Not A Review of “Megalopolis”

I want to make this clear: This is not a review of Francis Ford Coppla's new movie, “Megalopolis”. I don't think I could review it even if I wanted to. More than anything I have written, this will live up to this website's name; Matt keeps rambling. I have a lot of thoughts, and they are about as coherent as the movie they are about.

Here is the thing: I could not give a synopsis because I have no clue what I watched. The movie is set in new Rome and involves a brilliant architect and a power struggle between him, the mayor, and the guy who owns the biggest bank.

Oh, and Adam Driver’s character can stop time- this is never explained or is much of a plot point.

My main thought during the two-hour and 17-minute runtime of this movie was, "What the fudge is happening?" ("Only I didn't say fudge"). I was lost for vast chunks of "Megalopolis." Things would happen out of nowhere. Characters make inexplicable decisions and say confounding things. Things happen, the scene changes, and we move forward in time without explaining what happened between the two scenes.

The other thought I had was that these actors must have really wanted to work with Francis Ford Coopla. Some of the dialogue they are asked to say is total gibberish. I get it. This is one of the greatest living directors making what is most likely his last film. What actor wouldn't jump at that chance? Sure, the script is a mess, the story doesn't make sense, and the lines they are asked to say are bizarre. This guy directed "The Godfather and "Apocalypse Now," you have to say "yes" to it.

My choices last weekend were a movie I knew I would hate and make me furious or a movie I knew would be bad but would at least be interesting to watch. I went with the latter. "Megalopolis" might be a bad movie, but it was fascinating to watch.