Eh, I'm still in the middle. I saw it twice, and did like it more the second time, but I still felt it was strange.
Some thoughts and questions:
I think the opening grinds the movie to a halt before it even gains momentum, from which it never truly recovers.
I thought it was odd to go right into the title song without even a shred of exposition.
If Mimi dated Benny two years ago, why didn't Roger already know her?
Benny really gets the shaft in the film. It's a shame that the whole paying for Angel's funeral thing doesn't make it.
Do people really dress up in costume for New Year's if they aren't planning a cat and mouse mission?
This is a quibble from the stage version that carried over to the film - Maureen's speech at the funeral. Did she have a pre-existing relationship with Angel? Her line about the Gap implies that they did.
If Roger (per Benny) was in a year of withdrawal (as opposed to half a year in the stage version), why does Collins say, "Oh hi after seven months?"
I learned that the word "clit" is apparently verboten in a PG-13 movie.
Why, when press mentions the original cast, is almost no mention given to the other seven cast members who were a part of the original cast?
"Out Tonight" was a huge disappointment. Having Mimi all bundled up, walking down he street for half of it really is a shame. I thought it was odd to make part of it a song in the club as well.
Why did I hear Sarah Silverman tell Anthony Rapp he'd get $20,000 when I saw it in the screening and $3000 when I saw it at a different theater two days later? And I know I'm not nuts, because the friend I saw it with both times noticed it as well.
Did Alexi hear Mark when he told her he quit? Was she outside the building?
It really was better the second time around, when I could judge it more on its own merits and less on what was cut from the stage version, but I'm still disappointed.
"How do you like THAT 'misanthropic panache,' Mr. Goldstone?" - PalJoey
Updated On: 11/24/05 at 11:24 PM
