Fangirl overload double feature.
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rsadelleLast night, we went to see Rent. The most noticeable difference between the play and the movie is that the movie is much grimmer. There are two things that contribute to this. One is that all of the dialogue in the play is sung--it is, after all, an opera (La Boheme, to be precise)--while in the movie, much of that dialogue is spoken word instead. This makes it not quite as upbeat and musical.
The second thing that contributes to the grimness is the way they've dealt with the Life Support meetings. In the play, they're much more upbeat, and "Will I?" is plaintive, it's not nearly as heartbreaking as it is in the movie. In later Life Support meetings, members begin to fade out one by one; a neat cinematic trick, but also much darker than the play.
That's not to say the whole movie is downbeat; quite the contrary. It still retains its upbeat messages, and there are a couple of scenes that positively sparkle with joy. First, "Tango: Maureen," which is absolutely hilarious. "La Vie Boheme" is, of course, a rollicking number. And "Take Me Or Leave Me" is if not upbeat, at least a good time.
And then there's Collins and Angel. I love what the movie does with them. They're extremely joyful, and the movie makes it clear just how much Collins is in love with Angel, from the way he rearranges Mark and Roger's place for Angel to dance to the way they hold hands and run down the street to Collins' deep grief at Angel's death. There's also the moment when Roger finally comes to a Life Support meeting. He steps up between Collins and Angel, and they support him, which works fabulously.
After Rent, we switched groups of people and went to see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It was tons of fun. Cedric was hot, and I finally got the Harry/Cedric vibe. I love, love, love the twins. I also had a moment of twins/Hermione vibe. The whole Yule Ball was the funniest thing I think I've seen yet in a Harry Potter movie. I loved the way Snape looks over at Harry when they find out it's Barty Crouch Jr. who's been stealing his ingredients. It's not quite an apology, but it's probably as close to issuing one as Snape will ever get.
I can't tell you how absolutely delighted I was to see that they didn't cut what may be my favorite scene from any of the books: Fred asking Angelina to the ball. They changed the setting a bit, which really worked for me because it was much funnier to have him mouthing it down the table under Snape's watchful eye.
The second thing that contributes to the grimness is the way they've dealt with the Life Support meetings. In the play, they're much more upbeat, and "Will I?" is plaintive, it's not nearly as heartbreaking as it is in the movie. In later Life Support meetings, members begin to fade out one by one; a neat cinematic trick, but also much darker than the play.
That's not to say the whole movie is downbeat; quite the contrary. It still retains its upbeat messages, and there are a couple of scenes that positively sparkle with joy. First, "Tango: Maureen," which is absolutely hilarious. "La Vie Boheme" is, of course, a rollicking number. And "Take Me Or Leave Me" is if not upbeat, at least a good time.
And then there's Collins and Angel. I love what the movie does with them. They're extremely joyful, and the movie makes it clear just how much Collins is in love with Angel, from the way he rearranges Mark and Roger's place for Angel to dance to the way they hold hands and run down the street to Collins' deep grief at Angel's death. There's also the moment when Roger finally comes to a Life Support meeting. He steps up between Collins and Angel, and they support him, which works fabulously.
After Rent, we switched groups of people and went to see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. It was tons of fun. Cedric was hot, and I finally got the Harry/Cedric vibe. I love, love, love the twins. I also had a moment of twins/Hermione vibe. The whole Yule Ball was the funniest thing I think I've seen yet in a Harry Potter movie. I loved the way Snape looks over at Harry when they find out it's Barty Crouch Jr. who's been stealing his ingredients. It's not quite an apology, but it's probably as close to issuing one as Snape will ever get.
I can't tell you how absolutely delighted I was to see that they didn't cut what may be my favorite scene from any of the books: Fred asking Angelina to the ball. They changed the setting a bit, which really worked for me because it was much funnier to have him mouthing it down the table under Snape's watchful eye.
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Date: 2005-11-26 12:44 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-11-26 06:22 am (UTC)We might see Walk the Line tomorrow.
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Date: 2005-11-29 03:32 am (UTC)oooo, Narnia commercial, have fantasy craving....
Sorry 'bout the post but I have too much work to do to call instead.
TTFN