With a budget of $120 million, Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" grossed only $4 million on its opening weekend, making it one of the worst box office openings for a $100M+ movie to date.

@[email protected] · 2 months ago

With a budget of $120 million, Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis" grossed only $4 million on its opening weekend, making it one of the worst box office openings for a $100M+ movie to date.

@Colalextrast · 2 months ago

I think its firmly both. There are a lot of great ideas in the movie, and they come across really well when you discuss it. But its also a mess of a film that cares more about allegory and metaphor than narrative.

@[email protected] · 2 months ago

But its also a mess of a film that cares more about allegory and metaphor than narrative.

So…a Terrence Malick film?

@[email protected] · 2 months ago

The Thin Red Line had a pretty straightforward narrative: dudes getting shot and blowed up.