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[-] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 66 points 3 days ago

moviegoers, most of whom were older white women, liked what they saw on screen. “Melania” earned an “A” grade on CinemaScore and 99% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, a vast discrepancy from the 8% Rotten Tomatoes average it received from critics.

Nothing suspicious about that at all...

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 days ago

It's possible that the kind of people who would choose to watch this movie actually do like it.

[-] Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 35 points 3 days ago

Maybe... but It's only 99% from "verified accounts", when you include non verified reviews it drops to 30%.

Additionally, all these verified accounts have usernames with either their first name, or their first name with the last initial (Jane or Mark F for example), many of them also don't go into detail with their reviews, it's just shit like:

Great movie! A must see.

Beautifully done! Sophistication and class. Amazing First Lady!

Great overall movie.

And so much more...

I am sure some magats loved it, but these reviews are total BS.

[-] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago

Barely need Russian troll farms anymore; just trained bots will handle a lot.

And then, pointing that stuff out doesn't make nearly the difference one might hope, as the message is primarily geared towards non-thinkers / binary-thinkers, anyway.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I'll never understand people that jump through so many mental hoops to try to justify what are obviously lies.

[-] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Well then, since you've seen the movie yourself rather than baselessly speculating like the rest of us, what can you say about its appeal to its target audience?

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Lol.

In an Attenborough voice:

"Angry and resentful at being so perfectly clocked the resentful forum poster resorts to strawman attacks."

[-] watson387@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 days ago

I hear you. They should've pointed that out.

[-] Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

What do you mean? Only one of the old white ladies that actually went to watch it, gave it a bad review. The other 99 loved it. How is that "suspicious"?

[-] etherphon@midwest.social 2 points 2 days ago

This movie is so unpopular it hasn't even been pirated yet lol.

[-] homes@piefed.world 32 points 3 days ago

Please stop posting pictures of her

[-] SlackerPreface57@feddit.online 14 points 3 days ago

If I could never see Mar-A-Lago Face again I will be happy. The horror.

[-] homes@piefed.world 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Seriously. These cunts have made me hate bleach.

[-] SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

It was the greatest money laundering! You've never seen corruption as bigly as this!

[-] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago

Wonder how streaming will do. Free, maybe you'll get some watchers. I'll never watch it personally. I would rather watch Outlander for the 3462nd time with the wife. I fucking hate Outlander

[-] derry@midwest.social 1 points 2 days ago

Amazon will force it to be watched before you can use prime video.

[-] canuck666777@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 days ago

A slovenian hoe who keeps getting paid for doing God knows what who's slept her way to the top. Yeah just the kind of "filum" I want to watch! JFC!🙄

[-] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 4 points 3 days ago

I saw a poster for this in the cinema today. It's the first I'd heard of this and i just can't fathom it's existence

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago

It's a bribe for Trump from Amazon.

[-] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 1 points 2 days ago

But he's a narcissist who only cares about himself and has no respect for women... why would it be that good a bribe?

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Narcissists will often see currying favor with people associated with them as doing so for them. Plus, the "documentary" paints Trump in a positive light as well.

[-] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 2 points 2 days ago

Ahhhh of course plus "they're praising my property"

[-] JakenVeina@midwest.social 6 points 3 days ago

I mean, it WAS, but not directly.

[-] aramis87@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago

Amazon paid a staggering $40 million to acquire “Melania” and a follow-up streaming docuseries. Then the company shelled out $35 million on the theatrical marketing spend

Bezos makes about 80 million per day; this is literally just a rounding error to him.

this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2026
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