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MegalopolisYear: 2024Rating: RLength: 138 minutes / 2.30 hours As a lover of cinema, I immediately recognize Francis Ford Coppola's name. He put out such great and timeless films as The Godfather (1972) and Apocalypse Now! (1979)—iconic to this very day. Since I was too young to see any of his films in theaters, I jumped at the opportunity to go in blind to see Megalopolis (2024). Once I got out of the theater, I had to double-check. Turns out, he has made dozens of movies, but there are only a handful worth mentioning that are any good. Megalopolis suffers from some of the same problems that I feel plagued movies like Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (2019) and Babylon (2022). These directors, like Quentin Tarantino and Damien Chazelle, have made such a name for themselves that they received a blank check to do the movie they wanted to do. These movies then end up being too long and meandering, as if the...