pinkarray
Come on, can't you guys come up with better ideas than this? This contradicts who Michael Jackson is and uses a man who seems like he can portray another real person or be in a different project than this. He cannot convey the passion and energy Michael Jackson had and he looks nothing like him nor sounds like him. His make-up makes him look like a clown.Even on the surface, this is just a cloying, schmaltzy biopic of MJ. The camera movements is like that of a reality T.V., there's miscast actors and dreamy sequences. Flex has none of the cheerfulness Michael Jackson had and instead, makes him appear as ignorant.The famous people aren't even solidly scripted.
geekgirl101
I don't know Michael's personal life, I don't know how he lived or behaved in public. So I'm just going to state what's in this movie.The actor does not look like Michael, his skin is way too dark and the attempts of trying to make his skin lighter for Michael's later years results in him having grey skin. He does however make a good impersonation of Michael vocally.There is no official music by Michael Jackson in any part of this film, so instead of him dancing on stage he is just prancing around on stage pulling faces and flicking his arms out which looks really ridiculous.In this movie Michael is portrayed as a dumb, careless, eccentric, paranoid, naive, troubled guy with a mental disability living in a fantasy world. There's a number of flashback and dream sequences that really don't need to be there.There's a lot of inconsistencies and missing crucial parts of Michaels' life which explain the buildup to certain events, and some events are in the wrong order. There's no showing of his charity works or receiving music awards, the whole movie is just bits and pieces of his assumed personal life which is all over the place.In the end my conclusion is that this is far from being an accurate biography of the King of Pop with most of the story based on assumptions and makes Michael look ridiculous and freakish.
sfnprincess81
I was looking forward to seeing this movie, although the makeup was terrifying to look at, even in the commercials.But in the end, there's nothing to watch. Hopefully, someone else will make a film about Michael Jackson that's actually good, because this is NOT that film. The direction of the movie is awful, and the dialogue is ridiculous. Because of the bizarre makeup, Michael Jackson appears to be a caricature of himself, rather than as an artist.But even that pales (no pun intended) in comparison of the dialogue. It's so campy and dramatic that it's impossible to take the film seriously. Someone who had no idea of who MJ is would assume that he's a simple, naive, slow man with no concept of reality after watching this film. The sad thing is that you end up LAUGHING during most of the film because it's that silly. Watch "The Jacksons: An American Dream" for a more accurate portrayal of MJ. Don't bother with this mess, unless you want a good laugh.
cherubim10
If any of you have seen the horror of "See Arnold Run", you know what I'm talking about. Take a superstar, someone who EVERYBODY knows what they look like, how they walk, talk, and sound, and try to make a movie about them, WITHOUT them. It is a very, very hard thing to do. This movie pulls it off the best it can possibly be done, in my opinion. It tells the sometimes sad story of Michael's hard life, from Thriller on to today. Once you're into it, you almost see Flex Alexander as Michael Jackson, forgetting the real Michael's face and voice, if only for a little while. While utilizing absolutely none of Michael's music, the movie still has you in his world. It's totally ambiguous, never saying Michael is guilty, while also never quite saying he's innocent. At the end of this movie, I honestly felt really bad for Michael Jackson. It gave me great insight into his world, and I think this movie is a must-see before anyone starts bashing him.
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