Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese)

bmwracer wrote:
Sucker. ;) :hehe:

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Well as long as i get to go with a couple of cute girls, then its all worth it *as long as i don't pay for any of their food or their tickets...too poor at the moment*

K.T.Tran wrote:Well as long as i get to go with a couple of cute girls, then its all worth it

If that's the case, I'd sit through two-plus hours of commercials. :thumbsup:

K.T.Tran wrote:

:hehe:
Well as long as i get to go with a couple of cute girls, then its all worth it *as long as i don't pay for any of their food or their tickets...too poor at the moment*

c...homie had an angle....s'all about going to the movies wit sum betties. :P

Harry potter and the goblet of fire is out in cinemas today!!! :yippee: :yippee:

I think I'm gonna wait a few weeks before seeing Harry Potter. I don't wanna get caught up in all the insane crazy kids who talk throughout the movie like I did the last one. But I am excited to see it!

I saw Pride and Prejudice last week and it was amazing! I definitely recommend it to everyone. Kiera Knightley is so awesome and beautiful in it.

I'm a big musical theater fan so I can't wait for Rent and The Producers to come out

l0l that's a weird movie. haven't heard it yet haha. I wanna watch cry wolf, but then i heard it's a bad movie :shamefulcry:

I am going to finally buy Star Wars 3 on DVD. Haven't got to watch it when it was in the theatres and now I'm itching to see it after I made my mind up to buy it!

ahochaude wrote:I am going to finally buy Star Wars 3 on DVD. Haven't got to watch it when it was in the theatres and now I'm itching to see it after I made my mind up to buy it!

Cool! So now you have finally completed the saga :hehe: . I already saw it in theaters but still, I'm gonna buy Star Wars episode 3 on DVD to complete my collection. Revenge of the Sith is a one of a kind episode in Star Wars because of its dark theme, much better than Empire Strikes Back. I'm sure you're gonna like it :thumbsup: :metaldevil:

hi minna! :woot:

it's my first time creating a thread, so hopefully i'm doing this right (i did read the guidelines but still :hehe:)...

anyway, this thread is for all things RENT! so i guess anything related to the original Broadway cast, the Broadway show, the new cast members in the show (i love cary shields as roger, btw!), the soundtrack, the songs, jonathan larson's genius & legacy, the MOVIE (good? bad?) -- i liked it but still prefer the show of course...

etc.! :victory: and it's almost christmas too... i wanna go see it again :hehe:

RENT original cast poster :mrgreen:

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the movie! came out november 23, 2005 :)

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Nice :thumbsup:

I've been listening to the music a lot recently...haven't seen the movie, but I love the show :victory: (the benefit of living 1 hour from NYC :mrgreen: )

random info...the guy who played instuments during my choir concerts in high school played drums in a performnace of another play by Jonathan Larson. Just thought that was kind of cool :mrgreen:

The RENT thread!

Man, y'all are lucky. I haven't been able to see the stage performance (I think the last time it was in my part of the country that was a little over 2 years ago) but I've been a fan of the music for years (high school choir will do that to a person).

So when the movie came out I was so there. And I really, really liked it. Finally seeing all the songs in context was...wow

I am not a crier in any sense of the word, but I will admit that the waterworks came when I watched RENT

Spoiler — click to reveal

My heart broke as soon as the members of the Life Support group started fading, and then as you watched Mimi and Angel slip away to "Without you" Angel and Collins on the subway! :shamefulcry: : Angel and Collins in the HOSPITAL :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry: Then the "I'll Cover You (Reprise)" at the funeral :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry:

So what are some of your favorite RENT songs to sing? I find myself doing really bad renditions of "Out Tonight" often. Or like launching into "La Vie Boehme" at work- which isn't good because it's not very professional to sing about dildos and such at work, so i try and keep quiet.

Oh, i also like to try doing "Light My Candle" by myself and just end up looking CRAZY. :shakehead:

misato-chan wrote:Nice :thumbsup:

I've been listening to the music a lot recently...haven't seen the movie, but I love the show :victory: (the benefit of living 1 hour from NYC :mrgreen: )

random info...the guy who played instuments during my choir concerts in high school played drums in a performnace of another play by Jonathan Larson. Just thought that was kind of cool :mrgreen:

ahhhh!! you live an hour away from NYC too? ME TOO!! well at least when im home... :hehe: :hehe:

yea my parents have forbidden me from seeing it again on stage but i havent seen it *THAT* many times...

and that is soooo awesome... that hes involved in another jonathan larson's play...!

the movie was a lot better than i had expected.. but i def hated it at first.. it has its ups and downs... the direction wasnt that good but there were definitely highlights... :thumbsup:

KeepMeCaffein8td wrote:

(high school choir will do that to a person).

indeed it will :dancing:

KeepMeCaffein8td wrote:The RENT thread!

Man, y'all are lucky. I haven't been able to see the stage performance (I think the last time it was in my part of the country that was a little over 2 years ago) but I've been a fan of the music for years (high school choir will do that to a person).

So when the movie came out I was so there. And I really, really liked it. Finally seeing all the songs in context was...wow

I am not a crier in any sense of the word, but I will admit that the waterworks came when I watched RENT

Spoiler — click to reveal

My heart broke as soon as the members of the Life Support group started fading, and then as you watched Mimi and Angel slip away to "Without you" Angel and Collins on the subway! :shamefulcry: : Angel and Collins in the HOSPITAL :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry: Then the "I'll Cover You (Reprise)" at the funeral :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry:

So what are some of your favorite RENT songs to sing? I find myself doing really bad renditions of "Out Tonight" often. Or like launching into "La Vie Boehme" at work- which isn't good because it's not very professional to sing about dildos and such at work, so i try and keep quiet.

Oh, i also like to try doing "Light My Candle" by myself and just end up looking CRAZY. :shakehead:

OMG... YES. the parts where you cried, i was def crying buckets too... the movie made some parts more REAL than the show... cuz the first time i saw the shower i was younger and didnt really GET all of it. then i watched it again like a year or two later and i felt like i had matured a lot cuz i understood what was going on lol... but the movie was like... WOW. powerful stuff...

the moving around of some songs worked.. tho they left out a few songs which made me kinda sad... but i have to say

Spoiler — click to reveal

the hospital part with angel and collins.. KILLED me. and showing mimi on withdrawal.. that was so powerful too... oh gosh the funeral...... :shamefulcry: and a hat they did with life support was really really touching too.....

haha my fave songs to sing!!! gosh! i def sing "one song glory" and "out tonight" a lot... and YES i do that too, singing both parts!!! ALL THE TIME... to "light my candle" and "ANOTHER DAY"!! i LOOOVE that song! also for some reason one of my fave songs is "what you own" even tho it is actually really depressing in meaning :shamefulcry: and LA VIE BOHEME is soooooooooo freaking good... tho if u sing that in public, yea there are a couple parts that are not so good. LOL. its amusing when im singing and all of a sudden, mark's singing "mucho masturbation" :rofl:

ooooh speaking of which, i loved how they did la vie boheme in the movie too :thumbsup:

ah! :puppydog: now I'm going to listen to the music, think of the show and cry :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry:

misato-chan wrote:ah! :puppydog: now I'm going to listen to the music, think of the show and cry :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry:

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..... dont cry!!! :hug:

i should be listening to the music and studying but instead im watching sekai... :sweat: good thing about music is that u can MULTITASK... but since i dont understand japanese that well i cant multitask while watching jdoramas.. LOL :hehe: :sweat:

i really wanna go and watch rent on stage again... with CARY SHIELDS as roger!! i went back two or three times hoping to see him but he was away for like a year or two... :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry: and now that hes back i can never get tix! :beaten:

sawadasmile wrote:

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..... dont cry!!! :hug:

i should be listening to the music and studying but instead im watching sekai... :sweat: good thing about music is that u can MULTITASK... but since i dont understand japanese that well i cant multitask while watching jdoramas.. LOL :hehe: :sweat:

i really wanna go and watch rent on stage again... with CARY SHIELDS as roger!! i went back two or three times hoping to see him but he was away for like a year or two... :shamefulcry: :shamefulcry: and now that hes back i can never get tix! :beaten:

I want to see it again too! I should request it of my parents :mrgreen: My dad grew up in New York and I think he wants to rub his love of broadway on us, so he usually takes us to see a show or 2 a year...

misato-chan wrote:I want to see it again too! I should request it of my parents :mrgreen: My dad grew up in New York and I think he wants to rub his love of broadway on us, so he usually takes us to see a show or 2 a year...

oooooh thats niiiiice...... i hope u get to see it then!!! :woot:

my parents dont like rent... which isnt really fair cuz they've never seen it. :shamefulcry: i think they stereotype it as just being for the "younger generation"... which it kinda is..... but then again, my best friend's dad LOVES it. his fave song is "out tonight" :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

sawadasmile wrote:

my parents dont like rent... which isnt really fair cuz they've never seen it. :shamefulcry:

that's not fair! how can you judge something if you've never seen it? :doh: :nyah:

*sigh*

Gah, I live the wrong part of the country. The last show to come through was "Wicked" which I didnt' get to see. I have NO idea when RENT is gonna come back. It'd probably be easier if I just went up to NY for a while :shakehead:

I've never been to the Northeast though, so that'd be a trip.

LOL at your friend's dad fav RENT song. My mom's heard "Seasons of love" properly and thinks it's pretty. Anything else they've heard is like me singing in the shower, which totally does the show no justice.


As for it being for the "younger generation" there were a ton of people around my parents age when I saw it in the theaters (all 3 times...so far :sweat: I'm the self-appointed "RENT buddy" for all my friends. I'e told them that if they wanted to see the movie, but had no one to see it with, I'd be willing to go- they'd just have to put up with the singing) so that doesn't hold up...

Soooo, who's your favorite character? Or do you have one? I'll have to say that even though i adore all the characters. Angel is the queen, in every sense of the word. The garbage can scene in the movie was CLASSIC. I also hold a special fondness for Mark, Roger and Mimi as well. And Collins is awesome just for his "Merry Christmas bitches!" alone.