Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Megalopolis Trailer Lies?

 

The trailer goes hard on detractors, but it still looks like total nonsense. 

It reminds me of Cronenberg who still makes'em, but it very out of touch with societies ills and fears now. They'll be memorable scenes, but it won't be a memorable movie past spectacle.

Update:

Here's the original trailer again...it seems the reason why it was pulled is kind of amazing.

Lionsgate Pulls ‘Megalopolis’ Trailer Offline Due to Made-Up Critic Quotes and Issues Apology: ‘We Screwed Up’

From the article:

"It’s not clear where most of the quotes featured in the trailer came from — with the exception of Roger Ebert’s comment, “a triumph of style over substance,” which was actually pulled from his 1989 review of “Batman,” and not about “Dracula,” as indicated in the trailer."

Yup, the made up quotes. Not sure why, I'm pretty sure there most of have been some juicy ones to pull from. 

We wanna know which PR Team screwed up. Was it in-house over at Lionsgate or someone they hired?