This Is It... Last glimpse we have on MJ. Unable to get someone really interested for the movie, I simply out of sudden went to IOI mall, got myself a popcorn, n caught d show by myself. Surprisingly, the cinema was only half full, and I got a seat K13, right at the middle of entire cinema by myself."This Is It" is about MJ's rehearsal & making of his "never-to-be" final concerts. The "movie" started with few minutes about MJ announcement for his concert "This Is It", recruiting for dancers, and then the scenes of MJ's on-stage rehearsal cut in without further craps. The legendary hits... the songs about humanity & earth... & even some songs that I can hardly name them out (Well I am not his superfans afterall), I almost wanted to close my eyes to enjoy the songs, yet I couldn't bear to leave out any scene of dances & effects on the screen. Nevertheless, classics scenes of Zombies & ghosts dancing in "Thriller", street fight scenes in "Beat It", touching videos in "Earth Song", & every single performance. And the dance moves, OMG, just couldn't believe that he was 50-yrs old. Too bad I just got myself a "s" popcorns, it ran out even before "Thriller" came in.
Throughout the rehearsal, MJ was really involved with every arrangements, musics, effects, timings... I seriously have to take my hat off for his dedication for performance. For his speeches for Earth, humanity & children, you may call them "just for publication", but they can be really touch. This is what he intended to say about environment problem somewhere near the end of concert (Well I can't memorize them completely, so I just kinda rephrase it):
"... People always say "The government will figure out what to do." "They will do something about it." But who are they? It's us. ..."
No scene to remind you "He passed away, so sad...", "He is not gonna be around anymore", or "He was most popular superstar at 80's & 90's" (Even among superstars, he was still the shiniest). This movie is merely a gentle goodbye we have from this MJ (Ok, maybe it is also a money making thing to clear his debt, but enjoying big screen that almost showed a concert with only a movie ticket cost, I think it's really worth it for MJ's fans :P)
By the time the shows ended & the words came out on dark background, I only realized that a lot of his hits (more than I expected) were written by himself. Finally when even the dark background part was ended, there were me, a few Chinese college students, 2 Indian guys, & a Malay uncle with his nieces & nephews still inside the cinema. I guess great musics, performances & artworks really linked different races together... :P
Lastly, after the show, I think MJ is not dead, he is always with all of us who got & who gets inspirations from his songs. And for me, I will go on with these inspirations for my dream.
"... If You Wanna Make The WorldA Better Place;
Take A Look At Yourself, AndThen Make A Change ..."
(Man In The Mirror, Written & Performed by Michael Jackson)
