Megalopolis

I may be in a minority, but I enjoyed this. It looked gorgeous and I liked what it was doing. It is not, however, a plot film. Or a character film. I look at the synopsis and think "well, I guess that could describe what happened - if you ignore what the film is"... And what the film *is* is a Statement! It's an argument, a discussion. And not everyone is going to like the discussion or the outcome. It's a battle between the hopeful Future and the broken Now, idealism and stagnation (or corruption), sweeping change and incrementalism. It's references and allusions and theatrical monologues and dialogues which ask you to think. And I like all of that

A nearly impossible movie for me to rate, because I felt emotions during this movie that I've never felt before. The dialogue and blocking of many scenes felt like it was an adaptation of a stage play. More or less everything was symbolic in nature. There's no discernable structure to this movie. It's confusing and hilarious, even when it doesn't mean to be. I have no idea what the themes are, or what the movie was trying to say on a scene-to-scene basis. This is the most fascinating movie I've ever seen. I'll be outright and say that it's not inherently a good movie, but if you plan on watching it, let it take you by the hand on a crazy experience, even if your mind might question what the heck is going on. I think Benoit Blanc said it best: "It makes no damn sense! Compels me, though."