Who did not like RENT? — Page 7

No es maricon. And by the way.. Jose deleates in Spanish too

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no it's: Pero dj no es maricon.

JRB, the problem, is that everyone (that i have seen post) who liked the film, seem to be ignoring the fact that it was a poorly executed movie. They all seem distracted by their ejaculations for Rent and the majority of the original 8 being in the movie.

The movie was extremely cheesey (WTF was with the desert scenes? seriously), the cutting of certain songs in the last third of the film were detrimental to the emotional impact, but beyond that, the lack of character development (we don't really get to Angel at all, so how can we be that upset about it when he dies?), the repetetion of hte CGI breath was obvious, and distracting, the film itself was very impersonal, most shots were wide shots, even in small scenes between 2 or 3 people (or even 1), the choice of camera angles in many scenes were laughable (the through the arm shots during TMOLM at the pool table? who taught the DP how do his/her job?).

Adam pascal probably shouldn't have been in the movie. He looks about 40 (not to mention like one the people from Whoville in the recent Grinch movie) plus, he's really not that great of an actor. I also agree that Anthony looked a little old for the role, but he was capable as a singer (i saw he perform live recently and his voice is still very much intact) and an actor.

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These aren't thoughts on the film, these are analyses of the film making. The film was poorly made, Chris Columbus, is a hack, you only liked the movie because you were too distacted by your love for rent to acknowledge anyhting being wrong with it.

I wanted, so bad, to love the movie. But i couldn't because it's a joke. A travesty of film making. Rosario, Tracy, Jesse and Wilson were all amazing, but no amount of great performances can make up for a film just being poorly made.

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from Yahoo

Critics Reviews Average Grade: B

Source Brief Review Grade*

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Melinda Ennis "Don't wait to rent this well-adapted version of the Broadway hit..." more... B+

Boston Globe
Wesley Morris "Some of the staging is just dumb." more... C

Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert "On film, Rent is the sound of one hand clapping." more... B-

Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips "...a pretty good version of a pretty great stage phenomenon." more... B

E! Online "...this is a Rent to own." more... B+

Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman "...a joyful surprise." more... A-

filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti "... one of the most refreshingly exuberant films of the year." more... B+

Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt "Hugely entertaining and high-spirited adaptation of the hit rock opera." more... A

New York Post
Kyle Smith "...sprinkling showbiz fairydust into the most ludicrous situations." more... C

New York Times
A.O. Scott "...every time the film seemed ready to tip into awfulness, the sneer on my lips was trumped by the lump in my throat." more... B

San Francisco Chronicle
Ruthe Stein "...to director Chris Columbus' credit, his schizoid approach works more often than not." more... B

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold "...still a powerful gut punch." more... A-

USA Today
Mike Clark "...stage-like characterizations clash against realistic East Village settings and homogenized production numbers." more... C

These tell me I am not alone in thinking well of it. They tell me that some people did not like it--but none of these reviews were less than a C. Therefore, to think the film is far from being a train wreck is not a crazy notion.

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Zoneace--I'm not a Renthead. I am not blinded.

Your saying that your statements are not merely thoughts aka opinions, but "analyses of the film making" is a scream. Ridiculousness.

While you are getting over the fact that many people validly liked this film, try getting over yourself, too.

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Zone Ace, don't waste your time here. You aren't forcing your opinions on anyone; that's not possible to do on a message board anyway. I know a place where you can share your thoughts with people who liked the film AND didn't like it, and actually get real feedback from both sides. No namecalling involved.

Updated On: 11/25/05 at 05:22 PM

and you have an over inflated opinion of the movie.

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Berate?

Hmm, now, mind pointing that out?

and, in a debate, isn't the point to change other peoples opinions on a certain topic? I know that's what I was taught.

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Those were not examples of berating an any interperation of the word. That was me, using colorful analogies to show what I had seen from people who loved the film.

Do try again though, you seem to have fun picking apart everything I say.

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You just don't like me cause I find your opinions silly.

And I didn't go off on you. I demolished your opinion of the film and showed it was biased because of how you feel about the stage show.

You are just bitter. It's ok, I don't hold it against you.

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you are so easy JRB, god you really me get to you, don't you.


Now, the last post, yes, that was actaully a post in which I was being a condescending prick. Atleast we know you can sometimes call it right.

And by my confessional posts, what exactly do you mean? you mean the ones where I deride attention whoring flamers? Cause, that doesn't really make me so much bitter, as well, annoyed by attention whoring flamers.

Vanity really makes me want to stab people.

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see, now that was funny, you do atleast have a sense of humor under all the bitterness. Which is refreshing.

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