I was really hoping to get into this more than I did. It feels like all the ingredients were there, but it feels too long to be a fun and direct genre movie, but not long or deep enough to satisfy as an epic.
That being said, part of my lack of enjoyment may come from not knowing enough Japanese history or folklore - I feel like knowledge there might help.
The only other issue was the way it was filmed. To me, lots of the framing was kind of weird, and it distracted me in a bad way at certain points throughout.
Still, at least Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis has fun ideas, entertaining special effects, and good scenes here and there. It definitely wasn't all bad, but I also wasn't crazy about it. I will inevitably think about it whenever I read about Francis Ford Coppola's upcoming film, though, thanks to the similar titles.
That being said, part of my lack of enjoyment may come from not knowing enough Japanese history or folklore - I feel like knowledge there might help.
The only other issue was the way it was filmed. To me, lots of the framing was kind of weird, and it distracted me in a bad way at certain points throughout.
Still, at least Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis has fun ideas, entertaining special effects, and good scenes here and there. It definitely wasn't all bad, but I also wasn't crazy about it. I will inevitably think about it whenever I read about Francis Ford Coppola's upcoming film, though, thanks to the similar titles.