michael jacson released the movie at halloween
This Is It, the much-awaited movie showing the Michael Jackson in rehearsal during the days leading up to his unfortunate demise last summer, is now in the theaters. Just like the concert of the same title that never happened, the picture turned out to be a major event. So much has been said and more will still be said about this film.
Fact is, it is flawed, incredibly so.
This Is It is not really a feature film. No Jackson bio in here. There is no coherent story. Neither is it a documentary, as it does not narrate or delve into anything. It is just a mishmash of footage that most of the time showed Jackson at work.
The worse criticism of all though is, it is exploitative. Jackson has been dead for only a few months, when here come the people who might have made a lot of money on the aborted concert tour with a movie. They probably just want to recoup their investment. And they had the gall to release it on Halloween season yet!
There is really no story in this one and neither is it a record of Jackson’s final days. This Is It comes from 100 hours of film. It is out of these that the producers and director, choreographer Kenny Ortega who was also supposed to direct the concert, put together something that resembles a complete motion picture or at least, something that would make some sense.
Remember, Michael Jackson never thought we would be watching this film so at no time was this guy acting.
This Is It is a work of love for the fans, the people who love Jackson. I warn those who are not, not to watch the movie. Because they’ll surely come out of the theater also loving Michael. So who cares about the faults. All that matters is that Michael Jackson is up there dancing and singing all those wonderful songs.
Exploitative? Maybe. But would you rather they just kept this film under lock and key? No way.
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