve their differences with the 'hero', a slap at street protest, and a vision of the future remarkably like the past, whether Roman or contemporary New York and US. For the amount of money spent, many more interesting films could have been made.

I know lots of people didn't like this movie. Maybe they just didn't get it? It was different, visually amazing and thought provoking. People should at least watch it.

Had to stop watching it mid movie The story is all over the place had my brain confused at all moments 2 out of 10

Will not chase down a movie while Copola shops a for more cash. Sorry, hubris killed the movie before I’d care to spend that much time on.

I can't understand how this film was boycotted so much, a dream of Coppola coming true, and a masterpiece we weren't ready for. Maybe in 30 years it will be understood.

Walked out but still found elements of it. Fascinating. Wished I had stayed to the end after a day or two.

Difícil de creer que este bodrio haya venido de Coppola, un tipo que supo darnos tantos clásicos en su momento y que haya caído tan bajo. Pretenciosa a mas no poder, un manifiesto raro que huele a naftalina, aburrida en muchos momentos, un viaje en acido rancio en otros, (un poco) entretenida cuando la trama finalmente se digna en avanzar solo para volver a caer y empezar otra vez a apestar. Y hasta ahora solo me referí a la historia porque tiene un problema importante en lo visual, que combina efectos que parecen salidos de una película de 100 millones (como supuestamente es) mientras que otras escenas parecen de playstation 1 o directamente de Superman IV (y me animaría a decir que Superman IV se ven mejor) cosa que solo logran hacerla mas ridícula. Ah y la remata presentando un elenco bastante digno pero que acá parece que ninguno actúa, siempre tienen las mismas expresiones sin importar lo que acontece. Desastrosa, una decepción.

Way ahead of its time. One of those films that needs to be watched a few times to truly appreciate the scale of it.

I’ve heard the film’s detractors cruelly refer to it as Megaflopolis, so I’ll throw a new one on the table – Messalopolis, because Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis is the most incoherent thing with a budget I have ever seen in my entire life. https://thegeekshow.co.uk/megalopolis-2024-review/

I was really looking forward to this movie after watching the trailer. It looked visually stunning. I was so disappointed. Half way through the movie I just wanted it to end. I did continue to watch it to the end but didn't care about any of the characters. I felt I would get the same enjoyment if the sound was off!