WOW - RENT DVD FEB. 21/2006!!!! — Page 3

Heh, I had an area all-state rehearsal/concert weekend at Munk and Em's school...was pretty astonished by these TVs and digital clocks everywhere, def more advanced than my high school...

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Gotta love going to a rich school.

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Haha BSo.

but you know that my high school was the richest...yeah...really...

Once I met a whole group of ppl from one of the richer schools in our county and as soon as they found out where I went, they asked me if I've been shot yet...Oy.

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Our highschool sucks. The roof leaks and we're missing floor tiles. I think there's like... 3 tvs in the whole school.

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12/26/04 was a sad day.

And I mean that in the meanest way possible.

Updated On: 12/17/05 at 10:06 PM

Thanks BSoBW2, that made me laugh. :)

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I think you should pay more attention to your own signature there, bub....

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A local paper here in Australia today lists the new movie releases for 2006 thru to March, Rent isn't amongst them. I guess it will go straight to DVD here.

imdb has the Australian release date listed as March 2. Enjoy :)

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The suits wonder why people stay away from movies in droves & this is one reason. The movies come out on DVD so quickly that why should you bother seeing it in the theater

When the DVD has been out a few months, I will get it for $ 10

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Updated On: 12/18/05 at 10:10 AM

In this day and age you can't judge the success of a movie based on a dvd release. There have been several blockbusters that have had releases very close to their theatrical debuts and while still playing overseas. In fact, a few have even come out while the movie was still in some theaters. It's all part of the marketing and "windows" in the release schedules of other movies.

Roxy - I can see your point about waiting to own versus seeing it in the theater. But at the same time - there are several movies that you just have to see on a large screen (not saying RENT is one of them) to fully enjoy them. It's just not the same. Watching something like the Lord of the Rings trilogy is fine at home, but watching it on a big screen is far more enjoyable - and even if the dvd and movie came out together - I would still pay for both.

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No. Most of the critics hated it. Most of the PEOPLE who saw it hated it. Why wouldn't they? *BRINGS DISCUSSION BACK ON TOPICCC*: Hence the wayyy early DVD release date.

Actually, you're wrong. If you look at some of the past threads, probably the first RENT review thread -- there was a whole list of A and B reviews from note-worthy critics. Please, stop being a loser. I'm not trying to say they all loved it, but I'm saying the respectable ones did...and that means something. Personally, I don't give a damn if Joe Schmoe the critic hated it. That really means nothing to me...and it also means nothing to me that you didn't like it.

But yeah, the movie didn't do well. I'm not trying to deny that. It's sad. I cried in my mind for a moment, the 2nd week after it came out and we all realized it was going downhill. Sad. But whatever.

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Sony wouldn't have staged such an omnipresent advance promotional campaign if they didn't think it had any hope of crossing over beyond the fan base. The vibe from the publicists at the junket was that they were bracing themselves for something huge.

Studios generally give just release dates to media outlets before issuing formal press releases so there's no reason I can see to doubt the February 21 release date.

As for the ongoing, never-dying question, this is how I look at it: (1) not enough people wanted to see the film; and (2) not enough of those people enjoyed it enough to really spread convincing word of mouth. Yes, many people loved the film for all its flaws, but there weren't enough of those people. Just that those who loved it are the most vocal.

And, yes, I can understand loving something flawed. Hell, I enjoyed the heck out of The Producers. But it has many problems of its own (which the poor reviews have understandably calle dout), but it won me over all the same. With Rent, it just didn't. But your mileage may vary.

In closing... DVD on February 21 sounds about right. The big question remains though if this will be a barebones release or a fully loaded special edition--or if the latter will be available down the line (and Sony is one of those studios that frequently pull such a trick--e.g. Black Hawk Down, The Grudge...).