This was the correct response.

Opprnheimer And plot? lol

@Bubbles You deserved so much better.

"I don't want to discuss this right now, mother."

For the love of God, please let someone else direct the sequel.

Yes. Oppenheimer has a plot, and a nice one regarding biographical pics

I feel like its gonna be a s***show between the director and the state. Sequel will touch on the more controversial part of Jacksons life and I wanna see how the state will handle that without damaging the creative and artistic direction of that director

They'll simply refuse to approve anything that blemishes him on screen

BAD music video extended as hell lol

This felt like a speed run man why does the movie feel like its in a hurry to get to the next event yet there's no real buildup and there's no climax it ends right at the height of his career what exactly did they expect the viewer to feel walking out of this

If you're gonna split this s*** into half the least you could've done was take your time

Also the scene with the crips was one of the dumbest scenes in the whole movie

weird question but is this the first time an actors debut performance has been the lead in a production this big ?

It's up there. Especially outside of child actors. Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins is tough to beat though.

Even with inflation Michael cost like 3x what Mary Poppins did if we're solely talking about the size of the production

Julie Andrews did The Sound of Music immediately after. Back to back classics.

Michael will probably not go down like either

Oh if we're talking actual performances it's Julie Andrews for sure

I thought the original question was just about the scale/cost of the production

Do you think Michael is going to have a larger footprint than Mary Poppins?

It's actually misleading to measure box office by money instead of ticket count anyway. There were no premium screens delivering the bulk of profit. That money represents a larger viewership in all probability.

it was really, a film this expensive to depend on a debut actor in the lead role

No I don't, and I'm really not disagreeing with you. I think the disconnect here is over the interpretation of the original question

I was pretty charitable. And again, if you count kids it's probably Harry Potter

While publications desperately scrape the bottom of the barrel and the braindead crawl pedo fantasy subreddits, the real world continues to explode for MJ all over the world

Remember the initial 40m projection LMAO

I think this movie didnt talk about Michael enough. We get to know his personality, but not a lot about his story. I think this first movie should've focused on his early life until off the wall. For example i think his relationship with his father and his childhood didnt get nearly enough focus. My friend who went with me who had 0 knowledge about michael's life just assumed his dad was bad because of the movie repeating it, not because of anything that actually transpired between them, if that makes sense.
But jafaar did very good, and i still wonder how they nailed michael's voice so well, and of course the music video and concert recreations were very cool

I know Jaafar did a good job with the Thriller video, but something just felt off about it.

I don’t know if it’s the way it was shot or the lighting, but something didn’t quite look right.

Maybe I’m too much of a fan. I’ve seen the thriller video for the last 30+ years and know every detail lol.