Megalopolis2024-10-03
Vancouver, BC
You have to keep in mind that it's Coppola at the helm of all of this, one of the most important filmmakers of one of the finest generations of cinema, who has himself poured so much of his life and career into the medium. It's not just his legacy that lends itself to giving any credibility to this film -- I genuinely believe there's some beautiful ideas in here, but it's like they're all caught in a web, unable to break through to the surface. You really do have to see it to believe it. The artificial beauty of some of the shots is unlike anything I've seen before. It's just a shame it all couldn't have been weaved into something more coherent.
Watched at a matinee screening on a day off at the Scotiabank Theatre in downtown Vancouver. Unsurprisingly thin crowd, though I imagine it would be a hoot in a theatre full of people onboard with just absorbing whatever it is that Coppola cooked up.
Watched at a matinee screening on a day off at the Scotiabank Theatre in downtown Vancouver. Unsurprisingly thin crowd, though I imagine it would be a hoot in a theatre full of people onboard with just absorbing whatever it is that Coppola cooked up.