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[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 7 points 18 hours ago

I don't think someone can humiliate you, you can only let yourself feel humiliation.

And I don't think I've ever seen Melania feel anything except disgust with her husband and general malaise.

[–] notso@feddit.org 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Just another grift... She got 28 million dollars from Amazon for this. I'm willing to bet she doesn't give a fuck about ticket sales.

[–] flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 59 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I dunno how you get a whole movie out of her story. What is there to tell?

  • Eastern European model

  • Sleeps her way into the family of a rich asshole

  • Has baby to secure long term seat at the dinner table

  • The end

That's a story everyone has seen play out 1000 times already.

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Illegally worked in the USA too.

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[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 110 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Isn't it an Amazon film, not Netflix?

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Lazy of amazon to bribe trump with a dumb movie and then fail to ensure some tickets were bought to pretend anyone showed. Its one thing for the right to be corrupt, but they go on to always try to be corrupt and do a bad job in executing the grift. They even suck at sucking.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

What the fuck is possibly the content of this movie?

How to pretend to have a headache so you don't have to sit on the mushroom again?

Melania's early career as a queer-baiting wannabe porn star?

The story of the first mail order bride to become first lady?

The story of the last occupant of the East Wing?

Where to find Dick Tracey's haberdasher?

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It'll be 90 minutes of her servicing guests at Epstein Island, then 30 minutes of legal threats that she is not now, and never has been a prostitute.

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[–] kalistia@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

On the movie's (real) IMDb page

[–] Nurgus@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Have you noticed that Melania has no displayed star rating or reviews. Has any movie had those things hidden before?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Rotten tomatoes reviews... totally not bots.

[–] Kite@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Jeez, I sure hope they are bots. She has been a complete non participant when it comes to doing the tasks a First Lady does. Outside of her "I don't care..." bullshit, she's just done nothing. Well, except consistently try to weasel out of all attempts by her husband to touch her, anyway.

[–] INHALE_VEGETABLES@aussie.zone 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

teriffic

Guess who wrote that one

[–] Hazmatastic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

His name is STEWART and he is NOT a bot. Real guy, terrific guy, he does a lot of great stuff. Does a LOT more than some of the other people there, you know the other kind. DONT buy into the Left's brainwashing! THANK YOU for your Attention to this MATTER!

--JOHN

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The loser, Nigel bought one of 3 tickets.

[–] Decq@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

He probably bought all 3 to fit his inflated ego.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Surely the only people buying tickets are teenagers who want to have sex in an empty theater?

[–] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

"Paradise Alley" was pretty good for that, back in 78.

Don't ask how I know.

[–] IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago

I'd agree if I didn't think that every single part of the movie would vaporize every bit of libido in a 2km radius.

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[–] Heikki2@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I hope they both got refunds

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[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago (9 children)

Why would someone be humiliated that their money laundering scheme is laundering money?

You people don't honestly believe she gives a shit, right? And you certainly must recognize this movie as just being a grift, and that it wasn't made with the intention or expectation of being successful, right?

Please tell me you all aren't that fucking blind.

[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

Yep, it's just like all of the "bestselling" books the right "writes". Real people don't actually buy them; the PACs buy them to funnel money into the pockets of the subject of the book.

[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

It's not money laundering, it's a corrupt bribe.

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[–] Earthman_Jim@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I hope it makes no money, but becomes a sort of Rocky Horror Picture Show esc group viewing phenomenon with audience interaction out of pure mockery.

[–] Nurgus@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Arrr be sure to give as little money to the creators as possible me hearties

[–] abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why would anyone in the UK want to see that film. Even the biggest right wing flagshaggers don't seem to care. 

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[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Some people are so poor all they have is money.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Who would have thought?!?!

Why wouldn't anyone want to know the story of a vapid, valueless, and brainless model who married a mentally deranged piece of shit who wants people like her (Not "born RIGHT-WISE") violently removed from "his" country? MADNESS

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[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

humiliation. must get off on it. pattern seems to follow her ever since she answered the ad for epstein island modeling opportunity.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago (7 children)

Breaking: Hitler's bride isn't popular

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[–] LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

The world would rather watch paint dry than watch a documentary about a pedophile protector like melania. Glad it failed miserably.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 158 points 2 days ago (2 children)
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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 224 points 2 days ago (17 children)

That's because it's a bribe, and not a documentary that's supposed to make money, lol.

"I’d be amazed if box office gets reported on this title," one industry insider told The Mirror, adding that the film’s distributors might be paying a fee to cinemas to screen the movie, an established practice known as “four-walling.”

Documentary filmmaker Stefano Da Frè, who was not involved in the film, told CNN that "data-driven" Amazon would not have invested that much expecting to lose money.

“With all their tools, all their AI, Amazon Web Services — they didn’t just come up with that number randomly,” Da Frè said. “They believe, through their metrics, that it’s worth that amount.”

[–] tabarnaski@sh.itjust.works 110 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (15 children)

40M is nothing to Bezos, and it's a good investment if it wins him a few favors from Trump.

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[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 95 points 2 days ago

This movie was just a trump bribe.

Amazon didn't care if it lost money. They gave 25 million for the rights to melanias story right to trump. A legal payout. So they spent a few more million on a failed movie.bribe was payed

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 88 points 2 days ago (5 children)
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[–] knighthawk0811@lemmy.world 134 points 2 days ago (1 children)

this comment has more viewers than her movie

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[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This movie can contain the Epstein files and we wouldn't know about it.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 1 points 19 hours ago

That would've been great advertising.

But then again, it could feature Trumps dick pics and the name of the real Luigi, and I'd still not bother watching it, because Melanie is soo despicable boring.

[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 day ago

And next a documentary about the non-release of the Epstein files…

[–] SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml 111 points 2 days ago (9 children)

The book is ALWAYS better.

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