Melania, the movie isn't doing too well
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I really want to let more time pass and more facts come to light before commenting, especially on Melania the person. I am not exactly sure how much control, and therefore how much responsibility, she has on this.
My most positive impression of Melania is still her first inauguration gown I saw at the Smithsonian's collection of First Ladies' gowns. Someone with that caliber of artful aesthetic sense must have some redeeming substance.
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@Axtremus said in Melania, the movie isn't doing too well:
I really want to let more time pass and more facts come to light before commenting
A less harsh review of the movie, from a sympathetic reviewer.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/30/politics/melania-trump-movie-review
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Yea, I don't get the Obama comparison. The attacks on her were vicious and non-stop.
Melania has been largely left alone, probably because she is mostly absent in terms of doing much of anything that the public sees. This film is getting attention because a) it's apparently pretty bad and b) Bezos/Amazon paid a lot of money for it, which makes people speculate the reasoning behind that spend.
That said, I'm not a fan of the stuff that makes sexual references about her. I also never found the weekly cheerleaders pics that folks used to post next door to be much fun either, so maybe I'm just a stick in the mud.
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Yea, I don't get the Obama comparison. The attacks on her were vicious and non-stop.
Melania has been largely left alone, probably because she is mostly absent in terms of doing much of anything that the public sees. This film is getting attention because a) it's apparently pretty bad and b) Bezos/Amazon paid a lot of money for it, which makes people speculate the reasoning behind that spend.
That said, I'm not a fan of the stuff that makes sexual references about her. I also never found the weekly cheerleaders pics that folks used to post next door to be much fun either, so maybe I'm just a stick in the mud.
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All this hate for Melania is very reminiscent of the same for Michelle Obama. Utterly undeserved and cruel.
But the airplane walkout meme is funny.
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Yea, I don't get the Obama comparison. The attacks on her were vicious and non-stop.
Melania has been largely left alone, probably because she is mostly absent in terms of doing much of anything that the public sees. This film is getting attention because a) it's apparently pretty bad and b) Bezos/Amazon paid a lot of money for it, which makes people speculate the reasoning behind that spend.
That said, I'm not a fan of the stuff that makes sexual references about her. I also never found the weekly cheerleaders pics that folks used to post next door to be much fun either, so maybe I'm just a stick in the mud.
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"Melania," the controversial documentary featuring first lady Melania Trump, surprised at the box office, notching a $7 million opening weekend, according to estimates released Sunday, Feb. 1, by Amazon MGM Studios.
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@wtg said in Melania, the movie isn't doing too well:
That said, I'm not a fan of the stuff that makes sexual references about her.
Oh god, I am. You'd be leaving out so much material otherwise.
@jon-nyc said in Melania, the movie isn't doing too well:
@wtg said in Melania, the movie isn't doing too well:
That said, I'm not a fan of the stuff that makes sexual references about her.
Oh god, I am. You'd be leaving out so much material otherwise.
+1
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I've said this before. She wore that jacket getting on the presidential plane to tour a Hurricane Level 5 disaster zone.
Mindboggling.
I suspect that was the intent.
Then when she explained herself butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.
Yeah, she looked great at the first inaugural. It's been all down hill since that day.
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Millions and millions of Bezos' dollars for production and marketing. Makes him look like a damned fool.
The Guardian reports that “UK ticket sales for Melania are so far ‘soft,’ according to Tim Richards, the chief executive of Vue, one of the country’s biggest cinema operators. Just one ticket has been sold for the first 3.10pm screening on Friday at its flagship Islington branch in London, while two have been booked for 6pm.
“At the time of publication, all seats remained available for the 28 screenings of Melania at the Blackburn, Castleford and Hamilton branches.”
“The picture was slightly rosier at the Cineworld in Wandsworth, which had sold four tickets, while five backrow seats were also booked at the Cineworld in Broughton.”
So, that’s a total of 11 tickets so far.
