12mo ago

Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis trailer withdrawn over fake quotes

www.theguardian.com

[moved to piefed] movies @lemm.ee

ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk

12mo ago

Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis trailer withdrawn over fake quotes

www.theguardian.com /film/article/2024/aug/21/francis-ford-coppola-megalopolis-trailer-fake-quotes-critics

18 comments

Ahahahaha... ahem.
The thing I said was a bad look for the trailer yesterday was made up. And here I'd been thinking Coppola had a file folder of critics that gave him bad reviews.
Nope. I have no clue what their thinking was here but it's definitely turned me away from watching.
- It supposedly bombed at Cannes (although the article says it got mixed reviews), but the real reason you shouldn't watch it is at the end of the article:
  Last month, footage also emerged of Coppola trying to kiss female extras on the set of the film with sources claiming unprofessional behaviour from the director on set.
  
  I didn't see that in the linked article, but I found one easily enough if anyone wants to take a peak!
  https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jul/26/francis-ford-coppola-video-kissing-female-extras-on-set
  The Guardian had originally reported that the 85-year-old was seen as “old school” in his behaviour around women while shooting, pulling women to sit on his lap and kissing extras to get “them in the mood”.
  “Because Coppola funded it there was no HR department to keep things in check,” a source told Variety. “Who were they supposed to talk to? Complain to Coppola and report Coppola to himself?”
  A crew member said to the Guardian earlier this year: “It was like watching a train wreck unfold day after day, week after week, and knowing that everybody there had tried their hardest to help the train wreck be avoided.”
  
  Gdi. Another one.
- It is 100% gonna turn out that they asked ChatGPT to dig up quotes for them, and it just made shit up. I guarantee it.
Let's also not forget that FFC also seems to think getting paid a day rate to be an extra is a form of sex work.
What a weird career capper this is all turning out to be.
- This is only semi-related, but I love that his nephew changed his name from Nicolas Coppola to Nicolas Cage because he wanted to be taken seriously as an actor and not just getting jobs because of who his uncle was.
  And then his first film under that name was Valley Girl, which very strangely had a bunch of people who were in Coppola films in the cast.
  Oh, and then his first big role was in Peggy Sue Got Married, directed by... Francis Ford Coppola.
  
  That reminds me of Drew Barrymore getting her "start" as a wide-eyed moppet in ET, but also with a 200-year family history as prominent actors, including close associations with the Booth family. Not really that anybody was trying to be particularly sneaky, just funny.
- Well, when an 85 year old rich man who is used to doing whatever they want pay people to be topless, I’m not shocked they feel they can do whatever they want 🤷‍♂️
It's probably not a good look for your film when you start off with "Everyone thought my other films sucked" and none of those allegations were true. It sort of sounds like you made a flop. Would have been funny if he'd included a few glowing quotes about Godfather III, though.
Also, incredibly ballsy to include "Dracula" on your list of panned films, given that the movie was mid at best.
- I think Dracula would be considered a cult classic. I love it, the ridiculous acting, MFing Gary Oldman Dracula, the extreme stylization,the costumes, there's just so much to love.
  It apparently has a tomato score of 74% which is perfect to me. All movies should strive to be 7/10s: not too polished and clean, not trying for mass appeal, but doing something so good and weird that it hits just right for some people and completely turns off others.
  
  I think it got panned for a reason when it was released. The first fifteen minutes have a very different tone from the rest of the movie. This isn't Oldman's best performance by a long shot. If you want a cheesy vampire movie, Renfield with Nicholas Cage as Dracula was substantially better.
  It apparently has a tomato score of 74% which is perfect to me.
  I guess. I'm definitely in the 26%.
oh we so know this came from ai. its funny because I work in monitoring and its so easy to get data crossed when accessed in a simple dump type manner.
"Taking on critics might be an exciting and cathartic marketing tactic, but I suspect Megalopolis will need critics championing it when it actually comes out," Ebiri writes. “And making up fake quotes from our heroes is probably not the best way to get us on your side."
How about money?
- Certainly true of some critics, but a lot of them are so devoted to giving their authoritative opinion on a movie that they would never take money to change it unless you're talking a shitload. There are also some, fewer all the time I admit, with integrity. Roger Ebert would never have taken a bribe for a good review. I doubt Leonard Maltin would.
Media Bias Fact Check | bot support

18 comments