5668 MEGALOPOLIS! Freedomain Movie Review
Freedomain with Stefan Molyneux
Stefan Molyneux
4.7 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2024
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I provide a critical analysis of two contrasting films: "Megalopolis," directed by Francis Ford Coppola, which I describe as a disjointed and lengthy experience lacking coherence or depth, and "Speak No Evil," a compelling human drama. I reflect on my frustrations with "Megalopolis," noting its absurd narrative and characters whose motivations feel illogical, as well as the forced philosophical undertones that fail to resonate. In stark contrast, I praise "Speak No Evil" for its strong performances and engaging storytelling that adeptly explores human relationships and the repercussions of cowardice. Ultimately, I recommend audiences skip "Megalopolis" for its cinematic misfires, while endorsing "Speak No Evil" for its powerful emotional impact and thoughtful narrative. This discussion highlights the disparity between artistic ambition and execution in film.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, good evening, everybody. |
| 0:03.4 | This is going to be a tale of two movies. |
| 0:06.6 | One is called Megalopolis, and the other is called Speak No Evil. |
| 0:15.1 | One is basically like a stoner telling you about his Art Deco fever dream, |
| 0:21.5 | and the other is a pretty tort intense human drama of the effects of cowardice and a lack of boundaries. |
| 0:28.4 | So, no, with regards to, look, I knew going into it that Megalopolis was going to be agony. |
| 0:36.6 | It is, if you've ever had someone spend two and a half hours telling you about the dream they had, |
| 0:42.0 | backtracking, changing, not giving you any context, not telling you what, anything, how anything |
| 0:47.2 | hangs together, and then you never get a chance to analyze it because you'd rather chew |
| 0:51.3 | an electrical cable or pee on the third rail of a subway car, |
| 0:54.8 | rather than listen to any more of it, you've had the megalopolis experience. |
| 0:59.9 | And first of all, no shade on Adam Driver, although he did start off with the absolute |
| 1:05.5 | humiliation ritual of playing the masturbating psycho in Lena Dunham's Girls series, and ever since then, he basically |
| 1:13.0 | growls and snaps his way. This sort of combination of Leonard Nimoy and Planet of the |
| 1:19.9 | apes look that he's got going on with, you know, you're a rich guy, you know, good Lord, |
| 1:25.2 | get a couple of moles dealt with. I don't want to look like an inverse |
| 1:27.7 | picture of the night's guy. So, it was just terrible. Oh my God. All right. Now, |
| 1:37.3 | there's some movies that are so bad, they're good. I offer you Krull the Barbarian or Krall |
| 1:42.4 | the Conqueror. I offer you up Conan the Second, |
| 1:48.5 | whatever it was, Conan the Destroyer, some movies that are so bad that they're good. This one was |
| 1:53.7 | so bad that I'm not a huge fan of the death penalty, but everyone involved should ideally |
| 2:00.0 | receive the death penalty. That would be the one |
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