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bucky_2300:
I loved that movie. I am wearing my Rent t-shirt (homemade, in true Bohemian style) right now. The songs were great, and I should admit that I cried during a couple parts of the movie.

KTkat:
I went to see it opening night with my friends- yes, a couple of us are Rentheads, I admit it. Can't wait 'til May when I get to see it on Broadway.

But anyway, yes, the movie was a fairly good adaptation from the stage production. A little disappointed on some of the cuts- some details on characters were kind of lost (ex. Joanne's anal-ness that Maureen complains about wasn't seen because of a phone/voicemail segment being cut). The songs were great though. I especially loved Rent and La Vie Boheme...amazing.

bucky, what does your shirt look like?? We made shirts too! There were 8 of us, and we each had a character...*geek* :)

TheCourtJester:
This stage/film translation made the other ones look like a travesty, IMO. I think a great deal of it had to do with so many of the original actors being in it. Strangely, I prefer the movie sountrack version over the original cast recording. Something about it sounds much cleaner...more like it was intended to be.

Anyone else know that Ideni Menzel played Elpheba in "Wicked?" It took me forever to figure out where I'd heard her voice before.

It's really very sad that Jonathan Larson died. "Rent" isn't necessarily the BEST SHOW EVAR or anything, but it was his first work. The potential it showed is part of what makes it amazing. The way he could make the characters so real, along with making sharp transition from songs like "RENT" to "Will I" (the song the people in Life Support group sang) and still make it seem totally natural is stunning. This movie was the closest I've ever come to crying during any movie or play. I'm sure a bit of it is because of the amount of realism it brings, especially with Angel (long story short, I recently 'lost' a guy cousin and 'gained' a girl cousin...but no one died) so part of it hit me personally. I'd imagine everyone who sees it can get something different from it.  


On a completely different note, I've been told about million times I look like Mark. 'Specially when I had darker-rimmed glasses...It's weird.

mooface:
i can't wait to see it mainly because of idina menzel.  (yay elphaba!)  too bad i won't be able to see it for another 3 weeks at least... :(

Mnementh:

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Team America.

I really like the musical, so I have to get out and see this.

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