This is it Serves as Perfect Venue to Bring Focus Back to Music

Yesterday it was announced that the Michael Jackson rehearsal documentary This Is It will have an extended run in theaters, at least through the Thanksgiving holiday.

The film, which opened October 27, was originally only supposed to be in theaters for two weeks. However, with the film passing the $100 million mark internationally, film promoters AEG decided to extend it's run.

I got the chance to get out and see the film a couple of nights ago.. I grew up as a huge Michael Jackson fan and he was the first concert I ever saw but even I have gotten sick of all of the media coverage about his death. Overkill doesn't even begin to describe it.

When This Is It came out I wasn't sure if I even wanted to go see it because of the fact that we have been so inundated with the coverage. However, after seeing it I am so glad that I decided to. If at any time you have been a fan of the man's music, you should definitely see this film.

Since Jackson's death there has been a lot of focus on everything from his family to his court cases to his estate and the suspicious nature of his death. Somehow in all of the talk and speculation, his talent and music got pushed to the side.

This Is It brings his music back to the forefront.

The movie is a compilation of behind the scenes and rehearsal footage of the preparation for Jackson's 50 sold out London shows at the O2 Arena. Much of the footage is from the rehearsal the day before Jackson's death.

The movie does a great job of reminding people of why MJ was originally so popular. From the opening strains of Wanna Be Starting Something to the final notes of Man In The Mirror, MJ shines.

It is obvious that he was putting his all into his comeback tour and he wanted everything to be perfect for his fans. Like the true perfectionist that he was, he spends a lot of time in the footage making everyone around him redo things until they sound the way he wants them to be.

Despite all of the weirdness and controversy that surrounded him, he always knew how to appeal to the masses. There has never been a performer quite like him and odds are that there never will be.