Here’s why I am a lousy movie critic. I WANT to love movies. Unless they are way over-hyped (Titanic), which usually compels me not to see them until long after everyone else has seen them three times and has finally shut up about them, I go into a theater with a totally open mind, desperately wanting the movie to be good and forgiving a thousand transgressions so that I can be swept up in movie magic.
A waaaay long time ago, I made a RENT movie date with Lindsey. I loved RENT both times I saw it on stage. I’ve listened to the cast recording a zillion times. And other than watching the trailer and reading a few reviews today, I tried to avoid too much RENT: The Movie exposure.
Tonight was our first opportunity to see it in Houston, and I went with Lindsey, Rhonda, Tim, and Tom. Yeah, there are changes–some good, some not. Yeah, there are some songs missing. But it didn’t matter. I loved the movie. I loved the casting. The movie magic worked.
And I loved the industrial tissues that Lindsey provided us before it started. Thanks, Lindsey! But I’m still mad that Tim forbade me to sing. Maybe I’ll go back by myself and MOO. Heh heh.
I was really tempted to moo. I was on the verge of mooing, but by the time I deigned to moo, the mooment had passed.
How could he stifle your singing!?If the courts would only have awarded me custody of you…….
Sounds as if a good time was had….which makes me smile.
I’m a bad homo
I think I must be the only gay man in the country who didn’t like Rent.
Maybe it’s because Sarah Schulman is a friend of mine….
Re: I’m a bad homo
Oh, I’m pretty sure you’re not the only one. And I can understand why knowing Sarah Schulman would color your opinion.
I was familiar with Lynn Thompson’s suit against RENT and the whole issue of intellectual property. But until your comment here, I wasn’t familiar with Sarah Schulman and PEOPLE IN TROUBLE.
And now that I’ve read some of the articles, although that doesn’t negate my enjoyment of RENT, it makes me go through that whole nagging process again of my own authenticity in what I write. But you are already familiar with that old song and dance from me. =)
“i WANT to love movies.”
oh, i completely understand!
no matter how predictable i’m told a film is, i am still suprised by it – like you said, i think it’s cuz i WANT to be suprised and WANT to have the full movie experience.
i laugh, i bawl, i agree/disagree, i’m shocked…i luv movies.
“industrial tissues”
How perfectly described! However, I was not forbade to sing, but repeatedly told to stop by movie parter…
I’m going with a group of people in SF to do an imprompto sing-a-long (why not since we already know all of the words!)
I say, let it rip!
I understand about wanting to like movies. I wanted to like “Lost in Translation.” I wanted my two hours back.
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one tempted to moo. Thank God for industrial tissues!
Becky, you can come over and wail to RENT with me anytime!