"100+ Verified Ratings"
A little ballot stuffing maybe? I don't expect it to last.
Leaving aside the horror of the Nazi regime, my understanding is that "Triumph of The Will" is considered to be great film making. That won't be the case for "Melania".neoplacebo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 31, 2026 2:11 pmThis movie will stand among few. The only thing I can think to compare it to is Leni Riefenstahl's "Triumph of The Will", her tribute to Hitler. It marked a nadir in what was otherwise a respected photographer/film maker. But this current disaster is directed by a sexual pervert, so it's sort of like how in one case a reputation was tarnished and in another case a tarnished reputation is given a pathetic attempt to change it.
Apparently Abraham Lincoln said it was the worst experience he ever had in a theatre.
I'm waiting for Trump to say something like "Melania is the best selling documentary of all time. No one has ever seen anything like it. Record breaking. Tremendous Success"
Is it on Only Fans???
For $100 I would go, get drunk and heckle.They are paying people $50 to sit through the whole thing. Still no takers.
I heard they played it on an aircraft and everyone walked out
Does anyone know what Bezos got for his $75 million bribe?
Any bets on whether s/he saw it?Great movie. Truth is very foreign to Bedwetting lefties. Triggered much?
Bezos will make billions on government contracts.
I love this train wreck.
These comments sections are being repeated across the nation.I rang the theatre to find out when the film starts
They said “When can you get here?”
Gold!
Yeah, the film itself is stunning in its sense of spectacle and the perspectives conveyed by the film. I referred to a nadir in the sense of being forever associated with Hitler. I don't even know if she ever did anything else after this. But, hell, many of the German companies that aided the Hitler war efforts are still in business. And Mitsubishi produced the Japanese Zero fighter but now makes cars and hvac stuff among other things.Vrede too wrote: ↑Sat Jan 31, 2026 11:59 pmLeaving aside the horror of the Nazi regime, my understanding is that "Triumph of The Will" is considered to be great film making. That won't be the case for "Melania".neoplacebo wrote: ↑Sat Jan 31, 2026 2:11 pmThis movie will stand among few. The only thing I can think to compare it to is Leni Riefenstahl's "Triumph of The Will", her tribute to Hitler. It marked a nadir in what was otherwise a respected photographer/film maker. But this current disaster is directed by a sexual pervert, so it's sort of like how in one case a reputation was tarnished and in another case a tarnished reputation is given a pathetic attempt to change it.![]()
SNL WU calls it "Wicked: For Real".
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She was tried and her film making career was limited, but she had other work and received some professional recognition later in life.neoplacebo wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 8:24 amYeah, the film itself is stunning in its sense of spectacle and the perspectives conveyed by the film. I referred to a nadir in the sense of being forever associated with Hitler. I don't even know if she ever did anything else after this. But, hell, many of the German companies that aided the Hitler war efforts are still in business. And Mitsubishi produced the Japanese Zero fighter but now makes cars and hvac stuff among other things.
I have only known of her Hitler film; never seen any of her other works. But I knew she was pretty well known even before that. I just figured that she suffered negative feelings from it later after the war. I also figure she was praised by the Nazis for her film while they were still in power and then suffered negatively after the war just as so many others who "collaborated" in any way.Vrede too wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 1:41 pmShe was tried and her film making career was limited, but she had other work and received some professional recognition later in life.neoplacebo wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 8:24 amYeah, the film itself is stunning in its sense of spectacle and the perspectives conveyed by the film. I referred to a nadir in the sense of being forever associated with Hitler. I don't even know if she ever did anything else after this. But, hell, many of the German companies that aided the Hitler war efforts are still in business. And Mitsubishi produced the Japanese Zero fighter but now makes cars and hvac stuff among other things.
Dow Chemical and Monsanto produced Agent Orange, and the Bhopal disaster was caused by a Union Carbide plant leak. It's just "business".
"Wicked: For Real" has inched up to 10% on the Tomatometer and is holding at 99% on the Popcornmeter, now with "500+ Verified Ratings". The MAGAbots are working overtime.
neoplacebo wrote: ↑Mon Feb 02, 2026 8:24 am
Damn, I bet more than a few have had to watch it more than once. Maybe on the same day.
Amazon asserted that "we licensed the film for one reason and one reason only, because we think customers are going to love it."supesalemgr2 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 02, 2026 9:11 amhttps://www.cnn.com/2026/02/01/business ... ice-amazon
Just info. Not blockbusting, but better than anticipated.
The French didn't think very highly of Leni Riefenstahl. Her film making career was stymied and she only produced one more feature film.neoplacebo wrote: ↑Mon Feb 02, 2026 8:24 amI have only known of her Hitler film; never seen any of her other works. But I knew she was pretty well known even before that. I just figured that she suffered negative feelings from it later after the war. I also figure she was praised by the Nazis for her film while they were still in power and then suffered negatively after the war just as so many others who "collaborated" in any way.
MAGAts won't fare too well once sanity, decency and legality are restored to the nation. Leopards mill make sure of it.Riefenstahl said she was fascinated by the Nazis, but also politically naive, claiming ignorance about any war crimes. Throughout 1945 to 1948, she was held in various Allied-controlled prison camps across Germany. She was also under house arrest for a period of time. She was tried four times by postwar authorities for denazification and eventually found to be a "fellow traveller" (Mitläufer) who sympathised with the Nazis. While never an official member of the Nazi party, she was always seen in association due to the propaganda films she made in Nazi Germany. Over the years, she filed and won over fifty libel cases against people who had accused her of complicity in Nazi crimes.
Back down to 6%.Vrede too wrote: ↑Mon Feb 02, 2026 9:36 amneoplacebo wrote: ↑Mon Feb 02, 2026 8:24 am
Damn, I bet more than a few have had to watch it more than once. Maybe on the same day.Worst job in the world: "Wicked: For Real" usher.
Looks like I'm guilty of committing the guilt by association thing. Evidently she was naive or ambivalent about Hitler and fascism (by virtue of her legal wins). And I didn't know she had been held by the allies after the war.....more guilt by association I guess.Vrede too wrote: ↑Mon Feb 02, 2026 11:31 amThe French didn't think very highly of Leni Riefenstahl. Her film making career was stymied and she only produced one more feature film.neoplacebo wrote: ↑Mon Feb 02, 2026 8:24 amI have only known of her Hitler film; never seen any of her other works. But I knew she was pretty well known even before that. I just figured that she suffered negative feelings from it later after the war. I also figure she was praised by the Nazis for her film while they were still in power and then suffered negatively after the war just as so many others who "collaborated" in any way.
MAGAts won't fare too well once sanity, decency and legality are restored to the nation. Leopards mill make sure of it.Riefenstahl said she was fascinated by the Nazis, but also politically naive, claiming ignorance about any war crimes. Throughout 1945 to 1948, she was held in various Allied-controlled prison camps across Germany. She was also under house arrest for a period of time. She was tried four times by postwar authorities for denazification and eventually found to be a "fellow traveller" (Mitläufer) who sympathised with the Nazis. While never an official member of the Nazi party, she was always seen in association due to the propaganda films she made in Nazi Germany. Over the years, she filed and won over fifty libel cases against people who had accused her of complicity in Nazi crimes.![]()
It's a judgement call. Some say that she was more responsible for German-Italian-Austrian complicity than any other single human. It was a more modern Birth of a Nation.neoplacebo wrote: ↑Tue Feb 03, 2026 8:32 amLooks like I'm guilty of committing the guilt by association thing. Evidently she was naive or ambivalent about Hitler and fascism (by virtue of her legal wins). And I didn't know she had been held by the allies after the war.....more guilt by association I guess.
It sort of reminds me of the time I met this German girl who had married a US Army guy in Germany, moved to the US with him, and later divorced him. Anyway, at her apartment she showed me a photo album that had pics of her as a child in some advertisement in Germany. And on a subsequent page of the album was a pic of a German officer in uniform....her father. I immediately noticed the SS insignia on his collar and made a comment about it ("oh, SS, eh?") and she proceeded to tell me how she pretty much hated her father and had not spoken to him since coming to the US. She said it infuriated him that she married a US soldier.Vrede too wrote: ↑Tue Feb 03, 2026 11:00 amIt's a judgement call. Some say that she was more responsible for German-Italian-Austrian complicity than any other single human. It was a more modern Birth of a Nation.neoplacebo wrote: ↑Tue Feb 03, 2026 8:32 amLooks like I'm guilty of committing the guilt by association thing. Evidently she was naive or ambivalent about Hitler and fascism (by virtue of her legal wins). And I didn't know she had been held by the allies after the war.....more guilt by association I guess.![]()
History lives in the grey areas.