So lastnight I watched the documentary/movie "This Is It". More than anything, it was just depressing to watch realizing that all this work that all of these people put into the project would never come to fruition. So many people were involved in the project, and everyone was so happy to be there and so excited to get on stage, it's just really sad that it never happened. Also, from the looks of things in the movie, the show was going to be amazing. Absolutely incredible.
MJ looked like he was in better shape than I expected. While he was moving kinda slow in the early songs, it looks like that's just because he didn't want to waste all his good moves right at the beginning. He dances and moves great, and still has a voice, too! Most of the songs that they show him rehearsing, he is actually singing, and sounds almost exactly like the recordings, even those that are from over 30 years ago. It was kind of amazing.
It was also great to see how involved he was in the whole process. He was there at the dancer auditions, for filming of backdrops that he wasn't even in, and just about everything else. He's such a perfectionist, and that's what made everything he did great, but it's great to see that someone as huge as him that could've just shown up for the shows and collected his check still really cared about it all. Overall, I thought the film gave a great behind-the-scenes look at the concert process and the hard work that goes into making a show as big as this one would've been.
So, really, it's bittersweet. It was awesome and fun to watch, but really depressing and unfortunate when you think more about it.
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