Idk, maybe you've sold me.

Got it. Show up 1:10 into it and leave after 10 minutes.

It's similar only in that it's about a "Great man" remaking a society in collapse.

Really none of the themes are there. Nor is there any journey of discovery to understand who Caesar is, like you get in Atlas Shrugged where other characters learn who John Galt is.

Galt is "Self interest and belief in my vision will make society better". Caesar is "McGuffin building materials and belief in my vision will make society better". For all its flaws, one is at least a political statement, while the other is milquetoast hopium.

It is Francis Ford Coppola's film, when I take delight in the failure of the movie it is because of how it impacts its creator (not because I'm trying to shift blame away from him onto his film).

The film is also garbage, but more importantly several critics have noted the film is sexist, like Maureen Lee Lenker's review which mentioned "troubling gender roles and gross sexual dynamics at play". Is it that surprising the film made by the man sexually assaulting people on set is also itself sexist?

I agree that it's worth specifically calling out Francis Ford Coppala and to put the blame where it belongs, and this is why I linked to the article about his specific misdeeds. At first I assumed most people knew about this already, which was maybe a bad assumption. I didn't even link my message at first thinking it was too obvious.

Works on my machine.

Here is the intended link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopolis_(film)#Allegations_of_misconduct

Good is obviously somewhat subjective but ...

It's visually stunning in a way that rivals Moulin Rouge or Luhrman's Romeo & Juliet.

The cast is incredible and I found many of their performances quite interesting and entertaining.

The story is unusual and compelling enough that it held my attention throughout, though I also think it's reasonable to say that there are certainly confusing elements.

I'm confident though that the main reason for the vast majority of the negative reviews are that the film draws strong parallels between certain unlikable elements and the MAGA movement in a way that upsets them.

Bahahah. Hard to choose a favorite scene but that was definitely a crowd pleaser in my showing

I can't get over "Franklyn Cicero." What the fuck.