Problems with Rent preview

I figured it's been talked about before, but lord knows you can't keep up with Rent or Wicked posts for too long on this site...anywho...I can't imagine not being a theatre geek or a Renthead and watching the Rent Trailer....I just caught it on FX (currently watching nip/tuck)....They show nothing...There's like one LINE in the entire thing...The rest is just a bunch of walking, dancing, bike riding, NYC shots....If this is supposed to entice an audience, I think the only people coming will be the lil teenie boppers...(but that's only if you can get them away from the 2 for 1 sale at Limited TOO)

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Well I don't want you Rentheads getting the impression I'm against the film. I'm all for it. I want it to succeed because that'll boost ticket sales (a la CHICAGO) and get people to come to Broadway! It's just that...yeah, it does seem really empty....The best thing I can compare it to is like watching a musical trailer for Vanilla Sky...I mean, you watch the trailer and its like...."what WAS that?"

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EXACTLY!

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well the one that aired on access hollywood sort of explained it in the words that popped up "struggle, ambition, love" and the lyrics can speak for themselves at times....i dont know, this is just me here.

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hardly, timote...

Thats like saying, I don't think james cameron said anything like " Well, we can't show the Titanic sinking, because it would spoil it...Let's just use a lot of vague shots and confuse the people who don't know the story.."

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The trailer they showed during Nip/Tuck did try to explain it a little bit more. Though, already having a background on the show, I guess I could understand it more. Its like when I went w/ my brother to see Phantom and within like 5mins of the movie he was like "is this a musical?" I guess you wouldn't know, cause they don't really tell you its a musical.

Also, what does Idina say in the preview? Something like "blah blah blah...something about friends."

"If this (the trailers) is supposed to entice an audience, I think the only people coming will be the lil teenie boppers"

I couldn't disagree more - - why would teenie boppers want to see a movie full of 35+ year olds? On that basis, I think the audience will be mostly rentheads.

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35+ year olds? I believe the only cast member over 35 when they shot was Jesse L Martin, all of 36.

I agree with timote316, there's not much you can explain about the plotline without giving away too much. I mean, you mention half the people have AIDS and then everyone can assume at least one person dies. The Titanic sinking is historical fact, so it's definitely not comparable.

Do you people never see movie trailers? The first ones that they show months before the movie comes out aren't supposed to tell you anything. The good previews never do tell you anything so that you'll go see the movie. I hate when you can tell exactly what happens in a movie and how it ends just from the 30 TV commercial.

If you're going to complain, I would like to know what you would have done differently that would have been so much better than what the trained professionals have offered. You know, mention the plotline of the movie, but not revealing enough that it's not worth the $10 movie ticket because you can guess the ending.

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Updated On: 9/26/05 at 11:59 PM

well i'll say this...when i went to see the show i had no idea what it was going to be about because everyone kept telling me it was 'about people coping with AIDS'

'And the story in THAT is...?'

Then i saw it and realized that it was fantastic. I'm guessing marketing is kind of doing the same thing with the movie that they did with the show.

Which is kind of a bad thing...but then...there isn't much of a BASIC storyline to this show...at least i didn't think so....you can't really explain the storyline of 'rent' in a 20 second trailer...

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