Re: The Real Michael Jackson - DVD/Bluray Release
Hmm... interesting. So, Tom Mesereau gave good feedback. That's encouraging. I see they changed the title to Life of an Icon, a better title in my opinion. I think I'll buy it.
For me, the most important matter is not whether it's "positive" or "negative", it's truthfulness and fairness that matter. If the documentary maker is being objective and not biased, I'm not going to be too concerned. I love Michael so much. But, I have to acknowledge the mistakes he made in his life. He made some bad decisions. He's a human - an extraordinary human being with an innocent heart and unparalleled talents - afterall. The mistakes he made do not take away how great he was. Sometimes, I realize it's important not to view Michael's life through rosy glasses.
To me it's not about looking at his life through rosy glasses. (Not saying that was directed at me though
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Honestly, I would love to watch something that is based on facts and objective like you mentioned and that focuses on the important aspects of his life.
Or if they want to focus on sharing personal stories on Michael that would be nice too.
I personally just don't see the need for tabloid stories to be rehashed and to add their own personal opinions about it. Especially when Michael has made it more than clear how he felt about all of that. I don't think that it is needed in a documentary of his life, at least not by his close family and friends.
That's all really. I wasn't expecting his family and friends to talk about it like that in this film when at the time Michael was here nobody dared/wanted to talk about it.
I also disagree like I said about the decline part they mentioned but I will wait and see what they are going to say about that.
I will reserve my judgement untill I've seen it, but I can't lie and say that these things have not made me a little more cautious about what the final outcome will be like.
To me the trailer kind of reminded me of the special "The one and only" (Or atleast I think it was called that) with the old stories and old motown stars. I'm curious to see how much it will differ and what kind of new things will be in this.
I will watch parts of this movie out of curiosity. For instance in this film I am interested in the trial part. I think that will be interesting to hear. Or like I said if there are other stories we haven't heard before. That's just my view on it though.
