Rent - the Movie
Mon, 13 Mar 2006, 12:54 pmWalter Plinge6 posts in thread
Rent - the Movie
Mon, 13 Mar 2006, 12:54 pmSo...
I must admit that up until last night I had managed to avoid any wholesale exposure to "Rent" (apart from the send up in "Team America")
Primarily for the same reason I have avoided "Miss Saigon" and unsuccessfully avoided "Aida" (which is now one of my faves)
For the most part I enjoyed it...
but, I have one question:
Am I the only person who thought the ending was a cop-out?
For all the talk about it being hard-hitting etc. I thought Puccini had much more guts for actually letting his Mimi die.
What do other people think?
or am I about to be lynched...
Paul Treasure
PS You should see how bad my seats are for Madam Butterfly
H1-2 Upper Gallery, I do not think there are worse seats at His Maj, apart from the ones behind the pillars
Serves me right for not booking earlier
I must admit that up until last night I had managed to avoid any wholesale exposure to "Rent" (apart from the send up in "Team America")
Primarily for the same reason I have avoided "Miss Saigon" and unsuccessfully avoided "Aida" (which is now one of my faves)
For the most part I enjoyed it...
but, I have one question:
Am I the only person who thought the ending was a cop-out?
For all the talk about it being hard-hitting etc. I thought Puccini had much more guts for actually letting his Mimi die.
What do other people think?
or am I about to be lynched...
Paul Treasure
PS You should see how bad my seats are for Madam Butterfly
H1-2 Upper Gallery, I do not think there are worse seats at His Maj, apart from the ones behind the pillars
Serves me right for not booking earlier
Re: Rent - the Movie
Wed, 15 Mar 2006, 02:45 pmWalter Plinge
Paul,
My one criticism of Rent is that Mimi doesn't stay dead -- sad and morbid I know but also, like you mentioned, gutsy.
However I advise anyone who has ONLY seen the movie to get a hold of the OBC recording as I feel the movie, though great, gives the stage show no justice. I'm so glad I went and saw yellow glass's production of Rent last year so that the movie is not my only visual of this kick-ass musical. The stage show is far superior.
So those are my ramblings.
Humph.
My one criticism of Rent is that Mimi doesn't stay dead -- sad and morbid I know but also, like you mentioned, gutsy.
However I advise anyone who has ONLY seen the movie to get a hold of the OBC recording as I feel the movie, though great, gives the stage show no justice. I'm so glad I went and saw yellow glass's production of Rent last year so that the movie is not my only visual of this kick-ass musical. The stage show is far superior.
So those are my ramblings.
Humph.