Rent

[Emerald Ghost]

Well, must say I'm disappointed. I wasn't impressed at all by this movie.

I usually enjoy musicals, but the style was off for me. The singing alternated with talking, so it didn't really elicit an emotional response from me.

I think the plot was wonderful, and would have made a great non-musical movie.

[JohnPopa]

I think the source material is a touch overrated but there *is* something intangible you can understand better seeing the show in a real theater, as opposed to seeing it on film. The power of the live performance energy is lost in the movie. 'Rent' is certainly big and sloppy but there are some really powerful moments in the stage show -- emotions can be big and sloppy after all. I don't think the movie captured that very well, they tried to make it far too literal and linear.

[Emerald Ghost]

I think the source material is a touch overrated but there *is* something intangible you can understand better seeing the show in a real theater, as opposed to seeing it on film. The power of the live performance energy is lost in the movie. 'Rent' is certainly big and sloppy but there are some really powerful moments in the stage show -- emotions can be big and sloppy after all. I don't think the movie captured that very well, they tried to make it far too literal and linear.

So you think I'd like it better as a stage production?

[EZMOHR]

I uhhh..had to watch it. It was not unpleasent for being forced to watch it. I liked uh..............that one guy in it. The dude that played the neighbor in Adventures in Babysitting. Darryl in that movie.

[bert]

So you think I'd like it better as a stage production?


yep.

the stage show is pretty much one set. . everything the film SHOWED, is in the imagination of the audience during the stage show.

a very high-energy musical, and my favorite show of all time.

oh. . and EVERYTHING is sung in the show.. . the film kept much of the words, but turned them into dialogue. Little to no speaking in the show (even the phone messages are sung).

[Sandoz]

The stage production is much better. The film was very poorly directed and a lot of the original meaning was lost.

For example, take the funeral scene where Collins reprises "I'll Cover You." In the stage version, this is a very theatrical moment; instead of it actually being a "funeral" you see the characters gathered near Angel's body, which is resting on a slab. When Collins finishes the song, he pulls the shroud over Angel's face--covering him. In the film, the meaning of the song is completely lost.

[choptop]

Well, must say I'm disappointed. I wasn't impressed at all by this movie.

I usually enjoy musicals, but the style was off for me. The singing alternated with talking, so it didn't really elicit an emotional response from me.

I think the plot was wonderful, and would have made a great non-musical movie.
yup but the girl from sin city is in the movie and shes hot!

[choptop]

HER http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosario_Dawson

[Emerald Ghost]

HER http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosario_Dawson

She's not bad.

[Shade]

yep.

the stage show is pretty much one set. . everything the film SHOWED, is in the imagination of the audience during the stage show.

a very high-energy musical, and my favorite show of all time.

oh. . and EVERYTHING is sung in the show.. . the film kept much of the words, but turned them into dialogue. Little to no speaking in the show (even the phone messages are sung).

THey were worried the movie going audience wouldn't like everything sung and people would get lost. It's a shame too because the speaking lines were really jarring to the pace of the story. MUCH better on stage and having everything expressed and the story told entirely through music/song.

[Mac Danny]

I prefer the movie to the Stage show. It's a tighter story on film for me. Plus the relationship of Maureen and Joanne is a little less bitchy in the movie.

The singing / talking didn't bother me so much. In a couple places it was jarring.

The woman who played Joanne I liked a lot, she has a great voice. Rosario dawson also did one hell of a job with the singing.

As far as soundtracks go, I like the fuller sounding more rock oriented movie soundtrack to the stage soundtrack. For some reason the stage soundtrack sounds like it was recorded in a bathroom. I also like the movie Mimi bettter than the stage Mimi.

But that is my .155 Hong Kong.

-Mac Danny

[JohnPopa]

Show recordings are done quickly and cheaply. They rarely sound all that good.

[Zeta]

Avenue Q is funnier and less depressing.

They could've also named the story "Everybody's got AIDS".

[The Humanist Hero]

I saw it on stage back during its heyday in early 1998.

I wasn't impressed.