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Everyone here is dumping on it. I'm gonna try and get tickets.
It was far from a perfect movie yes but it was weird and fun and I loved it. I say "go back to the club" all the time now.
I enjoyed a few movies that everyone else was shitting on. I know the feeling.
This one I couldn't stand. But Coppola is no fool. Maybe I missed something. I will give it a try again, but not at a theater. And not too soon after my first try.
I think part of the problem is it's a mess. It's very on the nose and chaotic and does not live fully up to his skill. It asks people to critique the society they're a part of too which almost never goes well.
But it's beautiful. The cinematography alone was worth a watch in my book. It was a movie that you could tell the creators cared about the message and truly wanted people to think about.
I'm in general a sucker for movies I call "So shitty so good" which might not help. Movies that just objectively are flawed, but you can't help but enjoy. Like Colors out of Space starring Nic Cage, or Velocipastor, or Kung Fury.
Whenever you do rewatch, go in knowing it's flawed, but look for it's heart.
How dare you!
Don't get me wrong, I loved it and recommend it all the time.
Have you seen Priest, with Paul Bettany and Karl Urban?
Solid 5.5/10, and an absolute joy to watch.
Added to list, looks exactly like what I'm talking about
It's got everything, and it's beautiful. Don't read up about it.
I unironically love it and think it will be a cult classic in 10 years. It's so stupidly ambitious and unapologetic. It's beautiful too. I love how you find out in the first scene that the main character can stop time (the only one with any kind of superpower) and that turns out not to be very relevant for the rest of the movie. Fuck Chekhov's gun, amirite. Frank stockpiled wine money for years to make exactly what he wanted to make and damnit he did. I'll happily see it in theaters.
That time pause scene was great. Let Adam Driver do his thing and set the tone for the rest of the film but also leave room for the more gonzo things like whatever Shia Lebouf was on