• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    44
    ·
    2 months ago

    I genuinely want to catch an IMAX showing before it is too late. It’s like being able to watch the Hindenburg disaster in person.

    • jballs@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      13
      ·
      2 months ago

      Any idea on what the movie is actually about? I saw an interview with Aubrey Plaza where they asked her and she gave a very vague answer.

      • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        36
        ·
        2 months ago

        The professional reviews are hilariously mixed, I’m pretty sure Coppola unwittingly made a movie that also serves as a litmus test to see how pretentious and up your own ass you are.

        The honest reviews are basically, this made no sense, I don’t know what he was thinking. The positive reviews can be boiled down to “if you have to ask, you’re not sophisticated enough to understand”.

        • frezik@midwest.social
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          8
          ·
          2 months ago

          Is this going to be like Starship Troopers, where everyone comes back a decade later and says it was good, actually?

          • LaLuzDelSol@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            8
            ·
            2 months ago

            I think Starship Troopers had the opposite problem where people weren’t thinking about it hard enough.

          • BestBouclettes@jlai.lu
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            12
            ·
            2 months ago

            I’d say less, because the movie makes itself completely clear that it’s a fable about power and greed.

            • boonhet@lemm.ee
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              2 months ago

              Tenet is pretty much about power and greed too. Sator’s greed for power. And hatred for the world we live in.

              The backstory of him being helped (and commanded) by people from the future who want to reverse time because we fucked up the planet and therefore life in the future is shit, is pretty much just about climate change.

              The movie wasn’t that deep tbh. Nolan throws in some time inversion stuff for the wow factor and because it looks cool, but tbh it’s just “let’s blow up the world to fix a big problem” (classic case of a villain with a relatable goal) vs the good guys with “the world has loads of people living in it, we can’t just blow it up”.

              Personally I liked it. Don’t think it was a cinematic masterpiece you need to be incredibly cultured to understand or anything though.

          • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            2 months ago

            The reception of it appears to be, but prob only because Coppola is seen as more prestigious by critics because he never made a batman movie.

            • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              3
              ·
              edit-2
              2 months ago

              I don’t think Batman makes Nolan any less prestigious. It might even make him moreso, if only because of The Dark Knight. He was able to pour even more money into whatever he wanted to after that.

              He’s still one of the few directors that have full control over their movies.

      • JoYo@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        16
        ·
        2 months ago

        it’s a retelling of the fall of rome set in modern new york city.

        it’s alright, wow platinum (plaza) was amazing.

        • jballs@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          2 months ago

          That sounds interesting. I feel like that tiny but of context would probably draw more people to see it. Not sure why they kept it all mysterious.

          • JoYo@lemmy.ml
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            3
            ·
            2 months ago

            i think the trailer makes it pretty obvious. i feel like people are making more analogies to trump and musk that are kinda ridiculous. it’s like how populist characters in film used to be compared to Julius Caesar; like sure that’s apt but also stfu and listen to the story.

            also plazas ass is so nice.

          • dubious@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            2 months ago

            because you don’t feed the viewer biases. like good music, it can be interpreted in many ways. let the viewer decide for themselves. if the viewer is too dimwitted to draw their own conclusion, then let them fuck off as dimwits should.

  • aeronmelon@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    38
    ·
    2 months ago

    “This movie forced us to update our site’s code to account for decimals in the rating system.”

  • JoYo@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    35
    ·
    2 months ago

    i saw it yesterday, it was great.

    the movie makes it clear the story is a fable and that’s what it is.

      • JoYo@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        10
        ·
        edit-2
        2 months ago

        i feel like people are making more analogies to trump and musk that are kinda ridiculous. it’s like how populist characters in film used to be compared to Julius Caesar; like sure that’s apt but also stfu and listen to the story.

        also plazas ass is so nice.

        • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          8
          ·
          edit-2
          2 months ago

          Hmm, I hadn’t really noticed those comparisons yet.

          Plaza is about the hottest lady of all time honestly.

          Edit: someone downvoted this. What a douche.

          • TachyonTele@lemm.ee
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            7
            ·
            2 months ago

            Edit: someone downvoted this. What a douche.

            Dude, that was me. It was precoffee and I fat fingered the vote buttons lol

          • JoYo@lemmy.ml
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            6
            ·
            edit-2
            2 months ago

            settings has an option to remove downvotes from the UI.

            if someone isn’t willing to attach their username to their displeasure then I don’t care.

            • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              2
              ·
              2 months ago

              nah. I like calling people out for giving the single downvote they use as the “I disagree with you” button as if it matters.

          • JoYo@lemmy.ml
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            2 months ago

            i haven’t read any reviews but some friends also saw it and made the comparison.

    • dubious@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      2 months ago

      i can’t wait to see it. they don’t make good movies any more. this might be the exception.

      Coppola might be one of the last great filmmakers left. I fear there won’t be any good movies ever made again after he and a few others pass away. It seems there is no good taste left in younger generations.

          • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.ca
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            10
            ·
            2 months ago

            Who said anyone felt attacked? It’s far more likely to be a passing observation to your comment which does come across that way.

            • dubious@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              1
              ·
              2 months ago

              well, i guess when everything sucks, you get to be snobby about it. maybe we should try to fix it rather than attack the messenger.

              • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.ca
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                7
                ·
                2 months ago

                Or you could lighten up and stop pretending like the whole industry is beneath you. I hear life is a lot less miserable that way. But hey, what do I know?

                • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  6
                  ·
                  2 months ago

                  I’m not sure if this person is trolling, or has their head so far up their ass they can see daylight, but either way I wouldn’t bother arguing with them.

                • dubious@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  arrow-up
                  1
                  ·
                  2 months ago

                  you know how long it takes to find a decent movie now? forever. the whole industry is beneath me. I gave up and watch ancient mesopotamian docs and otis gibbs.

      • BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        8
        ·
        2 months ago

        I enjoyed Megalopolis but I won’t pretend it’s absolutely amazing and perfect. It’s a mess, but it’s a beautiful mess that was entertaining and thought provoking. What you’re complaining about isn’t a problem of the younger generations, but of the studio execs pumping out Movie Product after Movie Product

      • Kilgore Trout@feddit.it
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        2 months ago

        It seems there is no good taste left in younger generations.

        Maybe there is, but good ideas still need funding. The same old soup is a safer investment than an original one.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        2 months ago

        Coppola might be one of the last great filmmakers left.

        On the other hand…

        Also-

        That one was such a piece of shit, Coppola didn’t even put his name on it.

  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    25
    ·
    2 months ago

    Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis is an impenetrable mess that cinephiles will feel obligated to see anyway.

    One reviewer went right for the throat.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      2 months ago

      I quite like what Richard Roeper said:

      Francis Ford Coppola sold off one of his wine companies in order to secure a $120 million line of credit to finance his dream project “Megalopolis.”

      With all great respect: You were better off with the Pinot Noir, sir.

  • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    2 months ago

    I quite enjoyed Megafapolis. I was a little tired and spent by the end…wait we’re talking about Megalopolis. Ooooooohhhhh, I thought we were talking about Megafapolis. Still a good movie.