The #MichaelMovie would’ve been a solid 10/10, 5-star Letterboxd moment, if it ended with a Doctor Strange-style portal opening, and out steps Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury, Taron Egerton as Elton John, Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan, Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin, Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny Cash, Austin Butler as Elvis, and Jeremy Allen White as The Boss.
Then Rami’s Freddie turns to Michael and says:
“Darling…...I’m putting together a team”
Cut to a tease of Paul Mescal, Harris Dickinson, Joseph Quinn, and Barry Keoghan as The Beatles, launching the ultimate “MCU” (Music Cinematic Universe) with their mission to take down Justin Bieber. Missed opportunity 🥲
If the Stranger Things writers wrote Lord of the Rings:
GANDALF: OK, so we've got to put the smackdown on this Ring thing. It can only be destroyed -
GIMLI: Don't worry - I got this. *hits it with an axe and falls* Ow.
GANDALF: - in the fires of Mount Doom.
BOROMIR: I just don't get it. Why can't we just fire this bad boy up and use it against Sauron? Boom. Headshot.
GANDALF: OK, so, think of Sauron like this Atari. *Clears off pedestal and slaps down an Atari and a copy of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.*
GANDALF: Now, if we destroy this copy of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, we might think it's gone forever. But -
ELROND: - but Atari still has the source code.
GANDALF: Right. *starts drawing on a transparent whiteboard* - But, if we destroy the source code -
LEGOLAS: ... the existing copies could be buried in a landfill, and they'd eventually go bad from corrosion.
GANDALF: Exactly. Destroy the source code -
ELROND: - destroy Sauron.
BOROMIR: Great. So how do we destroy this Source Code Ring? It's not like we can just hop on our skateboards and shred into Mordor.
LEGOLAS: Hang on though. If we gave the Ring to someone small enough -
GIMLI: - Sauron wouldn't be expecting it -
ELROND: - and we could chuck it right into the fire while he's busy trippin' over Minas Tirith.
GANDALF: - and then -
LEGOLAS: - no more E.T. *finger guns*
BOROMOR: It sounds crazy, but it just might work.
FRODO: Guys, I'm gay.