Michael Jackson's This Is It
 

Anyone else gone to the show yet?

I was never a huge Jackson fan, I liked Thriller and his older stuff, I think the only album I owned was Thriller.

Anyhow, the wife and I went to go see this movie tonight and I must say it was pretty amazing. I came away with a few impressions:

First, that guy was NOT sick in any way. At least not physically. He was dancing like crazy.

Second, damn he was a talented dude. Every song he sang sounded like it could be coming out of the radio. I'm not sure if they overdubbed vocals or not, but I didn't hear him off pitch one time even during a walkthrough or a sound check.

Third, everyone around him was a huge kiss ass. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, he is Michael Jackson after all, but it makes it all the more plausible that he got a doctor to give him propofol to sleep at night. The guy could say the sky was green and every person in that crew would agree wholeheartedly.

Fourth, I wasn't planning on going to that concert but man it was going to be a hell of a show! Really impressive.

my wife will drag me.

i am not even curious. i liked him in thriller alright. i have not really kept up with his "manifestations", but i always felt he just recycled the same dance moves. most dancer/singers bring new moves to the table, and wow the audience. did MJ moonwalk in the movie? i should probably shut up, i cant dance for crap...i still do the "lawn sprinkler" on the dance floor :)

Alright... Your man card... Hand it over...

LOL, you'll never get my man card!

Unfortunately no moonwalking, maybe he was saving it for the real show. There is a full uncut run through of Billie Jean though, pretty impressive stuff.

My favorite song from MJ is either Smooth Criminal or Don't Stop Till You Get Enough.

. . . wouldn't walk across the yard to see this.

I gotta say, as weird as he was, 23-24 years ago, my wife and I went to see him at Dodgers Stadium on his "Victory Tour" we mailed in ticket applications from the LA Times and for something like $20 each we randomly got seats that were about five rows from the stage on the field, center. The people next to us paid hundreds per seat. The show was fantastic. Why a handsome young black man would turn himself into a middle aged white women is beyond me.

Talented as well.

Sad that he found the company of young boys better than adults as he could have had anything he wanted.

Would not pay 2c to see this and the sooner he is out of the limelight IMHO the better.

Hey, are you going to be in London next week or not?

Time to pass folks...Anyway, he was seen with Elvis in a fishing boat south of mexico...JFK was the captain.

Was Teddy there as well?

Yup...but on another boat...with Anna Nicole.....:)

Figured as much, he always was a titman and he knew those big boobs would keep him afloat even if she was dead. He could just bob up and down w/ those tits wrapped on both sides of his ears. What a guy.

Does not appear that I will be heading there right now. Things may change but doubt it. Everything fell apart on Thursday. Frigging Nigerians!

Lollll Widgeon...you make my day....:)SmileWavy

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He was a talented dude for sure... but just not my cup O tea.

Girlfriend might drag me to it but I will use evasive maneuvers... Michael Jackson? Oh look honey, something shiny!

Watched a few minutes of the Jackson 5 movie last night... hoo boy what a stinkaroo! Swithced to Brannagin instead.

I do not fund pedophiles or their families by patronizing their concerts and movies.

The man was a sick, disgusting piece of human ****, i would never give him a single red cent of my money.

i wont go see it because i do not want to give my money to the jacksons.

i never liked him anyway. the ONLY reason i would see it is because i would like to see the behind the scenes stuff, the creativity of putting a show together.

i was one of the sounds techs for my church. we use to have a lot of bands come in, we have a 2000 seat church with the biggest stage here in myrtle beach. i enjoyed sound checks more than the shows because a lot of the times the bands might just jam for a while. thats when a lot of their creativity comes out

Never a big fan myself, but went with the g/f yesterday.

Have to say it was an incredibly entertaining movie.
Sure...didn't dig the kiss ass stuff either, but the music was out of this world.
Sound system was great in the movie theater.
Knew almost all the songs.
He was a seriously talented singer/dancer/entertainer....no matter what his personal problems were.
A genius in the musical world for sure.
The backup dancers and musicians assembled for this were the best in the world.

If you can get past your hatred, preconceived notions, etc.
I'll think you'll be very surprised.
Close your eyes if you must....but experience the soundtrack.
Visually impressive as well.
I give it a 4 out of 5 stars for sure.
IMHO obviously.

And no, I'm not turning in my man card.:rolleyes:

Saw it yesterday also. At 50 years old, he could still put on master class in dancing. Say what you want, but the man was a heck of an entertainer. Very intersting to see how they put things together as well.

That's asking a lot from this crowd...

Michael's old Music Director is one of my pilots at the company. (made millions with Michael and being a pilot was always a dream of his...so it's his quasi-retirement job) Anyway, I had lunch with him during a training event a few weeks ago, and he told me all about MJ. From our conversation, he told me that MJ was about the most insecure person he's ever known, and would get physically upset if anybody brought more attention than him in a room.

It was cool hearing this guy's stories....whether it's playing with Stevie Wonder, Def Leppard, Christina Aguilera, whatever. He's a musical genius and a savant when it comes to memorizing stuff.

"This is it"...That's a laugh. They'll be trying to make money off his rotting corpse for years to come.

Saw it with the wife.

My take aways were that he did work hard, he had a vision he wanted to share and was a very good entertainer.

As far as a movie, it was definately a fan film. It provided zero illumination on how he got to where he was and why he did the things he did (both good and bad). But then again, that stuff will not see the light of day for at least a few years.

Do I regret going, no.

Would I see the movie again, no.

Dude, it's a compilation of footage from his concert rehearsals, not a movie about his life...

I'd heard he could barely move or sing, the O2 shows were going to be 5 minutes of him tottering around with the backup dancers and lipsynch carrying the rest of the show, and I figured the movie would be mostly fawning interviews and old video clips.

Wrong.

80% of the movie was him performing, without the lightshow, the backup dancers in warmup clothes, only a handful in the audience - and he was great. Moving great - sharp, crisp, graceful - and singing great too. The man was older than me, older than most of us on this board, and he was stepping like it was 15 years ago. I was very impressed and entertained.

He is a controversial person, has always been, but he was a spectacular entertainer and the movie was a pretty good reminder of that.

We'll never see the end of the MJ exploitation garbage, just like John Lennon and Elvis, more stuff will be produced and sold after death then they ever sold during his life...