[Mb-hair] Just saw the Rent movie...

Wed Nov 23 23:34:19 PST 2005

Hey Dauber.. 

  I also just saw it.. My daughter took me tonight inbetween me makeing my pies, stuffing, cranberry sauce and all the other good stuff.. 

  Anyway,, My take on the movie was this.. 

  I thought it was very well done.. I felt that unlike the Motion Picture, HAIR. Rent stuck to the original script.. some of the dialog that is sung on stage was spoken on screen, but it worked out well.. Like the play, I fell in love with both Mimi and Angel and both had me in tears more than once.. (don't want to give anything away.) There were only three things in the screen version that I didn't like.. 1, Roger was alot meaner to Mimi on screen then he was on stage.. I liked the stage version of him better.. 2, The whole wedding type scene.. I realize it was built up around that song, but it seemed to be the only reason it was in there.. (the stage version was pretty much just sung.) the best part about that scene was the line delivered by the mother of the bride imediatly following the action. And lastly and I guess I can not really speak of it as it will give away the ending.. but lets just say, the ending.. Though the same, it was better acted on stage.. But.. I am bei
 ng very
 critical.. The movie was great.. I would like to see it again.. and will definetly buy it when it comes out on DVD. The theatre I went to was also packed.. (We had to sit in the very front row.. and there were people standing in the back. on the way out there was a huge line for the next showing.. so I bet that sold out as well.) The soundtrack is great.. I own both on CD, and the movie soundtrack has one extra track, (ending credit's song which, maybe it's just that I am not used to it, but it's not the same calibur as the rest of the score. but the production quality on the Movie cast recording is better than the Broadway cast recording.. though I saw both cast sing live on the Today show, and the Broadway cast I felt sang better than the movie cast.. and I know a lot of them are the same.. but those were my observations.. 

  I agree a must see movie.. very well done.. and if you haven't seen it, stage or screen, don't taint it by thinking of it as the second coming of Hair.. If you see Hairyisms.. cool.. but veiw it with fresh eyes.. and bring a hanky.. there are some strong visual moments..

  Peace Love and Light.. and happy Turkey Day my friends.. JIMMY P.

Sean Courtney <dauber at banana-and-louie.org> wrote:
  Just to give you my background and knowledge (well...LACK of knowledge!) of
Rent...

- I first heard of it in 1996 when I read a pretty bad review of the Chicago
production of Hair that Cal State/Fullerton put on that year. (That was the
first production of Hair that I ever saw, and trust me, it was absolutely
WONDERFUL.) I posted about it on Tracy Harris's message board, and someone
wrote something along the lines of "If that guy thinks Hair is so outdated
[the reviewer complained several times of the dated feel of Hair -- in fact,
you can actually read the article in Nina's archive], why doesn't he shut up
and go see Rent?"

- And when I learned more about Rent, I was told there were a lot of Hair
parallels; some folks went so far as to say it was a Hair rip-off.

- However, I never actually got to see the show; actually, I never really
had the desire to. My wife saw the original Broadway production and said you
gotta see it, but only if Anthony Rapp is playing Mark. After Lisa finally
did see a production of Hair, she says she could definitely tell that there
was some Hair influence.

So...when they announced the Rent movie was going to be made, and with
pretty much everybody from the original Broadway cast reprising their roles,
Lisa was pretty gung ho about going to see it and she asked that I see it
with her.

Well...just got back a while ago...let me tell you...this is a MUST-SEE.
Wow....very profound...very powerful...

There were obviously some fans in the crowd, applauding at certain names
during the opening credits, applauding loudly when Jonathan Larson's name
comes on the screen....people singing along with the songs (but let me just
say...I really hope I never hear "Seasons Of Love" ever again -- I'm so
bloody SICK of it!)....crying during the emotional scenes...

Were there some Hair things? A few...not a whole heck of a lot, though...but
wow...this was one damn good flick....

I can say no more....

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