Moonwalker
Moonwalker
PG | 29 October 1988 (USA)
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Moonwalker is a 1988 American experimental anthology musical film starring Michael Jackson. Rather than featuring one continuous narrative, the film expresses the influence of fandom and innocence through a collection of short films about Jackson, some of which are long-form music videos from Jackson's 1987 album Bad. The film is named after his famous dance, "the moonwalk", which he originally learned as "the backslide" but perfected the dance into something no one had seen before. The movie's introduction is a type of music video for Jackson's "Man in the Mirror" but is not the official video for the song. The film then expresses a montage of Michael's career, which leads into a parody of his Bad video titled "Badder", followed by sections "Speed Demon" and "Leave Me Alone". What follows is the biggest section where Michael plays a hero with magical powers and saves three children from Mr. Big. This section is "Smooth Criminal" which leads into a performance of "Come Together".

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lizzylane-85151

I am a big fan of Michael Jackson and have watched Moonwalker multiple times through my life since about the age of 10. The highlight is absolutely the filmclip of Smooth Criminal coming out of this, which is absolutely brilliant. But Moonwalker - something about it, even the upbeat scenes, I can't quite point to, has always left me feeling quite deflated and almost depressed! I can't figure out why though. Perhaps there is a detectable loneliness to Michael and his isolation that I'm picking up on here. There are some spooky scenes throughout Moonwalker but it's just the atmosphere to this movie that for some reason weirds me out. Even as a kid I found the cartoon scenes quite obnoxious and unnessecary and the military/villian scenes to be very anxiety-inducing. Overall it's not something I reach for if I want to watch some MJ and I wouldn't mind if I never saw it again.

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adisan-13787

A very good song , underrated to my mind. There is a short version on the internet, the original is the best, Michael Jackson does not try to overdo it, and I find this song really good. Everything is perfect, the rhythm, the dance moves, the plot is cool too. It has this dark style which I really like, the climax of the video is really good. The children dancing outside, the plot is not focused on Michael Jackson as the other characters are really active too. I would like to find better songs of Michael Jackson as I literary hated all of his other videos-clips. For once, he is not in the center of the action, and it makes me wonder why does he not do that more often?

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wwe7961

This movie is one of the best I have ever enjoyed. Now I know what you're thinking. "This guy is doing this as a joke this movie sucks". Well the fact is I am telling my true opinion here. Michael Jackson kicks ass, and any haters can stop reading now. He is one of my favorite singers for a number of reasons. The main reasons why he kicks ass is....1.His brilliant singing.2.His awesome dance abilities.3.Creative music videos.4.His lyrics make an actual story.These days music is lazy. For example look at Lady Gaga. She lets a machine sing for her. She has no dance abilities. Her music videos try to be weird to be cool, but in the end they are messes. Her lyrics are moronic only surrounding three things sex, drugs, and being weird. I could make better lyrics than her with my eyes closed. MJ had songs that told stories not summaries of what happened at a college party. Today music is bland. Now after bashing Gaga fans I'm ready to talk film. It starts with MJ performing in a concert "Man in the Mirror". It is a wonderfully edited scene capturing the songs brilliance. It also shows how crazy his fans were about him perfectly. Then we move on to a montage of all the different songs in his career starting with The Jackson 5. Then we reach a cheesy, but an extremely enjoyable scene where MJ is getting chased by stop motion animation fans. Then we get a music video called "Leave Me Alone". It has great surreal images about how MJ is constantly mobbed by the media. It is a great scene. Now we reach the actual story. The plot is about a man trying to get all the kids in the world hooked on drugs. It is simply, but it supplies all it needs to. The effects are great, the direction is good, and I think MJ is actually a good actor. The highlight by far is the "Smooth Criminal" music video. It is simply the definition of awesome. The dancing is choreographed to perfection, the cinematography is brilliant, and you got MJ bringing his great singing voice. It is for sure one of the best scenes in film history. It all ends with MJ singing "Come Together". He remakes the Beatles' classic perfectly. It kicks so much ass I couldn't sit down for a while. This movie is great. So what if it is one big ego trip. MJ deserves to have an inflated ego. Now that he is dead music is done for. The next generation will grow up to garbage like Lady Gaga and The Black Eyed Peas. It is a sad looking future for music. At least the world has memories like this movie.4 stars out of 4

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Wheelieusa01

At long last! One of Michael Jackson's most well known and beloved films comes to DVD! In Michael Jackson Moonwalker, (Michael Jackson) stars as Michael. A man with powers that are not of this world. Michael must save Sean (Sean Lennon), Katie (Kellie Parker), Zeke (Brandon Quintin Adams), and the rest of the worlds children from drug lord Frankie Lideo aka Mr. Big (Joe Pesci) who's mission in life is to get all of the worlds children hooked on drugs! A NOTE TO PEOPLE IN THE USA LOOKING FOR THIS FILM ON DVD: Make sure when buying this film on DVD you buy Warners Product #WK00817 as NTSC Region 3 which plays on North American NTSC Region 1 players.

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