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Michael Review


With all due respect to Mr. Jackson, I do not believe he needed a biopic. But again, Hollywood has been having a strange fetish for music biopics over the last few years. So of course there needed to be a biopic about the GOAT of entertainment. This retelling of Mr. Jackson's story features his nephew Jaafar taking on this iconic role.

The biopic was fine at best, albeit slightly generic. Though I personally did not think it was as bad as people claimed it was. If anything, Antoine Fuqua did the best he could with his material. A lot of people are annoyed with the movie "sanitizing" Jackson's story. Me on the other hand, I could not care less. And besides, certain aspects of Jackson's life could not be touched upon due to legal reasons anyway. That's why Janet's not in the picture, that's why the abuse allegations were omitted, and so on and so forth. So if ya'll wanna blame anyone for that, blame the system and not Fuqua.

The problems I had with this movie is that it was too fast-paced in the beginning and had an inconsistent plot.  While it was definitely about Jackson trying to break away from his father's control, the movie was marred with unnecessary filler scenes which is why the plot felt inconsistent. It was like the fast-pacing was replaced with retellings of unimportant aspects in Jackson's life.

The soundtrack and Jaafar Jackson were the best things about the movie. I think pretty much all of us knew that that the songs would be absolute bangers, again this is MICHAEL FREAKIN' JACKSON. Jaafar did a fantastic job, he really was very close to his uncle. I will also give him major props for holding his own against veterans such as Domingo and Long. Another indication that he did his job very well.

I think it's good that moonwalkers and those who grew up during that era (like my mother) are satisfied with the finishing result. At the end of the day, they KNOW Jackson's story so nostalgia was all that was needed from this movie and was exactly what they got. That's not a bad or good thing, that's up to you to decide. But overall for me, the movie was just fine. Thanks For Reading

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