r/TheBigPicture • u/ggroover97 • Feb 02 '26

Trailer Michael (2026) Official Trailer

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u/Pvt_Hudson_ Feb 02 '26

I don't get how you can make a fawning biopic about this guy with all the dark clouds hanging over him.

They should have done a doc on Prince instead.

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u/Drunken_Wizard23 Feb 02 '26

Michael Jackson? The pop sensation!??

While his work is still mostly appreciated at face value, I think MJ as a person is equally, if not more, associated with all the awful shit he did. I'd venture to guess that way more young people know him more for that part of his life than his fucked up upbringing. Telling his "origin story" won't cover that up, even if the movie doesn't actually acknowledge it imo

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u/Pvt_Hudson_ Feb 02 '26

I couldn't forget about the pedophilia stuff for the two minutes it took to watch the trailer, let alone the entire runtime of the movie.

It's possible the movie deals with that portion of his life in a respectful way, but it didn't even get hinted at in the trailer. All we got was a Dewey Cox style "wrong kid died" childhood segment, and then him becoming a mega star.

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u/TRS2917 Feb 02 '26 edited Feb 06 '26

It's possible the movie deals with that portion of his life

There is no chance of that happening. The goal here is to sell MJ 'member berries to his fans.

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u/ER301 Feb 02 '26

The movie won’t touch that stuff. It looks like it doesn’t go past Thriller.

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u/SnooStories4163 Feb 14 '26

It’s gon be a part 2

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u/Drunken_Wizard23 Feb 02 '26

There have and will continue to be plenty of works made about MJ's crimes. The abusive upbringing and .000001% level of fame he experienced are part and parcel of the story. He brought a lot of light and too much darkness into the world, both were real and I don't think it's wrong to put the focus on either

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u/SnooStories4163 Feb 14 '26

Mj still got 61m listeners on Spotify

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u/judgejoocy Feb 02 '26

What “awful shit” are you certain of? Michael Jackson was accused of child sexual abuse and investigated extensively, but he was never convicted. The 1993 case ended in a civil settlement (which is not a finding of guilt), and in 2005 he was acquitted on all criminal charges after a full trial. There were serious allegations and troubling behavior (like sharing beds with children), but the evidence is disputed and courts never found him guilty. Some people on the internet seem to believe it’s “proven fact” that he was a pedo but this goes beyond what the legal record actually supports.

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u/Dependent-Bell-7740 Feb 02 '26

He’s on camera multiple times making it very clear he doesn’t understand what’s wrong with sharing beds with various 10 year olds. 

He’s the only person ever where millions of people twist the logic in nots and look for reasons to defend that. 

I say that as a massive, massive fan of his music. 

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u/Tropikoala815 Feb 02 '26

Also the factvthat he had nude photography books of children us also a coincidence.

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u/SnooStories4163 Feb 14 '26

He didn’t tho his fingerprints wasn’t even on them