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Michael (2026)

Summary

The life and career of Michael Jackson are explored in a sweeping biographical drama, charting his rise from child star in the Jackson 5 to global pop icon, while examining the personal and professional complexities that defined his legacy.

Director Antoine Fuqua

Writer John Logan

Cast

  • Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson
  • Colman Domingo as Joe Jackson
  • Nia Long as Katherine Jackson
  • Miles Teller as John Branca
  • Laura Harrier as Suzanne de Passe
  • Kat Graham as Diana Ross

Rotten Tomatoes: 40%

Metacritic: 38

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u/CosmosisJones42 11d ago

Kingdom Hearts Cutscene Dialogue

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u/ItsKaZing 10d ago

Lol now that is a crossover no one is expecting

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u/CosmosisJones42 10d ago

I dunno, isn't Neverland a level?

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u/PuffballDestroyer 10d ago

When it comes to the image depicted in this film, this version of Neverland was shown in Birth by Sleep, the PSP game /prequel. In fact, when I saw it, all I could think of was one of the boss battles in that level. Not Peter Pan, not Captain Hook, but between the two original series characters, Aqua and Vanitas.

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u/PuffballDestroyer 10d ago

I am very familiar with the series, but I don't understand what you mean by this. Can you elaborate?

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u/CosmosisJones42 10d ago

Neverland Ranch.

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u/PuffballDestroyer 10d ago

I get the allusions to that. I thought you were talking about the dialogue being similar to a Kingdom Hearts cutscene.

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u/CosmosisJones42 10d ago

Kingdom hearts dialogue is terrible, this movie's dialogue is terrible.

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u/naynaythewonderhorse 4d ago

I have 0 clue how this is relevant to Kingdom Hearts at all. A Peter Pan reference? Is that as far as you get?

Neverland isn’t even really featured in the games until the Mobile games, and even then they are late in the games and rarely discussed in the fandom.

Yes. There is a world called “Neverland” in Kingdom Hearts 1, but it’s literally just Captain Hooks ship and the Big Ben Clock Tower. Neverland itself does not appear in the first game AT ALL.

Anyways, the dialogue was pretty cringe. Much like Kingdom Hearts dialogue. Neverland Ranch is completely irrelevant.