Rent Movie — Page 3

I think Timberlake would be much better suited vocally for Mark instead of Roger!

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Yes JohnPopa- Rent is a rock musical, but the songs are beautifully written making you feel like your listening to your inner soul on stage. I dont know of a score to have so much meaning and brilliance.
Thats what I meant by intimate.

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The fact is, any Broadway musical given a film treatment will be thoroughly thrashed by Broadway fans regardless whom is cast or directing. It's always the same. Hollywood and Broadway are two different worlds that, on occasion, share similar stories, with vastly different visions and intent.

Of course they will throw in pop stars and celebrities into the leads. To expect anything else, would be folly. Luckily, Rent is a pop show that requires pop voices, so there is a large pool of singing talent to choose from. Maybe they will teach a couple of them to act, but I doubt it. With Chris Columbus directing, don't expect a whole lot of "edge" to the film. Unless he's changing his tune, expect it to be glossy and pretty and most likely toned down quite a bit. His "edgiest" work to date would be the horrendous dud "Monkeybone" and upcoming would be "The Fantastic Four". I'm still not quite sure why anyone thought he would be the perfect choice for this particular project. My choice would be Steven Soderbergh or Michael Mann. I think Baz Luhrmann would put some kind of surreal slick twist to it that would be visually stunning and detract from the story. He would never do it anyway. I'm still not sure how he thought Rent was based on his production of La Boheme. Other than the story (which wasn't Baz's anyway), they bear no resemblance.

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i say forget the movie versions, tape all the damn shows for video, wait 3 years after closing night and put it on DVD... then you have your theatre stars and the shows intact... musical theatre and movie musicals are not the same. But lets pray rent does turn out ok.'

ps last i heard moulin rouge was never coming to bway, but be a differnt style show in vegas.

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Updated On: 5/7/04 at 05:13 PM

Thank you Stop!. That's exactly how I feel about it. Let Hollywood do as it pleases, but get copies of the shows while they are still in the theaters. That way those of us exiled to Los Angeles can see more than just the toned down touring companies.

yes...but I think Beyonce would be better...not to mention she is a bigger name.


Voice....I hope you were being sarcastic about the whole Justin and the Grammys thing...he really CANNOT sing rent's score ESPECIALLY the part of roger. He is just fine for his solo music, but RENT? PLEASE NO.

I feel bad for you Rent fans. You got Chris Columbus both writing and directing this movie...yikes. He is one of the worst directors you could get.

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"First of all, since I'm obsessed with RENT and have heard this countless of times, I say THERE SHOULD BE NO RENT MOVIE!!!! NONE!!!!! NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!! NO RENT MOVIE!!!!!!!!"

May I ask WHY?

If Justin, Xtina or Britney are invovled I will never see it. They would butcher a raw, heartfelt show like Rent and turn it into a cheap publicity gag. I couldn't care less how old the original stars are, I want to see them (yeah, it'll never happen, but that's my ideal) If they didn't want to use big stars to draw an audience, marketing "The Originals" would be good.

Rent is something you have to feel. I don't care how corny that sounds, but they need authentics if they're gonna pull this off. I don't know much about directors, but I didn't like Chris Columbus' take on Harry Potter.

Rent really has gotten away from its roots with Scary Spice and that N'Sync guy. This movie could kill what life this show has left. OR it could be the gritty, real show Jonathan Larson intended it to be. Cross your fingers.

I think Jason Mraz would be interesting to see (in a good way). I also agree with Maya as Mimi and Queen Latifa as Joanne. As far as Chris Columbus goes...eh.....I'm a huge Harry Potter fan, so I loved the movies no matter what, but I was so excited that Alfonso Cuaran took over the project for the third movie. Columbus, as previously stated, has no edge....if he does this movie, he's really gonna have to prove himself. None of the power and adrinaline and emotion of Rent can be sacrificed for any reason...not to appease the public as a family movie, or for any other reason.

One thing that CAN be said about him is that he respects a big fan base. He cut absolutely as little as possible out of the HP movies in order to not anger fans. Someone said the movie couldn't be over 2:20, but HP1 is 2:30 and HP2 is 2:45. If he knows how the fans feel, he hopefully will not cut much at all.....please don't cut songs and make then into dialogue!! I know, it's a pipe dream...but still.

Also, it kind of irritates me when some people are SO SO against a Rent movie because it "goes exactly against what Jonathan Larson was trying to say." But ponder this: think of the hundreds upon hundreds of people who can't afford the theatre....or who live in very remote areas and can't get to Bway (touring productions only come around so often and it's still big bucks)....don't you think JL would like to get his message to as many people as possible? Shouldn't less fortunate people in Texas have the same opportunity to experience this amazing show? I mean, Rent has touched ME so much and I haven't actually ever even seen the show! I'm not accusing anyone on this site, but some people are so obsessively posessive about the theatre...it's like they don't want to share it with poor people who don't live in New York. the Rent movie is FINALLY here! Please, Mr. Columbus, do it right!!

How do we feel about Christopher Columbus directing? He's not exactly the most artistic director...

I think Columbus will be able to handle the complexity of 'Rent.,' People standing around singing in their apartment, people standing around singing in the streets, people standing around singing in another apartment, people standing around singing on a different street.

I think he can cover it.