Michael Jackson: THIS IS IT Concert Movie (review/report)

[_Jersey Girl]

Michael Jackson's THIS IS IT Concert Movie opens tomorrow evening.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H68ik5DtBpM&feature=yva-video-display


I have tickets for Sunday!

Anyone else or am I the only Jackson fan on this entire board?

Probably.

:-)

[_Jersey Girl]

Where did this VOICE come from?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMUuOZyt0O8&feature=related

Don't read the dialogue. Just LISTEN.

[_Jersey Girl]

Saw it earlier today...

If you are a Michael Jackson fan, and I can't imagine anyone going to see this concert movie for any other reason, your eyes will stay glued to the screen the entire time and when you leave, you will have tears in them.

Not because he was a washed up incompetent has-been at age 50, but because he clearly wasn't.

What you see is rehearsal footage. You see it in rough form and then some of the songs, you see in dress rehearsal. You never quite see a whole number all the way through. You see parts of each one as the act is being constructed into one performance of each song. There is one song where there are three frames of Jackson (two rehearsals and one dress rehearsal) dancing simultaneously.

This concert was to be more of a theatrical performance of Jackson's fan-favorite songs. He chose the songs based on fan internet polls. The dancers, singers and musicians are exceptional. The backdrops for many songs were film presentations that created the effect of Jackson superimposed on them in the flesh as it were. Thriller was accompanied by new film and the music totally vibrated the theater.

Since Jackson left the stage approx. 10 years ago, new technology has been developed in the form of film, costumes and lighting effects, and some was being developed for the show itself as rehearsals took place.

The official trailer for THIS IS IT, indicates that Jackson had a message he wanted to share with the world. And he did. His message had to do with saving the planet from environmental ruin. There is no question in my mind but that this was the direction he intended for his altruistic/humanitarian interests and efforts to move toward.

If you happen to go see the movie, don't leave when the credits start to roll or you will not see the entire film to it's end.

Stay and watch what happens.

;-)

The movie theater remained silent for the entirety of the film. No one spoke as they were leaving. I assume that they were filled with emotion and/or crying.

Just like we were.

[_Gazelam]

Thanks for the review Jersey. I plan on taking my kids to see this since they had become fans of his shortly before he died. I put a greatest hits songs and a few of his videos on their ipods, then he died.

The movie sounds very entertaining. I remember way back in 1985 when there were rumors that Jackson would play Las vegas and I wanted to go. Watchign this on the big screen would be a nice consolation.

[_Jersey Girl]

Thanks for the review Jersey. I plan on taking my kids to see this since they had become fans of his shortly before he died. I put a greatest hits songs and a few of his videos on their ipods, then he died.

The movie sounds very entertaining. I remember way back in 1985 when there were rumors that Jackson would play Las vegas and I wanted to go. Watchign this on the big screen would be a nice consolation.

Gaz,

You can take your children to this without worry. There was only one questionable remark by the musical director telling Jackson if he wanted the intro to a song to sound "more booty", he could revise it. It wasn't something that Jackson injected, it was the musical director. There are no other questionable remarks, dialogue except for that. Jackson never says or does anything off hand or off color. He is serious business all the way.

There is some uh, grinding/thrusting going on, but not at all as prevalent as you have seen in the past. Of course, I liked that. ;-)

I think you will appreciate how organically immersed Jackson was in the creative process. You will see him tweak the songs until they are how he wanted them to sound. These songs are in his blood stream. He fully understands how to use his voice, the sound systems, etc. to his advantage. He knows where he wants to go and takes everyone with him.

You will appreciate his professionalism.

There was a funny remark that he made. A musician asked him how he wanted a certain part of a song to sound (it might have been the scene I previously described) and Jackson said, "I want it to sound the way I wrote it." ;-)

You will not get a feeling of a shy-wishy-washy-giggling Jackson from this. Quite the opposite is true. I was surprised to see that he was somewhat demanding in what he wanted to have happen.

The whole production put me in mind of a Broadway theatrical performance. It probably could have played a large Vegas concert venue.

If you see it, you have to share a review here!

It was so interesting and so sad all at the same time. Part of you wants to celebrate his return to the stage and part of you wants to mourn. There was one part that I was totally unprepared for, started to tear up and didn't stop until I got home. I will not tell you what it was. That's how mean I am!

Whatever else you may think of the controversies surrounding his life, if you get a sense of the Jackson "catalog", the various media forms he used to produce his work and the span of his career, you will come to the realization that we have lost an exceptional talent.