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Ken Hanke	MICHAEL JACKSON'S THIS IS IT	Lead	[-]
Posts: 49690 (11/04/09 11:30 AM) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None http://www.mountainx.com/movies/review/michael_jacksons_this_is_it
Jeremy Dylan		#1	[-]
Posts: 35 (11/04/09 06:38 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I'm of two minds as to whether to see this. The film is comprised of footage that was shot for Jackson specifically so he could see what he was doing wrong, he was purposefully running at half steam to save his voice and energy for the actual concerts and I'm sure he'd have been horrified that this was going to stand as his last artistic record. And given his relationship with Sony, he'd probably be appalled at how much money this will make for them. Jackson was an extraordinary artist between Off The Wall and Bad, and I'd rather remember him for that work, than as the grotesque zombified caricature of himself that he'd become by the end. And the title. I know it was the name of the tour that he's rehearsing for in the film, but this obviously is not it. It's just the beginning of the posthumous cash-in. Expect endless repackaging of his old records, box sets and documentary series in the months to come. On the other hand, it does seem a pretty extraordinary film. 'There's no such thing as an original sin' - Elvis Costello
Ken Hanke		#2	[-]
Posts: 49693 (11/05/09 04:26 AM) Administrator Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	The interesting thing is that it really hasn't made nearly the money Sony expected. You would have thought this was bigger'n Harry Potter and Twinklight combined to listen to the entertainment reportage on the various news shows. That is scarcely borne out by a national $23 million opening weekend. I know my personal theater experience is skewed because corporate decided they could get premium prices on this and made it cost more to see it at my theater than anywhere else, meaning that most people went anywhere else. Even so, we had sell-out after sell-out on the opening weekend of WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE, but never even got close to a sell-out on this.
luluthebeast		#3	[-]
Posts: 3195 (11/06/09 10:05 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	They're probably happy it's over 113 million worldwide, but they won't get a penny from me!
HarryLong		#4	[-]
Posts: 19456 (11/11/09 11:26 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	So that outpouring of grief to rival the Valentino funerals didn't translate into actually shelling out money, huh? My interest in Jackson has always been fairly minimal, but I'll be giving this a wide berth. What he did to his face over the years is just too damned creepy. It would be like watching Erik sing & dance.
kevin g shinnick		#5	[-]
Posts: 12002 (11/12/09 12:48 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	He does on Bwy in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.. =)

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