This Is It follows Michael Jackson over a three month period and very candidly shows the professional side of the super star as he works tirelessly to stage his final tour.

Booked for 50 sold out shows, his tour was supposed to be his big goodbye to his fans. However fate had something else in mind, as it often does, and Jackson never got to show the world his greatest creation, dying of an accidental drug overdose just weeks before the first show.

After decades of public scrutiny and controversy, surrounding his private life and bizarre public persona This Is It reminds fans of why Jackson was the King of Pop.

It is also designed as way for his fans to see his work and shake the “Wacko Jacko” tagline once and for all.

Admittedly I am not a fan of Michael Jackson, or pop music for that matter, however this film made me appreciate just how much work is involved in staging a pop concert.

Where rockers just need some strobes and some amps, every single minute detail of a pop concert has to be choreographed and perfectly timed, from the lights to the dancing. If one person misses a beat it will blow the whole show.

This film also gave me a greater appreciation for Michael Jackson as an artist and shows just how involved he is in every single aspect of the show.

‘This Is It’ paints a portrait of a perfectionist, which did make me wonder if Jackson would really be happy with the world seeing a semi-complete show full of missed cues and misfires?

The film also shows another side of Jackson, one that is not so much a showman, but a man who is using every piece of worldly technology and creativity that he can, not to connect with the audience, but to create a world of magic in which he truly feels comfortable.

That said, from a film standpoint, this is by no means a good movie or even documentary.

There was literally no thought put into the cinematography with the footage in the film being shot purely for Jackson to work on the dance scene choreography.