Re: Megalopolis. I don't think there was any plan for prisons. The images of Cesar's improved New Rome barely seemed to house any residences, certainly not enough for all the people made homeless by Cesar's illegal building implosions.
I don't think it's intentional but Megalopolis does kind of work as a polar opposite to Escape From New York. Instead of a dysfunctional city becoming one big prison it becomes a gated community with the masses pushed into suburban slums or simply driven away. Thanks for the great review!
Both of these POS (Hated Joker 1 too) were playing this week when I went to the movies. Skipped them both to see the 50th Anniversary of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre instead. Your breakdown of these just sounds unbearable. I may one day check out Megalopolis as a Aubrey Plaza completist but man it’s time to retire The Joker for about 20 years.
Megalopolis is so heavily mannered and over-scripted, but at the same time it feels like Plaza is 1) Doing improv for the entire film's runtime, and 2) Completely making fun of the entire endeavor.
She’s been in such a run of great film and tv the last few years. You know you’re killin when your improving and winking through a Coppola capital F Film.
Saying that Joker is better than Megalopolis is not saying much, but yeah, CInemaScore got this one wrong :)
Oh, don't be mistaken -- I'd say these movies are equally empty-headed.
Re: Megalopolis. I don't think there was any plan for prisons. The images of Cesar's improved New Rome barely seemed to house any residences, certainly not enough for all the people made homeless by Cesar's illegal building implosions.
I don't think it's intentional but Megalopolis does kind of work as a polar opposite to Escape From New York. Instead of a dysfunctional city becoming one big prison it becomes a gated community with the masses pushed into suburban slums or simply driven away. Thanks for the great review!
Haha, that's a funny comparison. Thank you for the kind words!
Prison seemingly "doesn't exist" in a lot of movies, but it's especially discouraging with a movie like "Megalopolis".
Both of these POS (Hated Joker 1 too) were playing this week when I went to the movies. Skipped them both to see the 50th Anniversary of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre instead. Your breakdown of these just sounds unbearable. I may one day check out Megalopolis as a Aubrey Plaza completist but man it’s time to retire The Joker for about 20 years.
Megalopolis is so heavily mannered and over-scripted, but at the same time it feels like Plaza is 1) Doing improv for the entire film's runtime, and 2) Completely making fun of the entire endeavor.
That sounds about right.
She’s been in such a run of great film and tv the last few years. You know you’re killin when your improving and winking through a Coppola capital F Film.