RENT and Thanksgiving
I made a new LJ icon! Like it? I used MSPaint. I know, I'm incredible.
Anyway, RENT. I LOVED THIS MOVIE.
I was just blown away. I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did. EVERYONE played their part perfectly, but I was especially impressed with Collins and Angel. And the singing was just wonderful. Mark cracked me up, every scene he was in. And Roger's voice is just so distinctive and amazing. And the boy can act, too! BOY can he act. There was so much chemestry between the members of the cast, it just oozed off the screen.
For those of you not familiar with the play, at one point one of the characters asks the audience to moo with her (it's part of a protest/demonstration she is putting on). My sisters and I mooed like crazy in the theater. For the most part, we were the only ones doing it, because I don't think a lot of people in my conservative, upper-middle class Republican town have listed to the music before. What a surprise. ;)
It was at times terribly funny, and at other times incredibly sad. I cried like a baby when they started the whole montoge during, "Without You", and couldn't stop until the begining of "What You Own". And I rarely cry at movies either.
The movie evoked the same emotions in me that the stage play did back in '98. And that is no small feat. I think in some weird way, it was a little more intense, A: because it was mostly the original broadway cast on screen, and B: because you could see the expressions on their faces and the emotion in their eyes, something you don't get to see in a stage play.
I saw it twice on Wednesday. Then my sisters and I dragged my mom to see it on Thursday. Now, my mom is a pretty conservative person, and has issues with a lot of what the movie is about. But she still loved the music, and cried at the same place my sisters and I did.
The movie, like the stage play, is a roller-coaster of emotions. You go from feeling very happy, to really sad, to sort of hopeful, then back to sad, and then happy again. I walked out of the theater with a feeling of elation and vigor. And it takes a really good movie to be able to do that. Because I have been listening to this music for eight years, and I have such a close attatchment to it, I was bound to judge the movie harshly, no matter how much of an open minded I tried to stay. But the movie really captured the spirit of the original play.
I can not say enough good things about this movie. It was an amazing experience. And I'm probably going to see it another five times before it leaves theaters. :D
Thanksgiving was nice and relaxing. I did no homework whatsoever. I ate pleanty of turkey, played a lot of cards, went to a hockey game, out to the movies a bunch of times, and didn't sleep as much as I would've liked to. I helped my brother pick out an engagement ring for his girlfriend. I hope she likes it. *I* think it's really pretty. But what do I know?
Anyway, RENT. I LOVED THIS MOVIE.
I was just blown away. I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did. EVERYONE played their part perfectly, but I was especially impressed with Collins and Angel. And the singing was just wonderful. Mark cracked me up, every scene he was in. And Roger's voice is just so distinctive and amazing. And the boy can act, too! BOY can he act. There was so much chemestry between the members of the cast, it just oozed off the screen.
For those of you not familiar with the play, at one point one of the characters asks the audience to moo with her (it's part of a protest/demonstration she is putting on). My sisters and I mooed like crazy in the theater. For the most part, we were the only ones doing it, because I don't think a lot of people in my conservative, upper-middle class Republican town have listed to the music before. What a surprise. ;)
It was at times terribly funny, and at other times incredibly sad. I cried like a baby when they started the whole montoge during, "Without You", and couldn't stop until the begining of "What You Own". And I rarely cry at movies either.
The movie evoked the same emotions in me that the stage play did back in '98. And that is no small feat. I think in some weird way, it was a little more intense, A: because it was mostly the original broadway cast on screen, and B: because you could see the expressions on their faces and the emotion in their eyes, something you don't get to see in a stage play.
I saw it twice on Wednesday. Then my sisters and I dragged my mom to see it on Thursday. Now, my mom is a pretty conservative person, and has issues with a lot of what the movie is about. But she still loved the music, and cried at the same place my sisters and I did.
The movie, like the stage play, is a roller-coaster of emotions. You go from feeling very happy, to really sad, to sort of hopeful, then back to sad, and then happy again. I walked out of the theater with a feeling of elation and vigor. And it takes a really good movie to be able to do that. Because I have been listening to this music for eight years, and I have such a close attatchment to it, I was bound to judge the movie harshly, no matter how much of an open minded I tried to stay. But the movie really captured the spirit of the original play.
I can not say enough good things about this movie. It was an amazing experience. And I'm probably going to see it another five times before it leaves theaters. :D
Thanksgiving was nice and relaxing. I did no homework whatsoever. I ate pleanty of turkey, played a lot of cards, went to a hockey game, out to the movies a bunch of times, and didn't sleep as much as I would've liked to. I helped my brother pick out an engagement ring for his girlfriend. I hope she likes it. *I* think it's really pretty. But what do I know?