Melania, the Brett Ratner directed documentary about former model and current First Lady Melania Trump, is shaping up to be one of the biggest bombs in the history of the art form known as cinema. While the film premieres in over 2,000 movie theaters on Friday, seemingly just handfuls of tickets have been sold.

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[–] 78 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Well, yeah. This was basically just a bribe. No one was actually supposed to watch it.

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  • [–] 31 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I can't believe they decided to show this in theaters. They could have put this on prime and botted the numbers and no one would be the wiser.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah but this way we get the enjoyment and schadenfreude of the numbers being on the record. 😂 I’m very much enjoying everything being posted about this flop.

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  • [–] 28 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I don't even wanna pirate it.

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  • [–] 28 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    I'd love to know what the thinking was.

    Did Trump demand this to belittle her? Did he really think it would be a hit?

    It would be a great SNL skit; all the former first ladies having a hen party watching it.

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  • [–] [S] 50 points 9 months ago* (3 children)

    She got $28 millions into her personal pocket. That's all they care about.

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  • [–] 33 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    To us, $28 million is a vast fortune.

    In the crowd they run with, it's what you pay for a party.

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  • [–] 21 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Who cares? She got her 40 million. It didn't even need to be released as it was a pretense for a payoff anyway. Much like selling art is used for money laundering.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Brett Ratner, according the article, is now attached to direct Rush Hour 4, which the article implies is due to Trump (?) putting his fingers on the scales. It seems fishy

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  • [–] 14 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Gross, theaters here in east TN are at least half full for the evening shows

    I love the Blue Ridge but goddamn I hate so many of the people here

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Same in AZ. I looked at times for a few of my local theaters expecting a laugh only to see most showings pretty full. It’s only the later ~8pm stuff with tons of seats open.

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    seemingly just handfuls of tickets have been sold.

    When these scant few ticket holders were questioned, they responded in shock learning that the movie was about the current "first lady" and instead thought it was a documentary about skin cancer. After seeing the movie these same attendees did indeed the movie was cancer, though not in the way they expected.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    I thought the sex scene was tastefully done

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    [–] 6 points 9 months ago*

    Wait until Oscar season.

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago

    As God intended.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)
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    Everyone with MAGA relatives should hide the TV remote and put this movie on full volume. Make them suffer for it.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    Are you kidding? I streamed it and came so many times! Sure, the plot was thin, but that's half the fun! And the lead was honestly stunning.

    Oh, wait, Melania? No no, I was talking about the porn flick, Melabia. My mistake.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    Audiences could do the funniest thing right now Woman wearing a coat that says I really don't care do you

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I'm excited

    It'll be cool to see how she views herself

    But I won't be paying

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    We were at a theater and they showed a trailer for it, more than I needed to see - she's heroic, beautiful, graceful and powerful in it. No one was sure if it was a real thing or if someone was really committed to doing a spoof. "It really looks like her" said one person. Everyone was looking at each other, confused, at the end of the trailer. I would have booed but I also thought it must be a carefully committed spoof of some sort.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    It doesn't even deserve a razzie

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    Only a true trash human could be with trump. She has to know what he was up to and I wonder what she has done but in no way do I think she is clueless about what is going on around her.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago

    Imagine that Americans, massive reality show junkies, are not interested in a THOT To Trot movie.

    How crappy do you have to be to reach that state in life.

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