Review of Bad 25 (2012) by Lewis E — 05 Dec 2012

A satisfyingly comprehensive look at my personal favourite album of all time- Bad. Newly revealed archive footage of MJ and some intriguing behind the scenes stories from those involved really make you feel you are being given the full account of proceedings.

I particularly like the one about the no-kissing-Michael rule implemented in The Way You Make Me Feel filming. I also learnt a lot about the connotations of songs like Speed Demon, Bad and Liberian Girl that I just wouldnt have known otherwise.

At 2 hours long you certainly have to be a big MJ fan to get through it, I would hazard to guess that if you didn't particularly like the album you might get bored. You do get a terrific sense of how dedicated he was though, and to think he mad thriller on top of this is unbelievable.

Minor complaints are the overly rose-tinted views at times, they certainly don't want to tackle the serious but well known issues too much, there's a sense that the negative aspects are glossed over a bit.

Overall though, this is an absolute must for MJ fans. With this and the Marley doc I feel very happy that my 2 biggest musical icons have been given such strong focus pieces.