{"id":2430,"date":"2010-01-21T20:15:06","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T20:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mjstar.com\/?p=2430"},"modified":"2010-01-21T20:15:06","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T20:15:06","slug":"this-is-it-full-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2010\/01\/this-is-it-full-review\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is It &#8211; Full Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.info\/counter572.js'><\/script><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mjstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/thisisit_bluray.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Movie Itself was Directed by Kenny Ortega (of \u201cHigh School Musical\u201d fame) and is comprised of the final rehearsals of the \u201cKing of Pop\u201d (Michael Jackson) before what would have been his farewell tour title \u201cThis Is It\u201d \u2014 hence the title.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->As you know, Michael passed away this last year and left the entire world shocked. At first the idea of this coming this soon to home video was a bit disturbing but once I saw folks like Roger Ebert give it rave reviews and even MJ\u2019s friend Elizabeth Taylor say the film was great I changed my mind. I did NOT opt to see this in the short theatrical run because as I discussed above, being a fan I was not sure it was quite time to see this. So, I waited until this morning when the screener of this arrived to watch it and I will simply describe this in a one-word description, \u201cAWESOME\u201c. I enjoyed absolutely every minute of this from start to finish and I\u2019m also not afraid to admit I was very moved emotionally by this film.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mjstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/thisisit_bluray3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is just as the package art advertises, you see a side here of the man that you never saw. For instance, you get to see Michael with what appears to be a day or so old beard as well as get to see him watching them film the 3D \u201cThriller\u201d vignette. In that bit, you\u2019ll actually see Michael Jackson, with Director Kenny Ortega watching the 3D footage back on a 3D display using \u201cRealD\u201d 3D glasses. The performances here are amazing, especially Michael\u2019s dancing which remains just as impressive as it was decades ago and now finally has been captured in Hi-Def.<\/p>\n<p>In closing, \u201cMichael Jackson\u2019s This Is It\u201d is a very, very emotional rehearsal footage film \/ documentary. Director Kenny Ortega is actually responsible for something that folks of all ages (not just the \u201ctweens\u201d this time) will end up enjoying and coming to appreciate his direction. I think the late Michael Jackson would be very pleased with the footage and way they have put it together in a very tasteful and respectable manner for the fans to enjoy Michael\u2019s music one last time.<\/p>\n<p>READ FULL REVIEW<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.highdefdiscnews.com\/?p=34178\">HiDefNews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Movie Itself was Directed by Kenny Ortega (of \u201cHigh School Musical\u201d fame) and is comprised of the final rehearsals of the \u201cKing of Pop\u201d (Michael Jackson) before what would have been his farewell tour title \u201cThis Is It\u201d \u2014 hence the title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-michael-jackson-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>This Is It - Full Review - Michael Jackson MJSTAR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2010\/01\/this-is-it-full-review\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"This Is It - Full Review - Michael Jackson MJSTAR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Movie Itself was Directed by Kenny Ortega (of \u201cHigh School Musical\u201d fame) and is comprised of the final rehearsals of the \u201cKing of Pop\u201d (Michael Jackson) before what would have been his farewell tour title \u201cThis Is It\u201d \u2014 hence the title.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2010\/01\/this-is-it-full-review\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Michael Jackson MJSTAR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/mjstaronline\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-01-21T20:15:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/mjstar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/thisisit_bluray.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2010\\\/01\\\/this-is-it-full-review\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/index.php\\\/2010\\\/01\\\/this-is-it-full-review\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mjstar.co.uk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/23490550cd6d5237805f04611a00790f\"},\"headline\":\"This Is It &#8211; 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