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This Is It (2009)
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Summary: Interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.
Country: USA
Directed By: Kenny Ortega
More information at the Internet Movie Database

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This Is It belongs to 11 collections
1. Dance (public: moderated by kyle.loomis - 5 stars)
2. Music documentary (public: moderated by djross - 4 stars)
3. Eligible for Academy Award Best Picture 2009 (public: moderated by Ross - 2 stars)
4. Documentaries about dance (public: moderated by djross - 1 star)
5. Concert (public: moderated by Tripwyre)
6. Michael Jackson (public: moderated by Technikilor)
7. Djross best dance movies (private: djross - 1 star)
8. Djross movie of the year (private: djross)
10. Djross documentary of the year (private: djross)


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What other users thought -- ordered by your TCI
TCI User Score Tier
na DaeSanye
60
T5
na krem99
89
T6
na evil_md
22
T1
na Elekoise
53
T7
na annaud
70
T3
na muutanet
82
T9
Very impressive docu for what was going to be but sadly was not. It showed the entire song list and how they were developing it. What you never saw was the final output, costumes, stage act and all in together, but what you did see was the Michael touch on every detail on the show. The real Michael Jackson at work in his best. Can we hope to see deleted scenes in extras of DVD release?
na jwkwark
100
T10
na MCR
67
T7
na ribtin
55
T4
na madiso
60
T7
na poictesme
0
T1
na Mop3rs.
40
T3
na Empire
3
T6
na Ross
40
T4
Not very interesting, but it would have been a great show.
na LuizOliveira
65
T5
na joedhunt
25
T1
na The Shrink
90
T7
na noelus
76
T5
na amade
87
T7
na TheAlliance
84
T9
Better than expected! I really enjoyed it although - like Chatiz already mentioned - it was a bit fragmented and flawed. He still seemed very energetic and tried to give people the best concert ever by the looks of it. It's a nice look behind the scenes with lots and lots of music, at times it was a trance like feeling even. [coming from a non-diehard fan] rip MJ
na baloonist
50
T4
na oylum
85
T10
na andriftrew
85
T9
na ricky5550
80
T9
na Excelsior
40
T5
na edaz
77
T4
na partible
94
T9
na sengir
78
T6
na isomotion
80
T6
na nechbet
70
T5
na caocao
69
T6
Not tremendously intimate but it does feel like we're getting past the first of what must have been the many barriers of Michael Jackson. It's clear in what little we see that he's a tremendously emotional (and probably sensitive) person so it's a shame that we don't get to know him better. That may be a strength of the show as well as it gives us the slightest peek of the man without entirely pulling the veil back so that we're still enraptured with the entertainer/icon/mystique.
na Corganist
79
T7
na mfidler1
81
T8
na kymmer
60
T5
na Anillusion
83
T9
na santos
71
T4
na kangadoodoo
55
T5
na bumecake
85
T6
na filmcricket
71
T8
na vytautas1982
80
T7
na jaywebb15
94
T10
na jnaciek
85
T10
na Cao
2
T1
na Vertiggo
55
T2
I think you have to be in the mood for this kind of stuff while you are watching, and I wasn't, but here you can see MJ as a great professional while he is preparing a great show, weeks before his death...
na Chilly
80
T6
na Invi
80
T7
na evenor_vl
5
T1
na Chatiz
75
T8
Fragmented and flawed for obvious reasons, but the overall impression is nothing short of 'WOW!" Weeks before his death the King of Pop was still reigning the stage, his magical moves and signature songs. A worthy swan song for one of the all-time greatest entertainers
na Kortee
70
T8
na ladypants
93
T10
na evrenuyanik
75
T9
na td888
75
T6
I wonder; when they did autopsy on MJ if they found the musical director up his ass. What a suck-up. Other than that, an interesting look of MJ behind the scenes. He was truly the king of pop. On a side-note: can somebody make a documentary about these background dancers? It looks likes there's a intriguing hidden world to explore and expose.
na jordanlige
100
T6
awesome movie alot of good dancing
na XakkMaster
78
T7
Michael had the energy and the passion up to the final days. To see him in rehearsal, obviously holding back a little as not to strain his voice, he still sounded nearly the same as on his records. His voice was perfect and his attitude was awesome. Any 50 year old would be hard pressed to have that kind of stage presence! Makes for an awesome "behind-the-scenes" look at what would have been a magical tour.
na benito
74
T6
na reeses87
100
T10
na igel
70
T4
i like MJ, but this is not a movie
na JimiQ
90
T8
na imdb
74
T8
na frederic_g54
79
T7
The feel good movie of the year
na TroyAnderson
52
T4
na djross
80
T9
A chance to glimpse inside the artistic process of a singularly talented performer as he prepares what would have been a remarkable and spectacular return to the stage. No doubt it was compiled from the available footage with a certain degree of haste, but the filmmakers have done a commendable job and succeed in conveying both the actuality of the rehearsals and the potentiality of what was unfortunately if not indeed tragically destined to remain unfulfilled. More footage at close of credits.
na Kimmie
95
T10
na luc
97
T10
Fantastic with all the best songs of Michael and my favourite song : Billie Jean, what a great dance-performance with almost no public. Beautiful colors. Pretty good.
na mausi-masya
90
T7
na lydia69
89
T7
na Eagle-X
74
T8
na Jellysauce
70
T6
na follower
40
T3
Expectedly cheesy at times and most people working on the show are way too enthusiastic about... well, everything. Still, offers a glimpse at what probably would have been a spectacular show and Jackson's performances are fine.
na RetinaScan
80
T6
na somms
100
T10
na coutinho
56
T4
na qazzaq2004
79
T7
na Justin052
77
T5
na Jos
58
T2
na Rufflesack
75
T8
While certain facets of this are certainly money grabs (only showing it for two weeks, charging about 20% more than a regular ticket for what is in honesty not exactly even a feature film and what certainly did not cost as much to make as a feature film considering that it consists entirely of already shot material - what, exactly, is the justification for this?), MJ shows such talent, such devotion, such love for what he does, such a prescence that it's hard not to be left in awe.
na EDGEmovi23
90
T7
na felipelahm
78
T7
You see Michael Jackson with that energy and passion, and you just feel bad that those shows never happened. Rest in peace, MJ.
na Wiche
94
T10
I think it is impossible to watch this film and not love music. When you don't like music, you just have to fall in love watching this. This is much more than a show, when you see MJ, you realize it's a piece of art you're watching. He was one of the greatest, will always be one of the greatest imo!
na rettelo
78
T6
na andreno
82
T8
na pompousass
20
T6
This is curtains, much sooner than Jackson meant when he announced a series of comeback concerts cancelled by his sudden death: "This is the final curtain call." The rehearsal footage for that event, intended for Jackson's "personal library," has here been assembled not with journalistic purpose but rather eulogistic, a best-face scenario, essentially a sequence of planned song-and-dance numbers pieced together from different rehearsals, with different costumes within a single number.
na jgreenwood
100
T10
A genius at work. And to think: it was clear he was only walking through the routines; if he had gotten the chance to do it flat out, the results would have been incredible.
na Myszatek
86
T8
na iSean413
80
T5
na Farzan
74
T7
A pretty decent retelling of the last days of Michael Jackson, the King of Pop. Pretty interesting to see Michael more closely, and not in a courtroom or on the tabloids. Seeing this made me really sad but at the same time really happy to have been around for Michael Jackson's time. As a concert film, it was pretty well made, but It needed more interviews.
na numan
82
T4
na mecheng
84
T9
na Slvbarek
75
T7
na ELifter
50
T3
WAY too long.
na Beer94
76
T7
na loureed
75
T6
na saner
95
T10
na JimmyLeresky
60
T3
na aurora
58
T5
na Enantoiel
50
T5
na capslockyl
70
T5
na NadiH
87
T8
This has all the great songs and paints both a comic and touching portrait of Michael as a man and as an artist. Unfortunately not all of the songs are performed 100% because they are rehearsal footage but some of them are simply brilliant. Well worth seeing for any fan of MJ.
na Deathcrow
75
T8
Much, much better than expected.
na Crazy Jack
75
T7
na murdemotion
81
T7
na unne
80
T8
MJ truly was a musical genius and this movie shows the behind the scenes of just that. He was a professional and a perfectionist at what he did and he will be forever as such which appropriately named him as the King of Pop. RIP MJ thank you for inspiring myself and millions others.
na Petr.vyleta
80
T7
Seeing what the show might look like, You only think - He was the true and only one King of pop. It is obvious, that no one else can ever replace him. Michael is dead, so is pop.
na xanadu2300
98
T7
na Fireglo
80
T7
na mrturk182
98
T8
na princegom
90
T10
na jmsenise
90
T9
na nauru
90
T10
Much more than a simple song-and-dance; this film actually shows some of Jackson's creative process too. Way better than I was expecting. It's remarkable that Jackson is 50 years old and can still out-dance the best dancers from around the world who are roughly half his age, while singing an entire repertoire which he mostly wrote himself. Extraordinarily rare talent and creative vision. If this had made it to the stage it probably would have been one of the greatest shows on earth.
na Iustae
75
T6
na Bere
80
T8
na Istarm
68
T5
na yilb
30
T2
Interesting because Jackson is such a freak. The talent is evident. At a worldwide pop culture phenomenon he is interesting, the execution is a bit long & dull.
na granger
70
T6
na Ram0n
72
T6
na kadeal
65
T3
na thaysdamas
75
T5
na Dirt Magik
80
T7
na kipkipkip
95
T9
na filmaffinity
73
T9
na apostlion
80
T8
na st_fly
32
T4
Good. This is a behind the scenes look at MJ's rehearsals for his last big tour. It clearly lacks the intimacy and personal touches expected from the man's very last film, more like a last ditch attempt to capitalize off the King of Pop's death. But still, the man could moves even at 50 making this film a great addition to any fans' library and that is the audience its Recommended for.
na Rated R
65
T6
na HarleyG
100
T10
na nighthawk
73
T6
na dodieselrey
73
T4
na Kamil
90
T10
na schnofel
76
T9
na RhYnoECfnW
8
T9
na napkinbob
85
T8
na Jibiti
85
T7
na BillyShears
90
T10
A real shame that Michael passed away. He's just going through the motions in this, and makes it look so easy. The concert would of been fantastic.
na mogizzle
85
T3
na TheDiceman
70
T9
What a shame he died before this show could hit the road, it would have been truely fantastic. All accusations aside this man was a genius and truely the king of pop.
na PeaceAnarchy
79
T6
A little unfocused and, not being a Jackson fan, this got a little old but it was still reasonably enjoyable. The backstage views of preparing a show were interesting and the underlying tensions between Michael, the manager and the often confused background performers were pretty funny. Certainly it was more substantive than the fluffy idolatry I expected.
na IronMAN
50
T1
na piratejerk
7
T4
na norval_jones
94
T10
na 2dumbblondes
100
T6
na PaRaNoYa7
84
T5
na djkanoko
60
T8
na JoO
75
T7
na OMGFridge
75
T8
Despite its haste to be released its actually pretty well made. The full concert experience is never unleashed and you see the side of Jackson you want (not the one in the tabloids). No doubt perfection was going to be the target which only leaves you thinking - 'if only'.
na Holygrail2
88
T7
na jaded
100
T10
na Insania
70
T5
na never1and
80
T10
na INDYATMN
75
T4
Jackson's abilities r well known. What's revealed here is how deeply involved the man was in any&all aspects of his performances & the level of commitment 2 creating nothing less than groundbreaking spectacle -in this case, a farewell tour.Unfortunately since the film gives u constant glimpses into the epic he had in mind, it's hard not 2 feel gypped that ur spending ur time watching rehearsals -however much talent is on display- instead of seeing the mind-blowing extravaganza that never was
na jdelbalzo99
85
T7
na LouisGoodman
84
T6
na Monster
80
T7
na sakaerka
91
T8
na Phlag
69
T5
na Void
2
T5
na miawallce
72
T5
na corruptelite
67
T6
na Cinema_Asia
80
T7
na Poydflink
15
T1
na fabioleal
60
T4
na iaint6kall
90
T8
na Blair
80
T5
na nikolajrh
70
T8
na bigfish
84
T7
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