Who did not like RENT?- Page 8

[dmb_rent]

Posted: 11/25/05 at 6:26pm

Those reviews aren't bad at all. Not bad at all.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 11/25/05 at 6:28pm

Child, I am far from bitter, especially regarding this film. Do recall that I loved it. No complaints.

(and I AM cute!) :P

[DAME]

Posted: 11/25/05 at 6:50pm

Two snaps to you girl. ( The movie still sucked the big wad for me).

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 11/25/05 at 6:53pm

Well, then you and the movie have something in common! Haaaa!

[Auggie27]

Posted: 11/25/05 at 7:26pm

What's startling is how a show that was considered "downtown" and groundbreaking could be perceived as "safe" and musically "too broadway" once committed to film. I've read 3 reviews in 2 days that talked about the absence of Ramones-type sound. Commentary almost entirely missing in appraisals of Larson's score in the theater. (But really, it's a silly standard; HEDWIG is the only "rock" musical with a bonafide "rock" score.)

I always thought it impossible to translate to the screen -- RENT's characters are defined solely through its numbers -- so the film's a relative success to me. But it does play as a series of separate music videos rather (intelligently, at times artfully) strung together, requiring an enormous investment in character whose crises aren't entirely dramatized. Early on, all the hand-wringing about Bennie's sellout machination feels a thin premise on which to build a plot--something that was almost irrelevant on stage. But once Taye drives up in his SUV, and they start hagglin, it feels small, low stakes. And except for Rosario, they do all look a tad mature to be so invested in making their youthful claim on the artist's turf. But I still got teary and still loved hearing those (non Ramones) songs.

[InTheRed]

Posted: 11/25/05 at 9:15pm

Me!
And apparantly I'm not alone - for a well written, (and IMO accurate) point of view, check out today's Los Angeles Times article by Carina Chocano.
Here's the address: http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-rent23nov23,0,4796820.story?coll=cl-home-more-channels
She puts it so well...
Wow!
apologies if this has been mentioned/linked already

[EvelynNesbit1906]

Posted: 11/25/05 at 9:38pm

That's a very insightful article.

*bait*

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 11/25/05 at 9:40pm

EVERYTHING in it could have been and actually was said about the stage version.

She hated Rent as a piece--not just the film.

There wasn't anything in that review that was specific to the film. I didn't agree with some of the criticisms in this thread, but at least they were about the FILM.

What she says confirms to me that Columbus did translate the essence of the Broadway production.

Updated On: 11/25/05 at 09:40 PM

[Chazds9]

Posted: 11/26/05 at 12:30am

I really and truly disliked this film. It had some nice moments, but for the most part, I really just did not like it. Rent is just not my type of musical.

[chrrymn]

Posted: 11/26/05 at 5:54am

Overall I really enjoyed it, but HATED "Over the Moon"! And "What You Own" was tragically corny, but didn't really irk me.

And I didn't really get any feelings for the characters till it was about over. I just didn't feel the chemistry between them.

Just little qualms, I guess, I'd see it again.

[ljay889]

Posted: 11/27/05 at 1:40am

I saw it again tonight.

And I feel I enjoyed it more tonight. I brought a few friends who aren't big into Musical Theatre. And they really enjoyed it. They really got into the story, and the music. They want to see it on Broadway now.

I also found it to be a good movie to see with someone you have romantic feelings for.. (but that's another story.. )

Overall, I think it's a good movie. I enjoyed it both times I saw it.