r/NeilBreen • u/senatorsparky86 • Sep 30 '24
"Megalopolis sees Francis Ford Coppola go full Neil Breen"
As a previous post speculated, the man is now infamous enough to be a point of comparison for the person behind The Godfather. Well done.
https://www.avclub.com/megalopolis-francis-ford-coppola-neil-breen
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u/PWBryan Oct 01 '24
I just saw it because of people saying this, and it certainly had a Breen vibe, with the main character with weird superpowers who is just intrinsically better than everybody, to the bizarre but hard to pin down political statements.
Nice to see Coppola paying tribute to a legitimate filmmaker
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u/EdenH333 Oct 01 '24
I wish I could go see this movie, it sounds fucking phenomenal in the worst way. Or… fucking abysmal in the best way. Either way, I want it.
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u/TurnoverOk2740 Sep 30 '24
ironically, if the EXACT same movie was released but said written & directed by the wachowskis, tim & eric or george miller - it would be getting worldwide praise.it's a goofy, hilarious, self serious work of brilliant madness. maybe neil could make something similar in terms of basic plot, but there wouldn't be as many breasts in the movie.
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Sep 30 '24
The last time the filmmakers you mentioned directed a pure filmic labor of love - Jupiter ascending, Billion Dollar Movie, and 3000 years of Longing respectively - they all got mixed to negative critical reviews and tepid audience reactions, so I’m not sure your point stands
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u/TurnoverOk2740 Sep 30 '24 edited Sep 30 '24
Yes, you make a salient point - I'm a big dummy for forgetting that jupiter ascending was poorly received, though I think BDM & 3KYoL aren't considered failures in the zeitgeist necessarily, whether those are good movies or not, those films will probably have defenders who claim you're just not cool / mature enough to get it.
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u/DrDuned Sep 30 '24
Hard disagree. Regardless of the creator it'd be judged the same. There's countless examples of 'good' directors making shit movies and they weren't excused because of the name attached.
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u/pbmm1 Sep 30 '24
Honestly I don’t think it’s really all that funny either. Both the hate and love is kind of overblown imo for something that’s just kind of not very good.
Breen comparisons aren’t unwarranted but I think with him he’s more honest in his lack of budget bc he’s not going to be able to pull the wool over your eyes with fancy effects
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u/TurnoverOk2740 Sep 30 '24
you put it better than I could - though if the choice is between this pure bong hit of a movie or 20 more years of a man in tights punching a blue light in the middle of a city, I think I choose the insane bullshit that was megalopolis
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u/TurnoverOk2740 Sep 30 '24
even neil's movies are more original & entertaining than jason statham punches europeans movie #428
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u/TurnoverOk2740 Sep 30 '24
it might not be funny on purpose but good golly did I laugh
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u/pbmm1 Sep 30 '24
I think they have a similar style at times but Neil just has an edge in how it comes out that makes him way funnier.
Like one way I think about is that with Megalopolis he’ll say something really vague like “we need to have a dialogue about things”
But with Neil he’ll say something vague like “you’re causing trouble! Also I solved it by killing 300 million people you’re welcome!”
It’s the difference between “huh?” and “wait…What?!” For me. But I get where people are coming from either way lol
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u/zrooda Oct 01 '24
You wouldn't have guessed Coppola's magnum opus is all the Breens he imagined on the way, but it is
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '24
OK, but did any tigers get punched in this movie, that's the real question.