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Amazon is allegedly canceling orders for the "Megalopolis" Blu-ray release. (lemmy.ml)
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[-] BertramDitore@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days ago

This is weird, but I’m sure it will get a full Blu-ray release pretty soon. It’s a divisive movie, and frankly I really struggled to get through it (the dialogue was so contrived and stilted). I found myself frustrated and yelling at the screen more than once, but I’d likely grab a 4K Blu-ray whenever it comes out so I can give it another chance and see if I somehow totally missed the point.

I think the movie is probably good from a technical perspective, and the message it tried to communicate was worthy of the attempt, but the plot was incoherent, the dialogue was impenetrable, and the gorgeous visuals were completely out of step with the overall narrative.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It's definitely worth watching. I can't say I fully understood it on one watch, the time stopping ability is clearly a metaphor, but I'm not settled on what for yet.

It started with Caesar, then passed collaboratively to his wife, then their baby.

I've been thinking about it and I think I have it...

At the start, the Architect can stop time, as an architect, he has the ability to form a lasting, permanent impression on the world around him. His posterity as it were.

Through the film, he loses that level of influence, and similarly loses the ability to stop time.

When he falls in love, he regains a level of influence over his destiny, and so does she. They can stop time together, but not separately.

The film ends with their baby stopping time, as his permanent impact on the world has been transferred to a new generation. Father and mother are frozen in time as the baby moves forward.

[-] BertramDitore@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

This is a great interpretation. I guess the nice thing about the movie is that you could have this totally believable read on it, and I had essentially dismissed the time stopping thing as an unnecessary surrealist gimmick that was never resolved or necessary for the plot. I like your take better, it fits the cerebral tone.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago

:( I was actually thinking about buying it. This isn't even a joke

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Makes sense. Currently listed as "Unavailable" and the home video discs have no listed release date:

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Megalopolis-4K-Blu-ray/372024/

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