RENT DVD

Please don't tell me this was on an earlier thread or to do a search as it must have been a long time before I joined the board.
After all the threads on this Board about RENT, I finally watched the DVD. I really had not had any interest in the show before. I was very pleasently surprised. Most of the music was very enjoyable, even to this ears brought up on R&H, Cole Porter etc.
The only cast member I really did not care for was Idena Mazel. I found her shrill and difficult to understand (thank heaven for subtitles). She ruined the "wedding reception scene for me)
I enjoyed it enough that I will add it to my Broadway DVD collection.

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hey puppetman, just curious if you knew that the quote you have there from PHANTOM is actually open UP your mind let YOUR fantasies unwind

: )

from,
george aka pyscho phantom guy

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Buy Rent DVD!


That Idena Mazel. Nobody around here likes her, so I'm sure your post is safe and will be cheered by the masses.

*ducks*

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Updated On: 4/25/08 at 05:56 PM

Glad you enjoyed it. Seeing RENT on DVD (or at the movies) is not quite the experience of seeing it live on stage (which you must do some day), but I loved the movie, also. Unlike SOME movie versions... I think the RENT movie is a very close replica of the stage version. The PHANTOM movie is also excellent - and closely stays with the story and songs in the stage play; You might enjoy it, as well.
RENT has a very universal story, and some people have ONLY seen it on DVD. Good for them! It works for me!

I thought this was asking if you could buy a broadway bootleg. Is it true that last week someone was offering sexual pleasure for bootlegs?

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Some crazy person set up one of those online petitions to get Great Performances to film it. Because petitions clearly have so much power.

Replies: Yes, I know the exact quote from PHANTOM, but this is my version of it.

2: Since I have over 700 DVDs, they will not be obsolete in my home. I am really not interested in Blu Ray because of cost of the discs and players.

3: Yes, I had the subtitles on for Idena. Maybe she is a aquired taste that I have not been able to aquire.

4: I'm not a Mexican but Irish, Swedish, English and German - a real USA mongrel.

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Updated On: 4/26/08 at 11:16 PM

I bought a new Blu-ray of Rent for one half of $19.95 on a buy-one-get-one free sale.

Blu-ray players are also "backwards compatible" meaning they can play standard def as well.

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"Blu-ray players are also "backwards compatible" meaning they can play standard def as well."

Really? Mine doesn't. It must be a piece of sh*t.

I know...like I said, it's a piece of sh*t.

One of you said that you loved Phantom on DVD. I did enjoy it, but saw it shortly after I had just seen the nat'l tour multiple times. It is VERY difficult to see the show on the stage, and then go into the theater to see it on the big screen. I actually was disappointed with it at the time, but as its settled in, i enjoy it much more than i did.

As for rent, the first time I saw it, it was way too long for me. I didn't know the story, nor many of the songs. If you don't know any of those things - omg, trust me it drags. However, I am familiar with the story, songs, and performers now, so appreciate it and like it MUCH more than I did

The stage to movie shows need to grow on me before I really like them. I ADORE the stage performances, and am always "so-so" with the movies at first. Same thing happened w/ Hairspray. I had JUST seen it on the nat'l tour, and months later it was on DVD.

I would love to see Ave Q on DVD ! Hehe - just my opinion.

[I would love to see Ave Q on DVD ! Hehe - just my opinion.]

SW: That's probably the WORST example ever. I can't even IMAGINE a "screen" version of Avenue Q. That is truly one you need to see on stage. It's hysterically funny, touching, and has great, great songs. Don't walk, but RUN to see the stage version as soon as it's ANYWHERE near you.