just found out the 'Michael' biopic doesn't even include his dominate NBA run in the 90s with the Chicago Bulls??

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Michael Jackson movie getting bad reviews because it doesn't cover his involvement in Do the Bartman

I can trust your judgement 😁 (but I don't think I'm seeing this movie)

Scenes in MICHAEL you need to see:
1. He stares at White Peter Pan in his Neverland book. Cut to him getting his 1st nosejob.
2. The slo-mo shot of his Jheri Curl bursting into flames on the Pepsi ad.
3. The "Bad" performance at the end that reveals he turned White (that's actually how it happened)

Perhaps the most ironic thing about Michael is that it very regularly flashes scenes from some of cinema’s great films over the course of two hours. The Michael Jackson in Michael is a true blue cinephile, taking in classics like Singin’ in the Rain, Modern Times, Dawn of the Dead, and several others. We see these films on televisions Michael is watching. It is a copy of a copy. In the same way that the Michael Jackson performances in Michael are cheap imitations of things that already exist, Antoine Fuqua shows the potential for creative triumph in a film that lacks any such creativity. Lacking any sense of style or personal point of view, Michael is an exercise in mimicry. Give Madame Tussaud $150 million and I’m confident she could make something more or less as artful as Michael. It’s a nine-figure wax museum.

Wow, the Michael Jackson hagiography repeatedly failed Tom Servo’s sage advice to “Never show a good movie in your crappy movie."

From Awards Watch: awardswatch.com/michael-revi...

I really hope that every outlet that praises ‘Michael’ as some kind of achievement (you know which ones I’m talking about) are forced to disclose this to their readers. This is a movie that WANTED to lie to us, and the only reason it couldn’t was due to one (1) savvy lawyer.

Release of the new Michael Jackson biopic reminds me that when he died, I was working at the TV Guide channel. This was a huge entertainment news story, so everybody there had to work late. On the other hand, Child Protective Services workers got to go home early.

I was an obsessive fan in the early ‘90s as a bullied teen, to the point it was unhealthy; my first reaction to the news of his death was “Figures, he always was wimping out of actually performing live anyway…”

‘Michael’ Director Antoine Fuqua Questions Some Michael Jackson Allegations: ‘Sometimes People Do Nasty Things for Some Money’ 'Michael' director Antoine Fuqua is skeptical over allegations of child abuse made against Michael Jackson.

It could have been worse (CW: discussion of the accusations and investigation):

variety.com/2026/film/ne...

Oh poo-poo, it’s at 31% now!

‘Michael’ Review: A Jackson Biopic Leaves Too Much Unsaid

Come for the excellent @alissawilkinson.bsky.social review of the new Michael Jackson biopic, stay for the doozy of a kicker [gift link].

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"We made this for the fans not the cri..."

“Dog on fire! Dog on fire!”

That’s what I thought too.

‘Michael’ Director Antoine Fuqua Questions Some Michael Jackson Allegations: ‘Sometimes People Do Nasty Things for Some Money’ 'Michael' director Antoine Fuqua is skeptical over allegations of child abuse made against Michael Jackson.

Well, it could have been worse, I guess…though it ends with the title card “His story continues”…

variety.com/2026/film/ne...

A Michael Jackson movie that doesn’t even ALLUDE to him being accused of raping children is such a strange big budget project. It’s weird that it even exists. It would be like making Titanic and cutting before the iceberg. What a ridiculous display.

I was surprised to read that too! (In Michael it’s CBS Records prez Walter Yentikoff)

Wait, wait, hold up. You mean Bohemian Rhapsody *and* Michael both have a cameo by Mike Myers!?

(Not playing the same person, no.)

The final shot of the Michael Jackson biopic

Especially considering how much more prolific those 4 were!

To be honest, I get annoyed by how a goodly deal of nostalgic pop culture remembers how huge Michael was in the '80s but then downplays the few other artists comparably big then (Prince and Madonna obviously, Springsteen and, early in the decade, Bowie on a second tier).

16 years on there's at least one more generation of little kids up for this goofy slapstick that other studios don't make, but also (as the Movies With Mark video points out) the franchise is so apolitical and stagnant it appeals to Boomers/Gen X adults. Besides, look at how old Toy Story is!

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He does but the reviews don't mention the actor.

Which is weird because something like 33% of his post-Chandler allegations/settlement work is "Michael Jackson is not mad, don't put it in the paper that he's mad", just complaining about how Everybody Was Out to Get Him.

If R Kelly wasn't that big a deal, why did MJ hire him to write a song for him ("You Are Not Alone")?

I will always, ALWAYS recommend people watch "Michael Jackson's Ghosts."

Was there ever any doubt?

It sure is 🙄