This is it.

i just caught Michael Jackson's This Is It with mabel.

im blown away. im just so touched. enough said.

having grown up with Michael and his music, now that he's gone, and this is his final footage just before he left, it meant a lot as a sort of sending-off or tribute to him. his magic is phenomenal. to be in his presence was electrifying.

for a good first 30 minutes of the film i was on non-stop goosebumps. it was nice seeing Michael again, in all of his glory and element. and it is indescribable to witness that he's at the top of his form and nowhere near what the media tried to paint him as struggling to cope with a concert series that finally got too big for him. he hasnt changed one bit. still full of love, and proving that talent sticks. his vocals are as before, his dancing crazy for a half-centenarian, and his heart... still enough space to fit the whole world.

feels like Michael hasnt left us at all. feels like we can still look forward to his concert.

before you start on "oh another melodramatic outpouring of adoration", i want to disclaim first, you all are missing the point.

what business is it of reviewers of the film? there isnt even a need for one. this film was made for Michael's fans. we don't need to know if it deserves how many stars in your high-brow world.

it being "nothing we don't know"? This Is It was never a documentary. there's no investigation, no opinion, just Michael's rehearsals footage. it is simply a chance for us to catch a final glimpse of him and how the concert would have looked.

it being one-sided? hello?! the film is a celebration of Michael Jackson. you may find the interviews with dancers and musicians who were inspired by him forced and cheesy, but to us they cant be more real. so many of them were at a loss to be able to perform with Michael.

the people around him were in awe. Michael isnt just another singer or celebrity. this man is Pop. he had creative control over the music, the choreography and everything about a concert.

probably. considering he's a songwriter who made some of the greatest pop music in history, a dancer who inspired thousands, and probably done more concerts than director Kenny Ortega has.

he also looked a little unreasonable at times. but the man's a perfectionist, we know it. Ortega even made the effort to insert footage of the keyboardist arguing with him, so the film won't look so authoritarian and delusional.

i don't even care if Ortega is trying to make up for some monetary loss over the proposed London's This Is It. can you imagine how much pain and disappointment these people have gone through? so much effort have gone in to make it happen. the worldwide dancer auditions, the special effects, the million-dollar videos. if i were them, even if the film is shown free-of-charge to the world i wouldn't mind.

all-new Smooth Criminal, Earth Song and Thriller. moving renditions of Human Nature, I Just Can't Stop Loving You and Man In The Mirror. his final work, This Is It. and when Michael did I'll Be There again, i wanted to cry. This Is It the concert would have been a smash hit.

im definitely gonna get the dvd as soon as i can and run it over and over again.