Michael Movie Michael Jackson : ce qu'il faut savoir

Rammed with every music-movie cliche, an almost mute supporting cast and a Michael who only produces endless smiley blandness, this is a frustratingly shallow film. Michael Movie Michael Jackson s'impose comme l'un des sujets qui mobilisent l'attention en United States ce jeudi.

Les faits

• Rammed with every music-movie cliche, an almost mute supporting cast and a Michael who only produces endless smiley blandness, this is a frustratingly shallow film.
• This week's Trending Up looks at Michael's Jackson's streams skyrocketing in the wake of 'Michael,' the new hit biopic about his rise to superstardom.
• Producer Graham King and the Jackson family estate are reportedly considering a “Michael 2”; if this happens, they will have to find a very different film-making style, something other than this bland, slick, corporate hagiography.
• Jackson’s song streams have soared in the wake of his biopic Michael, more than doubling in the immediate days after the film’s wide release on April 24.
• As anticipation for Michael swelled in recent weeks, Jackson’s catalog set new personal bests in streaming for the last two weeks – with 50.6 million clicks in the April 10-16 period and 55.3 million April 17-23.

L'essentiel

Dans le détail, this week's Trending Up looks at Michael's Jackson's streams skyrocketing in the wake of 'Michael,' the new hit biopic about his rise to superstardom.

Sur le fond, Producer Graham King and the Jackson family estate are reportedly considering a “Michael 2”; if this happens, they will have to find a very different film-making style, something other than this bland, slick, corporate hagiography.

Concrètement, Jackson’s song streams have soared in the wake of his biopic Michael, more than doubling in the immediate days after the film’s wide release on April 24.

Au-delà de ce constat, as anticipation for Michael swelled in recent weeks, Jackson’s catalog set new personal bests in streaming for the last two weeks – with 50.6 million clicks in the April 10-16 period and 55.3 million April 17-23.

Reste à préciser que Michael stars the late icon’s nephew Jaafar Jackson in the title role and covers Jackson’s life from 1966-1988, capturing his ascent from his childhood and earliest days of stardom through his solo evolution into one of the most iconic pop-culture figures of all time.

Les chiffres

À noter par ailleurs : It’s like a 127-minute trailer montage assembling every music-movie cliche you can think of: the producers’ astonishment in the recording studio, the tour bus, the billboard chart ascent, the meeting with the uncool corporate execs in their offices.

Plus précisément, the film skates through Jackson’s life from the early days of the Jackson Five, terrorised by belt-wielding dad Joe, to his emergence as a stunningly original, globally adored solo act, culminating in the colossal Wembley Stadium concert in 1988, at which stage he was 30-years-old.

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À ce stade, In addition to his solo material, streams for both The Jackson 5 and The Jacksons material also swell by huge percentages.

Ce qui se dit

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Le contexte

Reste à préciser que Antoine Fuqua’s demi-biopic of Michael Jackson gives you the chimp, the llama, the giraffe … but not the elephant in the living room.

À noter par ailleurs : this may well have been exactly what Michael Jackson was really like, but the film is unable to question and scrutinise his diffident, delicate mannerisms, or bring them to life and find within them the passion and defiance of his early self – or the possible source of a later, darker side.

Plus précisément, Jaafar Jackson makes an honest effort at showing Michael, and there are some amusing moments, such as the making of the Thriller video, with Michael insouciantly (and quite possibly accurately) telling director John Landis how to do his job.

Dans la foulée, Michael Jackson Headed for His Biggest Streaming Week Ever After ‘Michael’ Ignites Box Office.

À ce stade, Michael isn’t just blowing up box-office records, it’s also igniting an explosion in Michael Jackson’s streams that is well on pace to give the King of Pop his biggest streaming week ever.

Recherches associées

Plusieurs requêtes connexes accompagnent ce sujet : « Comme si Michael Jackson était plus grand mort que vivant » : pourquoi le film « Michael » bat des records • « Michael » : une suite du biopic est déjà en préparation • Michael : 2e meilleur démarrage de tous les temps pour un biopic au box-office français • "Michael" : une suite prévue pour le biopic ? On connaît enfin la réponse ! • Michael Jackson reprend son trône : le biopic pulvérise déjà un record historique dès son premier week-end ! • «Michael»: des critiques européennes démolissent le film sur Michael Jackson.

À retenir

• This week's Trending Up looks at Michael's Jackson's streams skyrocketing in the wake of 'Michael,' the new hit biopic about his rise to superstardom.
• As anticipation for Michael swelled in recent weeks, Jackson’s catalog set new personal bests in streaming for the last two weeks – with 50.6 million clicks in the April 10-16 period and 55.3 million April 17-23.
• This may well have been exactly what Michael Jackson was really like, but the film is unable to question and scrutinise his diffident, delicate mannerisms, or bring them to life and find within them the passion and defiance of his early self – or the possible source of a later, darker side.
• Recherches qui explosent : « Comme si Michael Jackson était plus grand mort que vivant » : pourquoi le film « Michael » bat des records, « Michael » : une suite du biopic est déjà en préparation, Michael : 2e meilleur démarrage de tous les temps pour un biopic au box-office français, "Michael" : une suite prévue pour le biopic ? On connaît enfin la réponse !.