It's unabashed in how unseriously it takes itself, which is the only way the absurdities inherent in the plot work. The entire cast is fully invested in being over the top ridiculous. They deliberately don't leave a shred of scenery unchewed. It's a joy to watch, every time.
I scored free tickets to the Razzies years ago, and attended out of curiosity. It was exactly the audience you thought it was. The best part was that Halle Berry actually showed up to accept the award and showed more charisma than the entire rest of the room combined.
Did Megalolpolis get any Oscar nominations? Cos if you replace the word "worst" with "best" in the text, the message basically stands as is for the Oscars.
No it absolutely should. It’s one of the 10 worst big budget films w a major cast/director I’ve ever seen. An absolute mess from start to finish & even worse it’s a BORE with so much self-serious & navel gazing through. I want directors to take big swings but this was awful. It deserved the mockery.
There is a lot about it that doesn't work, but there are some things that do. And it's a big budget, original, passion project that genuinely has ideas.
To me the quintessential Razzie movie is something like Catwoman - a cynical big budget genre exercise that sucks.
In a perfect world sure, but the Razzies have always sought to be nothing more than mean spirited enforcers of Hollywood status quo. They don’t care about “bad” as in cynical. They care about punching down and holding their tabloid-esque niche of making fun of celebrities.
Going after one of the most renown & beloved directors ever isn’t exactly punching down. Catwoman to me is punching down; who expected anything from a stupid Hollywood comic cash grab; of course it stunk. Razzies don’t hold any real cultural weight; it’s culture fast food “hey this thing sucked”.
I don't think going after Coppola is punching down, but neither is going after Catwoman, which was a cheap, shitty, cynical, exploitative attempt to cash in on the success of better comic book movies.
Many artists take the Razzies in stride with good humor, but they’re essentially ignorant, anti art as FFC implies, and represent the lowest order of cynicism: That of those who do nothing creative themselves. Death to the Razzies! Long live Mr. Coppola. ❤️
The Oscars are just as stupid as the Razzies, and this reaction from Coppola just makes me believe even harder that he acted like a major sex pest while making this movie.
Yeah, but that's no different than film critics doing their job, which is not a new thing, as he seems to imply. He just can't handle the idea that nobody cares about his passion project as much as he did and is trying to save face.
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The attempt is applauded but the result was garbage water.
Yes, I found that out later.
Either way if you don't do it, you should not judge it, it be my opinion.
Ratings and reviews should be like exit polls from venues and not some random opinion from some rando
There is a lot about it that doesn't work, but there are some things that do. And it's a big budget, original, passion project that genuinely has ideas.
To me the quintessential Razzie movie is something like Catwoman - a cynical big budget genre exercise that sucks.