I should tell you, I should tell you, I have always loved you...
Went to see Rent again today, and loved it even more this time. In fact, it just might be my favorite movie this year, which when you consider Serenity or Revenge of the Sith, is quite a thing to say. It's amazing what a difference not being zonked and not having a screaming kid in the audience (what crazy person takes a 4 year old to Rent anyway
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And if you're a sap, then I am a basket case, because I was bawling (silently, which is a difficult trick to pull off) by the end. In fact, I was crying from "Without You" onward. The thing is, I would swear that practically everyone else in the theatre was, too. I have never heard so much collective sniffling in a theatre, and somehow seeing both my mother (who generally can be found crying with me) AND my best male friend crying, too moved me even more. I couldn't have borne for her to die (and it's not as if she won't die soon anyway. But Roger and Mimi deserve some happiness in their life for a bit, at least). This way I got the best of both worlds: there is the angst of her "dying" and his screaming. But then it turns out somewhat OK. And I am ( ... )
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The fact that anything could beat Episode III (as I didn't see Serenity...) is amazing, but I honestly think RENT beat it.
I think it's my second time that clinched it. That time, not only there were no screaming kids, or bad sound system, I knew the story so could just fall into it and it just tore my heart out, but in a good way.
I was crying from "Without You" onward. The thing is, I would swear that practically everyone else in the theatre was, too.
You could definitely hear the sniffles (and girls were fixing their make-up in the bathroom after the end, too). I was actually surprised by myself. Because I could see crying when Angel died, but that last scene with Roger and Mimi? I knew she lived and still I bawled.
seeing she and Roger be able to share their love means so much that it somehow makes it all rightYes. After all, she is ot magically healthy, she's just had a reprieve. And she'll be able to have happy months (hopefully) with Roger and thus ( ... )
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I knew the story so could just fall into it and it just tore my heart out, but in a good way. *nods* I knew it going in, and I think that's a large part of the reason why it affected me so much the first time. My mom would probably be like you- she wants to see it again because the first time she was too busy taking it all in to be completely invested emotionally.
I knew she lived and still I bawled. I'm very guilty of that, too. And I can't listen to the reprise of "I'll Cover You" or "Your Eyes"/"Finale B" without feeling like I'm going to tear up.
she'll be able to have happy months (hopefully) with Roger and thus experience what "Angel had" because before, even when they were happy together, they hadn't admitted their love to each other yet. Yes, exactly. The line of, "I'd be happy to die for a taste of what Angel had! Someone to live for, unafraid to say 'I love you!'" always gets to me, because in Mimi's case she has to come as close as possible to death ( ... )
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Oh yes. In a way, he got peace too, knowing that Angel wasn't completely snuffed out of the universe. And watching Roger earlier must have been nightmarish because it would have brought back memories of Angel dying. He's so been here.
I actually think that his first step towards coming out of withdrawal - emotionally and physically - is picking up that guitar again.
He is kinda shell-shocked early on but as he comes out of it slowly, you do see that it's not an intrinsic thing to him: you see him all hppy and interactive and outgoing (and he obviously had to be earlier, too, to make all those friends). Is it too fangirly to say: "awwwww?"
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