Audiences Look at ‘Megalopolis’ as the ‘Almost Perfect Combination of Style and Tone’ of ‘Citizen Kane’ and Star Wars’ ‘Revenge of the Sith’

Francis Ford Coppola’s massive movie “Megalopolis” finally hit wide release this weekend, predictably garnering positive reviews across the board from fans and critics — although crowds largely agreed it was an unintentional comedy. Harvard professor Erik Baker stated that the film is “an almost perfect fusion of style and tone of two of my favorite films, Citizen Kane and Revenge of the Sith.” wrote to x (formerly Twitter):

But is it bad enough to be good, as the trope says? Semaphore’s Maxi Tani didn’t hate it. Like he wrote“Megalopolis is incredible; It tells the story of how Adam Driver triumphed over greed and corruption to build Hudson Yards. It is very enjoyable to see so many great players in a challenging high school game. It’s bad, but it’s a lot more entertaining than a lot of the crap in theaters today.

This can be polarizing, as legitimately great art often can be. critics In the New York Times And New Yorker each recovered from the initial negative feelings and raved about the film earlier in the week.

An Aubrey Plaza fan account seemed to enjoy the movie for the crowds. Like @NBAbySecret to put it this way, “Megalopolis is two hours and twenty minutes watching Coppola write ‘you smoke too hard, your style is too different, your bitch is too bad.’ breast it’s about itself and it’s so great.

A moviegoer simply described He applauded the poster with a broad smile as he called “Megalopolis” “One of the worst movies I’ve ever seen.”

As singer Kelly Clarkson once murmured, the movie can be beautiful… a beautiful disaster. It also served as a refreshing project for some, as a human film in an age where artificial intelligence is slowly approaching.

To some viewers, of course, much of the problem with Coppola’s vision may have to do with how audiences deal with intimacy:

Fans of movie review site Letterboxd had ideas all over the map:

Writer Chris Brosnahan offered an explanation for one reason why the movie might be the way it is. He shared an excerpt from his interview with Francis Ford Coppola about Elon Musk and added“One thing that explains how strange Megalopolis is is how much Francis Ford Coppola believes Elon Musk is a powerful force for hope in humanity.”

Director and comedian Demi Adejuyigbe He poked fun at one particular scene circulating on social media: Adam Driver’s viral rendition of the line “Go back to the club.”

Podcast host Pure Kino in question“Megalopolis is like that episode of Community where the Dean goes crazy directing his commercial.”

Unfortunately for Coppola, the movie only made $120 million brought That’s $4 million in opening weekend… but at least social media is having a good time with it.

And if online fans have their way, the polarizing reaction could end up breathing new life into “Megalopolis”:

Beyond Driver creating a new club hit, the film’s strange visual sense has inspired a number of memes:

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