The movie RENT is better heard than seen. I am a fan of the musical (although not yet deserving to be called a RENThead since I haven't seen the actual stage production) and I loved the new recording they did for the movie. So I'm going to refer to Rent (2005) as "the movie" and the musical as RENT :)
I didn't like how the scenes were slightly choppy and some of the musical numbers in the movie had a corny "music video" feel (What You Own), unlike other musical to movies like Chicago. The movie gives off the feeling of a copy-paste version of the Broadway production. I am only basing this from the original Broadway cast recording, since I've never seen it on stage.
The movie also became somewhat comical because most of the lines in the movie were originally sung in the obc recording. So I kind of guessed what they were going to say next. The least they could've done was change the lines.
In my honest opinion, I think it's the fault of Chris Columbus (as usual). He ruined Harry Potter by staying too faithful to the book. He also ruined RENT for also staying too faithful to the musical. I love that he didn't cut a lot of songs from the actual musical, but overall the movie was a slight mess. Baz Luhrmann or Rob Marshall could've done a better job than this guy, hey, even that guy who directed The Phantom of the Opera would've been a good choice.
Chris Columbus doesn't have the artist in him to make a good film. He failed to capture any of the emotions RENT has. Columbus should stay away from material that he doesn't have a clue on. He should stick to his usual formula of Home Alone and Mrs. Doubtfire.
But hey, I enjoyed it because I *finally* saw the movie! And it was fun seeing the original actors perform as if I was watching them on stage. Pascal, Rapp, Martin, Thoms, Menzel, Diggs (character was not developed that much), Heredia and Dawson were a great cast. However, they were overshadowed by an awful director.
No day but today!
I didn't like how the scenes were slightly choppy and some of the musical numbers in the movie had a corny "music video" feel (What You Own), unlike other musical to movies like Chicago. The movie gives off the feeling of a copy-paste version of the Broadway production. I am only basing this from the original Broadway cast recording, since I've never seen it on stage.
The movie also became somewhat comical because most of the lines in the movie were originally sung in the obc recording. So I kind of guessed what they were going to say next. The least they could've done was change the lines.
In my honest opinion, I think it's the fault of Chris Columbus (as usual). He ruined Harry Potter by staying too faithful to the book. He also ruined RENT for also staying too faithful to the musical. I love that he didn't cut a lot of songs from the actual musical, but overall the movie was a slight mess. Baz Luhrmann or Rob Marshall could've done a better job than this guy, hey, even that guy who directed The Phantom of the Opera would've been a good choice.
Chris Columbus doesn't have the artist in him to make a good film. He failed to capture any of the emotions RENT has. Columbus should stay away from material that he doesn't have a clue on. He should stick to his usual formula of Home Alone and Mrs. Doubtfire.
But hey, I enjoyed it because I *finally* saw the movie! And it was fun seeing the original actors perform as if I was watching them on stage. Pascal, Rapp, Martin, Thoms, Menzel, Diggs (character was not developed that much), Heredia and Dawson were a great cast. However, they were overshadowed by an awful director.
No day but today!