Best movie of this year hands down!

Redundant and unnecessary.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Originally released in the fall of 1988. Michael Jackson produced/co-wrote and starred in one of the most successful anthology films of all time. The film chronicles several of Michael's most famous songs from his Bad album, released a year earlier, and tells an enjoyable, unique, and entertaining story for the whole family. Songs used in Moonwalker include Man in the Mirror (Opening Live Performance), Bad (Badder Segment), Speed Demon (Claymation and Live Action Segment), Smooth Criminal (Live Action Short Film), and Come Together ("Live" Performance).Plot Overview: Michael receives unexplainable (but very useful) powers from a recurring shooting star. Using these special powers granted to him, Michael in an effort to save his young friends must defeat a ruthless yet zany drug dealer Frank LiDeo (Joe Pesci).Overall Thoughts: This is a very fun film. It is filled with dazzling special effects, outstanding music and choreography, fantastic set designs, underrated musical score, and a fun adventure for the whole family. Michael has a very good performance in the film (or series of short films rather), delivering genuine emotion, particularly towards the end of the film. The film is targeted for children and Jackson's fans, so I think that it is safe to say this film is not for everyone. My only complaint with the film is that it can feel disjointed at times and it has a mediocre script. But that is not to say that this isn't a delightful film about friendship, loyalty, and magic.

I am not here to write a review, I am here to express an emotion that I felt while watching the "Moonwalker".Michael Jackson's Moonwalker is not a story with a plot and a happy/sad ending. This is a personal thought expressed through art. Michael's introverted personality would urge him at times to express his views and personal feelings through featuring films, along with lyrics and music composition. The Moonwalker is an idea that has been exposed; it is one of Michael's manifold forms of expressing his inner, childhood and unexplored-yet world.If you expect to watch a well scripted "movie", then the Moonwalker will disappoint you.A personal connection to Michael, as a man who struggled deeply and inside, would get you to see the language of expression he chose for the Monwalker: selected songs from his up-to-1988 discography, cartoon characters which, in my opinion, are selected mindfully, a chained short sequencing to transition between songs/clips and, Michael's known trait; the magic of shooting stars, kids, fantasies of transformation from a human to something else (I won't give spoilers!). Escapism, fantasy, magic, excitement and lots of fun and anticipation are used in the Moonwalker to tell the audience: "Hey! This is me, Michael Jackson, offering a little piece of what is going on inside my head and heart, for so long. I may not express it all too well, but I invite you all to come to terms of who is Michael Jackson, the human being, full of dreams and visionary images."I loved the Moonwalker because it simply allowed me to read Michael Jackson through a somewhat different artistic medium - movie; an artist with a unique expressed language, and lots of inner doubts and insecurities (I guess we all have those!!).In Michael Jackson's ideal world, we are all invited to fight the good fight, i.e. peacefully, using art. His way to "change the world" starts from changing the man - he. He might very well tried to say: "I found my inner call - music and dancing - to change the world, what about you?" But then, just as magical as the man has been, he wouldn't express anything explicitly and would trust the audience intelligence to read the message on their own. Michael Jackson's mission would not show you how to "moonwalk" in life, instead, it would probably inspire you to start walking your own journey.I have been MJ's life time fan. He has inspired me so deeply at a very early age to learn English, for the love of his songs. I have learned every word, every verb, every preposition, adjective, adverb and sentence structure just in hopes to understand what he was saying! But as I got over the surface of the language he uses - English - I realized that MJ's powerful language was not English, it was Love to ALL. May your soul rest in Peace - the true King of music and hearts.

I first saw this when they showed this around easter time 1993/4 and didn't think much of it then, I bought this on DVD last summer when I started getting into Michael Jackson (I liked his music before) and enjoyed it more now I am older. It is a good film but it won't be this classic film like The Sound Of Music, West Side Story, The Wizard Of Oz etc. Michael Jackson as an actor was good and so were the other cast members. There were a disturbing scenes like the little girl Katie getting slapped by the gangster Frankie Lideo who was played by Joe Pesci. The scene that frightened me when I was younger was when Michael turns into a robot. My favourite song on the film was Smooth Criminal I think it was better than Thriller in my opinion.

And I don't say it in a bad way.I watched this movie at the cinema when I was 6 or 7. For me and my cousins it was magical, beautiful and scary at the same time. When we left the theatre, Michael was our best friend even though we knew he had no idea about it.Over the years, I saw this movie being aired a few times but I always changed the channel. Even seeing a few seconds of it would bring back that feeling of magic and warm my heart. And I liked it that way.So I've only seen this movie once and I believe it was a good decision not to watch it again. If I saw it today, I know I couldn't help but criticise MJ's acting, the plot (if there was one) and this and that. For me this is a childhood memory, so my feelings towards it are those of a child from 20 years ago.I see my adult self intervenes in my rating and gives it an 8 for the memories and wonderful music. For that little kid who watched it in awe 20 years ago though, this is definitely worthy of a 10.