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Francis Ford CoppolasMegalopolisis a baffling object.
What mostly everyone seems to agree upon is that it is not coherent.
On set, I didnt know what was going to happen.
Francis allowed us to be free but then gave us a directive.
I went, Where is he going?
But neither is Francis.
I tried very hard to get them.
It didnt work out for me, she said, smiling.
But I tried very hard.
Its the total opposite of that, he said.
It speaks to Franciss generosity.
You have to be very generous and open to being wrong.
But I will valiantly try.
My best attempt at description would be: Giancarlo Espositos Mayor Franklyn Cicero is Eric Adams, irresponsibly defanged.
Shia LaBeoufs Clodio Pulcher is sort of an alt-right chaos agent who sometimes wears dresses.
Cesar wants to turn it into thesociety if dads went to therapymeme.
Franklyn wants to keep things status quo.
Seems fine to me!
So many scenes just feel like the idea of themselves.
Whats meant to feel strange or unsettling often just feels random and unconsidered.
Shia LaBeouf goes down on Aubrey Plaza as he calls her Auntie Wow.
Shia LaBeouf plots to overthrow America in a Grecian dress and gel nails.
Unfortunately, nobody else is on this tonal page.
Unfortunately, whats disturbing about actual contemporary America is the exact opposite of all of this.
Okay, calm down.
How does it look?This movie looks cheap as hell, like the Wet Seal of Coppola films.
The ADR does not always match up with characters mouths.
There is a fake baby to rivalAmerican Snipersin several scenes.
Some of the costumes are nice and some look like Zara (no shade to Zara).
Bilge sums the rest of it up here: Crowd scenes can be sparse.
Seemingly major characters drop out of the story.
How is the writing?The script was rewritten at least 300 times, according to Coppola.
Is there an anti-semitic trope for no reason?Yes.
Dustin Hoffman plays a man named Nush Berman, a malevolent billionaire with a huge prosthetic nose.
He gleefully pays $100 million at an auction to support the aforementioned pop stars fake virginity.
He lip-synced a pre-recorded question about fearing the future, and Adam Driver answered it.
Then the guy walked offstage, never to be seen again.
My friend who sat next to me said she assumed the guy was getting up to protest.
I was fine with that, she said.
Will they re-create this moment if the movie makes it to theaters?
How?I have no idea.
I asked the PR team but they have not answered me.
Wait, does the movie even have distribution yet?No.
At the press conference, a reporter asked him about his current financial situation.I dont care, he said.
I never cared about money.
I just took the money from that and I put the risk in the movie, he concluded.
I have no problems with the financial … another thing.
My children, without exception Sofia, Roman, Gia they have wonderful careers without a fortune.
They dont need a fortune.
No matter what happens, aside from Inglenook, which we still own, were fine.
The money doesnt matter.
Whats important are friends.
A friend will never let you down.
Which is very easy to say, of course, when you have shit ton of it.
Rather than telling people what should matter to them, Coppola might try asking next time.
