Just saw Megalopolis and wow, it was not good. If it wasn’t a Francis Ford Coppola film, I would have walked out about thirty minutes in.
It was slow, the script was all over the place, no character development, it had holes in the story, disjointed and flat, campy overacting like in a bad comic book movie.
No chemistry between any of the characters. It felt and sounded as if they acted against each other in different locations and the conversations were spliced together.
I wanted it to end before it did and when it did it was thrown together quickly.
They all had Roman names in the era of the Roman Empire.
It felt like an acid trip even though I never did acid.
Of course in this political election climate there’s a scumbag, cross dressing character looking for power, Clodio Pulcher who was characterized as MSNBC would describe Donald Trump. It was more overacting in the film by Shia LaBeouf.
I took my twenty year old son with me. I wanted him to experience this film in the theater. He was confused as to who was who and what was going on as I was.
When a man of Francis stature is making art, there needs to be more than only people around him who are enamored with him. He needs guard rails. He did everything on this project and it shows.
I love his earlier films, watching them many times over. However, after the 1980’s there are not many great ones.
Well, his Swan Song was a duck quack. Sometime it’s better to stop before you see the, bridge is out sign.
I don’t give any specifics about the story due to not wanting to spoil any scenes for those wanting to see the film.
What aspects of your cultural heritage are you most proud of or interested in?
Proud? Was it a choice? I learned who I was by the family that surrounded me. The food, behavior and attitudes. And most importantly, the curiosity of others around me and the differences between them.
I’m a mutt. German, Spanish, Italian and Irish. A combination of spices and ingredients that make me who I am. I’m was born a citizen of the United States of America.
I’m American and happy that I am able to experience many cultures here, along with their food and cultural traditions. To learn about them.
As Popeye always said, “I am, what I am.” I did not choose, when, why or to whom I was conceived and born. But here I am.
There isn’t anything in my heritage that I’m particularly proud of and why should I be. To be proud makes the assumption I had something to do with it. I didn’t.
I’m a combination of its parts which creates authenticity of me. I like it all.
This is not meant to criticize anyone. Many of you have grown up with technology in your face constantly. That’s not your fault.
I’m go glad, I was born at a time a stick was a gun and a rock a grenade. Just living in the moment and enjoying it. Then moving on.
Today, it’s record the moment and do it again, if it didn’t come out the way you envisioned it. Then spend time posting it and checking up on it.
It’s a true waste of time.
Time is most valuable and we waste it constantly. I lived in both worlds. I can compare and contrast with experience.
To read activates your mind and imagination.
Activity activates your body, mind and imagination.
Looking down at your phone activates nothing substantial.
I see people walking their dogs, walking alone, eating at restaurants, at concerts, in the gym and on and on, and looking at their phone. They’re missing out on all the great architecture, colors, wildlife, flowers, trees people and conversations, among other things.
Put the phone down and live life the way it supposed to be. It can take one moment a day.
Over the last decade plus, young men have been lost due to the labeling of them as toxic, aka Toxic Masculinity.
A movement that was created in the 1980’s to reform masculinity began to gain steam in the last decade, aggressively shaming men by women and LBGTQ+ for the littlest infraction to them by the DNA of the heterosexual male.
Women like to use disrespectful terms like mansplaining as a condescending or dismissive manner to discredit what a man is saying, doing or trying to convey.
Some men overcompensate their masculinity as a protest or backlash while others lose their self-identity and become misunderstood, lost and depressed.
The breakdown of the nuclear family and one parent home doesn’t help. The absence of a male in the household creates confusion, conflicting feelings, lack of discipline, a male role model and lack of masculine emotional support.
Also the pressure of programs like DEI, that pushes qualified men out of the high end executive work force, has help to exacerbate the situation.
Men are just there for menial laborers jobs, plumbers, electricians, soldiers and forced to do the work that’s not sought after.
This is a complex and nuanced issue and is alienating men in our current society. This will lead to tensions and animosity among genders as men are being devalued and devastated. The backlash will wreak havoc as it will eventually create destructive extremism.
Whether it be gang recruitment, joining congenial militias, escapism through narcotics or school shootings, this issue needs to be addressed before it’s too late.
The imbalance will lead to broader negative consequences that will be quite profound and severely detrimental to our society.
I have many friends who are Democrats and hate President Donald Trump. They hate him so much, they would vote for a rock rather then him and watch the country fall and burn. 🔥
I understand they hate him and his nonsensical narcissistic rhetoric. I find it funny. I see it coming. It doesn’t bother me.
When he was President nothing bad happened. He had to deal with a daily lynch mob while doing job as President of the United States. No wars, economy was great, everything was fine.
Sometimes you have to eat Broccoli 🥦 and Brussel Sprouts to stay healthy.
Yes, drinks with High Fructose Corn Syrup, junk food and fast food taste better to some but are really bad for you now and especially in the long haul.
Kamala Harris is part of the last four years of governance in the USA. She was in control of the Southern Border. She doesn’t have a clue.
Look at the Sanctuary Cities. Look at the illegals taking over neighborhoods by force. She wants to give them more money and housing.
Tim Walz, as governor of Minnesota, watched cities being taken over and burned to the ground by Antifa and BLM. He sat by and didn’t do a thing but smile.
He took away rights from parents to make medical decisions for their children.
He also signed into law the right for school districts to put menstruation products into boys bathroom if they wanted, starting at fourth grade.
These are who the DNC put forth.
The DNC stole the election in 2016 and 2020 from Bernie Sanders. He would have fucked up their money pipeline.
After that battle was won by cheating, the corrupt Bush Family joined with the other corrupt Republicans, the Clintons, Obamas and DNC to stop President Donald Trump.
Then after two years of saying President Joe Biden wasn’t senile and he was sharp as a tack, the DNC and Hollywood elite sic Lizard Eyes Nancy Pelosi on him, making him step down and hand the gig over to Kamala Harris without a single primary vote and against the voice of the majority of Democrats. This is the real definition of the destruction of democracy.
This is why, I’m voting for Donald J. Trump in November.
On Friday afternoon I took my son to go and see, The Bikeriders. I haven’t been to the movies since the trash movie Cocaine Bear.
Nothing has excited me enough to pull out $20.00 – $25.00 plus dollars a ticket. Then add another $40.00 for snacks.
This is the first movie I’ve seen in 2024. As a Harley-Davidson rider, the trailers got me excited about what might be a great film.
It’s a narrative seen through the eyes of the biker Benny’s wife, Kathy (Jodie Comer) as she tells the story to a photo journalist named Danny (Mike Faust).
I would have preferred no narrative and use that time to get deeper into the lives of the bikers. I didn’t need her interpretation of the events.
It’s very choppy and you never really get to the meat of any of the lead characters. It’s lost.
Johnny, the Vandals creator and President, played by Tom Hardy should have been the main focus but he’s not, Kathy is. I wanted to see more scenes with him.
Benny (Austin Butler) is a young psychopath who we never get to know either. He never exuded bad ass. I found him to be flat and boring.
There are a cast of characters, Zipco (Michael Shannon) and Funny Sonny (Norman Reedus) to name two that I wanted to see more of. Great character acting.
The ending was crap.
The Bikeriders was entertaining and also disappointing. A great topic, during a time in history that was full of interesting stories, controversy and great music.
I walked out of the theatre unscathed and unsatisfied.
It didn’t make me think or feel anything when it was over.
Like a great steak cooked well done. It’s still steak but not how it should be eaten.
Chu The Cud 