I think Megalopolis broke my movie judgement. I’ve seen two movies since watching it. First was Joker: Folie a Deux, which most people hated and I thought was okay. Today was A Different Man, which is getting strong positive reviews… and I thought was just okay.
I had no problem with the handwave science that gives Edward his new face – the movie is a look at appearance versus perception, not a fact-based medical procedural – but I did struggle with some very strange choices made by the characters. Also: there’s an early scene where the doctors make a lifelike mask of Edward’s face, supposedly for reference. As soon as they made it, I thought “well, he’s going to miss his old face later and put that on.” And you’ll never guess what happens.
I think I need a willfully silly movie to reset my film brain. Good thing I’m going to a special screening of Earth Girls Are Easy tomorrow!
Also: this is the third “person deals with an alternate version of themselves” movie I’ve seen in two weeks.