Sunday, November 1, 2009

This is it, Coraline.


Michael Jackson's This is It came out for 2 weeks, and it's basically like seeing him in concert with a few good and bad exceptions. The Bad: The footage is of Michael and his crew practicing, so they aren't doing as good of a job as they would if they were actually performing live. Michael even says a few times that he's saving his voice. The Good: You get to see things close up to the screen, you also get to see a lot of cool behind the scenes stuff, and it's a heck of a lot cheaper than going to see MJ live in concert. Plus, you don't even have that option anymore do you? If the idea of going to see Michael Jackson concert is at all appealing to you than I recommend seeing this movie. I'd give this movie a 7 out of 10. I don't think it has as much re-watch-ability as other movies. You could wait and watch it on DVD, but I recommend seeing it now while it's still in theaters so you can get some of that concert feel.
On Halloween we saw the movie Coraline for the first time. I'm not a huge fan of movies like Nightmare Before Christmas and Corps Bride, but I think this is my favorite one. Those other movies are hard to relate to because everything is so weird. In this movie there's a normal world and a weird world which makes it easier to follow and get involved in. The stop motion animation is top notch. I just wish they would have taken out one scene of some naked old ladies dancing. I'd give this movie a 7 out of 10.

1 comment:

Folks Photography said...

bravo! brilliant reviews! read about the michael jackson This is It in Time magazine...i'm thinking your watching it was probably better :) and i agree with you on the weird nightmare and corpse movies...um, weird. Can't wait to see the Coraline one!!! :)