My thoughts on "This Is It"

On Sunday afternoon, I went to Iluma to watch "Michael Jackson's This Is It". I totally enjoyed the entire show... not just because it represents a posthumous hurrah for the late King of Pop, but it also portrays MJ as a lively and energetic performer who had hardly lost his magic touch in terms. Never mind if Mike is looking way too scrawny or malnourished, or if his face looks worse than before (from all those botched surgeries for the past 20 years)... he could still pull off a great performance, he still got all it takes to show the world why the critics call him the King of Pop. I couldn't help but sing, snap my fingers and even tap my feet to most of his songs. He probably arranged for the 50 rehearsals to be compiled into a music concert film 'just in case' he wasn't going to make it (which unfortunately really did happen with his tragic passing on June 25th). I'm so gonna buy the DVD when it comes next month... :-)

This is the list of songs featured in the film...
01) Wanna Be Starting Something- taken from Thriller album (opening song)
with snippet of "Speechless")
02) Speechless- taken from Invincible album (interlude for Song #1)
03) Bad- taken from Bad album (interlude before Song #2)
04) Smooth Criminal- taken from Bad album (2nd song)
05) The Way You Make Me Feel- taken from Bad album (3rd song)
06) Jam- taken from Dangerous album (4th song, with snippet of "Another Part Of Me")
07) Mind Is The Magic- ?
08) They Don't Care About Us- taken from HIStory album (5th song, with snippets of "Bad", "HIStory", "She Drives Me Wild" and "Why You Wanna Trip On Me")
09) Human Nature- taken from Thriller album (6th song)
10) I Want You Back- Jackson 5 song (7th song)
11) The Love You Save- Jackson 5 song (8th song)
12) I'll Be There- Jackson 5 song (9th song)
13) Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)- Jacksons song (10th song)
14) I Just Can't Stop Loving You- taken from Bad album (11th song)
15) Thriller- taken from Thriller album (12th song, with snippets of "Ghosts" and "Threatened")
16) Who Is It- taken from Dangerous album (instrumental during aerialists rehearsal)
17) Beat It- taken from Thriller album (13th song)
18) Black Or White- taken from Dangerous album (14th song)
19) Earth Song- taken from HIStory album (15th song)
20) Billie Jean- taken from Thriller album (16th song)
21) Man In The Mirror- taken from Bad album (closing song)
22) This Is It (played during the credits)
23) Heal The World- taken from Dangerous album (live audio played during the credits)

For more info on the film, go here.