Megalopolis

    

         So, here we are ladies and gents. We're here, well technically me, to talk about a film that I would declare is one of the worst films I've ever seen in my entire life. Now sure I've probably said that multiple times, though of course sure most of them are either every Adam Sandler movie or watching something that nobody is ever going to watch in this life time although this film, for reasons why I consider this the worst film ever made is because this film is directed by legendary director Francis Ford Coppola.

         To tell you the truth I can't really understand the plot in the movie, in fact I don't believe anyone can describe this film. I would imagine if you asked Gemini or Alexia or Siri to explain Coppola's Megalopolis. All I can tell you is that mental health is a series condition and sometimes when you don't have enough in the tank to tell a story it's probably best to quit while you’re ahead. 

          To explain the concept or if there is a concept to the madness behind Coppola's idea we must start almost 49 years ago. Back in 1977, Coppola had an idea to make a film drawing parallels between the fall of the Roman Republic and the future of the United States by retelling a conspiracy theory from Ancient Rome into modern New York, which is a good concept to start off with but like most concepts this idea went into developmental hell through the past decades. Moreover, after years of making some great too decent films, more importantly being disillusioned by the Studio system in general, Coppola decided to take a loophole of sorts and use the fortune he made from various wine-making businesses and financed the film himself. And despite the fact that yes all the things he says about the studio system being afraid to take risks and not trying something new all of those things are true except you made the worst movie ever made and you made it in a way where the acting as well as the story is polarizing to the point that you can't believe Coppola himself directed this movie. And this is the same Francis Ford Coppola who made such great and iconic movies from the Godfather to Apocalypse Now, and he's written a script that would best be described as if Charlie Kelly (from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) had written and the big problem to that is he can't read, moreover the man also knows how to bring out the best of actors and actresses but I feel like the actors themselves once they read the script are bewildered or terrified because they may have made a big mistake. And Shia LaBeouf claims in an interview that he came to blows with Coppola in terms of understanding the story or wanting to understand the movie well, but at the end of the day it was a never ending battle especially when it was said that even Coppola would have new ideas at the last second for which I despise beyond measure because I've dealt with a ton of egotistical monsters and they all do that at the last second for which is bad for business in my opinion. And some of these veteran actors like Lawrence Fishbourne, Jon Voight, Dustin Hoffman and even Talia Shire are have this miserable look on their faces through the course of the movie where they don't even know what this film is and I feel bad for all of these actors and actresses because this is what they have to live with for the rest of their lives especially Jon Voight because there's one scene where he asks Shia about a boner he's got.  Look there is so, much I can tell you about this movie that just seems to bad and beyond measure of explaining but I'm starting to realize that even words can't explain MegaFlopolis but I will be posting some videos so you can understand more because those scenes that you can watch on YouTube speak for themselves. Furthermore I've said many times about what makes a terrible movie and what is the worst movie but this film by Francis Ford Coppola is to me the worst film of all time just because it's created by a crazy 85 year old man whose completely lost his mind as well as losing touch on reality and I would say the same for Steven Spielberg but that's a discussion for another time hopefully when he doesn't make a film like this but it's made by a man whose created some of the greatest films of all time and has somehow made a personalized film that makes no sense and you can tell he's angry about Trump for good reasons he's making a movie about Rome and today's society. Sadly, and for good of mankind you can't see this film on streaming because Coppola believes we don't understand it and are just selling the movie on Blu-Ray so you can watch the movie that way. Though all jokes aside, this film is a great example of keeping tabs on your mental health as well as quitting while you’re still ahead of making iconic films, because the worst thing you want to remember is the one movie you did last then your accomplishments. But, more importantly, take care of your mental health as well, for many reasons you don't want to be like Coppola and Spielberg, even George Lucas quit while he's still ahead even though he doesn't care anymore.