"THIS IS IT" Opens today
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For me "This is sick", see how people tries to milk money out of His Death!
Michael Jackson fans poured out of cinemas on Wednesday applauding the new "This Is It" movie of the late pop star's final concert rehearsals and ringing up sales at box offices worldwide.
Columbia Pictures, the studio behind the movie, said the film took in $2.2 million in late Tuesday night screenings in North America following its Los Angeles premiere, and early Wednesday matinee showings were surpassing that figure.
In international markets, where the film is expected to play strongly given the "Thriller" singer's huge global appeal, box office figures are still being collected, but "early indications already reveal strong attendance," Columbia said.
Fan excitement at the heavily hyped release of "This Is It" was mixed with sadness that one of music's biggest stars and most troubled celebrities died before he could bring his live comeback to the stage.
"This Is It" was cut from 80 hours of film of the singer's rehearsals for 50 London concerts planned from July which he envisioned both as a return to the limelight after years of life as a recluse and a final farewell to live performance.
The nearly two-hour film features Jackson singing and dancing to some of his biggest hits, including "Beat It," "Thriller," "Black or White" and "Man in the Mirror." Throughout the film, audiences see Jackson working with his singers and dancers to create a show that would wow his fans.
"It's great!" wrote Karen Portem on the Facebook social networking site, having seen the movie on its first day of release in the Philippines. "But it's so sad to think that people ... aren't able to see M.J. perform it live."
Critics have been largely positive, describing the film as a fitting tribute to a star who fascinated the world with his slick dance moves and versatile vocals as well as his increasingly bizarre appearance and legal troubles.
By midday Wednesday, "This Is It" had scored an 79 percent positive rating on website rottentomatoes.com, which combines reviews from around the United States.
Entertainment Weekly magazine's Owen Glieberman gave the movie a grade of "B," saying "'This Is It' is fun, but it's a slightly airless experience. If the movie allows you to bask in Michael Jackson's aura, it also uses his image to foster 'nostalgia' for a concert epiphany that never quite was."
LEGEND LIVES ON FILM
Jackson died suddenly on June 25 in Los Angeles at the age of 50 after suffering cardiac arrest only weeks before he was to have begun the "This Is It" concerts, denying him the chance to erase the stigma of a sensational 2005 trial when he was acquitted of child molestation charges.
He grew up as one of Motown legends The Jackson 5, made the gliding "moonwalk" famous the world over and still has the best-selling album of all time with his 1982 "Thriller."
After a star-studded opening in Los Angeles Tuesday night and premieres in 16 other cities, the film began playing in 99 countries Wednesday and will expand to about 110 territories by the weekend.
In Tokyo, pop star and Jackson friend Lionel Richie said he hoped the movie would bring out the ordinary in Jackson.
"The part that you're going to see tonight is the part of him being the real Michael, which is the hard-working guy but at the same time so easy to get along with -- the guy I know," he said.
Sony Corp's Columbia Pictures bought the film rights from concert promoter AEG Live for $60 million and has described ticket demand as "phenomenal." Columbia has said the movie will be extended beyond its two-week run if ticket demand is high, and it plans a DVD release in 2010.
Meanwhile, the soundtrack to "This Is It" has generated sales roughly in the middle of expectations since hitting record stores Monday. Estimates suggest it should sell between 300,000 and 350,000 units in its first week, according to Silvio Pietroluongo, director of charts at Billboard magazine.
The final number depends on how many people see the movie and then feel inspired to buy the album, but regardless of the exact figure, Jackson "certainly looks like being number one by a considerable margin," Pietroluongo said.
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My friend watched and he told me he grabbed his crotch while watching~
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on article.. not the crotch grabing part.
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i heard that when michael jackson grab his balls sometimes, he ejaculates
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How come it's not "THIS WAS IT!" ???
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sgf king, parn, ahtansh, just shut up. show some respect. do you have any?
this is not sick and it wasn't it.
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Originally posted by Stage:
sgf king, parn, ahtansh, just shut up. show some respect. do you have any?
what if suddenly it is announced to the whole world from his son that mj likes to touch his private parts? will people still respect him?
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Originally posted by Sgforum King:
what if suddenly it is announced to the whole world from his son that mj likes to touch his private parts? will people still respect him?
speak for yourself. i dont respect you. -
Originally posted by Stage:
speak for yourself. i dont respect you.i didnt touch ur private part
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Originally posted by Sgforum King:
i didnt touch ur private part
i don't even want to have a look at you. much less any body contact. shoo off. -
Originally posted by Stage:
i don't even want to have a look at you. much less any body contact. shoo off.i still didnt touch ur private part
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Originally posted by Sgforum King:
i still didnt touch ur private part
can you just shut up? you're here provoking people and you expect people to be nice to you? give relevant replies. thank you. -
Originally posted by Stage:
can you just shut up? you're here provoking people and you expect people to be nice to you? give relevant replies. thank you.i dont expect people to be nice here at all.
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Originally posted by Sgforum King:
i dont expect people to be nice here at all.
so why still join? i can be nice to you if you are nice to others. apparently you're not nice to us. calling people who have sexual fetishes when they DO NOT have it for no reason? -
Originally posted by Stage:
so why still join? i can be nice to you if you are nice to others. apparently you're not nice to us. calling people who have sexual fetishes when they DO NOT have it for no reason?u nv know
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Originally posted by Stage:
sgf king, parn, ahtansh, just shut up. show some respect. do you have any?
this is not sick and it wasn't it.
Michael Jackson isn't your Ah Gong, why you need to make such a hoo-hahs about it?I think it's fair for me to say you're a hypocrite because you are like the rest, only cry and show respect for people who are already dead, and not when they were alive.
If you have ever thought little of Michael Jackson when he was alive, then why are you expressing an intense amount of respect for Michael Jackson when he's already dead?
Don't come and tell me your respect levels have increased for people who are dead.
To put it simply, Do you respect your parents when they are still alive, or do you only want to respect them when they're dead?
Touch your own heart if you own one and tell us the answer, Mr. Hypocrite.
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the movie shows little about the hardship michael went through during the rehearsals imho.
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Originally posted by parn:
Michael Jackson isn't your Ah Gong, why you need to make such a hoo-hahs about it?I think it's fair for me to say you're a hypocrite because you are like the rest, only cry and show respect for people who are already dead, and not when they were alive.
If you have ever thought little of Michael Jackson when he was alive, then why are you expressing an intense amount of respect for Michael Jackson when he's already dead?
Don't come and tell me your respect levels have increased for people who are dead.
To put it simply, Do you respect your parents when they are still alive, or do you only want to respect them when they're dead?
Touch your own heart if you own one and tell us the answer, Mr. Hypocrite.
I salute you~
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BAKA! Like that also salute.
Please read carefully through the filter and spin.
Talk about hypocrite.. lol
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Originally posted by BadzMaro:
BAKA! Like that also salute.
Please read carefully through the filter and spin.
Talk about hypocrite.. lol
I salute you also can?True what...
When MJ was alive and he was caught up with his scandals, many ppl hate him or even humiliate him...
When he died, these ppl say they respect him... Don't you think they are hypocrite?
Ps. My comment does not address any issues about MJ here... It's the "people" I'm referring to~ -
Originally posted by ~N3RD~:
I salute you also can?True what...
When MJ was alive and he was caught up with his scandals, many ppl hate him or even humiliate him...
When he died, these ppl say they respect him... Don't you think they are hypocrite?
Ps. My comment does not address any issues about MJ here... It's the "people" I'm referring to~I have nothing deserving of any salute. U want to salute ? Salute the King of Pop for what he stood for and his legacy. He is damn more deserving of salute than anyone here in this forum. Not me , not parn , not you. I am but a humble servant.
I agree, lots of hypocrites out there. How sure are you that Stage was a hypocrite ? Because parn said so ? lol.. come on.. you are smarter then that. We not talking about taking things on face value here.Sometimes u gotta see where it comes from.
The average hypocrites will know they are hypocrite's at times. I'm a hypocrite. At least i admit it. The real hypocrites, tend to forget that they are hypocrites, and they will never admit they are hypocrites. Like damn ridiculously good liars.. so damn good that they dont even know they are lying.
Those hypos will eventually learn to admit in being a hypocrite, or force themselves to hate what is true.
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Originally posted by eeden.:
the movie shows little about the hardship michael went through during the rehearsals imho.
Yup.. unfortunately.
Think the hardship part will come in later docu's. Or get urself his Opus. ;p
36 pounds of goodness. = 16kg ?
This is definately going into my glass cabinet collection room.
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And you cannot get better ringside seats than what this film has to offer. Culled from various rehearsals sometimes of the same song, it allows you to see how MJ finetunes and experiments with various ideas, especially for his dance. His stage performances were always a spectacle, and the sheer amount of effort in pyrotechnics and special effects, would make you wonder how awesome the actual London performance would have been, which sadly will never materialize beyond the ideas tossed up in this documentary. Continues at http://anutshellreview.blogspot.com/2009/10/this-is-it.html
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i am not a HUGE fan of mj, but i admit liking him during his "heal the world" period.
so i didn't quite know what to expect from the movie, but i went to watch it anyway. and you know what? surprisingly, it was pretty good! i really enjoyed it. the entire film is packaged like how the concert was going to be - segmented by songs.
it gave the audience a sneak peek at the massive efforts that went into preparing this concert.
for a man so RAIL THIN (and already at 50 years of age) michael really still has his dancing mojo!
if the tickets are not yet sold out, and if the 2 weeks period is not over, i highly recommend watching it!
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Originally posted by parn:
Michael Jackson isn't your Ah Gong, why you need to make such a hoo-hahs about it?I think it's fair for me to say you're a hypocrite because you are like the rest, only cry and show respect for people who are already dead, and not when they were alive.
If you have ever thought little of Michael Jackson when he was alive, then why are you expressing an intense amount of respect for Michael Jackson when he's already dead?
Don't come and tell me your respect levels have increased for people who are dead.
To put it simply, Do you respect your parents when they are still alive, or do you only want to respect them when they're dead?
Touch your own heart if you own one and tell us the answer, Mr. Hypocrite.
great assumption. i loved mj when he was still alive. though im not sucha big fan, i still respect him whether alive or dead.