***DISCLAIMER: I only saw about 60 minutes of the movie, left the theater afterwards which means that all above the underneath refers to the first hour of the movie… If I missed anything in the rest of the movie please email me. ***
I could write a lot about this movie but to keep it really short, I’m going to paraphrase Joe Jackson and say that I’m pretty sure they used a body double for a lot of shots of the movie… and I really think that Michael Jackson is worth more dead than alive…
Now to talk about what the movie is and isn’t… If you’re hoping to learn more about Michael Jackson’s death, this is not it… If you want to see a drug addict washed out celebrity trying to make a come back trying to dance and being replaced by a body double on every wide shot, this is it! (nop pun intended).
Watching the movie I had a really difficult time… First off I could totally imagine the producers of the movie upset of not having the idea of doing a reality show about it, thinking about all the cash they could have made from it… and then I felt really uncomfortable watching the musical numbers with a sick Michael Jackson, and asking myself if this was the way I would like to remember him.
Some say it’s a nice last hommage to the king of pop, but maybe re-releasing Moonwalker in theaters or in DVD would have been a much more respectful thing to do.
If you have the chance, like I did, to enjoy a free screening, go for it and make your own opinion… but if you have to pay 10 dollars or more, then go in your favorite dvd store and buy the HIStory 1&2 and watch Michael Jackson at his best.
I’m adding the one clip here that is the way I will remember this icon of pop music.
Le Frenchie is a Cinephage who has seen probably over 100,000 movies in his lifetime, from masterpieces like Citizen Kane, to shitpieces like Glitter. He enjoys Cinema with a big C, to him it doesn't matter if it's a big Hollywood movie or a small indie no budget flick as long as it is enjoyable... 
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