MEGALOPOLIS is my Nightmare | Explained

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Thanks to Raycon for paying me back for the ticket! Go to buyraycon.com/jedi to get up to 30% off sitewide! Brought to you by Raycon!

[@fusionspace175]

I saw the movie and I have zero questions, I'm just here to watch you suffer. Sorry and I love you!

[@RoketEngineer]

Ligit, I put them through the washing machine twice, and while they don't work as well as they used to, they still do.

[@arielhamm-flores6893]

no i got it it looks like the love parts from the not good Star Wars 2 like a whole movie of it that's what's wrong

[@arielhamm-flores6893]

with some cool world lol

[@Sifonofor]

Nothing screams "a man of the people" like adding a thing about a 16-year old being bidden on by old guys and adding a reassuring "She lied this whole time! It's fine because she's 23!". Is it fine though, Francis? Is it fine?

[@bextacticalgrandma2545]

Of course it's fine! One of those creepy old guys had a woman outsmart him and then he left his fortune to charity, so clearly he's the real victim here.

[@GotNextVideo]

In fairness someone pointed this out to him so they also added a SECOND resolution to this plotline where also the video was a deep fake.

[@saintsea-hat7891]

He put that plot point into the film as a “tribute” to Roman Polansky 🤢

[@madisonwise9990]

My partner was one of the actors hired to do the 4th wall break interviews. It was a very well paid position but even that couldn’t convince them to actually sit through the whole movie just for that part. After the first showing they did, they would only show up 30 minutes before that specific part and then leave immediately afterwards. They literally couldn’t get paid to watch that movie lmfao

[@rx500android]

I mean, very understandable

[@kestreldomann2787]

Everything ive seen about this movie is that it feels like every actor was in a different movie and 90% of the reviewers I've seen just really wanted to see whatever movie Aubrey was in, which i think is fun

[@ivanagustinortiz5237]

I think it's actually impressive how BAD Aubrey Plaza felt in this, it's like Coppola couldn't make her deadpan delivery work, and the writing doesn't do her any favors (I say this as someone who really likes Aubrey's deadpan delivery and her acting range whenever she shows it).

[@attila0323]

I'm only interested in this movie because of Aubrey, but after all these reviews I think I leave this one out.

[@MicahMicahel]

i think Aubrey took the road to Wokeville. She was good in White Lotus. Everyone should watch White Lotus... really good.

[@dcllns332]

Actually she’s the only good thing abt this movie 😂 they could’ve made the movie abt her storyline and leaned heavily on the overly dramatic acting

[@Matheus-ql7mn]

Aubrey Plaza is a valid reason to watch any movie, she's perfect! She deserves that "Happiest season" is great and I love it, for example, but ngl, each scene I was just waiting for her to appear 😅

[@DeLullu]

As a historian specialised in the late Republic/early Principate this feels like he just read a bunch of random Wikipedia articles while sipping wine and then simply slapping the names onto characters. Good lord. Bless you, Amanda, for suffering through this for us.

[@archer1949]

A movie about the Gracchi would be a perfect vehicle for the themes this movie wanted to tackle.

[@breellitos]

I saw this high and had a good time in the sense that I was audibly laughing. I clocked Coppola's attempt to stroke his own ego IMMEDIATELY. And then I was in for a RIDE with all of the self inserts and references to "rich people can be good!! like me!!!"

[@sweetviolents29]

EXACTLY this movie was not made for the poors, they’ll never understand!

[@TacticusPrime]

If I'm being charitable, it is Coppola saying that the rich and powerful should side with utopian demagogues because the fascist ones are just around the corner.

[@orterves]

​@TacticusPrime rich people don't have a side, they just follow whatever path leads them to more wealth.

[@wildwesley9328]

That’s the best endorsement for getting high I’ve heard

[@NissanSkyline901]

I recently watched 'Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse' and I got the sense that Coppola loves to stroke his own ego and that he truly believes he is a genius in everything he does. Personally, though, I think he is one of the more overrated American directors that hasn't released anything that great since the 70s and has only stayed relevant because of how successful and highly praised those few films in the 70s were.

[@gnocchidokey]

Remember when Plato was like "utopia will be achieved when the philosopher is king... I mean, not NECESSARILY me personally" this movie is that

[@davidfoster7034]

For those who don't know Plato did in fact end up spending time as what amounts to the king of Athens held in power by a Spartan garrison much as he posited was the ideal form of government... turns out his government was not liked.

[@laecard1778]

@@davidfoster7034 Can you specify what you are referring to? It seems like you are talking about the „thirty tyrants“, the oligarchic puppet government established by the Spartans which killed 5% of the athenian population in its 8 month long rule before being overthrown. However plato was never a member of the thirty tyrants as far as I know (though some of his uncles were [also several of Socrates‘ students, that whole being executed for „corrupting the youth“ thing wasn’t just about asking questions.])

[@jonchowe]

Plato's Republic is an authoritarian nightmare. Makes sense.

[@MicahMicahel]

Utopian ideologies ALWAYS lead to totalitarian systems. naivety and historical illiteracy is their fuel. over 100 million people were kllled in the 20th century by utopian dreamers. with ai utopian dreams will create hell on earth if the woke win... woke ideology is a method to reach utopia. but its ALWAYS dystopia.

[@MicahMicahel]

@@davidfoster7034it was a tyranny run by the elites. The elites control us through identity politics division. Stop falling for it people. Its literally pushed by corporate esg scores. populism is democratic by definition but ut's called fasciism in our social engineering. No liberal can define fasciism. mussolini gave a very simple defintion: corporations and govt merge under an ideology. mussolini said race is just a feeling. He wasnt racist. People think it means the germans but they were closer to communism that Italy. jewish people were the oppressors for their propaganda. the end game for the woke is to crush their imagined oppressors: 30 year old male virgins that cant get jobs due to dei.

[@ziggystatdust6008]

This is what happens when men constantly think about the Roman Empire.

[@Cole205]

Excellent. We shall do so even more.

[@Gee-xb7rt]

All the golden cgi in this film paired with the brat emperors of Gladiator 2 I am quite done with Roman anything.

[@stephenpmurphy591]

​@Gee-xb7rt Gadiator II is not about ancient Rome it's a elderly man's fantasy civilization...It's shockingly historically inaccurate only in Hollywood.

[@Gee-xb7rt]

@@stephenpmurphy591 I think Shia's character is the only character with any historical accuracy in Megalopolis, so there is that.

[@PrismaticTentacle]

Damn it. Zero days. 🤦‍♀️

[@winterwombat]

I feel like Coppola's understanding of the world's problems was shaky (at best) even before he tried to cram it all into a framework where he personally can save the world through his art. He clearly wants this film to change peoples' hearts and minds, but with his own politics having never evolved beyond "everyone with a strong opinion is equally wrong," he has no actual insight to offer. When you rach the film's big climactic speech, Coppola's best opportunity to just read his manifesto directly into the microphone, and he uses it to point the finger at A Lack of Civility and Debate as the big problem of modern society, it becomes obviously just how desperately naive the whole project is.

[@davidfoster7034]

Every time I got a look at the future city I was left wondering how many people it could house. It seemed like a utopia... for the few while the many are left in the decaying remnants forgotten outside of when they are needed to serve because the city was designed by someone who likely forgot some vital and crude realities.

[@filmfangirls9163]

5th wall break? Like how Bugs Bunny would ask if there was a doctor in the house and a doctor would stand up? Just so Bugs could ask "Eh, What's Up, Doc?"

[@tenerife_sea]

That sums up the whole movie tbh. Is it paying homage to classical movies? No, it's just Looney Tunes.

[@stephenpmurphy591]

​@@tenerife_sea But with really lame acting....Second-hand embarrassment bad acting. Yes it's an over used word however it's appropriate here major cringe.

[@filmfangirls9163]

@@tenerife_sea 🤣

[@filmfangirls9163]

@@stephenpmurphy591 agreed!!

[@icedcapplord710]

You ever just see a film that immediately gives you the impression it probably should've been a stage production for over half of the directing and acting choices to make a lick of sense

[@luiginastro8831]

It would suck even at that

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Stage influence also feels intentional lol

[@vaclav4435]

@@AmandaTheJedi Tansy Gardam recently devoted a recent episode of her podcast "Going Rogue" to the winding four-decade journey _Megalopolis_ took to become a reality. According to her, in the 2010s Coppola began to take an interest in "live cinema", of broadcasting a movie into theaters while you are shooting it. (Woody Harrelson actually pulled it off with _Lost in London_ in 2016.) I don't think Coppola was ever planning on making _Megalopolis_ a live performance, but things like the real-life actor asking Adam Driver a question in the theater, the incorporation of warm-up games like the "pick up my hat" sequence, and the very theatrical nature of both the production and performances feel like he was incorporating elements of the concept into the film.

[@Gee-xb7rt]

Honestly for me the elephant in the room is Adam Driver, he doesn't deliver a protagonist. On the flip side two of the antagonists, Shia and Aubrey, are running with scissors. And Adam could be a a coma for most of it, wouldn't matter, I really don't understand the protagonist, but I don't think there was anything to understand, like he can control time but isn't not useful, just does some cgi parlor tricks.

[@WheeledHamster]

Looks like some art student film project, the movie industry needs less of these pretentious crap.

[@tramasrarasoddplots]

Amanda, I'm watching this vid to support you and only you. And no one else.

[@DarleneLesmana]

everything i've heard and seen about this movie really gives me the vibe of "okay grandpa time for bed"

[@nyahnyahson523]

Everything I heard or saw when I watched the movie really gave me the vibe of "okay grandpa time for bed"

[@93MANIAC]

The best way to describe this movie is what if Ayn Rand wrote The Fountainhead while experimenting with LSD while Robert Moses was in her living room watching a pretentious documentary about the Roman empire while occasionally firing a gun in the air and a very drunk Fritz Lang was throwing up in the bathroom

[@kseni_vely]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@qwertyman1511]

Few people mention that it is literally Robert Moses in there.

[@ELSTERLING]

I'd say less Fritz Lang and more Thea von Harbou, who straight up went on to become a Fascist propagandist.

[@Cole205]

Pleb: Filtered Mind: NOT Emersonian The Forever: Destroyed for the Now You: go back to the cluuuub

[@athena2824]

Having not seen the movie, this is incredible gibberish, what

[@Cole205]

@athena2824 the movie *IS* worth watching. For good or ill, the world will NOT see its like again.

[@aprilhamer7602]

Red Rising did a much better job of putting Ancient Roman society into a futuristic world where the rich use Roman ideals to oppress the lower castes. Having a character who is part of the most oppressed class works much better than it being just one rich dude. If you haven’t already read it, I highly recommend the first three books

[@kat_the_ot]

I love the Red Rising Saga!

[@leonardopires9344]

too bad it goes for the "but we NEED the rich and powerful guys' help and command!" end with the reds and other castes not doing a true revolution

[@batchampa]

Your intro has me googling and finding out about Victor Salva pretty quickly. What is it with film directors getting passes on monstrous crimes?

[@AmandaTheJedi]

That one I blame on the lack of ability for information to travel at the time. It only started spreading when he was making the third movie, which just kinda got quietly released without much attention once people started speaking up. Look into some of the stuff Coppola's said in defence, it's pretty horrific. Like stating that Victor was basically also a child at the time when he was 29

[@stephenpmurphy591]

​@@AmandaTheJediLook into some of the shocking sexual harassment old Francis inflicted upon young female extras. There's actual video online of him doing it while everyone else stands around laughing nervously. He'll get a pass because of who he is.

[@gnocchidokey]

it's ok whoopi goldberg said it "wasn't RAPE-rape"

[@AP-lg9kt]

The second paragraph of his Wikipedia being “he SA’d a child and possessed footage of it. He has also continued to work successfully in the industry and directed several more films.” Rly just says it all ! Cool !

[@DAsrada]

Honestly it felt like past the middle point it would randomly cut to Shia Labeouf in a dress screaming "RAVIOLI RAVIOLI BAM BAM BAM" at the camera, and we'd be expected to nod and go "This is profound art."

[@K.C-2049]

lmao that's how I felt about that bit in the Northman when Willem Dafoe is hopping around on all fours acting like a dog.

[@ivanagustinortiz5237]

It's like Coppola saw House of Gucci and thought "hmmm, I can make Megalopolis like this" then casted Shia based off of Jared Leto 💀

[@MagicalSkyWizard]

Ravioli ravioli, what’s in the pocketoli

[@dr.carmichael530]

I’d consider art. Not HIGH ART, but art nonetheless.

[@MagicalSkyWizard]

@ low brow art, like when you bring crayons to the old folks home

[@EmlynBoyle]

Coppola whines about Marvel and superhero movies, then makes a movie about someone with superhuman powers against a big city backdrop...you know, like Spider-Man, Superman, etc. If utter madness was a movie, it would be Megalopolis. Coppola blew all his own money on this??? And yes, his support for Victor Salva put me off the man before all this.

[@zacharyduval8265]

If Francis is worried about the future of cinema, then he must champion the new voices that are both financially and commercially succeeding and showing audiences what can be done to evolve the craft he supposedly champions rather than just insisting that his ONE film, a cluttered mess of a blank metaphor, will be the new dawn of an era for cinema and savior. He should do what he did in the past; help give credibility and financial backing to new visionaries that can be in conversation with the new meaning of what cinema is rather than just believing because he made a couple of great movies that he is the light in the darkness. Great video as always Amanda and yeah the names Wow Platinum and Sunny Hope feel like weird baby names.

[@noobbotgaming2173]

I agree. Coppola's problem is he's stuck in the past. He doesn't realize the gap between the 70s and 90s was huge. And from the 2000s to the 2010s was even bigger. He's less of a filmmaker and more of a tradition-preserver. His refusal for composite shots is hilarious because he eventually caved and resorted to some composites for Megalopolis after he fired the VFX team and realised his in-camera plan wouldn't work. Take cinematography for example. There isn't any Coppola movie that has creative cinematography. He's very much a point and shoot director with no input. There's a reason why Greig Fraser is in demand these days. That guy gets it. Copolla doesn't.

[@tanya311]

Re: the Wow Platinum hypnosis scene, it looks like a hypnosis scene from The Woman in Green, a Sherlock Holmes movie from 1945. In it, the titular woman in green hypnotizes men using a bowl of water with flowers floating in it. I haven’t seen Megalopolis, so I’m basing this on the clip in this video.

[@AmandaTheJedi]

That would make sense! This thing is loaded with references, some good, some not so much

[@theodoremalt1513]

@@AmandaTheJedi It's on KZbin (probably not legally, but IRL it is there) if you want to watch "The Woman in Green" (Basil Rathbone)

[@amyd6518]

David Bowie used to write songs by picking random sentances out of a jar and i feel like the plot of this movie is the screenwriting version of that

[@justincecilstudio3506]

Saw the movie in the theater, had mixed feelings about it to say the least. I think it would have worked slightly better if Adam Driver's character wasn't just a member of the elite, but perhaps was adopted as an orphan from the lower classes. He could have been somebody who wanted to use his luck and any education he received to give back to those less fortunate. It could have kind of been like the story of Moses, someone born in the lower classes, adopted by the rich and powerful, and ultimately tries to help those less fortunate. It would have also given Shia LaBeouf's character more reason to despise him, thinking that he was better than Adam Driver simply by virtue of being born into his position, but irritated by those that admire his innovations and achievements.

[@carocaro8981]

On another note, Metropolis (1927) is a really great movie.

[@Grizzli49]

One everyone should watch, especially now!

[@Crowcaller]

same with metropolis (2001) which isn't an adaptation but is really vibing similarly.

[@iloveyourmomalot1one]

Don't understand why we can't just leave a masterpiece alone. But no, some jerriatric got a whim to tell his version but worse.

[@annamariacantamessa5358]

No it isn't it's pretentious

[@laylamorrison9596]

So this entire movie is just "BioShock but terrible?" THAT'S what all those filmbros on Twitter where hyping up?

[@christophergirardi8145]

At least this proves a bioshock movie is possible. Silver lining?

[@natatatm]

Thank you for bringing up the creep director of jeepers creepers thing, even if briefly. Coppola's involvement in that situation is absolutely horrific and irredeemable to me and not enough people even know about it. If anyone is interested in more info on that, I'm pretty sure the channel Dreading has a pretty in depth look at how he not only supported a pdf, but tried to sue the victim into silence. He is not a good person, do not give this man your money.

[@cheeseisdelicious4627]

Under your recommendations I watched The Substance and it was such a grotesque and fun experience!! Because you had to censor a lot of stuff in your video I was watching with comments like - oh wow, oh WoW, oh WOW!! throughout the whole movie. Both Moore and Qualley were phenomenal. So thank you, I know I can always rely on your taste in movies💛 Now it's time for new fun video😁

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@cheriann6461]

I'm not sure that a personal passion project that cost roughly 120 million to produce should be the vehicle for any messages about wealth or power distribution.

[@orterves]

Luckily, sounds like it's kinda not

[@TheGreyKami]

"Where can i find the nearest alcohol?" Is such a quote, i will now be using it

[@tereziamarkova2822]

It still bothers me that the two female characters are named Julia (which was the name of Caesar's daughter) and Wow Platinum, who is a clear Fulvia of the story (she was married to real Clodius, then Marc Anthony of all people, look her up, she was amazing). Hell, I'd even accept Servilia (Caesar's mistress and mother of one of the guys who murdered him) or Cleopatra. I don't know why that's such an issue to me - it's probably for the best that Fulvia wasn't dragged into this mess.

[@danaslitlist1]

It might be an issue for you because IT WAS RIGHT THERE! LOL! Like it feels as though they just gave up with doing the Roman counterparts/naming conventions😂 But one good thing came out of this: I’ve been reading about Fulvia because of you

[@thehitherto5348]

Still can't get over Aubrey Plaza's name in this film. Just... Wow!

[@UnmedicatedWaters]

Yea, Wow Platinum

[@GiantRobotsConquerTheWorld]

There's a scene in the movie where Cicero has Julia recite quotes to Cesar as though this was the height of education and skill. The longer I've thought about this movie since seeing it, the more that scene feels emblematic of the movie. It just quotes other material and doesn't have anything behind it.

[@jvgreendarmok]

A sort of "Ready Player One" kind of thing?

[@GiantRobotsConquerTheWorld]

@jvgreendarmok more like the movie equivalent of those calendars of "inspirational quotes" where all context is lost, but it is still framed as significant. Ready Player One wants you to get a happy nostalgia feeling remembering the reference. Megaopolis wants you to be impressed it knew the reference.

[@Sellswordking]

I genuinely thought you were gonna say the satellite crashed on top of the second wife ala donny darko immediately after the wedding

[@AmandaTheJedi]

Man I fuckin' WISH

[@gnocchidokey]

If everyone but the baby stopped moving, isn't that the baby stopping time? That could be an issue.

[@sacodepapas488]

Something that I don’t get is why Coppola believes his Ceasar is a compelling character when he NEVER solves any plot or subplot that affects him. 1. The Vesta controversy- solved by his gf. 2. The foundation for Megalopolis- solved by a random satellite destroying enough buildings and lives. 3. Her wife’s m*rder- literally he gets the answers handed to him by his antagonist. 4. His accounts being frozen- solved by the Bank guy killing Wow Platinum. There is one subplot he does act on, He gives the hopefull speech at the end of the movie, but that is a subplot that was more in line with Shia Labouf’s and Gian Carlo Sposito’s characters. He doesn’t even resolve his relationship with his mother. She just passes by him at the end of the movie.

[@fernandodecarlosmalcher7977]

I'm glad you mentioned coppola's problematic history, it really bothers me how people praise him as aa genius while ignoring the horrible things he's done

[@800Ms-k6n]

Megalopolis seemed like Francis Ford Coppola smoked weed with Tommy Wiseau when he wrote the script and took a break on set 😅

[@Kenny-Blankenship]

Now I am wondering if that crazydaysandnights rumor is true (basically, adam driver skipped some interviews and did as little press as possible for this movie because he knew this was going to bomb)

[@pauln4056]

Then was like, "wouldn't it be dope if we got Uwe Boll on this?"

[@BaronVonHardcharger]

I never see anyone mention this, but the film's synopsis really does sound like "Atlas Shrugged".... Like, the "Atlas Shrugged" we have at home or something... Something of a relief seeing the majority of people reject the film if that's the case....

[@Cole205]

But the message is opposite of Rand... 😂😅

[@JesusChristMarie]

What’s funny is, if the marketing team REALLY wanted to find reviews calling Coppola’s old films garbage, they could’ve easily found some extremely negative stuff on Letterboxd or something. No need to put words in the mouths of dead people.

[@swordmonkey6635]

People using the word "Utopia" unironically for a perfect or elevated city or society need to understand it literally means "no place" in Greek, as in: a pipe dream.

[@topcatfan]

You need to understand 99.9 present of people to day understand it as the former so it literally doesn't matter, your just some 14 year old who hates optimism for some reason

[@swordmonkey6635]

@@topcatfan Ignorance of a fact doesn't change the fact. Using the argument that most people aren't aware of the true meaning and then justifying that ignorance as normalizing is the same reason you think I'm a 14 year old: poor education and social awareness.

[@topcatfan]

@@swordmonkey6635 well if you ask 9/10 people what utopia means, they would give the modern meaning, and you know who gives words meaning? People do!

[@swordmonkey6635]

@@topcatfan Nothing you've written changes my original comment. People can mutate definitions over time, but my original statement of what the Greek word meant and why it was used doesn't change. The "modern definition" is based on the false premise that Utopia is possible. That's dysfunctional. And asking 9/10 people about something and using that as a reference instead of the fact is troubling.

[@topcatfan]

@@swordmonkey6635 *they didn't believe utopia is possible, and there all gone now

[@Desaki65]

I saw it during that nationwide "live at Lincoln Center or whatever" presser, and HOO BOY. I figured our reaction to the pre-show Q&A was so meh (because wow Lee, Dinero and Coppola did not seem to want to be there) they canceled the interactive bit. Then the film started, and we all understood. I figure after a few years it'll become a call and response hate watch.

[@AmandaTheJedi]

That's what I'm waiting for - the two factions, those that think it's sincere art at it's purest form and a beacon of hope, and those that think it's entirely a comedy worthy audience interraction

[@Desaki65]

​@@AmandaTheJediyes PLEASE

[@donovian2538]

What does it say about your city that the medical examiner's office has a specific stamp for "Poisoning: Insulin Overdose"?

[@trinaq]

Never did I think that Francis Ford Coppola would come up with a plot so convoluted, that nobody can really explain what it's about. It's basically an extended Mad Libs game, where the most random things happen.

[@ericb9252]

Well....he directed Jack

[@icedcapplord710]

People hold Coppola in high regard because of stuff like Godfather, Dracula and Peggy Sue got married but he's made a string of stinkers since those days. Stuff like The Escape Artist, Jack and even Godfather Part III show that he isn't really immune to putting out a dud in spite of his best intentions

[@Desaki65]

It feels like a story that the creator is so deep into, they can't spot the problems.

[@filmfangirls9163]

My favorite will always be The Outsiders 😍

[@pauln4056]

@@Desaki65 Deep into the same place he pulled this from.

[@alchemik666]

This might be a weird take, but somehow from what you described the ending struck me as the most psychotic part. Just HOW can you have a movie following a character named after two wannabe tyrants (benevolent or not), who both got killed for their ambition, and end with them winning and delivering a vapid speech about reaching better future by cooperation. If Coppola thought this was some clever subversion of expectation I would like to remind him that defecating at the center of a crowded room also subverts expectations, but doesn't necessarily make for good art. In general, public defecation feels like an appropriate metaphor for this movie. :C

[@RealLukeWilson]

It honestly feels like Coppola wanted to make Cesar like the main character from Metropolis, but accidentally made a John Galt, which I think speaks volumes unto itself.

[@WolfmanBrown]

The name of the film itself even feels like a direct reference to Metropolis.

[@jaysmall5586]

10:19 "This story is taking place in a future New York, which is now New Rome." Because everyone forgets or never knew that New York already has a Rome. I guess upstate just doesn't exist in F.F.C.'s mind.

[@CThyran]

Nobody cares about upstate unless you live there. Just farms and woods, not much else.

[@kelsanggyudzhin2340]

31:57 "A lot of people say that this movie warns about the dangers of unchecked ambition and ego but I don't get that out of Ceasar or the movie as a whole" That's because they are talking about Copola, not Ceasar. At least, I am. Just look at his response to Aubrey Plaza covered at 29:50. "This movie is going to give hope to society and humanity." HE SAID THAT. And worse, he's so high on the smell of his own farts that he, by all appearances, seems to BELIEVE IT. He genuinely seems to believe he has some Ceasar-esque vision with which only he, and people like him, can guide us to a better world. He thinks his vision is unique, most likely due to privilege in an echo chamber of sycophants. It's revealing, but it isn't intentional, and it isn't meta. The sheer magnitude of pretentious lack of self-awareness evinced by both this movie and his ongoing statements are STAGGERING. That said, if you gave me the same or even larger budget I'm not so stupid as to think I could make a BETTER movie; making movies is INSANELY HARD and requires a great deal of experience which he definitely has. And also, I don't know the man, and only have this movie and his many, many quotes to go off of. But he isn't beating the allegations.

[@radioactivehalfrhyme]

0:39 Love the Matt Berry esque pronunciation of “The Godfather”

[@neon1899]

I watched at home, but I didn't even realise that the satellite hit the earth and I was wondering whatever happened to that satellite. I guess I had checked out mentally by then.

[@HorseJoint]

0:26. THAAANK YOU! A KZbinr FINALLY brings up the fact that he defended a fucking Pedophile. I know “Hollywood” is full of “Copolla’s” but he a renowned director. So his praise is WAY more annoying to hear

[@UlshaRS]

"this is a love letter to humanity" He's once again seeing himself as the outsider victimized by the system ...while making his version of Cleopatra

[@Kaitirich]

Oh my god am I the only one who didn’t know this information about Victor Salva??

[@AmandaTheJedi]

It's getting out there more but a LOT of people didn't. I thought he helped him after Jeepers Creepers was already out, but no, seems like he was on set for the movie where Victor assaulted his child actor and thought yeah, this guy needs to be in hollywood after prison. This is allegedly what Coppola said on the matter per the LA Times: "You have to remember, while this was a tragedy, that the difference in age between Victor and the boy was very small -- Victor was practically a child himself.” - Victor was 29 YEARS OLD and the victim was 12 Also horrifying to know that Victor was a child care worker before he made his first movie

[@Kaitirich]

@@AmandaTheJedidon’t even have words for the rage, disgust, and sadness for that kid what the FUCK??????? How did they manage to just sweep it under the rug like that??? HIS MOST RECENT FILM CAME OUT IN 2017???????

[@WolfmanBrown]

I only learned his name in the last hour or so, so you’re definitely not the only one just hearing about this. I know some of the movies he made, but I had no idea who the director was.

[@alyssabrown-carleton6173]

And when the actor came out and dropped out of the movie, ffc sued him

[@maplerain2077]

Reminder that Shia La Beouf has admitted to being violent and abusive to FKA Twigs. So yeah a really shitty person for FFC to have hired to be in that movie

[@mcnultyssobercompanion6372]

I sincerely wanted to like "Megalopolis". I was desperately rooting for Coppola. Unfortunately it's just not...coherent. Parts of it I think are brilliant, small little islands of inspired visual flair. If Coppola had utilized a collaborator to assist with the script, the whole thing may have worked. He just couldn't, in my opinion, keep his big ideas leashed to the ground. Ironically my favorite part was Jon Voight. I'm disappointed in the person he's become, but it's further proof that he's unequivocally one of our great cinema actors. Of everyone working on this wacky film, he seems to be the only one having any fun.

[@laceybird5151]

All I know about this theme is the 'yes' meme so this video is going to be a journey

[@MPHknows]

I don’t even know that. Godspeed 🫡

[@luiginastro8831]

Go back to the cluuub

[@AmandaTheJedi]

YeeEEEEssSSSSSsssss

[@dunes8817]

I've heard this movie described as if Neil Breen was given a Hollywood budget.

[@thememedungeonkeeper]

I read an article a few months ago about the historical events inspiring Coppola. I knew then that the movie would be messy. I'm not going to leave a wall of text, so TLDR: like you said, a single individual cannot break or change the status quo. It is in the collective that the power to change society is found. Also: Join or make a Union USA working class people in the comments. This movie is still trying to sell the message that all we need is a billionaire to be altruistic to see a big change. The ONLY successful thing this movie does is show that DOES NOT WORK. Feel free to delete this comment if the algorithm brings in the dregs of the internet Amanda. But I was so, SO frustrated by this movie and the discussion surrounding it.

[@dianagp1036]

Can world saving visionaries just walk around the neighbourhood one day. That show of the utopia at around 23:05 was painful. We have enough implausible, impractical cities of the future for a lifetime.

[@aeneasfate]

That Anthony Hopkins weird, stylish version of Titus Andronicus did the 'New Rome With Fedoras' concept much better.

[@ysucae]

also with killer 'your mom' jokes

[@funandaims]

It sounds like this project might've worked better as a video game? ' . ' In terms of style, storytelling and message, it sounds like the middle of the Venn Diagram between "Deus Ex", "Cyberpunk 2077", and "Fallout: New Vegas". Since the message of the film seems to be "utopia is the allowance for discussion", it wouldn't go against Coppola's message to allow a game where the player could influence who "wins", and it would feel a lot less disjointed to see all these characters doing all their whackiness. What feels like a "cornucoppola" in this movie might work well if each player had the choice of which piece to consume. What do you think, would you play Megalopolis if it were a $60 game instead of a $100 film?

[@rhiannonisalosr]

Mondays are my days off so I watched this at the latest viewing and was the only one in the theatre. I was intrigued by the trailer and possible concept so I was excited. I really truly tried my best to understand and pay attention to what was happening but I got so confused I said wtf is happening loud enough to where a regal employee popped their head in to check on me... this movie lit a fire under me because I hateeeee it and it occupies too much of my thoughts at least once a week. 😭

[@FoodieBeautysNoFilterPic]

"Humanity should focus on hope and the future and not strive for money for money's sake" yeah okay, thanks, super rich guy who paid for a 4 hr movie to give us this message.

[@jadefox33445]

After seeing it, it feels like Coppala is staring the downfall into dementia. He can still have ideas and passions, but the connections for him to express them in his mind are deteriorating.

[@RavenousMedicine]

I get so annoyed at all of the plots about saviors who save 'all of humanity", or lead them to greatness, etc. who never bother to even acknowledge that societies are not monoliths. I think it irks me all the more lately because we see it now days in the real world where laws and choices are made that affect particular groups of people without ever learning about those groups of people and what they want/need. I honestly haven't seen this movie but it seems really like it's fallen into the same tired trap. That one person is the panacea to our problems.

[@IneffabLeigh]

Boy am I deeply uncomfy with Coppola making the one (far as I know) ostensibly queer-coded character stand on a literal bloody swastika, jesus fucking christ

[@Muffinville98]

oh i've been WAITING for this one!

[@ourladyofperpetualskepticism]

THANK YOU for at least bringing up the whole Victor Salva patronage because no one should ever forget about that when talking about Coppola. That said, this movie was *so awful*.

[@jessrl8025]

My significant other loves and adores Coppola. He even loves the movies most other film bros don't vibe with, like Youth Without Youth and One From the Heart. Leaving the theater after we saw Megalopolis, my SO just shook his head and said, "Coppola has gone insane, and no one wanted to tell him." I think my SO fell a little out of love with Coppola after this movie.

[@fae206]

I have gone to 30+ movies this year (no joke) and whereas I kept falling asleep during Challengers and Monkey Man (both better than this) but I have a below the knee amputation, after the baby announcement scene I tried to get my prosthetic on but I was too stressed and it wouldn’t click on so that was the only reason I stayed, because I couldn’t get my leg on and I had tried to put my socks and sleeve on multiple times and considered crawling out of the movie

[@gemmachaos]

If I had a penny for every movie with Adam Driver by a plagued, problematic but legendary cinema auteur that was stuck in development hell for untold decades, is finally finished but turned out to be not very good, I'd have two pennies. Not a lot, but weird that it happened twice.

[@henryglennon3864]

Maybe three. Not sure if you're talking about Don Quixote or House of Gucci.

[@gemmachaos]

@henryglennon3864 house of Gucci too! I've got three pennies now! Imma be a billionaire at this rate

[@henryglennon3864]

@@gemmachaos that and 65 was directed by Roman Polanski. So four pennies. Joking

[@Heyitslia21]

This movie sounds like the very definition or “you lost the plot”

[@JordiAran]

Given that this is the 3rd review I've watched on this movie and yet its the first one that brings up the whole Rome metaphor in detail, I'm going to assume this thing is a shitshow

[@ajduclaire]

This movie and 'The Wild Robot' opened the same weekend, and I chose to see this one. I hadn't even seen 'The Wild Robot' yet and I knew I chose wrong.

[@DSh1105]

Yeah I watch Wild Robot and it is much better than this movie, story is funny and sad at moments, honestly I wish more people watched Wild Robot it's great

[@ajduclaire]

@DSh1105 Agreed. I ended up seeing it the following weekend and it was great. One of the best movies of the year.

[@mizstories9646]

I hope Raycon appreciates you. I swear I subconsciously think of Raycon everytime I think of you or see one of your videos, even if you have a different sponsor. You are like fused together in my mind.

[@BRBonGiediPrime]

"Where is the nearest alcohol" is one of the funniest things you've ever said. In this video😂 thank you for brightening my day yet again, young Jedi.

[@ziggygunz2447]

Yeah but did you know Boyhood took 12 years to make!?!

[@gwell2118]

40 years he worked on this apparantly. And I hope that is not true because I can't believe THIS is the best that came from all that.

[@azurehorizonvoid]

Art is like cooking: you can't keep it in the oven for too long

[@gwell2118]

@ preach

[@DarkSwanMoon]

I'm a little concerned you decided to put yourself though this, maybe watch something soothing for the next one. Remember to respect the balance 😇 Never getting over the fact that a seasoned director did 3 way split screen with different scenes going on and expected us to follow it. When I first saw it I double feature it with "My Old Ass" and then got actual whiplash from Audrey Plaza's performance 😭😭😭 Edit to add: that feeling of being trapped and having to get out of there is how Joker 2 made me feel, i basically ran out of the amc after it ended. Megalopolis made me feel smothered, but not trapped.

[@GilTheDragon]

Oh the claudia claudine & claudette is... acfually better than the romans did. In rome all women got the femenine of the house-name sisters: claudia, mother claudia, nieces: claudia... etc

[@springshowers4754]

The way you describe the watching experience makes this movie seem like a genuine cognitohazard.

[@SneakyNinjaDog]

Have not watched the movie. But after watching numerous videos on it the feel I get is that the clearest theme of it seems to be that Coppola just really hates modern social media stuff (Wow Platinum) and cancelling - and surely all that cancelling stuff is just fake and untrue like the accusations against Adam Driver in the story. And all this is backed up like you say by Coppolas choices of people and his generel behavior. He is an old man raging against the young, making a movie while he is allegedly himself getting high between takes and coming up with new "brilliant" changes to the movie. He used his own money to make this, so fine - he can do what he wants. We just don't have to watch it.

[@ivanagustinortiz5237]

The biggest of thank you's for your work Amanda, your video and Filmento's actually made seeing that blunder worth it.

[@tommylakindasorta3068]

My main question after seeing the film: Is Francis Ford Coppola actually a simpleton?

[@OffKiraDeux]

What I got from your video, is that it's kind of a Historical Modern(Future)!AU that went off the rails; like, it should've been 300k words and became a 3mi words monster.

[@johnpaulsylvester3727]

It’s basically a $120 million version of Plan 9 from Outer Space.

[@twentywordsorlessYT]

Thank you for covering this 2.5hr presentation on why you should be watching _Annette_ . I was wondering if you would (although I would have understood if you didn't want to!).

[@ginao6810]

Remember when Jenna Marbles would talk about her “too much” genes? It’s her term for the incredibly relatable impulse to keep going, add more. When cooking, if a little bit of sugar is yummy, add more and more sugar to the recipe, to the point the recipe is ruined. If painting, even if she likes what she has on her canvas, she wants to keep going, add more, and then doesn’t like the result. Megalopolis is a “too much” Gene movie. No restraint, no curbed impulses, no parameters, no putting down the paint brush and walking away. A good literary editor could have worked the script into something wonderful. As an artist (or just as a human) it’s good to know your limits, your weaknesses. Then find people to counter them

[@jvgreendarmok]

30:05 Why can I imagine this quote being delivered by Tim Robinson?

[@madisonrose5484]

Yessssssss I was so hoping Amanda would do a video on this! Will I watch this movie? Probably not. Will I watch Amanda rant about it for a half hour? Hell yes.

[@Catmom-gl5nt]

Caesar was a military genius, a true raconteur, who was well versed in sophistry, philosophy, the sciences - including engineering and drafting, a linguist, and a statesman. He wasn’t a one dimensional monster, he wrestled with the decisions he made, he actually tried to avoid slaughter. When Pompeii Magnus was murdered by the Ptolemys during the Roman Civil War, Caesar was hurt and furious, he never wanted his death. If you ever want to understand true genius, read up on the German Wars and when Caesar engaged in a siege utilizing both circumvallation and contravallation. Moreover, Cicero was himself a deeply flawed man, already the beacon of civility people now seem to believe. This movie basically took a few names and cultural inferences and played mad libs with them.

[@rajwahi7387]

Don't know about you all, but I really hope we get to see Amanda go to town on "The Godfather as Well" whenever it comes out.

[@gnocchidokey]

Francis Ford Copolla? The creep?

[@gnocchidokey]

AND Shia Lebeouf? The abuser???

[@GreyshotProductions]

When I heard that Megalon was in the movie I was like, "What about Jet Jaguar?"

[@TF2Fan101]

I’ve commented this on other videos, and I’ll say it here. In this scenario, Francis Ford Coppola is Andrew Ryan, and Megalopolis is Rapture. In other words, it was an ambitious project doomed to fail.

[@tdog3753]

I feel like Dune is much closer to what Francis Coppola wanted to speak on with Megalopolis. And Dune was written decades ago...

[@7kingdomsnly]

The phrase "it insists upon itself" was never more accurate

[@avanticurecanti9998]

Just make the movie more unhinged: replace Wow Platinum with Star Platinum.

[@towelgirl21]

DIO can stop time... so can Caesar. Both of them keep talking about The World. DIO means "God" and Caesar was talking about man becoming God. It checks out.

[@olivergiggins7931]

Fifth wall break? Is the Fourth wall too broken to use?

[@dudeweedlmao8519]

If Megalopolis has 500 fans I'm one of them If Megalopolis has 1 fan, I'm the fan If Megalopolis has no fans, I went back to the cluuuuuuub

[@PrismaticTentacle]

I think its an interesting conversation to have, about his decision to deny the offer of the confession. He had the choice between his new love and baby, and essentially a guarantee that he'll get the utopia he had been fighting for.. It's a "the needs of the many" cenario. One could say that the refusal of the deal, sealed the fate of the utopia and himself.

[@FeliciaWilliams1908]

God bless you for watching movies I would never watch and making your review not only good but entertaining.