PoA spoiler & RENT!
May. 24th, 2004 03:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tarotgalI've been reading reports of everyone who got to see the movie tonight (lucky bastards) and I've just got one thing to say: even if they did chop and edit the shack scene (how dare they!) they KEPT THE EMBRACE!!! I wish they hadn't rushed the scene and after it *pouts* and I wish they'd kept Remus' flashback/explanation... but I think, as I know ahead of time and can prepare myself, I'll be able to handle that. Especially since they embrace!!!!!! Whoohoo!
Okay, that's it. The reviews this time around seem slightly more positive than those who saw the movie two months ago. Sounds like the special effects really help to tie it all together and make it an impressive piece. But, yeah, people who saw it today seem to like it more, on average, than those who saw it months ago. So that gives me some hope! :-) Yay!
EDIT: Wanted to add this bit of an interview with Chris about RENT because I like what he says-
TLC: What are your ideas [for "Rent"]?
Chris Columbus: My ideas are to make it very real, very gritty but to preserve the - there was a chance that Rent was going to go to television and I found out about that. I’ve been a fan of it for about 7 years, and I wanted to make sure it wouldn’t be homogenized, preserve Jonathan Larson’s initial play in tact. So what you will see on screen will be that play come to life with all of New York City as its star. So we’ll open it up a little bit, but I think in terms of atmosphere we’ll try to find new people, people you’ve never seen before, put a cast together of stars who can act and sing.
TLC: You’re not considering any of the original cast members?
Chris: Well it depends. These people are anywhere fro 19 to 23 years old, so certainly we’ll talk to them. I saw the original cast, one of the cast I cast in my very first film, Anthony Rapp, he was in “Adventures in Babysitting.” And he’s the quintessential Mark, I mean they all are to me, but it’s a question of age. Because part of the tragedy is the youth. You see these people as younger kids. So we’ll see. It’s basically how they’ve aged.
TLC: Have you done a musical before?
Chris: I did the blues bar sequence in “Adventures in Babysitting.” I’ve been a fan of musicals for years, I’ve always wanted to do a musical and I’ve been fan of rock and roll longer than that, so it sort of brings it all together for me.
Have I ever mentioned how much I ADORE Adventures in Babysitting? It's one of my all-time favorite movies *wishes there was commentary on the DVD* And Anthony is adorable! I'd love to see him as Mark in the movie!!
Okay, that's it. The reviews this time around seem slightly more positive than those who saw the movie two months ago. Sounds like the special effects really help to tie it all together and make it an impressive piece. But, yeah, people who saw it today seem to like it more, on average, than those who saw it months ago. So that gives me some hope! :-) Yay!
EDIT: Wanted to add this bit of an interview with Chris about RENT because I like what he says-
TLC: What are your ideas [for "Rent"]?
Chris Columbus: My ideas are to make it very real, very gritty but to preserve the - there was a chance that Rent was going to go to television and I found out about that. I’ve been a fan of it for about 7 years, and I wanted to make sure it wouldn’t be homogenized, preserve Jonathan Larson’s initial play in tact. So what you will see on screen will be that play come to life with all of New York City as its star. So we’ll open it up a little bit, but I think in terms of atmosphere we’ll try to find new people, people you’ve never seen before, put a cast together of stars who can act and sing.
TLC: You’re not considering any of the original cast members?
Chris: Well it depends. These people are anywhere fro 19 to 23 years old, so certainly we’ll talk to them. I saw the original cast, one of the cast I cast in my very first film, Anthony Rapp, he was in “Adventures in Babysitting.” And he’s the quintessential Mark, I mean they all are to me, but it’s a question of age. Because part of the tragedy is the youth. You see these people as younger kids. So we’ll see. It’s basically how they’ve aged.
TLC: Have you done a musical before?
Chris: I did the blues bar sequence in “Adventures in Babysitting.” I’ve been a fan of musicals for years, I’ve always wanted to do a musical and I’ve been fan of rock and roll longer than that, so it sort of brings it all together for me.
Have I ever mentioned how much I ADORE Adventures in Babysitting? It's one of my all-time favorite movies *wishes there was commentary on the DVD* And Anthony is adorable! I'd love to see him as Mark in the movie!!
