Megalopolis is a FLOP

I am reluctant to watch a movie with Adam Driver in it. What was he thinking?

The clips on Twitter are already becoming laughable memes.

I can't decide what's worse: the acting, writing, or directing.

R3, all of the above and I’ll add editing. This was a hot ass mess! Most critics though are bending over backwards to praise this film and they sound fucking ridiculous.

It looks psychotic and I am very much looking forward to seeing it.

For free.

On TV.

In the comfort of my own home.

Also, Adam Driver is abysmal. He needs to be channeling Joan Crawford and Charlton Heston.

Great point R6. This would’ve been a great role for Charlton Heston and he would’ve been much better at it.

It needs big actors who know how to fill the screen and not be intimidated by the silliness of epic movies.

I know there are actors younger than Denzel Washington and Jack Nicholson and Russell Crowe but few in their 40s and 30s is springing to mind. Mayyybe Christian Bale and Edgar Ramirez.

This Driver guy…I just don’t get the appeal.

Yes, he’s distinctive-looking, but is that enough?

I mean, we all knew it would.

Joker 2 is the one that is gonna rock the industry.

Another flop for Adam Driver.

Driver is much better on the small screen.

I haven’t seen it and I’m not sure it’s a movie for me, but I think the public has just decided to hate the movie. That just happens sometimes.

People who are actually going to see it like it though.

I may end up watching it anyway.

Driver is funny looking but he’s a good actor. Directors seem to love his work.

R8, back in the day—in 1949, specifically—Hollywood gave us Gray Cooper in The Fountainhead as a visionary architect. Gary Cooper. And he had off the charts chemistry with his co-star Patricia Neal, too.

[quote] People who are actually going to see it like it though.

No they don’t.

I saw it the day after it opened and I honestly don't know what to say or how to describe it. Clearly it's a statement on leadership, art, dedication, politics, history etc. The art direction and cinematography was incredible. I also loved how they threaded the elements of ancient Rome into the modern world. It makes you wonder if Rome never fell, would it look just like what Coppola envisioned, NRPD on police cars instead of NYPD, brilliant. The scene where Julia was trading quotations from Marcus Aurelius with her father the mayor on the qualities of leadership were quite profound. But Coppola was trying to pack too much into it and it got lost. I'm sure there is a 4 hour version sitting on his desk someplace that we may get to see and answer all the questions.

who is gonna pay money to see that ugly cunt? Even if free, not gonna waste my time!

Jesus…the above clips make Susan Lucci and other daytime soap-opera actors look like fucking Bogarts and Hepburns.

Also I loved that the dialog took on prose from time to time just like the play Charles III, also set in the modern world. Maybe this project was too high brow for people. It's clearly not a mainstream film. Also the fact that I'm still thinking about it more than a week after seeing it says a lot.

It's hard to believe it's a flop given how handsome Adam Driver is!

Let me gaze upon THAT gorgeous kisser for over two full hours!

He put up his own money - something like $200mm.

I give him credit for putting his money where his mouth is, but honestly, has he made a decent movie since the early 2000s?

It just looks so, so great.

I love how Aubrey Plaza says "Two--the bank is mine" just like Charles Busch as Angela Arden in Die, Mommie, Die!

MegaFLOPolis

[quote] I love how Aubrey Plaza says "Two--the bank is mine" just like Charles Busch as Angela Arden in Die, Mommie, Die!

Oh my god! I would have NEVER made that connection until reading your post! 😂😂

looks like a turgid nightmare. i want to get really fucked up and see it as a joke.

The CGI is laughably bad.

I saw it tonite. It is a huge turgid turkey. 🦃

[quote] looks like a turgid nightmare. i want to get really fucked up and see it as a joke.

I think that’s a good idea. I saw the hot mess and I can say it does seem like a film that could be better appreciated when you’re fucked up.

Adam Driver is terrible in this.

From the clips I’ve seen it reminds me of a TV show I would have seen in the 90’s on USA or Sci-Fi Network.