That’s because it’s a bribe, and not a documentary that’s supposed to make money, lol.
“I’d be amazed if box office gets reported on this title,” one industry insider told The Mirror, adding that the film’s distributors might be paying a fee to cinemas to screen the movie, an established practice known as “four-walling.”
Documentary filmmaker Stefano Da Frè, who was not involved in the film, told CNN that “data-driven” Amazon would not have invested that much expecting to lose money.
“With all their tools, all their AI, Amazon Web Services — they didn’t just come up with that number randomly,” Da Frè said. “They believe, through their metrics, that it’s worth that amount.”
40M is nothing to Bezos, and it’s a good investment if it wins him a few favors from Trump.
With narcissism, I think their goal is always both. They deserve the bribe and the adoration, in their minds
It shows a really quite astounding lack of self awareness to even think that it’s worth having a premier in the UK.
Had she been even remotely aware of how we (I’m from the UK) feel about her husband over here, she would know that this was inevitable.
Her husband is universally despised in this country. Even by the Right.
She should be despised too, she’s not a victim.
Easy there. Reform dipshits love him.
What about the far right though?
Some on the far right praise him, yeah. That’s true. “Universally” was my use of hyperbole.
The vast majority of UK residents despise him though, to the point that any political leader coming out in support of him would effectively be killing their career. Hence why Nigel Farage is dancing around the topic like maypole.
“With all their tools, all their AI, Amazon Web Services — they didn’t just come up with that number randomly,” Da Frè said. “They believe, through their metrics, that it’s worth that amount.”
Having worked at Amazon for a couple years this is the most hilarious thing I’ve read.
If someone L10+ wants something to happen its gonna happen metrics be damned. Lemmings will fudge numbers and just make it work. For all the bluster about LPs and such it’s a very top down culture and what VPs and above want they fucking get it.
What’s an L10?
TL;DR it’s a way of indicating VP level positions at Amazon. It’s someone really high up the chain. To put in perspective Andy Jassy is an L12.
Longer answer. At Amazon every position has a level. I was a software engineer so that’s what I’ll speak to here but these apply to non engineering positions as well.
L1-3 are non engineering positions.
L4 is junior engineer
L5 is mid-senior IC (individual contributor) and the lowest rung for Engineering management.
L6 is Senior IC and middle rung for managers.
L7 is Principal engineer and Senior Manager. For context only about 1-2% of the company ever get this high.
L8 is Senior principal and Director level management.
L9 you skip because that was Bezos’ level and everyone just doesn’t use it.
L10 are VP level management. You occasionally get an IC this high when Amazon wants to poach talent from another company but generally this is reserved for management.
As you said, it’s only worth that amount as a bribe. Paying Trump directly would definitely be a problem if we had a functioning Supreme Court and Congress (or if he were a Democrat), but why not make sure that bribe has a thin veil of deniability by wrapping it up in a pretty package that’s labeled “Movie.”
Apparently you can just give him a Rolex and a gold bar and it’s all good.
They believe they’ll get something back out of this via corruption for sure.
I think ultimately Trump will blame Amazon for messing up the movie defeating the whole point of the exercise though.
Amazon should have let Ellison’s companies make it because the backlash won’t have been worth it.
He’s half right. Bezos is getting what he paid for. He couldn’t care less if anyone sees that movie.
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That’s because it’s a bribe
You misspelled, “public money laundering”.
Well said.
this comment has more viewers than her movie
Worldwide even.
The book is ALWAYS better.
This movie was just a trump bribe.
Amazon didn’t care if it lost money. They gave 25 million for the rights to melanias story right to trump. A legal payout. So they spent a few more million on a failed movie.bribe was payed
You can choose the seat yet take one on the side??
I think that might literally just be a broken seat.
If you think you might want to leave early, more polite not to disturb the other patrons. If there were any other patrons, of course.
I dunno how you get a whole movie out of her story. What is there to tell?
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Eastern European model
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Sleeps her way into the family of a rich asshole
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Has baby to secure long term seat at the dinner table
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The end
That’s a story everyone has seen play out 1000 times already.
Illegally worked in the USA too.
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Why would someone be humiliated that their money laundering scheme is laundering money?
You people don’t honestly believe she gives a shit, right? And you certainly must recognize this movie as just being a grift, and that it wasn’t made with the intention or expectation of being successful, right?
Please tell me you all aren’t that fucking blind.
Yep, it’s just like all of the “bestselling” books the right “writes”. Real people don’t actually buy them; the PACs buy them to funnel money into the pockets of the subject of the book.
It’s not money laundering, it’s a corrupt bribe.
Why would someone be humiliated that their money laundering scheme is laundering money?
And why is there wall to wall clickbait headlines about the Melania movie to begin with?
Please tell me you all aren’t that fucking blind.
I also believe that above all else, this was a money laundering scheme.
That being said, I feel like there was a part of her that was hoping this documentary about her life would be revered as incredibly interesting and a work of art. Like, single digit ticket sales is incredibly bad… I don’t care who you are - that’s gotta sting. And that’s hilarious.
I read she made $30M from the film - that’s pretty shockingly obscene compared to all the big tech innaguration bribes - of “only” $1M.
You’re forgetting: 1. The ballroom, and 2. Trumpcoin.
I’m certainly not forgetting, but in the interest of brevity, I decided not to detail out the hundreds of different ways Diaper Don has been bribed or otherwise fleeced his loyal idiots.
Fair enough!
What the fuck is possibly the content of this movie?
How to pretend to have a headache so you don’t have to sit on the mushroom again?
Melania’s early career as a queer-baiting wannabe porn star?
The story of the first mail order bride to become first lady?
The story of the last occupant of the East Wing?
Where to find Dick Tracey’s haberdasher?
Melania’s early career as a queer-baiting wannabe porn star?
Wouldn’t those films sell better? Assuming she actually did any.
Oh she did, I’m referring to various things in this post but yeah she did some queer-baiting photo shoots as a model.
No shame in being gay or even being “gay for pay” or a sex worker or any of these but she and her husband are vile, trashy hypocrites and are trying to dismantle rights for LGBTQ+ people. So, I think it’s worthy of ridicule.
It’ll be 90 minutes of her servicing guests at Epstein Island, then 30 minutes of legal threats that she is not now, and never has been a prostitute.
Breaking: Hitler’s bride isn’t popular
No shortage of Chuds who were horny for Eva Braun. But I’ve seen far more slashfic of Sarah Palin than Melania, even now.
Idk what it is about this generation of MAGA, but they’re way less into jerking it to their (female) fascist overlords than they were 16 years ago.
It’s because she’s an immigrant and speaks as if she landed here fucking 2 weeks ago.
Be best…
I mean, she’s a fashion model by trade not a stage actor. She can still sorority girl posse with the best of them. But then she opens her mouth, and you get a sorority girl tier of conversation.
Melania is way below sorority girl tier.
Did the shitbag Hitler make a film for Eva?
Some people are so poor all they have is money.
Sure. Humiliated all the way to the bank.
And luckily she didn’t even have to have sex with a monster this time to make these millions
That you know of
Hi, I’d like to withdrawal the $38 from my ticket sales please?
Surely the only people buying tickets are teenagers who want to have sex in an empty theater?
“Paradise Alley” was pretty good for that, back in 78.
Don’t ask how I know.
UK cinema chain Vue’s will premier “Melania” at 3:10 p.m. at its flagship Islington theater in London, but so far only one person has bought a ticket and just two tickets have sold for a 6 p.m. showing – undercutting President Donald Trump’s hype claims
“MELANIA, the Movie, is a MUST WATCH,” Trump posted Tuesday on Truth Social. “Get your tickets today — Selling out, FAST!”
Lmao, one person… probably a critic who has to watch it too.
