Preparation for RENT the movie....
Preparation for RENT the movie....
Broadway Star Joined: 9/29/04
Preparation for RENT the movie....#0
Posted: 8/3/05 at 11:29pmMy friends and I already know with who we're going see it with and what movie theater. Even what we are going to do before and after the movie.... anybody else have plans set out?
re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#1
Posted: 8/3/05 at 11:32pm
As an early Renthead...I am just thankful (and a bit saddened) that my plans won't involve any camping outside of the theatre.
I really have no idea what I'll be doing before or after just yet, but I suspect I'll see it with my wife - whom I met as a result of flying out to LA to see the Benny Tour. Sappy, but real.
re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#2
Posted: 8/3/05 at 11:58pmI think I'll be taking a Metro North train into the city on 11/11, because I will not wait a week when allI have to do is take a 90 minute train ride. anyone on the HUDSON line?? let's train pool
re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#3
Posted: 8/4/05 at 12:00amAww that's so sweet! What a romantic way to fall in love!
-Kad
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re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#4
Posted: 8/4/05 at 12:03am
I had made plans with a few of my friends to skip school and see the movie several times on the 11th... but know that the date has changed, me and my best friend are planning a road trip to Toronto so we can still see it on the 11th! 
-best12bars
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re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#5
Posted: 8/4/05 at 1:04am
Just wondering...
Is the movie still being released in some markets on 11/11?? I have "Hope and Faith" tickets for that day, and since that tapes in NY, I'm planning on making a weekend out of it...it would be sweet if it all worked out!
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Idina: Thanks...I WAS SO HIGH! 8/21/05
re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#6
Posted: 8/4/05 at 1:12amim hoping that it will play at the arclight dome in hollywood, that place has a great sound system. i saw phantom opening night there and it was awesome.
re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#7
Posted: 8/4/05 at 1:15amI didn't know "Hope & Faith" was still on the air. Wow.
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re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#8
Posted: 8/4/05 at 1:15am
Yep, Meagan, it'll be opening on 11/11 in NYC, LA, and probably some other major cities to be announced.
re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#9
Posted: 8/4/05 at 1:15am
Meagan, yes the show still opens in "major markets" on 11/11. LA and NY are safe.
Whisked, I can't see Rent opening at the Dome but I guess stranger things have happened.
Personally, I think seeing it at a more independent, grittier theatre would be fun - like the Nuart on Santa Monica.
More likely, it will end up opening at Sunset 5 in West Hollywood.
Updated On: 8/4/05 at 01:15 AM
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/14/04
re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#10
Posted: 8/4/05 at 1:20amNov. 23 is mine and my girlfriends three year anniversary and Rent is the one show that we bought third row center seats to and drove three hours on a school night as seniors to see the show. It will be a good day :)
re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#11
Posted: 8/4/05 at 1:26am
Yay!
You know what's going to be horrible though?
Seeing it on the 11th and then having to go another 2 weeks before it comes out around me!! I know i'm gonna want to go sooner than that!
Some guy: You looked great!
Idina: Thanks...I WAS SO HIGH! 8/21/05
re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#12
Posted: 8/4/05 at 1:38amI don't have plans yet, but I did see a coat today at Goodwill (I shopping for a show costume - I swear) that looked almost exactly like one of Mark's coats (at least one I've seen in the trailer, don't remember if he had a coat on stage), and I was going to buy it to wear when I see the movie - along with scarf and glasses, of course. Anyone else dressing up? I don't have near enough confidence in my masculinity to dress as Angel, but if I did find some tight blue pants with a lepord skin top...
"The man who wishes he had written Phantom of the Opera!" - SueleenGay
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re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#13
Posted: 8/4/05 at 4:20amCalmly buying a ticket the day it opens in Chicago because a) I know it won't sell out and b) I don't want to get my hopes up like the rest of you, unless test screenings reveal that this film is perfection.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#15
Posted: 8/4/05 at 5:29amEdit: Unless test screenings reveal that there's no foundation to the negative press the film has received.
re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#16
Posted: 8/4/05 at 9:13amWait, am I just blanking out or do I not know this, what negative press has the movie gotten? I didn't think there WAS any press about it, because there haven't been screenings yet.
re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#17
Posted: 8/4/05 at 9:22am
Don't listen to Evelyn, she doesn't know what she's talking about...All early buzz for RENT has been fabulous!!
Just to be sure, people in NY and LA can still see the movie o nthe 11th, right? The 11th isn't only an exclusive premeier? Because i'm planning on going to see the movie and then getting tickes for the show at night! It'll bge a whole RENT-filled day and I can't wait!!
re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#18
Posted: 8/4/05 at 9:22am
Don't listen to Evelyn, she doesn't know what she's talking about...All early buzz for RENT has been fabulous!!
Just to be sure, people in NY and LA can still see the movie o nthe 11th, right? The 11th isn't only an exclusive premeier? Because i'm planning on going to see the movie and then getting tickes for the show at night! It'll bge a whole RENT-filled day and I can't wait!!
re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#19
Posted: 8/4/05 at 9:39am
http://www.stagespace.com/node/4353
http://www.broadway.com/gen/buzz_story.aspx?ci=503026
http://www.oscarwatch.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5276
http://goldderbyforums.com/eve/ubb.x
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=20904
Also, two articles in Entertainment Weekly (one plainly negative, the other ambivalent). Hey, I'm looking forward to Rent as much of any of you but - having a balanced mind so rare amongst Broadway lovers - I'm not going to allow my own excitement about the film to blind me to hard facts. Some journalists are looking forward to the film. Others have very low expectations for it. That's just the way it is.
re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#20
Posted: 8/4/05 at 9:48amEvelyn, do you know what the chances are of this movie being released on the 11th here in Chicago? I would love to dress up and got see it with some friends that night. Otherwise I guess we'll just have to have a Peasant Feast & Movie Outing on the 23rd.
re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#21
Posted: 8/4/05 at 9:50amThose links don't prove anything...They aren't even written by real journalists, just a bunch of wannabe critics who don't know anything. They didn't even make any valid points, their only argument was that Columbus "ruioned" Harry Potter. Whatever. And i'm not even clicking that aintitcool link because there's nothing but morons over there. Ugh. Anyway, I still have no fear about this movie, and most other real journalists have given it good buzz.
re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#22
Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:02am
Some of those journalists specialize in creating Oscar buzz so, while their opinions probably won't have a deleterious effect on the outcome of the film, it is relevant to the film's awards potential which is in turn relevant to box office and how people remember the film. Also, call them fake journalists all you want, but they pull off interviews with cast and crew for big Hollywood films. (See Goldderby for Tom O'Neill's filmed interview with Rob Marshall for MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA.) Hollywood takes them seriously. Columbus has even been responsive to what has been said.
Early reports stated that the limited release wouldn't be extended to Chicago. But considering that films such as Kinsey and Vera Drake opened in limited release here, I don't see why Rent wouldn't too. There is definitely a market for it. The tours of the stage production do really well in Chicago.
Updated On: 8/4/05 at 10:02 AM
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#23
Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:25amOh yeah I'm supposed to take someone's bitch/gripe on their blog seriously? Yeah. Whatever. The guy needs to get a grip.
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/1/04
re: Preparation for RENT the movie....#24
Posted: 8/4/05 at 10:28am
And another link was that to another bitch/gripe fest on a message board?!!! Gimme a break. These aren't critics.
God, I hope these cry babies are friggin eating every single one of their negative remarks come Novmber. What a bunch of LOSERS.
Updated On: 8/4/05 at 10:28 AM
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