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Movie review: This is It

Unless you're hiding under a rock you know that Michael Jackson's This is It hit theaters last night.

This is It is far from the best documentary or concert movie of all time, but it is special and worth seeing. If you are a performer or artist of any kind and you want to see a group of people dedicated to being the best they can be...see THIS IS IT. If you want to get a sense of the hard work involved in making dreams come true...see THIS IS IT. If you're under 30 and think everything should be handed to you without any effort on your part...see THIS IS IT!

The movie wasn't the emotional roller-coaster you'd expect because the films producers purposely kept the focus of the film on the process of Michael preparing for the concerts that never were and did not even refer to Michael's untimely death.

If you're looking for insight into his final days or how the cast and crew of his stage responded to his death you wont see it here. The movie is a concert film and tribute plain and simple and to this end it works well.

The movie DID show the greatest entertainer of all time working hard to show the world why he was the greatest. The movie DID show the sense of family between him, his dancers, crew and band. The movie DID show a man in control of how is art was to be presented to the world. The movie DID inspire me to continue on my personal quest to use my art and music bring more love into the world and leave it a better place when it's my time to go.

Michael lived his promise, now it's time for each of us to live ours. No more tomorrows, next weeks and maybe's. For me it's today and right now. For me...THIS IS IT!

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