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“No matter where [people] come from,” Melania announces during one of her grating voiceovers, “we are bound by the same humanity.” Though she speaks with a thick Slavic drawl, she refers only obliquely to her “country of birth” (Slovenia is referenced, directly, once). A parade of immigrants, including French-born fashion designer Hervé Pierre, appear to reinforce this vaguely cosmopolitan angle. “Opportunities, equality,” says Tham Kannalikham, a designer who moved to the US from Laos aged just two. “It’s really the American dream.” These are the good immigrants serving the Trump administration; a far cry from the ones in cages, the ones tear-gassed on the streets of Minneapolis, the ones festering in a jail cell in El Salvador.

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[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Who is your favourite musician, Ratner (against whom there have been accusations of wrongdoing) asks Melania. She responds with “Michael Jackson” (against whom there have been accusations of wrongdoing), detailing how she met the late singer with her husband (against whom there have been accusations of wrongdoing). Perhaps this is Ratner’s vision for a modern American: a country of forgiveness.

Lmao this writing is pure gold

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

You can tell they were having fun with this review

The “film” is part propaganda, sure, and part sop to Big Tech companies who require constant regulatory approval for financial manoeuvrings. Even then, it is bad. It will exist as a striking artefact – like The Birth of a Nation or Triumph of the Will – of a time when Americans willingly subordinated themselves to a political and economic oligopoly. Organising plans for his return to the White House at 2am, after the Starlight Ball, Trump announces he will immediately “begin straightening out the nation”. “We’re all very grateful,” his event producer whimpers sycophantically. It is a visceral moment where audiences, around the world, will begin to taste the boot that the American establishment so blithely licks.

[–] VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 22 hours ago

At least The Birth of a Nation and Riefenstahl's films had an impact on filmmaking. No one's going to cite Melania as inspiring anything other than suicidal thoughts while being forced to watch it

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 7 points 21 hours ago

I think they should hand out a They Live kit with this movie....

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

Melania Trump is a scowling void of pure nothingness ~~in her ghastly film – review~~

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 18 hours ago

Guys, I'm being totally genuine when I say that this description truly is spot on.

That is Melania. That's her. This is how she is objectively described.

[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's either a bribe or a money laundring sceme. It's the only thing that makes sense.

[–] mr_tyler_durden@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s a bribe, go look at how much the movie paid to her. It was like half of the overall movie budget.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

About 70% of the budget.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Budget $40 mil and she got paid $29mil. Definitely a real movie

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

“No matter where [people] come from,” Melania announces during one of her grating voiceovers, “we are bound by the same humanity.”

Does she know what her husband is doing to immigrants?

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

She does. Remember when she went to visit children in cages wearing this?

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

When your entire life is based on gold digging, you aren't going to have a lot else going on upstairs.

Her claim to fame is being the first first lady whose pussy you can see on the internet.

As the Sopranos like to say...

[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Fuuuuuuck this bitch

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I do not understand how it did 7 million in the opening weekend.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Money. Laundering.

[–] flowers_galore2@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 18 hours ago

People writing reviews for newspapers/movie websites, and people who enjoy really bad movies

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Isn't that not very much for a debut these days? What did endgame do?

Brb.

Edit: I'm back. It did 1.2 billion in 5 days

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Your comparing a movie with a budget of $356 million to a documentary.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 5 points 23 hours ago

I am not a mathematician but...doesn't that mean:

  • Avengers made ~$3.2 per $1 spent making it.
  • Melania made ~$0.17 per $1 spent making it.

Sure, but it was a documentary with a budget of 75m, so it should at least get a fraction, right?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

I'm assuming these are numbers like the Regnery Press has for their books.

[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I mean. There's still a lot of people out there who'd love to show Daddy Trump their ass.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

But those people don't have the attention span to see a WHOLE movie in a dark room without a phone