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(19 customer reviews) 45 of 49 people found the following review helpful
Should've trimmed the (heavy) fat!,
December 24, 2009 Maxine Shaw, attorney at LOL (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Official Michael Jackson Opus (Leather Bound)
Here's an example of how dizzying excitement can turn into disappointment: Kraken Opus overhyped this book as such a rare piece of MJ history, constantly pushing the preorders, only to turn around and sell it at online bookstores for over $100 less! Even though I got mine for $165 (plus $30 shipping), I still could've saved about $40 had I ordered it here. Additionally, perhaps this is the regular size of an opus, but THIS was an opus that was constantly toted as a "coffee table book". This is not a coffee table book. This is a coffee table. It comes up to my knee (I'm 5'9"), and is not only heavy, but LARGE, a very uncomfortable carry. Additionally, the digital extras - the one thing I was MOST excited about - are nowhere to be found. Supposedly they're coming later. Well, supposedly this was a rare, must-have, and supposedly, it was full of never-before-seen pictures, and supposedly...you get the idea.
What goes into a 400-page, 30-lb book? Not a whole lot. Most of this...Read more
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
The Official Michael Jackson Opus,
January 2, 2010 photowhoseit "photowhoseit" - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Official Michael Jackson Opus (Leather Bound)
I just finished reading MJ's Opus. What struck me was it's totally positive. Not a word about the troubles he faced. The table of contents goes right to the essence of his being. Here are the names of the chapters; Child Star, Voice, Composer, Moonwalk (discussed him as an innovator of dance), Vision (discussed how he was so incredibally progressive ), One Glove (How he used fashion to build himself into a global icon), Friend, Heart (his humanitarian efforts), Art Lover, and Global Icon. There are tons never before seen of high quality photos. There are also plenty of photos you have seen before but have more in the photo because they haven't been cropped. There are no photos that have the most important part (like MJ''s face) in the spine of the book. I only learned a few new things about MJ but what was presented was done so in a very eloquent way. My favorite contribution in the book was written by the person who won the essay contest put out by the [...] website. It's on page...Read more
24 of 29 people found the following review helpful
Almost Great,
December 15, 2009 Waldo McSheepington "and his bowl of turds" (San Diego) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Official Michael Jackson Opus (Leather Bound)
NEGATIVES:
1. Incorrect dates. I've noticed a few of them. 1979 is very different from 1984, right? This makes me think that either this was a very hurried effort - i.e. "Get it out there while people are still interested in his death!" or that it just wasn't proofread properly. Either way - not good. Not for hundreds of dollars - and not for what should be the most accurate, sort of encyclopedic text on the man in existence.
2. Some of the choices for testimonials are a little questionable - like they couldn't find anyone better to comment on his fashion sense than Kimora Lee Simmons?
3. Photo Quality. Most of these photos look fuzzy. You would think they would be really crisp and high resolution on this beautiful glossy paper. Some of the photos of the paintings are much too blurry to see details. In the description it says something like "There's Janet Jackson, as a fairy in the foreground" - but then you look where this fairy is, and she's pretty...Read more
