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They shouldn't have called it Michael. Start there. Still, critics would trash ANY MJ film that's NOT about the sordid portion.

Posted by: goodvibe61 on Apr 21, 10:49 in response to daveart's post the reviews on RT that are at least partially negative...

For most of the general public, Michael Jackson is the huge villain. I get that.

It's unfortunate for some people, who lived through Jackson's rise, from the early 70's and through the 80's. Because those people would love to see a film about that rise and that artistry. But you just can't do it at this point. It doesn't work.

It's like Polanski; it's like Woody Allen. You can't make a film about Chinatown; 90 percent of "critics" will trash it. Same with a film about Annie Hall, Manhattan, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and on down the line, masterpiece after masterpiece; THAT film will get trashed.

You cannot discuss the work of those people at all at this point. You're trash and a fool to even try.

So for someone like me, a SoCal native, which was the home of the MJ artistic explosion, someone who was actually at that final Victory Tour concert at Dodger Stadium, the end of those sold out L.A. shows, where MJ made the announcement he was done with the J5: I won't.

The reactions I've seen from last night's MJACK screenings makes me think that it's going to struggle to get to 60% on RT TheWeekendWarrior Apr 21, 00:39

No RT score but lots of bad reviews on RT so far...more surprised by the positive reviews TheWeekendWarrior Apr 21, 06:42

Well, it's at 26% now.... yikes. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Apr 21, 06:56

He's staging a comeback... 32%! {nm} notfabio Apr 21, 10:11

ECBO: Serious critics going to hate it, but the more casual critics and fans will love it... Expecting a $85m+ opening weekend Antibody Apr 21, 07:34

Speaking of jackasses... I muted that guy. {nm} TheWeekendWarrior Apr 21, 07:41

The question for me is mostly: Is it a bad film, OR is it a bad film because it doesn't cover the later, controversial, non musical stuff? goodvibe61 Apr 21, 09:24

the reviews on RT that are at least partially negative mostly focus on that this film does not address the later non-musical stuff {nm} daveart Apr 21, 09:40

They shouldn't have called it Michael. Start there. Still, critics would trash ANY MJ film that's NOT about the sordid portion. goodvibe61 Apr 21, 10:49

Lawyers got involved and alerted the producers and they had to reshoot the film to remove any dramatization of scandal {nm} Moviesnob Apr 21, 11:03

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