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In what way was Franklyn Cicero greedy? Wasn't his whole role to advocate for the common man?
Yeah there will definitely never be a movie like that again
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?
Movie was an absolute trip, haha
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.
So it's a condensed version of Atlas Shrugged, maybe with a sprinkle of The Fountainhead?
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 off? 30 min: I must be missing a lot of historical references. 40 min: Wait, is the audience the butt of the joke here? 50 min - 90 min: confusion/anger 100 min: Holy shit Aubrey Plaza is hot 120 min: He made a whole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 🤣
Megaflopolis
Usque tandem Cappolina...
Julia's Cesar?
I'm sure he felt very clever.
good, fuck that movie
The movie didn't sexually harass anyone, Francis Ford Coppola did.
(To be clear, I agree with you, and while the movie sounds like garbage no one should watch, and it looks like at least some in the production team were complicit enablers, my point is that there is no need for the general statement, when there is a specific perpetrator to name)
Ewww. What the fuck did I just read?
Broken link.
Works on my machine.
Here is the intended link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopolis_(film)#Allegations_of_misconduct
this post was submitted on 28 Oct 2024
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