This... Wasn't It

Or... This is shit, but I didn't think it was THAT bad,

This Is It is a movie everyone should have heard of through the mass hype and hysteria of Michael Jackson's mysterious death. Though he isn't actually dead, thats beside the point. This movie follows behind the scenes of Michael Jackson's preparation for his huge completely sold out final concert tour "This Is It". The movie follows around Michael, his kiss-ass director, and the back-up dancers, singers, and band members of the huge concert.

The premise of This Is It sounds amazing, a 2 hour movie of backstage access with the biggest icon in music history. Alas, it turned out to be just an extremely long 2 hour movie with very bad audio, with a few good special effects here and there. Michael seemed very picky about all of his tendencies, and the movie did not shine a very good light on how he was as a person. Having a director that listened to everything Michael said and dancers that were crying every five seconds because of the opportunity they were given makes you want to cringe. Also, did anyone notice how big his hands are? That just seemed disgusting...

Though, there were some bright spots in this otherwise bleak movie. Michael still had the dance moves he had in the 80's, you can tell that the concert would have been a spectacle for the ages, and the guitar playing girl was sexy while shredding.

This Is It was a major struggle to watch all the way through, and should have been made much shorter, with less pointless interviews with pointless people. If each song was given the audio clarity it deserved, and the movie was cut down to around the hour and a half range, then maybe I could have stayed interested. Instead, they tried to give you an inside look at the boring and pointless rehearsals for over 2 hours.