Ty Watches the "Megalopolis" Trailer

RD texted me last night and asked if I had watched the trailer for "Megalopolis" yet. I had not seen it yet. I had actually forgotten about this movie. I feel like it has been shelved for a while, and I thought it may not ever be released. But RD saw the trailer, and the fact that he texted me about it, meant I had to watch this trailer as soon as I could. I had a bunch of stuff going on yesterday, but after my kids went to bed, I went to Google and checked this trailer out.

I cannot wait to give this movie all of my money. The few trailers that I watch, when they get me hyped up, that is a sign of a movie I will remember, be it good or bad. Before checking out the trailer, I asked RD what he thought. He told me that this movie was either going to be awesome, or be so bad that it is awesome. He compared it to a movie we both talk about a lot, "Southland Tales". Those that know that movie get the comparison. "Southland Tales" is a movie that I know is not well made. There are far too many stories going on, and they gave that director too much money and he went wild. But, it is a movie that I think about often. I have gone back and watched it multiple times. This is a movie close to three hours by the way. I have invested a ton of time into a movie that, as I said, I know is bad, but it is often on my mind. If "Megalopolis" gives me this, it will be more than worth the price of admission.

The trailer I watched was barely less than two minutes, but it has so much packed in it. Adam Driver is the star of the movie, and forgiving his wild hair do, look it up, he usually does a pretty damn good job in every movie he decides to do. This looks no different. I get excited when I see him in a movie, and for him to do something this odd and different, I'm there. I also saw that Shia LaBeouf is in this movie, and he has seemingly no eyebrows for some reason. LaBeouf has his personal issues, he needs real therapy, he has problems he needs to deal with, but in this trailer he is going for it. He looks like the anti-hero of this movie, and when LaBeouf goes for it, and is given proper direction, he does good work. Outside of those two people, I could not tell you who else is in this movie. I know there are a bunch of people, and they all seem to be doing their best, but their names escape me right now.

It also needs to be said, Francis Ford Coppola directs this movie. He is one of the greatest directors to ever sit behind a camera. He is a legend. His work speaks for itself. He has earned the right to make a movie this big and weird and interesting. I don't know what he last directed, but he appears to let it all hang out in the trailer for "Megalopolis".

I am being honest when I say this is one of the wilder trailers I've ever watched. "Megalopolis" starts with some people in a limo, a shot of the Statue of Liberty with fire in the background, other statues removing themselves, as if they have gained sentience, and sitting down. Then, as if you think the world may be ending, it shows people in what looks like an underground society living it up. And there are people who look worse off, trying to overthrow these other people. Oh, and Laurence Fishburne, I remembered another actor from the movie, giving us a voiceover that is very coy. This all takes place within the first 30 seconds of the trailer. It only gets crazier from there.

Go watch this trailer. Prepare yourself so you can go see it on opening day like I am planning on doing. I cannot wait to watch this movie and then have many conversations about it afterward. I am excited about this craziness. And either way, be it good or bad, we all win. 

Ty

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Now I Really Want to See "Don't Worry Darling"

A while back I watched the preview for Olivia Wilde's new movie "Don't Worry Darling". I saw a ton of stuff online about how horny it was. It was an okay enough preview. It wasn't crazy or anything, but the premise of the movie caught my attention. I was intrigued. It felt and looked like an updated "Stepford Wives" type of movie.

Then I saw more previews and got even more interested in this movie. I still want to see it. It helps that I loved "Booksmart", I like the actors in this, I like the dystopian nature of the previews and it seems highly intriguing. Early reviews are out now and they are kind of tepid. That doesn't matter to me, if I want to see this movie I will, I just may not go watch it in a theater. I will wait for it to be on VOD.

This past month or so the intrigue involved with the making of this movie and now all the stuff at the Venice Film Festival has definitely ratcheted up my interest. For those that may not know, there have been a plethora of stories and "scandals" that have come out during the lead up to the movie's release. The first notice I got was the whole Shia Labeouf thing. This is an actor I used to like, but now I am over it. He is too much. He is an asshole. He is pretentious. He is out of his mind. He is a hurtful person. So when I saw that Wilde said she fired him from the movie to protect Florence Pugh it made sense. He is a volatile person. But then he came back and said he quit. Then there was this back and forth between him and Wilde all done over social media. It was nuts. I lean more towards Wilde's side in this whole story, but I will never truly know what happened. This is a classic he said she said scenario, but with the he being an insane person.

Next some stuff came out about Pugh and Wilde. I guess they did not really get along, that Pugh was blowing off press meetings, that Wilde had some minor complaints. It was all very minimal stuff, but it still made the entertainment news. It was enough of a story to push it all ahead of the upcoming release of the movie.

I also saw, right after the Pugh thing, that Wilde said she wanted the previews to be even hornier. I guess she wanted to show more of the sex scene stuff that is in the movie. This is so pointless, but with the Labeouf and Pugh stuff, then the Pugh and Wilde stuff, this story was pushed to the front of most websites.

And now we have the whole Venice Film Festival stuff. This has been off the charts wild. Every story that is coming from the film fest just gets nuttier and nuttier. I guess Pugh didn't want to do press with some of the cast, so she did it on her own. She also wore a dress, this is according to Buzzfeed so take it as you will, to criticize some of the people who worked on the movie. Then we have all this Chris Pine stuff. He was seen zoning out during interviews. He has been walking around with a disposable camera and taking massive amounts of pictures that need to be developed. His choice of clothes is nuts. There was a whole story about if Harry Styles spit on him or not at a press thing, and if it was intentional or not. And then you got the tepid response at the festival and the early reviews are not great. The only person in this movie that I am seeing normal stuff from is Nick Kroll. And I am a fan of his and think he is absolutely hilarious.

All of this is to say that I still want to see this movie. I am still into the whole story and I want to know how the movie unfolds. But all this extra stuff that has been going on is making me question everything. I do not know who is wrong and who is right. I know who I side with, but that means nothing. I have been questioning if all of this drama is just being made up to get people talking about the movie again. Maybe they are all involved and they were told by managers and publicists to really blow it all out of proportion. That is a bit conspiracy theory of me, but anything is possible, right? Either way I will see this movie someday. I will probably not see it in theaters, but who knows. But what I do know is, when I eventually see it, I will think back to this past month and how nuts all the surrounding noise was at the time, because it has been pretty wild.

Ty

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