The Official Adam Pascal Love Thread, part three — Page 603

I loved BBM. The only thing I didn't love is my 2 friends who went with me NOT liking it. I was very impressed with the large and diverse audience at the 1:15 in the afternoon show today. I guess the fact that it isn't playing at many theaters in the area means that people are driving more than the usual 10 minutes to see the movie.

I'm posting this here so as to avoid adding to the debate on the other board, but I actually really enjoyed Adam's acting in the Rent movie, except in cases where the scene itself did not flatter him (namely Your Eyes, which as shot for the movie would've been unflattering to almost anyone). I'd like to think that I'm a fairly critical person, so if he was noticably sub-par I would've taken note of it. I thought that the cast were all mainly on the same level acting-wise, except for Rosario who gave the standout performance.

That's true, I guess a lot of it has to do with how you interpret the character.

I saw Tristan and Isolode or however you spell it today. I really want to see BBM and so does my friend from out of town who I saw the movie with today. But she is staying at my other friend's house who "doesn't want to watch two hours of gay porn" so im not thinking im going to be able to see it with them. Sometimes its really annoying living where I do because most of the people I know refuse to see it.

I know, she really shouldn't have said that. People are so ridiculous sometimes. My other friend refuses to listen to the rent soundtrack because it has gay people in it! I guess that comes with living where I do.

I make it sound like my friends are bad people, and they aren't, but sometimes they can just be really ridiculous. I can't tell you how many times I've heard that I shouldn't like Rent because its a bunch of gay people sitting around giving each other aids...etc. It gets really old trying to defend it too. People should just be more open minded.

Updated On: 1/15/06 at 07:46 PM

I really can't stand how seemingly out of nowhere it is somehow decided that Opinion A is the "acceptable" or "cool" way of thinking and Opinion B or C or whatever is "wrong." And it's always the people in the Opinion A camp who shout the same thing over and over - who are they trying to convince? The people they're talking at, or themselves?

It also bugs me when people bash something they obviously haven't seen because the subject matter makes them uncomfortable.

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I didn't really know what to expect ... I only knew bits and pieces of the storyline so I kind of enjoyed just sitting there and enjoying how it played out. When it was over my friends were giggling and whining about it. I didn't bother fighting with them, I didn't have it in me, but I wanted to say "don't you get that the emotion of the movie has nothing to do with the fact there was one sex scene?!?!?" Sigh. I wonder if being single amplified the emotion in the movie whereas they are not??

My parents are a little conservative too. But my mom has agreed to watch Rent with me when I buy it. I told her I didn't care if she liked it or not, I just wanted her to see it, and then she could maybe understand my obsession a bit more.

agh. *defends Adam*

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My little brother wouldn't see Rent because of the gay couple (although he was ALL about the lesbians, which is so hypocritical and way too common), and he ridiculed me for going to see Brokeback Mountain. Despite all my and my parents' efforts, it looks like he's going to turn out to be a bigotted conservative. Where did we go wrong?

Yeah but my friend knows exactly what Rent is about. I don't know, maybe she just doesn't want to watch a movie that is focused completely on a gay relationship? Who knows. People are so wierd.

And my mom didn't like Rent at first, but she has accepted the fact that I'm never going to stop liking it. She saw the stage version with me, and she watched the first five minutes of the movie before her movie started and told my brother that part of the movie she saw was good, but yeah he's not going to listen. My brother will NEVER watch Rent, ever. She says that its unhealthy to like something that much [probably because I saw the movie five times] but otherwise thinks the music is good and doesn't care that I like it.

Updated On: 1/15/06 at 08:22 PM

I just figured we should be prepared.

Quite true. Ironic.

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