By Ryan Parsons | Image property of Columbia Pictures
Rent
Hey all you musical lovers, the film adaptation of the Broadway hit Rent is coming our way this upcoming weekend and, if you have already had your fill of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, this puppy could be one of the top films to check out.
Rent Review
After admitting that he was a fan of musicals, good old Harry Knowles over at AICN claims that he has fallen deeply in love with
Chris Columbus' [Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets] Rent.
So – what’d I think of the movie? I LOVED IT. It reminded me a lot of HAIR. Ok ok ok, growing up in the bosom of a hippie family, maybe I love HAIR a helluva lot more than you, and it may explain quite a bit about my steadfast refusal to let shears near my hair. But why this strikes me like HAIR has more to do with how this is a musical stuck in a cinematic reality. Like RENT, I’ve never seen HAIR performed on stage, but just like HAIR, there’s a part of me that just can not imagine how this was staged on a stage. I can’t imagine Anthony Rapp’s Mark Cohen not bicycling through the streets of New York singing, while Adam Pascal’s Roger Davis is in their grungy flat wondering how to heat their flat. This isn’t like MOULIN ROUGE or CHICAGO – this isn’t particularly “stagy” or “theatrical”. This belongs being discussed in that particular group of Broadway Musical adaptations that strive to bring the song and dance into the streets and air that we walk on and breathe in. Once again, that’s why I compare this to HAIR.
Ok, so why should Hetero Men see Rent? Is there anything for you?
Well… How do I put this? You know how incredibly fucking hot ROSARIO DAWSON was in ALEXANDER or SIN CITY? That’s nothing on how absolutely drop dead whip it out and whack hot she is in this. HOLY SHIT! I’ve always thought Rosario Dawson was yumptious – but here… Well, this is the first time that she’s had a great character that also marries it with a commanding sensuality that’s just incredibly fucking hot. She plays a dancer at a strip club. No, she doesn’t get naked. But ohmygod does she know how to wear and move in clothes that sets the mind a pondering what lies beneath.
I was surprised to find that I loved both Chicago and Moulin Rouge and, if this film is ready to show off what made Rent a Broadway hit, this could be the film to see this weekend. However, Rent may not get its fair share until the Potter pandemonium dies down a bit.
Rent
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