Rent #18 on comingsoon.net's Terrible 20 list

It's also on someone's ten best list. It's the same pattern - love it or hate it.

Match Point which is finally one of Woody Allen's greatest works and Loggerheads, which is one of the best movies I've seen this year is on that list. Who is that guy anyways? What credentials does he hold? Yes, Rent had MANY problems but was still one of the better movies of the year.

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What is "Loggerheads"?

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I saw the Match Point trailer before Munich and could not believed how cliched it was. Nevertheless, I'll give the movie a chance as I did read about a few interesting plot twists.

Maybe this list will be a good thing...publicity is publicity. Often when I hear how "bad" something is, I am curious to judge for myself. Especially if I originally anticipated it to be good.

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Should be closer to number one.

...it wasn't that bad, BUT for the mere fact that they so horribly butchered it (and for the fact that the original cast which was comprised of actors who had 10 years to perfect their roles was abysmal) makes the film all the more worthy of being high up on a "Worst Movies of 2005" list.

Yuck.

"Not liked it - loved it. And two of them are crazy-crazy Jesus freaks!"

... well if they liked it, then perhaps you should ask yourself if it was nearly as provocative as it should have been.

My biggest gripe with this man's bit on Rent is that he equates gentrication with pleasant. It's the complete opposite for me. Alphabet city was one of the coolest places to hang before it was gentrified.

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ughh...what is wrong w. ppl?

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442namffug, did it ever occur to you that while the RENT OBC members had ten years to develop their characters, they also had numerous other theatrical projects and other things--like LIFE--to experience? Their sole focus for the last ten years was not to create characters that would be perfect in your eyes.

RENT was far from perfect. But it was undoubtedly good and enjoyable.

And as far as the never-ending reviewer comments that the cast is "too old"? Talk about below the belt. When you have no real argument, you throw out whatever trivial information imdb.com hands you, I suppose. RENT is not about a group of people with specific, defined ages--it's about a group of friends and one year in their lives. We know that Mimi is nineteen, but looks younger (neither of which is true about Rosario Dawson, despite critics' hailings--I think they were just happy to see the unnecessary Cat Scratch scenes), but we don't know the ages of the other cast memebers, so how can we say the actors are "too old"? They don't have their ages branded on their foreheads, and they are far from geriatric, and most importantly, they personify the characters, so what does their actual age matter?

As far as the movie's only promise being Rosario Dawson, "pff" is all that comes to mind. I found her to be one of, if not THE, weakest parts of the movie. If Daphne was out, then what about Marcy Harriel? What about Karmine Alers? What about Yassmin Alers? What about *any other seasoned musical theatre performer*??? This was stunt casting, regardless of what publications say, and it wasn't the best stunt casting I've ever seen, by far.

Does it really matter that NYC has changed since the 1989 depicted in the film? I don't know, does it matter that our technology is a little more advanced than that in "Gladiator"? This is another poor excuse for criticism. RENT was decidedly filmed with a 1989 NYC setting, so whether that setting is still present today is irrelevant and hardly a valid point for criticism.

Ugh. Reviewers with cheap shots tick me off. Especially at four in the morning.

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Updated On: 12/30/05 at 04:27 AM

Well, one more than the other, but that's probably not too far from the truth.

We're trying to get them to see Brokeback, but I have a feeling that may not work.

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I hestitantly went to see RENT again last night, and I must say, I like it much more than The Producers, and a lot more than when I first saw it. Since I knew what to expect, I didn't even acknowledge what was missing and it worked. There are only three scenes in the whole movie I thought could have been better:

1) Rent - the prison riot scene on the fire escapes look stupid.
2) No Day But Today - Mark, Collins and Angel suddenly walking around the corner was a bit weird, and seeming to instantly know what's happening at that moment was absurd...it could have worked a little better
3) What You Own - a really bad 80s video...easily the worst scene in the entire film.