Review - "Michael Jackson: This Is It"

Last week was the release of the long awaited Michael Jackson movie "This Is It".  Like everyone else in the country, I got my tickets and hit the theater to see what the fuss was about.  I haven't made much mention of it on this site, but I have a certain view of the entire situation surrounding Michael's death.  I'm not gonna get into that right this second, but I will do what every other reviewer is seemingly scared to and tell the truth about this movie. 

I'll start this off by saying I'm a huge MJ fan.  I own every CD, I've seen every concert, video, etc.  I know his songs/moves like the back of my hand.  So it was VERY easy for me to notice something was off when I first saw the trailers.  Long story short, Sony/AEG is employing body doubles/imposters for a large bulk of this movie.  Additionally, alot of the footage was added after the fact to give the viewer the impression that there was interaction between MJ and the crew (stagehands, dancers, choreographers, etc).  I won't give away which scenes are actually Michael and which aren't, but you'll notice during the film that there are only certain times you'll see Kenny Ortega (the films director) and MJ at the same time.  There's a reason for that.

My guess is this:  When AEG decided they wanted to make this film, they realized they didn't have enough footage of MJ to stretch into a full movie.  So alot of fluff was added, and some of that fluff came in the form of an impersonator (or maybe impersonators), who may look enough like MJ to get away with a paparazzi picture, but completely expose themselves anytime they try to pull of some of MJ's signature dance moves.  Why they'd resort to such drastic and blatantly obvious lengths is anyone's guess.  Taking all of this into consideration, I still found myself enjoying the movie, and appreciating the real TRUE footage of MJ that was included.  My overall opinion of this subject extends far beyond just this one movie, but I'd be typing all day if I were to get on the subject.  Just know; if you go to see this movie, everything is not what it seems.