Manuel São Bento
★ 4.0
27 de set. 2024
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/megalopolis-review-admirable-ambition-meets-chaotic-execution-in-francis-ford-coppolas-epic/
"Megalopolis is an ambitious epic that attempts to examine numerous thought-provoking themes, but Coppola's vision of societal reconstruction reflects both its grandeur and the inherent flaws of its chaotic execution.
Despite immersive visuals and a t...
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Brent Marchant
★ 5.0
28 de set. 2024
In the interest of full disclosure, it pains me to write this, but I feel I must be honest. Legendary writer-director Francis Ford Coppola’s long-awaited epic cinematic fable is, regrettably, a major disappointment. After decades of stop-and-start development, the filmmaker’s metaphorical opus about a renowned, idealistic architect (Adam Driver) seeking to build an ambitious utopian development in...
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CinemaSerf
★ 6.0
29 de set. 2024
So imagine that the Roman Empire survived the turbulent treacheries of the original Caesars and made it to third millennium. (New) Rome has miraculously relocated to the United States (of course the greatest country the world has ever known) and the city is run by mayor "Cicero" (Giancarlo Esposito). He's not without his detractors, though, and one of them is the ambitious "Cesar" (Adam Driver) wh...
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Wuchak
★ 8.0
02 d'oct. 2024
**_Colorful, eccentric, intellectually heavy and full of pizazz, but not for the masses_**
A brilliant architect (Adam Driver) is determined to recreate a core section of New Rome in the later 21st century with a revolutionary bio-adaptive material called Megalon. But the new mayor resists these creative plans because he’s content with the way things are (Giancarlo Esposito). As such, the mayor...
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exanime
★ 1.0
17 de des. 2025
Honestly, there are no redeeming qualities to this film. The story itself is barely interesting, the over the top acting is just ridiculous, the visuals are amateurish (honestly, I have seen film students produce better stuff)
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