You could do without it, but the movie presumably won't be made for diehard Michael Jackson fans who look at all his stuff and maybe like other albums better than Thriller. It'll be made for the general public, and... it's Thriller. The hypothetical movie shouldn't be altered so it's more suitable for Johnny Depp to play lol. People are going to want at least his whole adult career/trial, if not the entire life story. I'm almost certain that people would generally be disappointed if they didn't at least get some Thriller era MJ. Commercially, that was the pinnacle.
On top of that, I also find the idea of starting the movie after Thriller somewhat odd because when I think of a possible MJ big screen movie, going through the changes would actually be one of the more appealing points. For promotion, they could even release the Thriller and BAD album covers with whoever the actor playing him is. And I don't see a black Johnny Depp with a gherri curl looking anything other than dumb.
All in all, covering more than post-Thriller MJ would make the more intriguing film. I honestly think some of the posters are losing sight of that because they're such ardent Johnny Depp fangirls. It doesn't really matter since Depp was just kidding around, but still.
Eh i guess i disagree...cuz I'm personally tired of the whole Thriller worship in general so if someone made a movie of all of MJ's life, I'd probably fast forward to the Bad era...only cuz everything after Thriller is LESS talked about in depth. Thats even if JD DIDN'T play MJ lol
Everyone knows everything about the Thriller era...people talk about it allll the time. We know the ends and outs of it. But what about the Bad era? Bad tour? What was happening when MJ made the Bad video? What was going through MJ's head when he made In The Closet, Remember the Time? Its not just cuz its all about JD like your implying, seriously I'd really like to see a movie of everything post thriller cuz i'm TIRED of Thriller...seriously LOL. People used that dang thing to say MJ hasn't made/done anything good since, and it's ANNOYING. Cuz IMO, MJ has done much more interesting things in his life and his art post thriller. and if those things are highlighted, I would bow down to the producer of that movie lol.
And if its a movie about MJ's life in any way, why wouldn't it be for the fans, just cuz it's not involving thriller? And commercially people would see it just for the controversial parts. LOL
And a movie wouldn't necessarily be 'altered' just for JD to play. But people can be creative with the standard bio pic can't they? To me, the more creative and different a movie is, the better. So it'll be a breath of fresh air to me if someone did a bio pic and did it differently from the regular old format, and did it WELL if JD stars in it or not.
And the reason why people are talking about JD playing him in this thread is cuz this thread is about JD playing him. Not cuz some fanatic jd fans (although i am that lol but theres nothing wrong with that lol) just decided to force this idea of JD playing MJ down your throat lol
And just cuz YOU can't see JD playing MJ and looking right doesn't mean it's not possible. Have you ever seen a pic of Edgar Allan Poe? If they could transform MJ into that crazy ugly man then I think they can transform handsome JD into handsome MJ :lol: Thats why its a movie, that's why its acting, thats why it's art...the transformation. And if done right, i think people can surprise you.
What many of you are missing here is the point that I made in the first place. Unless this movie was being made for a white audience, and JD fans the movie would not bode well for the general black population, not just in america but abroad as well. Can you imagine a white man playing Ali, I can't. The black people in general would make a big fuss about it regarless, They are proud of MJ and they would want him to be portrayed by a blackman, and they would protest very loudly if it was otherwise, mark my words.
No, that point has been considered and agreed upon lol. Already. lol