CapnHook revisits the RENT movie — Page 3

We barrel full steam into the title song without a shred of exposition.

You hit the nail on the head. That is what killed it for me right from the start. After that, I knew it was all downhill. It's sort of like opening Forum with That'll Show Him.

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RENT was what got me into theatre. I grew up listening to the OBCR because of my mother, but we'd never seen the show. It changed my whole life and I find the show to be very near and dear to my heart. When my mother and I saw the movie, we both loved it. I was hooked on that version and the soundtrack for a few months before I bought the OBCR and then I couldn't put that down. I saw the show live for the first time in May of '08 when it was in Stockton in California. Seeing the show live didn't change my opinion of either the movie or the show. I still love both of them deeply. I understand that the film most definately has its faults. They've all been pointed out numerous times throughout the thread, but it's not really the movie itself that matters to me. It's the story. It's the show. It's the music. It was really my first introduction into the show.

I will admit that I was pissed when the movie ended. I thought that was the dumbest ending ever, even without having seen the stage show. I even think then ending of the stage show is dumb. There were quite a few things I was confused about, having gone in and seen the movie only knowing the cast album of the Broadway show. The dream sequence during Tango: Maureen? Santa Fe? Out Tonight? The randomness during Another Day? The film is bad, I'll admit it.

I'm going to follow the example of the OP and refrain from watching RENT until after I'm through with my community theatre production here in Sacramento if I get cast. I haven't seen RENT in any form since the actual DVD of the filmed stage version came out. I haven't even seen the movie in about a year. If I do get cast in the show, I'm going to rewatch the movie once the run is over and hopefully reform my opinion. I don't really have one and I hope this experiment will give me one.

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She didn't like the movie because Mimi didn't wear the blue pants.

I'm a bad ReNt fan. I should be descarfed!

SO MANY PLOT HOLES IN HER STORY. JUST LIKE JONATHAN LARSONS. SHE SHALL BE TARRED AND FEATHERED.

Phyllis - do the honors, my dear. Take me...out tonight. Please.

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What's with this habit of making films of shows that are essentially through sung--and then making much of the sung dialogue into spoken dialogue, but KEEPING the original rhyme schemes, etc (OK maybe only Rent and Phantom did this but it comes off as beyond bizarre and I have no doubt that any audience would have simply had an easier time accepting the sung dialogue)

It's so easy to insult others than admit you were caught in your lies, isn't it?

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Xmas Brunch?

<3

Mimi

This movie is by far the furthest thing from a cinematic masterpiece, but I love it still. It is complete cheese. I remember seeing it in the movie theaters on opening night and going....really?? oh dear! but, i still bought the DVD the day it came out and watch it whenever I am in a crappy mood. I take it for what it is. I don't expect much from it. Yes, in general, the OBC should not have been used, but I will be selfish and be glad they were because I love them.

ICY(R) and Without You will make me cry my eyes out everytime, Tango maureen dream sequence & OTM will make me laugh hysterically (and not in a good way) and in all my Adam obsessiveness the cliff scene and a few shots of his flowy hair will make me cringe, but I'm still glad I have it to watch.

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Topped only by the brilliance that is A Chorus Line the movie.

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That's how it was with me. When I first saw it in theaters I was trying to take it all in and I actually didn't think it was that bad. The second time I went in with a more analytical mindset and it was then that I saw how bad it was.

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"I liked it for what it was when I first saw it."

What would that be, exactly?

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Lol at Adam on the mountain top!