(fe) la vie

I was looking forward to watching this. I like giving experimental films a chance every few years. (so I'm not a fan of those, but have watched my share, just putting that out there) Being an MJ fan (and being able to say I saw him twice in concert) also intrigued me. And reading all these reviews, I was prepared to be blown away.

I was not.

Maybe the other reviewers aren't exposed to much film of this manner. Maybe there's a coolness factor because this type of mash-up isn't very common. It just didn't do it for me. If there were more subtle points behind the use of imagery and songs, it was lost on me.

What really took me out and bothered me and leads to my more leaning-to-the-negative is this:

the point where the editor uses MJ from Thriller, the zombie dance sequence. And uses a different piece of music. IMO, the music (any music) should have been in sync with the dancer's moves. MJ was a very accurate dancer, in terms of rhythm. And the editor puts him at odds with the beat of the chosen, different song. But only slightly. It's just off.

It's an experience and I'm sharing where the experience subjectively turned me off.

This kind of very personal edit can be a little opaque to some audience.
That said it worked great to me, not only because the music is cool but also because once we understand that every main characters of each scenes are in fact the faneditor himself
(in this case Blueyoda) we can follow pretty well his different states of mind and the progression from child to man.
At least that’s the way I feel this edit.
To me it’s a 10/10 for it’s bold, original, “risky” (and not too long!)
Not sure it will work for everyone though. It’s a trip.

Fascinating, Complicated, straight forward, a lucid experience as a whole. Exploring the subconscious limits of our brain it creates a story that ties all the elements of Blue’s self into a unorthodox way of telling musical/extended musical story.
Highlighting the sharp edges of his back story without draw so much attention but at the same time creating a character with tension and goals.
I should have been Being Blueyoda Malcovich as entering a colorful world without colors and vibrant emotions of his own life(s).

10/10

-Angel

Simply put, my favorite fanedit ever.

If your world was all black and if your world was all white
Then you wouldn’t get much color out of life now right

There is little that I can add to the previous reviews other than this is one of the best fanedits you've probably never seen, so change that. Now.

Don't watch and try to understand, just watch and immerse yourself in the journey.

I won't rate on the narrative because that is too complex an issue, and video quality is irrelevant in a project such as this other than to say it is as good as it needs to be.