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"Michael", a biopic about Michael Jackson, is officially happening.

AlwaysThere said:
Am I the only one that doesn’t think the Branca shot is that gratuitous? To me, it seems like them reminding people that Miles Teller, arguably one of the biggest names attached, is in the movie. Branca absolutely has an ego but I don’t think it goes as deep as many insist it does, especially since he shows up for a whole .75 seconds lmao
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I am in a music course in college, but all my mates are film students. Each person I showed it too just looked until they went “oh **** miles teller” or “oh shit drummer boy”, so that was extremely smart to put in.
 
etoile 37 said:
Well I hope that's not the direction they're going for, because that would be a big fat lie. Michael had a beautiful nose, it was neither too big nor too small, it was just the right size and it fit his face perfectly. The nose only looks too big on Jaafar because his face is shaped differently and his eyes are set closer together, but on Michael's face it didn't look too big, it looked just right. Michael didn't have surgery because he needed it, he had surgery because his father destroyed his self-esteem to the point that Michael couldn't see how beautiful he was. Michael even hated his smile for God's sake, his beautiful smile, the first thing you see when you search "most beautiful smile in the world" on Google.

Beautiful nose:

Michael didn't need surgery, he had trauma. That's what I hope the biopic will show to the world.
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You are right that his father instilled it, I think that he tried to justify it to himself later on by thinking he needed it to be famous.

In a 1987 note to himself Michael wrote:

'plus, a lot of blacks have been ugly to look at', 'you must be beautifully looking'
'I will change this NOW with the power of my songs and dance and looks and total reclusiveness and mystery world'
 
For those unfamiliar with MJ, his high-pitched voice during his dialogue with Q is likely to pique interest and curiosity. Will the film explain that he consciously used this voice for vocal training? I also find the contrast very interesting: first the childlike voice, and then Michael explodes on stage. The trailer is very well done.
 
I hope they don't forget to finally show Michael recording in the studio together with E.T. :)

Damn, how cool would that be, as an 80s kid that was the best combination ever
 
Hot_Street said:
For those unfamiliar with MJ, his high-pitched voice during his dialogue with Q is likely to pique interest and curiosity. Will the film explain that he consciously used this voice for vocal training? I also find the contrast very interesting: first the childlike voice, and then Michael explodes on stage. The trailer is very well done.
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Michael himself said that he talked like 'Mickey Mouse' at the time because he didn't want to grow up/was afraid to grow up (with Schmuley..?)

IMO Michael was so, so afraid to be not popular anymore by maturing and thereby losing the love of his public and risk of punishment by his dad that his whole adult life he tried to copy his youth: his voice, energy, beliefs, his interests, fun activities, furniture, hotel setting in bedroom, people around etc.
 
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Victorious said:
I hope they don't forget to finally show Michael recording in the studio together with E.T. :)

Damn, how cool would that be, as an 80s kid that was the best combination ever
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The thing is, they can't cover everything unfortunately. They have to pick and choose which events in his life and career to cover as there is only so much they can out into a 2 hour movie.
 
Victorious said:
You are right that his father instilled it, I think that he tried to justify it to himself later on by thinking he needed it to be famous.

In a 1987 note to himself Michael wrote:

'plus, a lot of blacks have been ugly to look at', 'you must be beautifully looking'
'I will change this NOW with the power of my songs and dance and looks and total reclusiveness and mystery world'
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You took that quote out of context

Victorious said:
Michael himself said that he talked like 'Mickey Mouse' because he didn't want to grow up/was afraid to grow up
(with Schmuley..?)
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He did not. That's a lie.
 
kelley said:
You took that quote out of context
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Yes it's a quote..
But please correct me

kelley said:
He did not. That's a lie.
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Is it? I definitely heard it, so unless it was doctored with..

Similar:

'I did something that was bad.
I'm a natural tenor but I used to force my voice to go higher because I never wanted to grow up.
I always wanted to sound like a kid.

And when I won my Grammy Award for Thriller, if you listen to me speak, I sound like a kid."

*** Words reported by Shmuley Boteach in his book "Honoring the Child Spirit"
 
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Victorious said:
Michael himself said that he talked like 'Mickey Mouse' at the time because he didn't want to grow up/was afraid to grow up (with Schmuley..?)

IMO Michael was so, so afraid to be not popular anymore by maturing and thereby losing the love of his public and risk of punishment by his dad that his whole adult life he tried to copy his youth: his voice, energy, beliefs, his interests, fun activities, furniture, hotel setting in bedroom, people around etc.
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Not only that. He wanted to preserve and experience a youthfulness he had never had. From a young age, he was always treated like an adult with strict schedules and a heavy workload.
 
Which songs do you think we see fully performed? At least Billie Jean (Motown 25) and Man in the Mirror. Most of the clips seen are probably part of montages. I hope we see the silver Bad Tour outfit.
 
Galactus123 said:
Which songs do you think we see fully performed? At least Billie Jean (Motown 25) and Man in the Mirror. Most of the clips seen are probably part of montages. I hope we see the silver Bad Tour outfit.
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Billie Jean for sure ( Motown 25) and
man in the mirror the end of the movie for me!!

just MJ moonwalker version.
 
Galactus123 said:
I wonder which song he is performing here at Dangerous Tour L.A. 1989? :D
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To me it seems like they mixed all tours together. The stage, band pedestal and lights remind me of History tour.
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I think the teaser came out very well. Great seeing all those positive reactions across the internet.
 
Such a welcome change basking in all this positivity for the teaser. It feels so good right now for us MJ fans.

This is just the beginning! It almost feels like there’s been an MJ awakening around the world.
 
https://www.reddit.com/r/MichaelJackson/s/Q12bCcmDfg

Interesting observations for the die hards in relation to inaccuracies in the movie.

Didn’t realise they used a heal the world poster in the bad era footage during the teaser 😮🧐 but I can see it now!!

I suspect there will be many more like this throughout the movie but we always knew it wouldn’t be 100% accurate.
 
It's not clear if The Wiz will be included, right? It's literally how Quincy and MJ first connected.

If they skip that part, I wonder how they'll introduce Q instead. If The Wiz was in the movie, I feel like we'd have already seen some shots of Jaafar as the Scarecrow by now.
 
Saka21 said:
It's not clear if The Wiz will be included, right? It's literally how Quincy and MJ first connected.

If they skip that part, I wonder how they'll introduce Q instead. If The Wiz was in the movie, I feel like we'd have already seen some shots of Jaafar as the Scarecrow by now.
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This film is potentially 2 hours plus long - we’ve seen nothing yet!!

I think we will see MJ in the scarecrow outfit briefly doing you can’t win and then switch to MJ in the studio with Q
 
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