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For this Wednesday Super Slop Night, first up is Megalopolis (2024), Francis Ford Coppola’s recent, and already infamously-disastrous flop. Set in a far-flung future city, it features Adam Driver as an artist who wants to remake the eponymous megalopolis, New Rome, into utopia, but the mayor (Giancarlo Esposito) is a reactionary who stands in his way and defends his power by any means necessary. The war between the two escalates from there, in a fashion generally derided by critics but enjoyed by others as a piece of so-bad-it’s-good unintentional camp. I guess we’ll find out for themselves.
Next is A Better Tomorrow (1986), a crime-themed action-thriller from John Woo, the guy behind such well-regarded Hong Kong action films as The Killer (1989) and Hard Boiled (1992), both of which we previously watched. Two brothers, one a gangster and one a cop, find their relationship strained as they go further into their respective careers. A whole lot of gunfire and slow-mo shots ensue from there in Woo’s signature over-the-top style. Great reviews for this, so let’s check it out.
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Be there, comrades!
Letterboxd:
- Megalopolis: https://letterboxd.com/film/megalopolis-2024/
- A Better Tomorrow: https://letterboxd.com/film/a-better-tomorrow/
Doesthedogdie.com links:
- Megalopolis: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/1111653
- A Better Tomorrow: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092263/parentalguide/
CWs for Megalopolis:
- Stalking.
- Drug use.
- Alcohol abuse.
- Drug addiction.
- Mention of sexual assault. Not depicted.
- Unconsciousness.
- Broken bones.
- Eye mutilation.
- Stabbing.
- Sexualization of minor.
- Cheating.
- Natural bodies of water.
- Clowns.
- Spitting.
- 9/11.
- Copaganda.
- Suicide attempt.
- Unstable reality.
- Meltdown.
- PTSD.
- Underwater scenes.
- Jump scares.
- Screaming.
- Profanity.
- Flashing lights.
- Someone is watched without their knowledge.
- Babies.
- Death of pregnant person.
- “Man in dress” jokes.
- Age-gap romance.
- Discussion of religion.
- Nudity.
- Objectification of female characters.
- Incest.
- Sex.
- Stroke.
- Homelessness.
- Discussion of existentialism.
- Car crash.
- Drowning.
- Blood and gore.
- Gun violence.
CWs for A Better Tomorrow:
- Kissing.
- Gun violence.
- Blood and gore.
- Leg injury.
- Torture.
- Beatings.
- Foot injury.
- Profanity.
- Smoking.
- Alcohol.
- Amputation.
- Death of parent.
Links to movies:
- Megalopolis: https://tankie.tube/w/tBNE75eCfyNUjM4Hk4trJn
- A Better Tomorrow: https://tankie.tube/w/qULj3Ypuu469VYMvQZw1ou
