For the first short film for one of five consecutive record-breaking No. 1 hits from "Bad," Michael Jackson and director Martin Scorsese created an epic 18-minute tale of urban and racial challenges in the 1980s. "Bad" was named the second greatest of Michael's short films by Rolling Stone in 2014.
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The same guy who made Taxi Driver and wolf of wall street made this GUYYYYYYYYS...
"mArTiN dOeSn'T mAkE rEaL mOvIeS!"
Yeah, I'll bet you didn't even know he directed this.
I sort of thought that I had already seen this, but I guess what I'd seen was the condensed music video version because I had no memory of MJ (sorry, "Darryl") taking the trains home from prep school or being pressured into mugging somebody after he gets home, nor did I realize that novelist Dick Price wrote the screenplay! It's extremely good, probably among the greatest music videos of all time, Scorsese's facility and aptitude for the musical form gives this a technical polish that pays real emotional dividends, and it has to be one of the only music videos ever made that deserves recognition for its sound design -- check out those ambient clothing noises right before the music…
Quickie Review
This is not so much a music video as it is a short Scorsese movie about coming back home a positively changed person and how that change affects the people who know you. That's how I see it. As it just so happens that MJ's classic tune "Bad" is at the center of it. Solid direction, energetic choreography and MJ actually delivering some great moments of dramatic acting in the serious scenes. Also, to state the obvious, yes, Wesley Snipes is in this.
The 5 most unbelievable things about Bad
Michael Jackson is in fact "Bad"
Michael Jackson's character is named Darryl
Martin Scorsese directed this
Michael Jackson's character went to an upstate prep school
Wesley Snipes didn't just shank Michael after he dance taunted him for 8 minutes and then a capella name dropped his whole family
The 5 most believable things about Bad
Michael named his character Darryl
Michael had his character go to a predominantly white prep school
Michael thinks he is in fact "Bad"
Michael thinks a grand jeté, a ciseaux, a popping, and a locking are all moves of one who is "Bad"
The Bad video solved gang violence
Could “Bad” Be Scorsese’s Greatest Masterpiece?
“Your butt is mine.” - Michael Jackson
I’m just picturing Martin Scorsese sitting in the director’s chair as MJ spins and does a crotch grab and Scorsese being like, “Um, yep we got it. That was the one… moving on ���”
MJ genuinely does a terrific job acting in this, and I loved the little Scorsese cameo
watched for a better understanding of weird al’s music video for “Fat.”
the worst thing he does here is rip open an air grate.
i spent $1000 on weird al tickets today.
I don't often review things twice on this website, but on what is probably my third or fourth viewing, I have realized that Martin Scorsese's Bad afforded his main star, pop legend Michael Jackson, something he never really got later on in his career: a chance to act truly dramatically. Michael's most successful tango with the cinema being his own Moonwalker production that proved more an extension of the cinematic escapism of his musical short films from the past decade, and the soulful musical The Wiz, which has proved a bona fide cult classic. But Michael, an ardent fan & ever-observant student of film history, never was allowed his The Man with the Golden Arm moment, a chance to deliver a…
