Michael | FULL LENGTH | MOVIE REACTION

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Sorry for such a long comment, but I was taking notes as I watched to try and address as many of the things you brought up in your reaction as I could! 🤣 As someone who was lucky enough to see MJ live 5 times (2 in Dublin for Dangerous and HIStory, 1 in London for HIStory, 2 in Munich for HIStory, plus the 1999 MJ & Friends benefit concert), watching your video brought back incredible memories. You picked up on so many great details, so I wanted to share a few answers and insights on the points you brought up: 🎤 Vocals, Pitch & Album Trivia Singing & Vocals: Jaafar Jackson actually sang the live take scenes himself! They blended his vocals with Michael’s original studio master tracks for the big stage moments. Pitch Correction: Suzanne de Passe mentioned "perfect pitch," but Michael actually had absolute pitch—he could map out full multi-instrumental arrangements and complex vocal harmonies completely inside his head without needing a reference note. Off the Wall: It was technically his 5th solo album overall, but his first adult solo album independent of his father under Epic with Quincy Jones. MJ wrote tracks like "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" himself. Jermaine stayed behind at Motown because he was married to Berry Gordy’s daughter, Hazel. MTV Short vs. Long Videos: Back in the day on MTV, they usually aired the shortened edit versions during regular music video rotations (like Thriller and Bad), reserving the full short-films for special world premieres or home video VHS releases! 🕺 The Moonwalk Origins Where the Moonwalk Came From: You mentioned someone doing it on Top of the Pops (which was Jeffrey Daniel from Shalamar, who actually helped teach/refine the move with Michael in the early '80s), but the origin goes back much further! You actually see a clip in the movie of young Michael watching it on TV—that’s classic footage of legendary Black tap dancer Bill Bailey performing the "backslide" at the Apollo Theater back in the 1950s (and even earlier in 1943's Cabin in the Sky). Michael built on that deep lineage of street dancers, tap legends, and performers like James Brown and Cab Calloway before perfecting it for Motown 25! 🏠 Family Dynamics & Business "Joseph" vs. Dad: Joe forced the kids to call him "Joseph" to keep things strictly business. The whip discipline and comments about Michael’s nose were heartbreakingly real. Motown 25 Backstage: That tension after Motown 25 was palpable. When Joe walked into the room calling Michael a "money-making machine," it sucked the air right out of the room. Limbo & Carrying the Family: Michael had to step out on his own—he had carried everyone for long enough, though he essentially remained their financial safety net/bank for the rest of his life. Triumph & Victory Tours: Michael did the Triumph tour out of loyalty, but the 1984 Victory Tour was organized behind the scenes by Joe Jackson and Don King to ride the momentum of Thriller. Michael didn't even want to do it—he donated his entire $5M+ share of the tour earnings to charity! 🏡 Encino & The Lawyer Scene Reading the Room: In that lawyer scene, Michael was actively sizing everyone up, reading the room, and studying how the business worked. He was sharp at calculating leverage early on. Why He Bought Hayvenhurst: By 1981, Joe Jackson’s bad business deals had put the family compound in financial jeopardy, and Joe was struggling to pay the mortgage. Michael stepped in and bought out Joe’s stake using his earnings from Off the Wall to save the property from being lost. Taking Control: Michael then completely overhauled the compound—adding the recording studio, private movie theater, and mini-zoo. It became his personal playground and creative sanctuary until he moved to Neverland in 1988, flipping the dynamic so the family was now residing in his home under his terms. 🩺 Vitiligo & Lupus (Clearing Up the Misconceptions) Why Address This? For decades, the media spread a harmful tabloid myth that Michael intentionally "bleached his skin because he hated being Black." Highlighting these medical conditions in the film is crucial because it sets the record straight with actual facts. Vitiligo: This is an autoimmune condition where the immune system attacks pigment-producing cells (melanocytes), resulting in blotchy white patches across the body. As it progressed in the early '80s, Michael initially used dark makeup to cover the white patches. Once the vitiligo spread over most of his body, his dermatologist prescribed Benoquin cream to depigment the remaining dark spots so his skin tone looked uniform. Lupus & Impact on Healing: Michael also suffered from Discoid/Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Lupus causes skin inflammation, severe tissue breakdown, and extreme photosensitivity (vulnerability to sunlight). Crucially, this autoimmune disorder severely impaired his body's ability to heal properly—which heavily complicated his recovery from skin grafts, scalp surgeries after the Pepsi fire, and his nasal surgeries (nose jobs), leading to continuous tissue breakdown, scarring issues, and severe chronic pain. 🩺 Other Health, Facts & Production Details The Pepsi Fire (1984): That accident happened on January 27, 1984, when MJ was 25—almost the exact midpoint of his 50-year life. The severe scalp burns he suffered were the root cause of his lifelong struggle with prescription pain medication. Real Gangs in Beat It: Bob Giraldi and Michael actually brought in real, rival members of the Crips and Bloods to dance together in the Beat It video as a gesture of peace and street authenticity. Bill Bray: Bill was Michael’s head of security and a deeply protective figure—really the kind, gentle father figure Michael never had in Joe. Missed Spot: By the way, at around the 1:48 mark in Michael Biopic, you actually missed MJ's son Prince in the frame! Is There a Sequel / Trilogy? YES! Originally, Antoine Fuqua planned a single 3+ hour epic that opened with the 1993 Neverland police raid and the allegations. However, due to legal constraints regarding settlement clauses, those third-act scenes had to be cut and re-edited. Because the first film now stops around the Bad tour era, it leaves room not just for Part 2 (which may jump back to cover those earlier events before moving forward), but potentially a full trilogy to properly flesh out the Dangerous, HIStory, Invincible, and This Is It eras without rushing! Both Jaafar Jackson and Juliano Krue Valdi (who played young Michael) did an unbelievable job capturing Michael’s essence, makeup, and stage presence at different points in his life. Fantastic reaction video!

Hi! I literally just subscribed to the YESSSS MATE tier. I was expecting the full-length reactions to include the movie footage, but I only see your camera feed with a timestamp. Am I missing another version or a link somewhere? If this is the intended format, could you let me know? Thanks!

you guys should definitely watch the actual clip of him announcing his last tour with his brothers lol

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I recently discovered these guys on yt and love their reactions 🫶 Subscribed here to watch their full length reactions, and was quite bummed by discovering they don’t show the movie but do it as a watch along. I thought it was legal to show the whole movie, as long as they do enough commentary (been following a different channel that does this without any issues). So is it actually illegal, or what?

Absolutely LOVE this reaction from you guys. I went to the cinema multiple times to see this and each time I saw so many generations come together, young and old, to celebrate Michael and his music and legacy. Including so many children discovering the magic of Michael for the first time 🥹 MJ has been my favorite since I was a child and I can’t explain how much I love this movie. It’s about to hit $1B in the box office, making it the number 1 biopic worldwide! Love you both, thank you for this.

WHEN I SAW THIS THUMBNAIL I SCREAMED BRUV 😆

Will you please play alien isolation woth Hannah. I know you do movies but I watched you alien reaction and I think you would absolutely adore that game

Have you guys watched Bohemian Rhapsody. Its another great film about an amazing artist. This film was amazing.

Ash you have to react to The Furious its one of the best martial arts movies ive seen in ages

Y'all should do kpop demon hunters

Jafar Jackson had never acted before, he couldn't even dance. But the director, producer they loved him. But because he had no experience AT ALL, they went and interviewed around 200 others including some of the best MJ impersonators. None of them had what it took. They came back to Jafar, put him in acting class started dance training. And they said he didn't have it in him. Jafar asked for just 3 weeks. He danced and practiced until his feet bled. They could all see that Jafar had his uncle's work ethic. And in 3 weeks, Jafar did a performance for the movie tops, and they said "He's got it. He's Michael" Jafar worked so hard because he wanted to give his uncle a clean slate. What a love letter.

Please watch Welcome To Derry

Please do Selena next

I see you’re wearing the GrindHouse Deathproof tshirt. Bro… watch PLANET TERROR … the Deathproof movie was a double Feature along with that movie. Anyways I’m about to watch Michael again syncing with your reaction!

This is an OSCAR WORTHY performance for Jaafar Jackson (Jermaine's son). He obviously crushes the role across the board ... the voice, dramatic parts, and dancing alone is unbelievable. But you also got to remember ... the abusive father is his ACTUAL grandfather in real life. And he's playing the brother of his dad. So forth with the rest of the family. That's a head trip but he stayed laser focused and in the zone throughout. Bravo!

Ash is absolutely correct with the princess Diana story, Dirty Diana was her favourite song! This movie is the perfect example that the critics have no idea what a good movie is. So glad you both enjoyed it

Kat Graham was actually casted and played the part of Diana Ross in the film, but the day before the release they had to remove all her parts from the final cut due too some Legal issues they couldn’t sort out. That’s why the time gap was so big in the film. We didn’t get the times where he was living in New York, Studio 54, meeting back up with Quincy Jones, or The Wiz, they skipped it all and went straight to Off the Wall.

Answering some questions y’all had. Janet didn’t want to participate or be portrayed in the film, but was supportive of Jaafar. A lot of the family members were involved in it at some point, but Michael’s daughter ended up being against the film. She read early scripts and her notes and input on the movie was ignored. She felt it sugar coated the real truths of Hollywood and the industry.

"This Is It" was the name of what was gonna be Michael's last tour EVER, and was planned to take place just weeks after his death

Selena...please, please

Older Michal is played by his nephew Jaafar Jackson, it was his first ever acting role.

this was electric in imax holy

Probably one of the weaker biopics I’ve seen unfortunately. Love you guys though

Speaking of biopics, you guys NEED to watch the social network. It's amazing and so underrated

A tragic fact about his Hair Burning incident is he lived 9,282 days before the incident and 9,281 days after. The half way point of his life. His later addiction to pain medicine and his death was all related to that. very sad.

I can just tell by the thumbnail that hannah will say "Stupid prick" at some point in this reaction

Please reacting to Elvis (2022) which is about Elvis Presley's life, and Nowhere Boy which is about John Lennon's life. Both great movies. Also you never watched Dark Knight Rises with Hannah to complete the Dark Knight Trilogy.

You guys need to react to Mama Mia 1 and 2!!!

YESSSSSSSS!! Best biopic for the best musician and a reaction from the best reactors incoming. Wasn’t expecting this so soon. MJ is my favorite artist and this movie did him justice 👏can’t wait to watch this right after work 🔥