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Ok I farted this out after seeing it

Megalopolis (2024)
2 1/2 stars
As someone who thinks about utopia and cares about how it’s represented in stories—not just about getting there, but the actual imagination of it—Megalopolis had me at turns totally delighted and witheringly disappointed. I can’t fully admit that its philosophizing was nonsense, but it was made extremely difficult to connect with.

If there is a metanarrative here about Coppola having unlimited artistic license as an anti-tyrant to make what he wanted, then there are no doubt brilliant things about this movie waiting to be discovered. But it would mean that the journey to discovery will be entirely too fucking embarrassing for everyone involved. 

The main conflict that I cared about—between Cesar and Cicero, governing for the now versus governing for the future—is one that I really enjoy seeing depicted, and I think it’s the conflict that was given the most care here. Props. 

Props also to the totally stacked cast, a bunch of people I like to see, and especially to Aubrey Plaza, making fools of themselves. Bravo. This should make some good gifs
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Going to see Megalopolis

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Chef’s Table is unbelievably saccharin. And far too far up its own ass. But I like noodles so here I am

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You know you're full of yourself when you look at the typos in something you just wrote and find them quite explicable actually, and also tasteful, if you left them in I wrote "photogaphs" and actually thought twice about fixing it

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Art Nouveau is when stuff looks like it was made by Elves. Art Deco is when stuff looks like it was made by Dwarves.

An Art Nouveau staircase decorated with curved patterns and soft colors, with a nature-themed background and rounded windows on the walls.
Art Deco staircase. An angular, grand design in dark colors.
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There are some videos of Tim & Eric reviewing/reacting to their old stuff and if you watch it, the basis for their partnership becomes wonderfully clear: they mutually find each other's faces hilarious

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I think Coppola secretly or not-so-secretly always wanted to flop and I hope now that he's got his wish he feels much better for it

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I'm so glad I got to watch Point Break with Liz because now we can refer to things as The Ultimate Rush

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