Review of Moonwalker (1988) by Khushbakht S — 01 Mar 2010
"I ask for a BAD guy and he gives me Michael Jackson? I can't take it anymore!".
I can't really say that this is a movie. It's more of a compilation of some Michael Jackson songs put together into movie modes. 'Moonwalker' starts with pictures and video footage of MJ when he was a kid and a young artist. All of a sudden he's chased by cartoony people, him wearing a rabbit suit and so on...
The only really interesting segment of 'Moonwalker' is the Smooth Criminal part. In that episode, MJ really shoves us, the viewers, that he was an astonishing dancer. It's also beautifully shot and come to think of it, one of the best music videos I've seen.
Another nice segment is the one where MJ gets all Optimus Prime and turns into a robot of some sort. 'Moonwalker' is over 20 years old and I believe that the transformation was at that time pretty amazing.
But in overall, 'Moonwalker' doesn't come well together as a feature film. MJ can't act. Every time he opened his mouth in this movie, compilation (or whatever), it proved only one thing to us. MJ is an unbeliavable singer but as an movie actor... Like in one of his songs... He's BAD. For fans only.
This review of Moonwalker (1988) was written by Khushbakht S on 01 Mar 2010.
Moonwalker has generally received positive reviews.
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