BuzzFeed: "'Melania' Is The Worst Movie I've Ever Seen"

[mahatmakanejeeves]

"Melania" Is The Worst Movie I've Ever Seen

Is propaganda always this dull...

Posted 5 hours ago
by Natasha Jokic • BuzzFeed Staff

Note: This post is an Op-Ed and shares the author's personal views.

Last night, I left an empty chickpea can on my counter. When I came back 30 minutes later, small, black bugs had swarmed the tin and were crawling over my sink. I would rather relive that moment a hundred times over than have to watch another minute of the movie Melania.


Amazon-MGM

Melania, the $75 million documentary made by Amazon-MGM, follows the first lady for 20 days before the inauguration. It’s directed by Brett Ratner, who you might know for Rush Hour and being accused of sexual misconduct (he has denied the allegations).

{snip}

The movie opens with Melania's red bottoms walking the halls of Mar-A-Lago as "Gimme Shelter" by the Rolling Stones plays (the band has previously sent the Trump administration cease-and-desist orders and threatened to sue them over the use of their songs). We follow Melania as she boards the Trump private jet, which boasts a Trump bobble head, to fly to their alarmingly gold New York Trump Tower residence. Melania says the first words of the movie: "Everyone wants to know." So here we are.

{snip}

It is tough to think of a worse time for this movie to have come out. We see Melania talk of the grief of losing her mother, as Renée Good's children mourn her. The first lady talks about the importance of being an immigrant while she walks through the rotunda, as ICE butchers people on the street. She reiterates her dedication to the welfare of children, as a 5-year-old is held in detention. The portion of Trump's inauguration where he committed to preserving the Constitution plays. It would be funny if it weren't so dark.

{snip}