SirKicksalot
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If they remaster the Bucharest show and play it in IMAX it's $250 million, guaranteed.
Just look at the first 2 minutes lmao
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Just look at the first 2 minutes lmao
Madflavor
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The staff that night were endlessly hauling bodies out of that stadium and loading them into ambulances. Women fainting left and right at the mere sight of him as he stood still for nearly three minutes. And Gen Z has the audacity to compare Taylor Swift to him.
Sybrix
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The intermitant miming really annoys me.
Listent to Billie Jean, while not note perfect, it's such a good live performance, then you watch Black and White which is a full mime along with most of the other songs he performs "Live"
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VulcanRaven
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Sadly it was only shot on tape. I don't think any Dangerous Tour show is on 35mm film.
Could be possible for Bad Tour:
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GateofD
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Amish Death Metal
Member
It's not. The actress who played Diana Ross put out a statement that all of her scenes were cut for legal reasons.
VulcanRaven
Gold Member
mitch1971
Member
I watched it the other night and suprisingly I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. Look, it's not edgy, it's a solid movie about the greatest hits of Micheals life. The acting was good - the guy playing the father was good, Jafer was absolutely bang on with his MJ performance and the kid playing little MJ was great as well.
Barrier Island Dweller
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Wife loved it, I thought it was ok
Idk, MJ is like the greatest singer of my lifetime so it's difficult to watch any of these type of films with people that are obviously not them. (Queen film, Elvis film, the upcoming Beatles films)
But that's a ME problem not a film problem.
Idk, MJ is like the greatest singer of my lifetime so it's difficult to watch any of these type of films with people that are obviously not them. (Queen film, Elvis film, the upcoming Beatles films)
But that's a ME problem not a film problem.
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VulcanRaven
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‘Michael’ Rocks Box Office With Record-Setting $97 Million Debut
"Michael," a biopic about the King of Pop, arrived in theaters as an instant sensation with $97 million domestically and $217 million globally.
variety.com
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Quite convenient.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Not really since there's going to be a part 2
Jinzo Prime
Member
They were going to include the allegations, but had to reshoot to remove those scenes because they legally cannot talk about them.
Baemono
Gold Member
Yokohama 87 has one main issue which is the terrible setlist, which is basically the Victory Tour with 2 Bad songs (Bad and I just can't stop loving you)
The second half of the Bad tour included Man in the Mirror, Smooth Criminal (before the clip was even aired) and Another Part of Me, so much better
Unknown?
Member
Funny how the critics want to rag on MJ because of the claims against him.
Yet an actual film based on actual events of child exploitation and trafficking, The Sound of Freedom, was completely ignored by those same critics.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
To me those audience scores are a measure of Jackson's fanbase and nothing else.
Nobody is going to go see "Michael" after hearing what a turd of a film it is unless you're a fan of the music, not that it's necessary to go watch a film to leave a rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Similarly, they'll have review bombed Finding Neverland because they don't like what it says about Jackson.
Edited to tone down what sort of people are going to see the film. (Fans, not massive fans).
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Tiago Rodrigues
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This movie was...the typical biopic drivel. They just sat in a room and thought "let's just make a movie out of everything people already believe to be true" and released it. There's a very specific audience that was always going to eat this up.
That said as a fna of his music and music only, i've been going on a MJ high and listening to most of his discography, so it worked.
That said as a fna of his music and music only, i've been going on a MJ high and listening to most of his discography, so it worked.
VulcanRaven
Gold Member
The 1988 setlist is better but his voice is so good in Yokohama. It has my favorite Wanna Be Startin Somethin, Human Nature, Heartbreak Hotel and Rock With You performances.
This is my favorite Dangerous Tour show. It has Bad and TWYMMF:
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Barrier Island Dweller
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Smooth Criminal can carry a 2nd film on its back before even
unless you're a "massive fan"
Are we talking like how nerds dress up as Star Wars characters to go see films?
People just couldn't have grown up on his music and want to see the film just because?
"But the film is horrible according to critics"
Fuck critics, if I listened to critics I would never have seen or enjoyed half the films, tv shows and albums I love today.
I think people just need to accept 3 things
MJ is the biggest entertainer of our lifetime. Not just in America but the globe.
His songs are iconic no matter what the liberals try to say and do to change history.
To the most of the planet earth, MJ was found not guilty, so at best they think he is weird.
Trying to downplay the film as just "super fans" is fucking weird.
Hopefully we are at a point where we can celebrate the King of Pop in a good way and then reserve the allegations and what not to a different media. So long as they don't try to retcon some bad event, just omit anything you don't want to address and give us a good musical.
Baemono
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I mean the idea is cool and stuff but I don't see exact reanactments of famous events, cause of course it will be not as good as the original.
Like I've watched Tina, there is one live performance at the end of the movie, and that's the actual performance from Tina Turner
The movie itself focuses on Tina's relationship with Ike and how she learned to build her own career after their divorce
Sure, there are films that can tackle that stuff, but I also think you can just have a kick-ass musical featured around the artist and their music and/or live events, especially folks who are gone and you can't go back to see them live, nor do high quality footage exist. I hope every band now is recording at least some shows in high def with good sound, preferably a 360 degree camera for VR, so we can enjoy their work for decades to come. Going to see most 80's bands now is either painful as hell because the singer is waaaaaay too old or it's basically a cover band with few to no original members left.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
Eh, I retract "massive" but I think people seeing the film will be fans of the music, and I think the disparity in the ratings strongly indicates fans manipulating the scores.
I accept that Jackson was a very popular entertainer and I accept that he has some great songs.
I'm under the impression that Jackson was a paedophile and that most people believe that however. I'm surprised that Jordan Chandler revealing accurate details about the appearance of Jackson's erect penis and then being paid off by the king of pop isn't enough. I think the shadow of paedophilia will always follow Jackson. If only it could be detached like Peter Pan's.
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DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
You mean the boy who ended up breaking all contact with his father? The boy who initially denied the molestation BEFORE his father reported it? The boy whose father is recorded as wanting to destroy MJ and demanded millions of dollars? MJ had vitiligo.... It wasn't a stretch to say he had it on his penis, too.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
Apparently, children often deny being victims of sexual assault initially.
The child's father may have been out for cash, and may not be a nice guy. But the description given by his son of Michael Jackson's genitals was accurate enough to trigger the cheque book to be opened.
Perhaps if Chandler's father had had more of an eye for justice rather than money, there'd be no doubt in the matter.
Jinzo Prime
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touchfuzzy
Gold Member
There's no way there will be a Part 2, they aren't going to follow up this fluffy feel-good crowd-pleaser with another movie of him facing molestation accusations, getting stranger and stranger, his appearance getting worse and worse, almost dropping a baby off a balcony, and then dying.
nush
Member
I dunno, they made Joker 2.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
It'll be interesting to see if it maintains the scores, I guess.
MaestroMike
Gold Member
Over 200 million the first weekend beating bohemian rhapsody which made over 900 million worldwide if this makes a billion they're going to do another sequel even with the weird stuff and Michael's estate's involvement in the films and co-producing are going to make sure Mike doesn't look too bad
Amish Death Metal
Member
Lionsgate is saying at least one more. So they could do two more.
Michael 2 Could Give the Audience 'An Authentic Understanding of Who Michael Jackson Was' and Use Scenes Scrapped for First Movie, Film Studio Exec Says
After Michael broke box office records to secure the biggest global debut for a biopic of all time, there’s a lot of talk about a sequel. According to one film studio executive involved with its production, we may be looking at a Michael Jackson movie franchise.
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
They aren't going to seriously address anything other than to paint Michael as the victim. It's still pretty convenient to not cover his whole life in a biopic lol
Either way let me ask you something? Have any child relatives? Mind if they sleep over in my bed?
It's cool, I had a shitty childhood so it's totally ok!
ChuckeRearmed
Member
Beat it
Screw that, just have him slip and bump his head in the first 2 minutes and the rest of the film is Captain Eo or something like Moonwalker. Lean into the music, its all we care about.
Baemono
Gold Member
He sure looks like Jackson's dermatologist
VulcanRaven
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Loved it.
And easily one of the greatest castings of all time.
THAT WAS MICHEAL on screen, wow.
And easily one of the greatest castings of all time.
THAT WAS MICHEAL on screen, wow.
MMaRsu
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Droopy
nush
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It's a holiday weekend too.
Jaybe
Member
Finally saw this on Wednesday and I liked it. Jaded critics set my expectations low. I had recently seen the MJ experience musical so was already familiar with what was covered but it was largely executed well. Lead did great and I liked Domingo as his father. A couple scenes were a bit cheesy but wouldnt surprise me if they went down that way. I wish there was a bit more between the 84 concert and the 88, seemed a bit abrupt way to end. Hopefully if they do part 2 it will be solid.
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WildBoy
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This was never actually confirmed. I'm not sure why anyone who has done the research still thinks he is a pdf... It's crazy. People just read tabloids and believe it. Michael Jackson put out fake leaks like the hyperbaric chamber to live to 150 years and the tabloids ate it up. Tells you all you need to know. Frankly everyone was out to make money before ever going to the police... And then when someone finally did he was acquitted of all charges.
WildBoy
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You are just spouting fake news dude