Not who you asked but in case they don't return I also loved it. I've seen it twice in theaters.

It is a flawed movie no doubt. Just putting that up front. It's not perfect. It is however a fun commentary on the modern world through a very ambitious project. I think a lot of the negative reviews come from people not engaging with what it was trying to do, but rather just as a movie.

Coppola wanted this to be something people thought about. Something people came back to. Scenes in it can be weird and slow and very visual which a lot of people dunked on without actually engaging with what they were seeing. Coppola didn't just want people to watch it like the latest Avengers, he wanted people to watch it and then go get involved in the arts and politics and think about the future we're heading towards vs what we really want.

I think people went expecting the next godfather but future fantasy and didn't actually consider the movie outside of that. Which, yeah, you'll hate it then.

The actors are fantastic, everyone plays their part well. Even my wife who hates Aubrey Plaza admitted she was fantastic in the role. I know there was criticism thrown at them for some of their cliche dialogue, but I think that's kind of the point. Like they're quoting Shakespeare and discussing Rome and all these cliches for a reason. Again if you go expecting Godfather but get Shakespeare, yeah, you're gonna review it poorly.

I think this movie is a classic case of someone wanting to make something big and grand and he shot for the stars and everyone expected perfection, and instead he landed on the moon and gave us a good attempt, and people rate it so poorly because it wasn't perfect, but still good.