UPDATES Michael Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ Hot Online
UPDATES AEG Predicts Jacko Pic Will Make ‘$250M In First 5 Days’
THIS IS IT is Fandango’s #3 top advance lonline ticket-seller of 2009 so far. It didn’t beat HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (#1) or NEW MOON (#2). By the way, a lot of folks are dressing up like Michael Jackson for Halloween: according to a Fandango survey, he’s the No. 1 choice for movie-inspired Halloween costume among men and No. 9 among women.
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I just saw the MJ film “This Is It”– just incredible. He was a genius. I am going this weekend again to see this film. Future Entertainers
and even current superstars like Taylor Swift can learn a lot from watching Michael in action in this film. This film re-establishes Michael as the superstar he was. It’s hard to imagine that the world will ever see a superstar and someone so talented and connected to his brand as MJ was.
LONG LIVE MJ.
This perhaps shows you how HUGE the population has grown in the USA since Jackson’s ’80s and early ’90 glory days. A lot of the people contributing to this irrationality must not have been around to experience all of that (Thriller) the first time around and clearly didn’t witness (or don’t remember) the self-imposed downfall due to his “little” pedophilia/child-molesting problem.
I guess it is true what they say about a fool and his money…
Even though the thing was shot on HD video, I’m actually looking forward to seeing this movie in “fake IMAX.” It won’t look any better than it does in 35mm, but ask anyone who’s seen the two Rolling Stones films released in IMAX – the sound for concert films in IMAX is unparalleled.