RENT SCREENPLAY — Page 11

Hey, NTG... yeah, I'm back. THANK GOD!

Renthead - I was wearing black pants, a green tank top and a jean jacket. I'm like 5'2" and I look a little bit like Idina, if that helps you. I was at the Kean show, though.

Remember that article where Jai said he'd cry if he didn't get it? I was really pulling for him until I heard Wilson was in talks. I mean, Wilson is unbelievable and he's got the Tony and he's the original, but he has aged a lot, unfortunately. We'll see, I guess!

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I'm sorry if I upset anybody, but I jumped in late into the discussion and I felt my opinion needed to be heard...er...read.

I like how the movie begins and ends with Angel. At least they got something right, Angel is the thesis, the central character who brings on all the good. So I do like that touch.

However, the engagement/gay marriage thing is not necessary at all. Especially since it's now set in the 1980's and not in present day. I just don't think those issues would have been around back then. It's not relevant to the story.

And regarding the dialogue, a sung-through movie does not draw people away from watching the movie. Again, look at "Evita" and "The Phantom of the Opera," the first was successful and won a couple of Golden Globes, the second is getting the biggest talk of this holiday season. And they're BOTH sung-through. I think the movie of "Rent" should be sung-through because it's so different than these two Andrew Lloyd Webber shows music-wise, and I think it would be really cool if all dialogue were sung to rock music. It's an interesting take on musical theatre and the movie musical, and I think it should be done that way. And anyway, we're talking about "Rent," which already has such a large following. Since it does, I'm sure a lot of people will want to see it how it's presented on the CD. As a movie, I think it'd be really interesting. And it'll still bring lots of people to come watch it. I mean how many movie musicals feature rock and pop music? People WILL come. The music should be heard more, is all.

There, I wasn't being too bashing-Columbus, was I? Haha.

Thoughts? Those are mine.

~Steven

Cuz being here with me was just oh so horrible! ::pouts::


yes, two people who share brain cells having a conversation can be very boring

BEKA, I was away for Thanksgiving. I couldn't get a decent internet connection for more than a couple of minutes.


i know the feeling

Steven, don't worry about it. And welcome. It's not that I have a problem with people disagreeing, I just don't want the entire thread to turn into bashing or a huge flamewar as the other Rent threads have. I'd much rather have actual intelligent conversation about it.

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about the 80s part...

I'm not sure the movie takes place in the 80s. It says:

"We begin a MONTAGE. Various shots. Streets of Manhattan. Christmas Eve. Mid 1980's."

When I read it, I took that as the montage showing scenes from the 1980s. New York has cleaned up a lot since the 80s, maybe it just means that they will be showing the conditions of NYC that the characters had grown up in.

Late 80's, early 90's I always figured. I mean, think about the time frame for the outburst of the AIDS crisis, ESPECIALLY its association with gay men.

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emcee, whats the site for the screenplay again?

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first: http://www.kissmen.com/rentscripts/1.pdf
second: http://www.kissmen.com/rentscripts/2.pdf
(posted by BEKA)

I know you asked emcee, but... lol

thanks...which version are they going with?

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the first one is a fan script, and has no connection to chbosky and columbus's script, they were just both on the same page, so i linked them both

munkustrap, the one I linked you to is the first one CC re-wrote. It's still in progress, apparently.

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Very good point BEKA, very good point. I think CC should hire us to write this screenplay lol

I'd love to discuss more, but I have a birthday party to go to. lol, and I'm debating which would be more entertaining: this thread or the party lol...