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Best visual efforts...? Seriously?

Would WB not be ultra sabotaging this by announcing Momoa as Lobo beforehand?

It has you know who's return to mainstream major films. Of course the talent is insane/

After 2nd viewing, despite being too long and Butler giving a far too serious, somber performance (seriously, guy never seems at ease once in the entire film, the opposite of Elvis's energy. Butler acts like he is playing Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins) this is a well-made film and enjoyable overall. Actress who plays Priscilla is great too.

this clearly needs a much more high energy director or it should be scrapped

yeah I didn't feel like repeating it, less typing and clicks to just quote

In more ways than one!

I don't give a shit about celeb or no celeb. Call it like I see. I am not one of these "OJ is innocent!" people.

QFT This is a set up to fail movie.

How could they possibly make him Lobo when meh tentpole Aquabro 2 is 11 months away.

@ViewerAnon suggesting Universal tie THE MUMMY 4 into a number of classic Universal monsters would be an epic stroke of genius TBH.

This is tougher than some may initially suspect. The potential of this is higher than any of the other rumored biopics out there, ala THE BEATLES. This certainly has the potential for spectacle and flair of ELVIS though it isn't any creative hands ala Baz Lurman. MJ was/is insanely popular for decades, unlike Whitney Houston (no offense) who an extremely high but much shorter peak. The issue is...like Whitney, MJ was more or less a joke act the end of his life. Also like Whitney, pretty much everyone over the age of 30 remembers it. The guy hanging his baby off the balcony, SCARY MOVIE 3 spoofing him as the ghost - IN THE TRAILERS AND TV SPOTS! Obviously the pedophile stuff. And then of course, prescription drugs and eventually death. There is no triumphant, happy ending. Unlike Elvis or Freddie Mercury, whose tragic stories ended decades ago allowing enough time to pass for people to rediscover them, MJ's problems and death still feel recent. I am not so certain there is a huge hunger for the over 30 crowd to go relive all their fallen idols problems at the end of his life.

I actually think the NYC setting is a gold mine. Great choice.

Butler not ditching Elvis accent is cringe. Cmon dude.

It has been a while, yes. Ugh.

Without a doubt the most obvious choice since young Josh Hartnett

He "stole" alcohol from his moms fridge.

BETTER BE USING HANS ZIMMER'S ICONIC SCORE

Other than Prince Harry, no public figure is more annoyingly overexposed right now than Tom Brady.

Elordi as Superman will start a snowball effect propelling WB back ahead of Disney.

Reviews make this seem decent, such a waste that it wasn't released August where it could have really run.

imax trailer felt more like a theatrical trailer, but there still isn't much tension. Oppenheimer: what the chain reaction doesn't stop?!?!?!?! einstein: ...it will ignite the atmosphere... audience: glad that didn't happen

why are people saying wb is broke? the rock just said they made bank of Black Adam

WB is pissed they caved to his Cavill demands and now have to deal with tons of pissed off fans. It isn't a stretch to say Johnson went way too far with his public claims of future films. Can WB just announce Elordi as Supes and break the internet for gen z already? what are they waiting for?

Ehhh. Black Adam's $67m opening weekend is 2x as much as it would have been with anyone else. Had the film has better word of mouth and box office legs, I bet this turns out differently.